Brian Vaszily

The 10 Dumbest Everyday Mistakes People Make With Their Money

Most Americans (82 percent) feel optimistic when it comes to their financial futures, according to the Family Financial Forecast study commissioned by State Farm Life Insurance Companies. Most Americans also have similar goals in mind when it comes to mon... Read >

Salt: What You Really Need to Know About the Harmful & Healthful Effects of Sodium

Sodium is essential to the human body, helping to carry nutrients into cells, regulate body functions such as blood pressure and fluid volume, and keep the pressure balance normal on the lining of blood vessels. "You cannot exist without sodium," says Ali... Read >

Why U.S. Train Intersections are So Dangerous, and How You Can Avoid a Disaster with Trains

The United States is home to more than 253,000 railroad crossings. Over 154,000 of these intersect public roads. Trains have the right of way at crossings -- they can take over 1 mile to stop -- which means motorists, pedestrians and bikers all must pay a... Read >

Who is Better at Revenge, Men or Women?

When it comes to seeing a fair and trustworthy person harmed, we all feel a sense of empathy. But if that person is perceived as deserving of the harm, men may get a sense of satisfaction, and actually enjoy the person's misfortune. This is according to a... Read >

The Four Most Common Hormone Disorders in Women

Hormones play a major role in how well your body functions and how you feel from day to day. If your hormones are in balance, you likely sleep well and have lots of energy, a strong sex drive, and well-functioning immune and digestive systems. "The health... Read >

The Top 5 Things Couples Argue About

All couples argue from time to time, and, in a general sense, turns out we're all arguing about the same things. According to relationship psychotherapist Paula Hall, the top five things that couples argue about are (and roughly in this order): Money ... Read >

The Dangers of Typical Neighborhood Animals You Don't Think of as Dangerous (Squirrels & Racc

You're used to seeing them, those squirrels, deer, rabbits, armadillos and other "typical" creatures that live in your neighborhood. But what you may not have realized is that those cute (and sometimes not-so-cute) inhabitants can at times be dangerous to... Read >

Are Oysters Really Aphrodisiacs?

It has been considered common knowledge for eons upon eons: oysters make great aphrodisiacs. But do these sea creatures truly hold the power to, well, titillate in that way? Where did the notion come from? And should you be eating oysters at all? What Exa... Read >

Pharmaceutical Pollution: What it is, and How Pharmaceutical Pollution Threatens Your Health

Americans are prescribed millions of doses of prescription drugs every year. Livestock are given millions more. But after the pill has been swallowed or the injection taken, the active components of the drugs do not become inert or completely absorbed by ... Read >

Serious Injury Toll in the Supposed "Safest of Places" Now Tops 12 Million: What You N

A major public health concern is occurring in a place you'd least expect it: our homes. Between 1992 and 1999, an average of 18,048 people died each year from unintentional home injuries, according to research from the University of North Carolina (UNC) I... Read >

What are Salicylates? Could Salicylates be Zapping Your Energy and Making You Feel Ill?

Salicylates occur naturally in many plant foods, acting as a plant hormone. The compounds are also manufactured synthetically and used to make painkilling drugs (aspirin and ibuprofen are the most well-known), flavoring, solvents, certain skin care produc... Read >

Half of All Breast Cancers are Tied to Pollution

Breast cancer rates in the United States have been on the rise since the 1940s. Today, one in seven women will be diagnosed with breast cancer during her lifetime -- a rate triple the number in the 1960s. What is behind this significant rising trend that ... Read >

Why Are Many Women Attracted to the "Bad Boy" Type?

Why is it that so many women are attracted to the "bad boy" types ... the ones that mothers have long been warning daughters to avoid? "There is just SOMETHING about these guys that draws you in, even as your head tells you to "beware"!" says Toni Coleman... Read >

What Exactly Does it Mean When Foods are "Hydrogenated," and What Risks Can it Pose?

Hydrogenation is a chemical reaction -- widely used in the processing of cooking oils and fats -- that turns unsaturated fatty acids into saturated ones. Technically speaking, during this process unsaturated bonds between carbon atoms are reduced by attac... Read >

The Risk of Flying in Small Airplanes vs. Large Airplanes

On January 30, 2006, a small Cessna 421B plane crashed a mile from Palwaukee airport in Wheeling, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, killing all 4 aboard. This accident was one of ten fatal crashes and 56 small aircraft accidents in the first weeks of 2006 in... Read >