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Pickleball is Sweeping America

As CNN reports, an estimated 4.8 million people in the US now play pickleball. Participation has increased by 39.3% in the past two years, making it the country's fastest-growing sport, says Laura Gainor, a marketing consultant for the USA Pickleball Association, the sport's national governing body. There's a pro pickleball tour, and some matches even air on ESPN. Pickleball aficionados are pushing for it to be included in the Olympics. […]

todayApril 13, 2022

Health & Wellness

Selena Gomez has Launched Wondermind — a Company That Aims to Prioritize ‘Mental Fitness’

In addition to being an actress, Grammy-nominated singer, producer, and beauty entrepreneur, you can now add co-founder of a mental health company to Selena Gomez's resumé. Gomez just has just announced that she's launching Wondermind, a multimedia platform that focuses on improving and maintaining "mental fitness" through free expert-backed content, tools, and resources. The Only Murders in the Building actress revealed the goal of this platform is to "destigmatize and democratize" mental […]

todayApril 12, 2022

Health & Wellness

People Living with Long Covid don’t want to be Forgotten as the World “gets back to normal”

More than two years into the pandemic, those living with "long COVID," medically known as post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2, remain sick and forced to grapple with a "new normal." Even people who had a “mild” version of COVID-19 and weren’t hospitalized are still experiencing symptoms. It has remained a perplexing problem for the medical community — and an exasperating one for millions of Americans who are left in limbo, their […]

todayApril 11, 2022

Health & Wellness

Dyson plans to launch New Bluetooth Headphones that Double as Air Purifyers this Fall

Who needs a face mask? Dyson has announced its first wearable product that builds the firm’s air purification expertise into a set of Bluetooth noise cancelling headphones aimed at city dwellers wanting to avoid polluted air. It delivers purified air to the mouth and nose while simultaneously tackling noise pollution through its active noise cancelling technology. Cancels out noise and air pollution?  Sounds great!  But there is one drawback, because […]

todayApril 7, 2022

Food & Drink

U.S. Avian Flu Outbreak means Higher Egg Prices right before Easter and Passover

As consumers continue to feel the crunch at the grocery store checkout, eggs are the latest product predicted to surge in price. Prices are expected to climb amid the seasonal demand during Easter and Passover with the outbreak expected to make prices even more expensive. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), 21 states have confirmed cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly […]

todayApril 7, 2022

Health & Wellness

Now that Covid-19 is on the Decline, “Normal” Viruses like the Stomach Flu are on the Rise

Now that the pandemic seems to be easing (knock on wood), mask mandates are ceasing, and people are kind of returning to "normal," those age-old "normal" viruses like the Stomach Flu (norovirus) are once again on the rise, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports. For most of the U.S., roughly 99.5%, it isn’t recommended to wear a mask indoors in public because of low or medium […]

todayApril 6, 2022

Health & Wellness

House Passes Bill to Decriminalize Marijuana with the MORE Act

Last week, the House of Representatives passed legislation to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level. The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act passed 220-204 in a vote largely along party lines and is only the latest in a series of efforts to decriminalize the substance after a version of the measure cleared the chamber in December 2020 but stalled in the then Republican-controlled Senate. Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer of […]

todayApril 5, 2022

Health & Wellness

Bruce Willis is Living with Aphasia – What Does That Mean?

The family of Bruce Willis has announced that the actor will step away from his career due to a diagnosis of aphasia, which is affecting his cognitive abilities. “As a result of this and with much consideration, Bruce is stepping away from the career that has meant so much to him,” his family said, without revealing what might have caused Willis’ condition. As Healthline reports, Sanam Hafeez, PsyD, an NYC-based […]

todayApril 4, 2022

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