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Millions Have Lost SNAP Benefits As Another Major Change Looms For States
Millions of Americans have already lost access to SNAP benefits, and another major change is now approaching that could put even more pressure on the food assistance system. Starting October 1, states are scheduled to take on 75% of SNAP’s administrative costs, while a separate shift involving benefit costs is expected to begin as early…
The 105-Year-Old Doctor Who Kept Working 18 Hours a Day Had A Very Different Take On Longevity
Shigeaki Hinohara lived to 105 while maintaining a schedule that would exhaust most people decades younger. The Japanese physician continued treating patients until just months before his death in 2017, gave around 150 lectures a year, and reportedly worked as many as 18 hours a day during his later years. His approach to aging was…
Chinese Biotech Company Claims Its Pill Could Help Humans Live to 150
Humans have spent centuries chasing the same impossible-sounding prize: more time. Now, a Chinese biotech company claims it may have found a way to push the limits of human lifespan, with a pill that it says could eventually help people live as long as 150 years. The capsule is being developed by Shenzhen-based Lonvi Biosciences,…
15 Year Old Endures 62 Hours At Sea After Fishing Boat Capsizes
A 15-year-old boy has survived an extraordinary 62-hour ordeal in Alaska’s Bering Sea after his fishing boat capsized, leaving him stranded on the overturned hull without food or water. When rescuers finally reached him, he was suffering from hypothermia and had endured days of cold, wind and open water. Derek Parker Aghnaanga was also carrying…
Nancy Mace Targets High Fructose Corn Syrup With New Food Bill
A familiar ingredient found in everything from soft drinks to cereal has suddenly become the target of a federal political fight. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., has introduced legislation that would prohibit food containing high-fructose corn syrup from entering interstate commerce, potentially forcing manufacturers across the country to rethink thousands of products. The proposal gives companies…
New NHS Injection Cuts Cancer Treatment Time From An Hour To Minutes
A cancer treatment that can keep patients in hospital for up to an hour is being converted into an injection that takes just a few minutes to administer. The NHS is now rolling out injectable nivolumab across England, giving eligible patients a much quicker way to receive an immunotherapy treatment already used against a wide…
She Had Euthanasia Approved For Four Years. Then Strangers Changed Her Mind
María Consuelo Córdoba had already been given permission to die when something unexpected happened. After 26 years of living with devastating injuries from an acid attack, 87 surgeries, financial hardship and a daily struggle to survive, the 58-year-old Colombian woman had reached the point of asking for euthanasia. Then strangers began stepping in with the…
A Mechanic Gave Away His 151st Car, But The Story Started With One Grieving Mother
Melanie Lee had already endured the kind of loss that can make an ordinary problem feel impossible. For four months, she drove her 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe for hours at a time to reach a hospital in another town, where her son was fighting for his life. She made that drive again and again, relying on…
A Wife Drew Circles Around Her Husband’s Moles Before His Doctor Visit. He Came Home With Notes on His Skin
Brinlee Miles did something unusual before her husband Ryan went to the dermatologist. She took a ballpoint pen and carefully circled several moles on his chest and back, marking the spots the couple had been watching. Ryan could not properly see much of his own back, and with a family history of skin cancer, Miles…
Experts Reveal 15 Behaviors That Could Point to Chronic Lying
Most people think they can spot a liar. They picture darting eyes, nervous movements, an answer that comes too quickly, or someone suddenly refusing to make eye contact. Yet research has repeatedly challenged some of the most familiar assumptions about deception, leaving a much less obvious picture of what repeated lying can actually look like.…