It feels too soon to make plans for Independence Day. Okay, so when is the best (i.e. cheapest) time to book a flight? Sign up for a travel app like Hopper and let them alert you when the price is right. The truth is that there’s no “right” time to buy your flight. Not six months out. Not four months out. Not two weeks ago. Experienced travelers set an alert for great deals and let those deals come to them....
But don’t worry, opportunities to practice self-improvement are out there, and they often appear when we’ve got nothing better to do. Listed below are a few things to do when bored that can help you achieve some much-deserved personal growth. Because as fun as it can be to keep tabs on someone else’s life, it always pays to stay focused on our own. READ THIS NEXT: 50 Fun Things to Do At Home Right Now....
Even though your liver is tucked away on your right side, under your ribcage, skin conditions can be a warning sign when something is wrong. “[The liver] plays a significant role in the body’s health and processes,” explains Linda Khoshaba, NMD, FABNE, and the CEO and founder of Natural Endocrinology Specialists (NES). “[So], liver problems may manifest on the skin.” Read on to find out about four skin conditions that can be a sign of liver disease....
READ THIS NEXT: Doing This at Night Can Boost Your Memory, New Study Says. If you suffer from chronic poor sleep, a sleep aid may help you get a better night’s rest. But experts warn that taking sleep aids for a prolonged period of time can come with serious side effects, including memory loss and other forms of cognitive impairment. “We know that sleep medication use is pretty common in older adults,” Yue Leng, MD, PhD, an epidemiologist and assistant professor at the University of California San Francisco tells the AARP....
READ THIS NEXT: How to Embrace Keeping Your Hair Long After 50. Somewhat surprisingly, shampooing your hair too frequently can cause it to become more naturally oily. “The reason why this happens is you are over-stimulating the sebaceous gland, meaning you are producing more oil than needed,” says Antonio Juarez, a hairstylist at Fabio Scalia salons in New York City. This stimulation is caused by the massaging technique you use when you lather your shampoo....
Mache Seibel, MD, OB-GYN, author of The Estrogen Fix and Working Through Menopause, is trying to change that by shedding light on all things perimenopause, as well as on menopause itself. Read on to find out what he told Best Life about this inevitable, and completely normal, life stage that anyone with a uterus can expect to face, if they haven’t already. READ THIS NEXT: Stacy London Says She’s Fighting Back Against This Health “Crisis” in Exclusive Interview....
READ THIS NEXT: The First Things Guests Notice When They Come Into Your Home, Experts Say. A recent survey conducted by Lombardo Homes asked over 1,200 Americans about their “top neighbor frustrations.” It might not be surprising, but noise ranked as the number one neighbor annoyance for those in single-family homes, apartments, townhomes, and other residences. Loud music, talking and shouting, and loud pets came in as the top three noise-related complaints....
READ THIS NEXT: The Most Hated TV Finales of All Time. A 1976 episode of Sesame Street was pulled and never shown again after the initial airing led to a barrage of complaints. The episode features Margaret Hamilton in character as her character from The Wizard of Oz, the Wicked Witch of the West. She arrives on Sesame Street to get her broom back from one of the series regulars, who accidentally obtained it, but some viewers felt that she was too harsh and scary in her pursuit....
READ THIS NEXT: 5 Warnings From Ex-Dollar Tree Employees. If you constantly purchase items online and then return them in the store, you might want to think twice. “The way the online return system [works] makes no sense, it makes things confusing and annoying for both the customer and associate,” employee Low-Environment-6571 explains on Reddit. “If you want a refund from your online order, we put it through as an online receipt return and you get the money back to your card....
READ THIS NEXT: 5 Warnings From Ex-Dollar Tree Employees. In a Reddit thread about experiences working for Dollar General, an ex-employee claimed that when they visited a warehouse to help clean it, they found “maggots in dog food cans, black mold, stuff in rolltainers so out of date it went directly into the dumpster.” Another person asserted in the same thread, “I worked at a DG warehouse and stray cats were having a buffet tearing open food every day, so rats were scarce but still, gross....
READ THIS NEXT: 5 Warnings to Shoppers From Former T.J. Maxx Employees. It’s hard to buy clothing without trying it on first, but if you’re doing so at Ross, you may want to suds up when you get home. “I think you should shower after trying on clothes at any fitting room. Bed bugs and lice are very common. I used to work at Ross. Those clothes are never cleaned,” claims ex-employee Alpha8472 on Retail Watchers....
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“Chronic and sometimes subtle symptoms can be the most important to pay attention to when it comes to protecting one’s future health,” says anti-inflammatory health coach Jenny Carr. “Sadly, these smoldering, persistent chronic health conditions affect more than 40 percent of the U.S. population.” To help you avoid becoming a statistic, here are 50 signs to be aware of. RELATED: 50 Important Habits Linked to a Longer Life. Sometimes shortness of breath means nothing, and other times it’s something you should get help for immediately....
However, that doesn’t mean you can’t keep yourself safe if you do choose to hit the road. On a July 27 call with members of the media, experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed what travelers should pack for overnight trips—so read on to discover which must-have travel supplies you can’t afford to leave at home amid the coronavirus pandemic. And if you’re traveling in the near future, These 3 Airlines Are Handling Coronavirus the Worst, Experts Say....
READ THIS NEXT: Angelina Jolie Is So Beautiful, Audiences “Overlook” Her Talent, Famous Director Said. George Clooney has poked fun at his stint as Batman several times over the years. The actor starred as the superhero in 1997’s Batman & Robin, which was not well received. During a 2015 appearance on The Graham Norton Show, he said, “I always apologize for Batman & Robin … I actually thought that I destroyed the franchise until they brought it back....
Yelp compiled data in Sept. 2020 to create their “Local Economic Impact Report.” The report found that a total of 32,109 restaurants were closed as of Aug. 31, and 19,590 (61 percent) of those closures were indicated to be permanent. According to Yelp, the hardest hit restaurants were breakfast and brunch spots, burger joints, sandwich shops, dessert places, and Mexican restaurants. Foods that do well with delivery and take out—such as pizza places, food trucks, bakeries, and coffee shops—tended to have lower closure rates, Yelp reports....
On Dec. 2, Simpson posted a celebratory Instagram about the audiobook recording of her memoir Open Book being named one of the best audiobooks of the year by Apple. Back in Feb. 2020, when her memoir was published, Simpson earned acclaim for how open and honest she was about her life and career. The book even became a No. 1 New York Times bestseller. Writing a bestseller is an impressive feat for anyone, but Simpson was excited about the success of the audiobook recording for a much bigger reason....
RELATED: These Are the Symptoms of the Omicron Variant, South African Doctor Says. During a Dec. 1 interview on CNN’s New Day, Mvuyisi Mzukwa, the vice chair of the South African Medical Association, said that much like other variants of the virus, Omicron is having a severe impact on unvaccinated individuals. “What we’ve noted is that the people that are being hospitalized are largely unvaccinated, about 90 percent of those are unvaccinated,” Mzukwa told CNN’s Brianna Keilar....
While hospitalizations overall have seen a sharp decline along with case numbers in recent weeks, healthcare providers around the U.S. are finding that the vast majority of patients hospitalized due to COVID are unvaccinated against the virus, USA Today reports. According to a spokesperson for Sanford Health, which manages and runs 44 medical centers and more than 200 clinics across four states in the Midwest, less than five percent of the 1,456 patients who have been admitted for COVID since January have been fully vaccinated....
“Kids, I’m sorry to say this, but it is a big deal. It will hurt,” Eli said, alongside his father, Jonathan Lipman, who is also struggling with long-haul COVID. “You just got to face the truth—sometimes you’re not OK.” According to Jonathan, Eli had a low-grade fever for months. This led to a “maddening” experience of doctors dismissing the family’s concerns, because the fever was only 100 degrees. According to the Mayo Clinic, a fever is usually only dangerous when it reaches 103 degrees or higher....
