insert_link Health & Wellness Which of these Diet Busters are Lurking in Your Fridge? Most of us know a dietary disaster when we see it on the menu: a double bacon cheeseburger or a slice of cheesecake. But we often don't realize there are a host of unhealthy foods we eat everyday, right in our refrigerators. These foods can add extra calories, fat, sugar, and salt to your diet without you realizing. Below is a list of some of the worst foods you may […] todayMay 5, 2020
insert_link Home Improvement HGTV wants YOU to ‘Design at Your Door’ Zeitgeist. Merriam-Webster’s defines it as the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era. The term, actually a German word, literally means “time ghost.” The Americanized equivalent might be “the spirit of the times.” If 2020 has a zeitgeist, without question it includes a reorientation on just how we think about “home” — and the time we spend there. Recently members of the HGTV family encapsulated some of those […] todayMay 5, 2020
insert_link Food & Drink Martha Stewart and the Food Network want to take you to Bakeaway Camp There’s a new food competition in town. Bakeaway Camp with Martha Stewart pits six amateur bakers against each other, with guidance and encouragement from the one and only Martha Stewart, who will be serving as mentor for the contestants. According to the show’s casting call from last year, it’s “part exclusive culinary retreat, part baking boot camp and part summer camp-inspired competition with a cash prize.” The new food competition […] todayMay 4, 2020
insert_link Health & Wellness Shaken, Not Stirred: Remdisivir and anti-viral Drug Cocktail give hope in the battle against COVID-19 Thanks in part to several Stanford University doctors, the FDA has granted emergency use authorization of the drug remdesivir to treat severely ill patients in the hospital. Under normal circumstances, drug studies and clinical trials would take years, but the Gilead and NIH studies took less than two months and show that 31 percent of patients who take remdesivir improve. "We want to thank all the collaborators that have brought […] todayMay 4, 2020
insert_link Tech Made Simple ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ comes to Disney Plus early for May the Fourth Rejoice, "Star Wars" fans, the wait is over. "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" lands on Disney Plus on May 4. To celebrate May the Fourth, Disney is rolling out "The Rise of Skywalker" on its Disney Plus streaming service a full two months early, uniting all nine chapters of the Skywalker Saga films in one place for the first time. "What began in 1977 with George Lucas' groundbreaking film […] todayMay 4, 2020
insert_link Fashion Could Carine Roitfeld’s Virtual amfAR Charity Fashion Show Be a Blueprint for Future Fashion Weeks? There were no Hadids or Jenners, but there were dozens of models strutting their stuff in well-appointed kitchens, living rooms, bedrooms and gardens during designer Carine Roitfeld’s half-hour “CR Runway Fashion Unites” show streamed on YouTube on May 1st. (“Who’s looking at the houses rather than the models?” joked one commenter, touching on a new aesthetics reality of the quarantine era.) “This is supermodels supporting superheroes,” said Derek Blasberg, head […] todayMay 4, 2020
insert_link Fashion Having to DIY your Mani/Pedi these days? This Fashionable Nail Art can help make it Fun! DIY nail art can be hard to do, especially if you’re just learning the craft. Thankfully, nail decals offer an easy way to add flair to solid-colored nails, whether in the form of simple shapes or intricate designs. When applying the decals, you will want to have clear nail polish on hand to use as a top coat to protect your nail and seal the design. When shopping for nail […] todayApril 30, 2020
insert_link Tech Made Simple Happy 30th Birthday, Hubble Telescope! "When it rains, look for rainbows. When it's dark, look for stars." - Oscar Wilde To celebrate the iconic telescope’s three decades in space, on April 24th the team of researchers behind the Hubble released an amazing new image of two nebulas in the Large Magellenic Cloud, a smaller galaxy about 163,000 light-years from our Milky Way. The larger, red nebula is NGC 2014, and the bright, newly formed […] todayApril 30, 2020
insert_link Health & Wellness Experts say Apps aren’t a reliable way to measure Blood Oxygen Levels Doctors say one of the best ways to monitor patients with COVID-19 is by tracking their blood oxygen levels, which can show when they have dangerous breathing problems — even if they don’t feel short of breath. But along with toilet paper and digital thermometers, devices that measure those levels, called pulse oximeters, are hard to find. They’re either sold out or taking weeks to ship from major retailers. With […] todayApril 30, 2020