If September’s back-to-school mindset makes you crave ideas as fresh as your new stationery, then you’ll be glad to hear that Simplify, Blinkist’s hit podcast, will be back with season 6 on September 26. We’ve cooked up an incredible season full of guests and insights that will entertain and inform you, and maybe even change
Continue Reading...How To Start A Profitable Side Hustle (Without Giving Up Your Day Job)
So much advice about achieving your dreams seems to forget the notion of having to pay rent or bills or indeed, having any common sense. However, rustling up a side hustle is a great way to earn a little extra cash and make your dreams come true at the same time. If you’re tossing around
Continue Reading...FDA OKs New Pill for Type 2 Diabetes
A new pill to lower blood sugar for people with type 2 diabetes was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday. The drug, Rybelsus (semaglutide) is the first pill in a class of drugs called glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1) approved for use in the United States. Before Rybelsus, the drug had to be
Continue Reading...Billions of ‘Microplastics’ in Each Plastic Teabag
A new study warns that even your soothing cup of tea might serve up some invisible health hazards. Some tea companies are replacing traditional paper teabags with plastic ones, but the new bags may be adding billions of tiny bits of plastic to your beverage, a team from Canada reports. “We show that steeping a
Continue Reading...Is There a Safer Way to Sterilize Medical Equipment?
In 2005, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency considered banning ethylene oxide in new sterilizing facilities because of the cancer risk it posed to residents who lived around the plants. “We also considered prohibiting the use of ethylene oxide for new facilities, which would necessitate the use of an alternative sterilization process,” reads the proposed rule,
Continue Reading...Breaking Bad movie El Camino ‘You ready’ Jesse Pinkman’s mystery opponent exposed
BREAKING BAD movie El Camino premieres on Netflix next month and now the streaming network has released the final and official full-length trailer, which sees Jesse Pinkman continuing his journey after the events of the TV show’s finale Felina. The clip’s cliffhanger may have been explained as fans attempt to work out who the mystery
Continue Reading...What Is Your Risk for Prostate Cancer?
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in American men, so it’s important to know the risk factors and warning signs, an expert says. The American Cancer Society estimates there will be nearly 175,000 new prostate cancer cases in the United States this year and over 31,000 deaths. One in nine men will be
Continue Reading...A Drink a Day Might Be Good for Diabetics’ Health
Chinese researchers may deserve a toast for their new findings that suggest light to moderate drinking may be beneficial for people with type 2 diabetes. The review found that people who had a bit of alcohol daily had lower levels of a type of blood fat called triglycerides. But alcohol didn’t seem to lower blood
Continue Reading...Here’s how much your current iPhone is worth if you’re trading it in for an iPhone 11
Apple’s iPhone 11 models are official, which means we know exactly how much they’ll cost and when they’ll go on sale. The premium iPhone 11 versions, the Pro and Pro Max, are just as expensive as we thought they’d be, starting at $999 and $1,099, respectively. The regular iPhone 11, meanwhile, is cheaper than anticipated,
Continue Reading...Buyer Demand on the Rise in Prime Central London
An increase in realistic pricing in prime central London is leading to an uptick in sales and demand, according to a report Tuesday from Cluttons. There was a 30% increase in new buyer inquiries in the capital during the second quarter of the year compared to the first quarter, the London-based chartered surveyors and property
Continue Reading...Vaping-related lung illnesses rise
As vaping-related lung illnesses continue to climb in the U.S., public health officials are narrowing in on two possible links: vitamin E and black-market vape cartridges. In New York, where 34 cases of the severe lung disease have been reported Department of Health officials said they are focusing on vitamin E acetate after finding it
Continue Reading...5 Strategies to Help You Master the Week Ahead
Sometimes it feels like if you don’t get control of Monday, you lose the run of the week. So, that means there’s no time like the present to make sure you’re its master. Bestselling author Robert Greene just released a new book called The Laws of Human Nature which uses ancient wisdom and philosophy to
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