Read the original article on Best Life. Macauley Culkin is best-known, of course, for playing Kevin McCallister in the Home Alone series. But his acting career kicked off well before that. He appeared in Rocket Gibraltar in 1988 and See You in the Morning and Uncle Buck in 1989. Not for nothing, he also had a one-episode turn in a 1994 episode of Frasier. And for some famous faces who didn’t hit it big until well after childhood, here are 40 Stars Who Didn’t Become Famous Until After 40....

The June 2020 study, published in JAMA Cardiology, examined nearly 1,500 patients in hopes of gaining a better understanding of what level of heart disease risk was associated with normal blood pressure (again, 120/80)—specifically in patients who didn’t have any other major risk factors for heart conditions. The researchers focused on increases in systolic blood pressure (the top number in your blood pressure reading) with age, adjusting the data for changes in other heart disease risks....

RELATED: Unvaccinated People Will Be Fired From Here, Starting April 2. In a statement released on Feb. 18, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced that the city would be ending its proof-of-vaccination requirements that have been in place since December, effective immediately. The removal of the mandate now means that businesses such as restaurants, bars, gyms, and indoor entertainment venues no longer have to ensure that patrons have received their shots before granting them entry....

“Testing does not eliminate all risk, but when combined with a period of staying at home and everyday precautions like wearing masks and social distancing, it can make travel safer, healthier, and more responsible by reducing spread on planes, in airports, and at destinations,” CDC Director Robert Redfield, MD, said in a news release. Read on to see why the agency is adding this precautionary measure, and for more on how to be sure you’re really keeping yourself safe, check out If You’re Not Doing This, Your Mask Won’t Protect You, Study Says....

Based on experiments conducted in January of 2021, the CDC found that “the effectiveness of cloth and medical procedure masks can be improved by ensuring that they are well fitted to the contours of the face to prevent leakage of air around the masks’ edges”—and they have some tricks as to how to do that. Read on to see the science-backed ways to make your mask safer, and for the PPE you should absolutely be avoiding, check out The CDC Warns Against Using These 6 Face Masks....

According to Australian epidemiologist Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz, there is a widely circulated claim that 90 percent of all positive COVID-19 tests are actually false positives. “This has serious implications, the story goes, because it means that there are actually virtually no cases of the disease in the country, and the government is lying to us all,” Katz wrote for his popular health blog. “Which is, to be blunt, totally wrong.” The main test used to diagnose a COVID infection is a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, which is usually done by a nasal or throat swab....

Infectious disease epidemiologist Saskia Popescu, PhD, recently tweeted about her own vaccine side effects, describing the two days that followed her second dose as “not fun.” She outlined her own list of symptoms, and briefly ruminated on the experience. Would she do it again, she asks rhetorically? “Of course.” But her tougher-than-expected go of it led to an epiphany of sorts: “We need to ensure folks have the ability to take time off post-shot,” Popescu concluded....

Real Water bottled alkaline water has been potentially linked to non-viral hepatitis, a liver disease that causes inflammation. The FDA sent out a warning on March 16, detailing how the agency had learned about five cases of non-viral hepatitis—resulting in acute liver failure—affecting infants and young children in Nevada during November 2020. Additionally, additional people in the households with these children who drank Real Water reportedly experienced symptoms, but they were less severe, including “fever, vomiting nausea, loss of appetite, and fatigue,” according to the FDA....

READ THIS NEXT: The Least Tactful Zodiac Sign, According to Astrologers. Capricorns often feel insecure. They get caught up trying to be the best, and when they let themselves down, they’re disappointed. To counter this, they strive endlessly. “Capricorns are ruled by the planet Saturn, [which] is known as the ‘planet of limitation,’ and this can lead Capricorns to feel like they’re always lacking in some way,” explains CrystalDigest founder and astrologer Kelly Grayson....

To learn Arabic, you have to learn a new alphabet, and get used to reading from right to left. A lot of the sounds in the language are difficult for English speakers to master, and the grammar is packed with irregular verbs. Even if you manage to overcome all of that, it is also a language with many, many dialects that vary widely. So, you might be able to get by in Jordan, but have a hard time in Kuwait....

RELATED: The Zodiac Sign Best at Lying, According to an Astrologer. While Aquarius is known for being “too cool for school,” they can inadvertently put themselves under a ton of stress. This air sign is a people pleaser at heart, which can add to that anxiety. Ruled by the 11th House of community, Aquarius is “keen to be different and unique” but “they want to fit in and want people to like them,” says astrologer Maisy Bristol....

According to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), you can be categorized as one of 16 different personality types, depending on preferences, likes, dislikes, strengths, and weaknesses. The questionnaire—developed by Isabell Briggs Myers and her mother, Katharine Briggs using Carl Jung’s theory of “dichotomies”—poses questions about four different areas associated with your personality. According to the MBTI classifications, you can either lean toward Extraversion (E) or Introversion (I); rely on Sensing (S) or Intuition (N) when evaluating information; be more Thinking (T) or Feeling (F) in your decision making; and either be Judging (J) or Perceiving (P) when facing the world around you....

RELATED: This Former Bond Girl Says She “Ruined Her Face” With Plastic Surgery. The experts we consulted agreed that gluteal fat grafting—more commonly called a Brazilian butt lift (BBL)—is currently the most dangerous plastic surgery procedure. Although the hourglass figure this procedure can help create is highly coveted, it may not be worth the risk. According to board-certified plastic surgeon Samuel Lin, MD, “death may happen as frequently as one in every 2,351 BBLs....

While bleach may be your best friend when cleaning dirty bathrooms, you shouldn’t use it on your kitchen countertops, no matter what they’re made of. The same powerful chemicals in bleach that battle germs can also ruin your counters’ coating. “Bleach is a very strong cleaning agent and has the ability to eat through your stone countertops’ protective sealant,” says cleaning consultant Dean Davies of Fantastic Cleaners in London.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb Worn down sealant is a problem on its own, but the issue gets more complicated if you don’t realize the seal has been compromised because then the bleach can ruin the stone, wood, or laminate itself, explains Davies....

While appearing on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen in 2019, host Andy Cohen and Kimmel shared a list of people they would never want on their respective shows. Cohen kicked things off with Omarosa, and when it was Kimmel’s turn, he said Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump. The names were presented without commentary, but it was hardly the first time that Kimmel had something to say about the Trump brothers....

A red flag is something minor that makes you raise an eyebrow. Red flags are “indicators that something needs to be questioned or otherwise validated. Often these are clues that something may be trouble in the future,” writes Abigail Brenner, MD, for Psychology Today. A dealbreaker, on the other hand, is something more significant that you cannot look past. Dealbreakers are “qualities that would disqualify someone as a dating prospect, regardless of how many other wonderful traits they have,” writes Gwendolyn Seidman, PhD, for Psychology Today....

If someone tells you a secret, they expect you to keep it. “Often times we have to rely upon one another based on some degree of faith,” explains Kristina de Bree, a licensed marriage and family therapist based in California. When you share someone else’s secret, you’re betraying their confidence—but you’re also letting the person you’re telling know they can’t count on you either. Of course, sharing other people’s secrets is not the only reason someone may not trust you....

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) director had nothing but good news to report not long after receiving his first dose. “Actually, I feel really fine. I feel very good. I feel perfectly normal,” Fauci told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. But he also said that expects to experience an “ache in the arm” at the injection site. “That’s very common in any kind of vaccination so I’m anticipating that, but in general I feel fine,” he said....

Research published in the journal Cell Metabolism, as reported by HealthDay News, shows that interval training improves mitochondrial function in your muscles. If that doesn’t mean anything to you, here’s a quick refresher in biochemistry 101: mitochondria are responsible for breaking down the nutrients in your body and turning them into energy. More energy equals more cellular respiration, which can halt muscle stagnation and even help get them growing like they did in your football-playing days....

RELATED: If You Notice This at Night, Your Heart Disease Risk Is Doubled. In 2003, the AHA conducted a survey of more than 500 women who survived heart attacks, the results of which were published in the journal Circulation. Among the 95 percent of participants who said they noticed something wasn’t right in the month or so before their heart attacks, the most common was unexplained fatigue. According to the research, 71 percent of women reported feeling tired for no logical reason in the weeks before their heart attack....