Are Vaccinations Dangerous?

For the past decade, the internet has been swirling with rumors and anecdotes linking routine vaccinations with devastating illnesses, especially autism. Some have even claimed that routine vaccinations are responsible for HIV. Smallpox Vaccine (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The National Committee on Quality Assurance – a nonprofit that tracks the quality of health care – has reported that the number of children being properly immunized while on private healthcare plans declined by 3.5% from 2010-2011. Amongst those on Medicaid, the rate of decline is even greater...

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Why Do People Kiss?

Young Lovers Kissing (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Her emerald green eyes stare into yours as you slip your arm around her waist and pull her in. Your lips approach as if drawn in by an invisible force. As your faces draw close, your heads tilt to the right so your noses and foreheads don’t clunk together, even while your eyes are closing at the same time. At that moment, your lips touch for the first time, and an electric feeling courses through your whole body. Whatever that feeling is, you know you crave more of it, you need more of it. In that moment, the last thought on your mind is “why am I sucking another person’s face?” Why...

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5 Interesting Facts About Dreams You Didn’t Know

Every night your conscious mind shuts down and every morning you wake up, ready for a brand new day. But while the conscious part of your mind shuts down, your brain remains very much active throughout the night. Part of this brain activity generates what can sometimes be extremely vivid and even haunting images during the rapid-eye movement (REM) stage of sleep – what we know as dreams and nightmares. The average person will spend 19.3 years of their entire life in this trance-like state we know as sleep. But even though we spend nearly 1/3 of our lives sleeping, most of us know surprisingly little about what happens to our brains...

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Kate Bosworth & Michael Polish: All Smiles in Sydney

Preparing to have some fun down under, Kate Bosworth and her fiance, Micahel Polish, happily arrived at NSW International Airport in Sydney, Australia on Wednesday (October 10). The "Blue Crush" actress looked effortlessly beautiful in a black leather skirt, a white blouse and Ray Ban sunglasses, as she and her man made their way past the awaiting shutterbugs. Before heading off on the international flight, Kate took to her Twitter page to enlighten her fans and followers on her next destination, writing, "S-Y-D-N-E-Y B-O-U-N-D." In order to keep her appearance in tip-top shape, Bosworth hit up a local salon...

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