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Low vitamin D levels linked to accelerated cognitive decline, Study finds

Low vitamin D levels linked to accelerated cognitive decline, Study finds

Older adults with low vitamin D levels may lose their memories and thinking abilities faster than those with normal vitamin D levels. Scientists found that low levels of the vitamin doubled or even tripled the rate of cognitive decline in 382 men and women over the age of 60. A majority, 61%, had insufficient vitamin D in their blood.

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Fast food chains graded on use of antibiotics ‘Report’

Fast food chains graded on use of antibiotics, Report

Fast-food giants Burger King, Domino’s and Wendy’s got failing grades in a consumer report card released Tuesday that ranks the nation’s largest food chains in their effort to eliminate the use of antibiotics in meat. Antibiotic resistance is one of the top five health threats facing Americans, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). More than …

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Four-year-old pedestrian killed in collision with off-duty Mountie

Four-year-old pedestrian killed in collision with off-duty Mountie

The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. (IIO B.C.) is looking into a fatal accident in Penticton that has claimed the life of a four-year-old boy. The child was crossing the street with his family at the intersection of Fairview Road and Highway 97 when he was struck by the RCMP officer’s personal vehicle at around 5 p.m..

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HP layoffs: Company to cut up to 30000 jobs as it plans split

HP layoffs: Company to cut up to 30000 jobs as it plans split

The move will save $2.7 billion for Hewlett Packard Enterprise, but will drive up the number of layoffs under Meg Whitman to about 85,000. Today, the company announced that this restructuring will involve reducing the workforce by 25,000 to 30,000 people, or 10 percent. Most of those jobs will be eliminated on the HP Enterprise side.

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Smaller plates ‘could help tackle obesity’, Cambridge Study Shows

Smaller plates 'could help tackle obesity', Cambridge Study Shows

By making a habit of using smaller plates, glasses and cutlery, over time, you are likely to reduce your body size, according to a review of more than 60 high-quality studies. The research, carried out by the University of Cambridge and published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, suggests that eliminating larger-sized portions from the diet completely could reduce …

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Blake Lively Clarifies Taylor ‘Comments’

Blake Lively Clarifies Taylor Comments

Blake Lively is awesome, this we know. But somehow, she got accused of throwing shade at Taylor Swift when she made a funny on Instagram. After innocuously referring to T-Swift’s “Bad Blood” music video in an Instagram caption over the weekend, Blake Lively began to feel the social media wrath of Swifties worried their idol had been shaded. But this …

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Daniela Velez-Reyes: Unruly passenger kicked off “Miami-to-Chicago flight”

Daniela Velez-Reyes: Unruly passenger kicked off Miami-to-Chicago flight

Unruly passenger on American Airlines removed after kissing, then punching, crew. American Airlines Flight 1284 departed Miami just a few minutes past its scheduled departure, according to online data, but about an hour from the flight’s Chicago destination, the pilot got on the loudspeaker, passenger Jim Saviano of Los Angeles and Las Vegas told USA TODAY.

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