READ THIS NEXT: Having This in Common Makes You “More Sexually Satisfied” With a Partner, New Study Says. Nearly everyone in the U.S. has sex before marriage. An oft-cited 2007 study published in Public Health Reports used data from the federal National Survey of Family Growth to find that roughly 95 percent of people in the country have had premarital sex. “This is reality-check research. Premarital sex is normal behavior for the vast majority of Americans, and has been for decades,” Lawrence Finer, study author and director of domestic research at the Guttmacher Institute, said in a statement at the time....

READ THIS NEXT: Neil Diamond Says Parkinson’s Means He Can Never Do This Again. The symptom most commonly associated with Parkinson’s disease is tremor, but there are several others which frequently appear in PD patients. These include slowed movement (bradykinesia), rigid muscles, loss of automatic movements, difficulty with speech, poor balance, impaired posture, and changes in one’s handwriting, the Mayo Clinic says. However, there’s also a wide range of less common symptoms that can affect PD patients, and some of them are unrelated to movement....

READ THIS NEXT: T.J. Maxx and Marshalls Are Under Fire for Selling These Recalled Products to Shoppers. The end of the summer season is disappointing for many, but for those of us who can’t wait for sweater weather, we welcome autumn with open arms. It signals the arrival of all of our favorite fall things: foliage, apple picking, football. And even if you don’t like pumpkin spice, there’s still something comforting about the season’s return every year....

According to the Daily Mail, Kate has emerged as “the biggest royal influencer” in the wake of months of lockdown in the U.K. In June, she was named Britain’s favorite royal, besting Queen Elizabeth by nearly 500 votes in a poll of 4,000 people conducted by the Daily Mirror. Thirty-five percent of respondents awarded the crown to the Duchess of Cambridge. Now, it seems, with her heightened profile during the pandemic through numerous Zoom calls with Prince William to cheer on essential workers and recent visits to family-centric organizations, Kate is not only tops in popularity, but is also the most powerful influence in the royal family....

In a new interview with Parade, Elizabeth talked about how seeing her sisters working as children made her reconsider jumping into acting at a young age. Read on to see what she had to say about Mary-Kate and Ashley’s influence. And for more on celebrity siblings, check out Celebrities You Didn’t Know Were Siblings. Read the original article on Best Life. Elizabeth knew that she wanted to be an actor when she was a kid....

When Friends was reaching the end of its television run, the stars were able to negotiate a salary of $1 million each per episode, which was a huge deal at the time and is still considered an incredibly high number now. It’s perhaps no surprise, though, that they were able to bring home even more than that to reunite 17 years after the series wrapped. After all, a reunion was in very high demand....

Those dirty dish sponges sitting around the edge of your sink are seriously gross—they may even be harboring dangerous bacteria like E. coli and salmonella—so it’s essential to replace them on a regular basis. “When it comes to your sponges and scourers, these should be added to your grocery list and be changed every single week,” says Henry Paterson, operations executive at Housekeep, a London-based house cleaning company. “This not only keeps your kitchen sanitary, but ensures that the sponges stay effective for removing grease and dirt from your crockery....

Falling asleep fast may seem like a good thing, but according to Alex Savy, a certified sleep science coach and founder of SleepingOcean, if you’re able to knock out in less than five minutes, that’s cause for concern. In fact, it’s one of the most common signs of sleep deprivation. “If you fall asleep fast, it might mean that you aren’t getting enough sleep overall,” he explains. Sujay Kansagra, MD, a sleep health expert for Mattress Firm and director of Duke University’s Pediatric Neurology Sleep Medicine Program, says other signs of sleep deprivation include moodiness, over-emotional response, impaired attention and decision making, and high blood pressure....

A March 15 study published by Hypertension, an American Heart Association (AHA) journal, found that beta-blockers might be to blame for some people’s sleep struggles. Beta-blockers are prescribed to people with various cardiovascular conditions, including heart failure, arrhythmias, chest pains, and high blood pressure, but they’re also given to patients with anxiety, as the AHA explains in a statement. They’re prescribed to over 20 million Americans. The medication works by reducing the heart rate, the heart’s workload, and the heart’s output of blood, which all work to lower blood pressure....

Researchers from St Thomas’ Hospital in London recently published a study concluding that heavy energy drink consumption may be linked to heart failure. According to the study, which was published April 15 in the BMJ Case Reports journal, there are a few reasons regular energy drink consumption could trigger heart failure.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb While the researchers contend that caffeine can overstimulate the sympathetic nervous system, leading to heart failure, “energy drinks are also known to increase blood pressure, and can precipitate a number of arrhythmias,” which are problems with the rate of the heartbeat....

READ THIS NEXT: If You Get a Call About This, Hang Up Immediately, Police Warn. Spam calls are nothing new, but it seems as if they are getting more and more common. Police departments across the country have issued warnings about these calls, where a scammer will often “spoof” caller ID information to make it look like a phone number from the police or other authoritative agencies. A sophisticated new scam has been fooling residents in Virginia, where fraudsters call victims, claim to be police officers, and threaten to arrest them for failing to appear for jury duty....

On Dec. 12, the Centers for Disease Control And Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) released their clinical considerations for the use of Pfizer’s COVID vaccine. In their recommendations, they say that “vaccine providers should observe patients after vaccination to monitor for the occurrence of immediate adverse reactions.” Patients with a history of anaphylaxis (severe allergic reactions) for any reason should be monitored for at least 30 minutes after their vaccine shot, the ACIP recommends....

READ THIS NEXT: If You Have Any of These Popular Peanut Butters, Get Rid of Them Now. This sweets recall is the latest in a string of others recently. One week ago, Turkey Hill Dairy of Conestoga, Pennsylvania recalled select containers of its Chocolate Marshmallow Premium Ice Cream.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb Back in February, the Royal Ice Cream Company of Manchester, Connecticut recalled specific lots of Batch Ice Cream brand ice creams, posting the news of the recall after the company discovered the products had the potential to be contaminated with listeria monocytogenes, which can lead to serious and sometimes fatal infections....

RELATED: If You Take Any of These 6 Supplements, the FDA Has a New Warning for You. On July 14, the FDA announced that Johnson & Johnson, the parent company of Neutrogena, had issued recalls for four Neutrogena aerosol sunscreens. The affected products include Neutrogena Beach Defense aerosol sunscreen, Neutrogena Cool Dry Sport aerosol sunscreen, Neutrogena Invisible Daily defense aerosol sunscreen, and Neutrogena Ultra Sheer aerosol sunscreen. Johnson & Johnson announced that Aveeno Protect + Refresh aerosol sunscreen is also being recalled....

“It is thought that particulate and nitrogen dioxide found in air pollution can act as vectors for the spread and survival of airborne particles such as COVID,” she explained in an interview with MedicalXpress. In an April study out of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, researchers discovered that an increase of just one microgram of particulate matter per cubic meter increased a person’s risk of dying from COVID-19 by 8 percent....

But there’s one less discussed side effect of the shot that can spook you if you’re not expecting it. That’s why you should know that swollen lymph nodes can result from vaccination. It’s nothing to fear: It’s temporary, and in fact it’s among the signals that the vaccine is working to develop an immune response in your body. But it’s still a possibility, and it seems to show up slightly more often after booster shots....

RELATED: If You Live in These States, Watch Out for This Highly Venomous Snake. Brown recluse spiders are one of only two venomous spiders in the U.S., according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). This spider, also known as the violin spider, is brown with a dark violin-shaped marking on its head. Unlike most spiders, the brown recluse has only six eyes instead of eight. According to the NIOSH, these spiders prefer secluded areas outdoors underneath structures or in piles of rocks or leaves....

The latest update—named iOS 14.4.1—comes as an important security patch for all devices running the operating system, including any iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, or Apple computer. The new software comes as researchers from Microsoft and Google discovered a major vulnerability in the iOS 14.4 update rated as “high” severity, LifeHacker reports. The security concern focuses on what is known as a WebKit issue in which malicious code can be forced to run on a device simply by visiting a website....

READ THIS NEXT: 8 Reasons to Visit Yellowstone National Park Right Now. While most of the U.S. has been no stranger to extreme weather recently, Yellowstone National Park suffered a devastating flood over the weekend of June 11 that park officials said was caused by “unprecedented” rainfall in the area, per The New York Times. The record-breaking high water levels damaged and destroyed roads and bridges, completely washing away some major routes while blocking others with downed trees and mudslides in what the U....

READ THIS NEXT: If You Shop at Walmart or Kroger, the FBI Has a Major Warning for You. The FBI’s most recent warnings include one alert about a major Netflix scam. As part of this scheme, criminals send text messages claiming to be from the streaming service, alerting you about your account status and including a link to update your information. By clicking the “keep watching link,” scammers are then able to exploit your phone or computer, officials warned....