For every death there’ll be many more hospital admissions for things such as strokes and heart attacks. Vladimirs Koskins/ShutterstockMost people are acutely aware of the toll the heat can take on human life, particularly since the extreme heat of Black Saturday in 2009 and the European heatwave of 2003. So it may come as a surprise that more Australians die from the cold than the heat. A new study published in The Lancet shows 6.5{c754d8f4a6af077a182a96e5a5e47e38ce50ff83c235579d09299c097124e52d} of deaths in this country are attributed to cold weather, compared with 0.5{c754d8f4a6af077a182a96e5a5e47e38ce50ff83c235579d09299c097124e52d} from hot weather. Most deaths will be from cardiovascular and respiratory disease, as it’s the heart and lungs that struggle when we are outside our comfort zone. When cold weather deaths were first noticed the theory was that it was
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Studies Try To Find The Right Doses Of Our Favorite Drugs: Coffee And Alcohol
How much alcohol can you safely drink? How much coffee should you drink?
46 Crock-Pot Recipes to Try This Summer (That’s Right, Summer)
Summertime, and the living is…well, hot. When stratospheric temperatures make you want to do nothing but sit in an ice bath all day, using a slow cooker might initially seem like a preposterous idea—isn’t that thing just for winter meals? But don’t put that Crock-Pot into storage just yet! You will be pleasantly surprised at how useful this appliance can be even during the warmer months, sparing you from turning the oven on and turning your kitchen into a sauna. Forget steaming stews and cozy casseroles, and try some tacos, corn on the cob, or s’mores bars. Cooking in the summer just got a whole lot cooler! Breakfasts Photo: The Foodie Corner 1. Slow Cooker Frittata With Zucchini, Tomato, and Feta Take the stress out of the
The Best Way to Comfort a Crier in Any Situation #Awkward
Crying: It’s the very first item on the to-do list of life. From there on out it’s anyone’s guess what will crank the waterworks. Some of us get weepy when we’re sad or angry, others at the sight of an adorable puppy, the sound of the National Anthem, or watching a favorite rom-com for the umpteenth time. We all do it for different reasons, and some of us more than others, but we all know what it feels like to well up and burst out. It’s All Right to Cry: The Science of Letting It All Out Many theories abound as to why, exactly, we cry. Some scientists see our bawling as a means of regulating arousal: A little blubbering slows down breathing, prompts us
People who don’t want kids deserve respect for their choice
There's a sense that people who want to be child-free are somehow draft-dodging the duty of parenthood – we’ve done it and suffered, so why haven’t you? Hanna Nikkanen/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SAA conversation about the merits or otherwise of choosing not to have kids has been simmering away since Pope Francis designated people who have made the choice as “selfish” earlier this year. A couple of months after his comments, the issue was being discussed because of the film While We’re Young and the US book Selfish, Shallow and Self-Absorbed. And now, the Australian media appears to be visiting this perennially interesting issue. There’s good reason for the enduring interest in people who choose not to breed. Societies overwhelmingly endorse reproduction;
Watch This Guy Dice a Whole Watermelon in 21 Seconds Flat
“DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME OR WORK” is one way to make sure someone doesn’t cut a hand off trying the “Matt Jones, Cut a Watermelon in 20 Seconds Challenge” shown above. All right, maybe that’s not a real challenge. Sure, “cut” could be interpreted a lot of ways. And yes, the guy above takes 21 seconds to dice the hell out of a watermelon, but that didn’t seem to trouble the more than 6 million people who have watched this video since it was posted on April 23, 2013. Jones, the man in the video, is an assistant produce manager at a Publix Supermarket, at least according to his Google+ profile (yes, people still use those). Chunking watermelons is apparently part of the job over there, and given his technique
Gluten Free Boston: Wink and Nod & Freshii
Last night, I did something I usually never do! I went to a healthy vegan restaurant in BOSTON and I forgot to take a single picture I was so caught up talking to my friends Lucie and Jenn. I guess you’ll just have to take my word for it that our dinner at True Bistro in Medford was delicious. Finding healthy places locally is tough. Vegetarian restaurants are every where in California and NYC but in Boston, they remain rare. The city has been doing a better job at making menus more allergy friendly. Last week, I visited Wink and Nod in the South End for a gluten free tasting. Wink and Nod is located at the corner of Appleton and Tremont. They feature different chefs every
The 5 Healthy Meal Formulas You’ll Never Get Sick of—for Real
Cooking a great meal off the top of your head is possible, and it can be done without any Top Chef-level skills. All you need are some non-recipes—dishes you know how to make by heart—that can be customized based on what leftovers are lurking in the fridge and what you’re craving that night. You probably have at least one non-recipe already. Maybe it’s a stir-fry that has a different protein and veggies in it each time you make it, and you also serve over different grains. Or it’s something as simple as avocado toast, which can have a surprising number of tasty variations. Add these five nutritionist-approved meal formulas to your regular rotation, and you’ll never fall into the rut of making
Balanced Breaks
This post is sponsored by Sargento Foods. I didn’t want to miss out on recapping some fun we had a few weekends back. Better late than never, right? I was in desperate need for a BREAK from the daily grind. Work had been crazy. So I put away my To Do list, powered down the computer, and filled a whole weekend with nothing but FUN. It was so wonderful. Things started off right with a little race spectating on Saturday morning… Training buddy Brandi did her first half marathon that weekend, and the race course was just a few miles from my house. So I packed Henry into the car after an early breakfast, and we drove out to see her and her husband run. It was
Now Even Extremely Busy People Can Make Gourmet Meals at Home
Plated There’s nothing quite like sitting down to enjoy a delicious (and nutritious) homemade meal. But we rarely have the time during the week to find a recipe, shop for ingredients, and prepare something. And then there’s the risk that the recipe we grabbed off Pinterest won’t actually be as mouthwatering as it looks in photos. It’s no wonder we find ourselves ordering takeout or popping another frozen dinner into the microwave—it just seems easier. But we said good-bye to our takeout habit after discovering Plated, a food delivery service that sends chef-created recipes and perfectly portioned ingredients right to your door. Cooking restaurant-quality meals has never been so easy! The cuisines range from Thai to Greek to Mexican, so we had no trouble
Sportsister Loves: Muc-Off Athlete protection
Muc-off, the brand responsible for keeping our bikes clean and running smoothly have now turned their attention to keeping us, the riders in good shape too. The new range called Athlete Protection, features balms and lotions that protect, prepare and aid recovery. First – Although completely irrelevant to the performance of the product, we love the look and packaging of the range – modern and stylish and totally unisex. Second – The product smells serious, like it’s going to do something good. It has a medicinal but not unpleasant scent which disappears fairly quickly. The balm is runnier than expected, less creamy, more like a lotion, but this means it goes on easily and quickly and does not leave a greasy residue. Third – How