Pneumonia by the numbers
* In 2015, pneumonia accounted for 15 percent of all deaths to children under age 5 worldwide. An estimated 2,500 children a day die from pneumonia, most…
Category: Seasonal
November is National Family Caregivers Month: Caring for your loved ones
For families whose elderly members need a little extra attention, caregiving can be rewarding, a labor of love that can be life changing in more than one…
The magical Rockefeller Center: symbol of hope
Christmas in the US officially begins Nov. 30 when the 45,000 energy-saving LED lights on the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree burst into a dazzling…
The picture of The Doctor’s police box is courtesy Wikipedia.
Even though it has been more than five decades since the BBC’s hit Doctor Who took to the airwaves, this television program has enchanted fans of all…
Health in the News: Hope for baldness cure
When it comes to hair, three truths stand out: Many people have lost it, many want it back, and the person who invents that cure will have plenty of…
Levittown and the invention of the suburb
69th anniversary: Levittown and the invention of the suburb At the end of WWII, the federal government had a serious problem that grew worse by the day: a…
Bought your chicken feed yet?
Chicken feed produced a golden egg for one Illinois candy company. Back in 1900, Gustav Goelitz’s Confectionery Company produced and sold candy corn as…
Shorter version of the Levittown story
69th Anniversary: THE INVENTION OF THE SUBURB At the end of WWII, the federal government had a serious problem that grew worse by the day: a severe…
The new human time travelers
The U.S. Census Bureau reported exactly one year ago that the life expectancy average is now 78.8 years. That’s just a statistic to most of us unless we…
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Top 20 Supercentarians as of July 31, 2016 (all women) 1 Emma Morano 29 November 1899 116 Italy 2 Violet Brown 10 March 1900 116 Jamaica 3 Nabi Tajima 4…