Last year, a woman in London made headlines after getting herself out of debt by selling her dirty underwear on the Internet for $60,000. Creepy but true. If only her customer base had known that their desires might be satisfied at a local chain store. It turns out far too many retail companies are restocking returned, used undergarments (BTW...
You've hit the Mega Millions jackpot of meta-studies. But while Jan. 1 this year saw a winning ticket for $425 million (it hit that sum just about two months after a record-breaking $1.527 billion prize), this meta-study took a bit longer to make its splash.
Published in the journal The Lancet, the mega-paper "Carbohydrate Quality and Human...
In Japan, most Sumo wrestlers weigh 300-400 pounds. While they're professionally active, they follow a diet and workout routine that helps keep them surprisingly healthy, considering their girth. But once they stop training, they're prone to Type 2 diabetes, high LDL cholesterol and cardiovascular disease, and they have a life expectancy that's...