Last year, I didn’t get a flu shot. It wasn’t because I don’t believe in them, or because I think that I’m an especially virile man whom illness cannot penetrate. I just forgot, or rather, I never really made it a priority. But I know how dangerous...
Dogs and dog lovers, rejoice: A recent study found that allowing your four-legged friend into the bedroom doesn’t worsen your sleep, contrary to what had previously been suspected. To come to this conclusion, researchers strapped 40 healthy adults and their dogs with sleep trackers for seven nights....
The internet is filled with stories of couples passing away within hours of one another, and new research might help explain this somber (but strangely comforting) phenomenon. Researchers from Rice University found that people who have trouble dealing with the loss of a loved one experience heightened...
Self-improvement is rarely exciting, because cutting out your favorite indulgences is no one’s idea of a thrill. Pondering the suggestion to just substitute your burger for a big bowl of vegetarian chili, or park farther away from the grocery store to get more free walkin’ in does not...
Scientifically speaking, you’re more likely to sit on your balls in the summer than, say, in the winter. That’s because, as MEL’s Miles Klee has already noted, along with the phenomenon of summer penis, summer balls hang lower than their winter equivalent because they’re trying to stay...
Many men are absolutely terrified of losing their hair: A recent survey performed by the HIS Hair Clinic found that a whopping 94 percent of men worry about going bald, compared to the 89 percent of the men surveyed who admitted to a fear of impotence. This...
Let me preface this by saying that I’d drink beer all day and all night if it wasn’t for the fact that, apparently, that’s not so good for the whole staying-alive-and-healthy thing. Quite apart from the destructive drunken rampages that accompany pounding beers like I just spent...
Cold turkey — the classic, all-in method of quitting something suddenly and totally — is a term supposedly coined by heroin addicts. It takes its name from the combination of goosebumps and “cold, clammy skin” during withdrawal that makes people feel like a slab of turkey straight...
What do you mean, gorging on candied yams, turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie, all in close quarters with grandpa, football blaring in the background, surrounded by nine cousins, doesn’t make you want to have sex? While not often considered the sexiest of holidays, it’s true that Thanksgiving...
Taken at their word, the USDA’s official recommendations for dealing with leftovers seem designed to scare Americans into tossing out perfectly good food. “Discard any leftovers that have been left out for more than 2 hours at room temperature,” the federal agency advises, and “leftovers can [only]...
Forty-one-year-old Mike Roman recently appeared on the New Theory podcast to discuss his penchant for pizza, which has apparently caused him to eat at least one slice for dinner every single day for the last 37 years (and counting). On the podcast, Roman explains that his daily...
None of this is easy. Just getting tested for a serious medical ailment is scary stuff, then once you do that, there’s the horrible waiting period where your mind goes crazy with worst-case scenarios. If you actually get diagnosed with something, the hardships only continue: From coping...
