According to alarming study, a common medication used to treat lower back pain may increase the risk of dementia by as much as 40%. In the early 1990s, the NHS licensed gabapentin, also known as Neurontin, to treat epilepsy and nerve pain. However, US researchers discovered that patients of any age who had been administered…
Japan’s internet can download Netflix’s entire library in seconds Japan’s network is no joke, and if you could download at the speed of the average Japanese citizen, you’d be smug too. Japan has been ahead of the game when it comes to innovation for so many years that it’s embarrassing to the rest of the world…
Scientists found that your travel companion is harboring a dirty secret There is something in your home right now that is far more filthy than your toilet seat, and after reading this, you’ll probably want to sterilize it. Of all the grimy news in the world, this might be up there on the list. Even though…
Paul Karason inadvertently poisoned himself with silver Did you know there’s a condition born from taking dietary supplements that can turn a person blue? Known as argyria, WebMD explains that this permanent pigmental mutation occurs when silver builds up in the body over an extended period of time – giving the skin, eyes, nails, gums, and even…
A woman has disclosed the three important indications that she ignored before to receiving a stage 4 cancer diagnosis. London, UK-based content producer Georgie Swallow was only 28 years old when she was devastated to learn that she had stage 4 Hodgkin lymphoma and that her cancer treatment had caused an early menopause, which prevented…
The trinkets are booming, but an unexpected way they’re ‘deeply symbolic’ may put you off A psychologist has issued a warning to anyone who owns a Labubu due to the unexpected way the trinkets are ‘deeply symbolic’. The fluffy and slightly ugly-looking Labubu are absolutely everywhere, and while some of them may be a…
Ben Askren told followers it was like he’d gone to his ‘own funeral’ Former UFC fighter Ben Askren has issued a health update to his followers, revealing he ‘died four times’ after contracting a common bacterial infection which developed into pneumonia. Askren, 40, retired from MMA in 2019 after securing 19 wins in 22 fights, but he…
The cucumber stock was sold at flea markets across the McAllen and Alamo areas of Texas The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an urgent recall over a batch of cucumbers over grave fears they ‘could cause death’. It was announced on Tuesday (July 8) that the FDA had upgraded an earlier alert for a…
The submarine entered the country’s waters for the first time in 2023 A US Navy nuclear-powered submarine has made its first ever stop in a country that one expert claims sends a chilling message to its enemies. The threat of conflict or even World War 3 has never been louder amid the Russia-Ukraine war and events that have taken…
In recent years, the world has witnessed an alarming decline in fertility rates — not just in isolated regions, but across continents. Countries from Japan to the United States, South Korea to Italy, are seeing record-low birth rates. For millions of couples, starting a family has become a heartbreaking struggle marked by failed tests, invasive…
