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Sexting among teens may not be the epidemic parents have been warned about. But despite education efforts and cautionary tales, it’s still, unfortunately, pretty common. While experts differ on statistics, a research report in the June 2019 edition of JAMA Pediatrics found that at least one in four teens receive sexually explicit texts and emails. […]

Before kale was kale, it primarily functioned as a decorative accent on the Pizza Hut salad bar. But that was before everyone learned of its antioxidant benefits, when people starting writing kale cookbooks and farm production of kale rose 60% between 2007-2012 to meet demand for the leafy green. Kale is not an anomaly in

At 34, Liz Melchor, a journalist and photographer in San Francisco, was single and surrounded by babies. Her younger brother and sister both had little girls, and her Facebook newsfeed was filled with photos of her friends’ newborns. Worried that her fertility was in decline, Melchor decided to freeze her eggs. A few days into

Image copyright EPA The 20 hospitals in England due to receive an extra £850m funding for upgrades to outdated facilities and new equipment have been revealed. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will formally announce the plans – part of NHS spending pledges totalling £1.8bn – at a Lincolnshire hospital on Monday. Projects the £850m will pay

Korean beauty vlogger Dawn Lee was diagnosed with lymphoma, a type of blood cancer, in February. The 29-year-old has been sharing her experience of chemotherapy on YouTube, with one video attracting almost four million views. She told the BBC she was worried at first about sharing content that was not “pretty”, but hoped her videos

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is recovering at home in Kentucky after suffering a shoulder fracture in a fall Sunday, a spokesman said. McConnell tripped on his outdoor patio at his Louisville home Sunday morning, and has been treated and released after getting medical attention, said David Popp, a spokesman for the Kentucky Republican.

Single women and lesbians in France no longer would have to go abroad to get pregnant with a doctor’s help under a proposed law that would give them access to medically assisted reproduction at home for the first time. A bioethics law drafted by French President Emmanuel Macron’s government includes language to expand who is

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he will pump an additional 1.8 billion pounds ($2.2 billion) into the National Health Service, feeding speculation he wants an early election to bolster his one-seat majority in Parliament and support for his Brexit plans. Interested in United Kingdom? Add United Kingdom as an interest to stay up to

Image copyright Getty Images Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a one-off cash boost of £1.8bn for NHS hospitals in England. The amount – less than 1% of NHS England’s annual budget – will be available immediately to go towards new equipment and upgrades to 20 hospitals. Writing in the Sunday Times, Mr Johnson said

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A second person has died in the city of Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo A debate is raging over proposals that a second vaccine be introduced to fight Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo, currently in the grip of its worst outbreak. The DR Congo Health Minister,