Articles, tagged with "urban myths", page 1

The myth about red

Urban myths come in all shapes and sizes from the faintly horrific stories about what might make your large pet dog ill, to the suggestion the color of a vehicle helps it go faster. The latter is usually justified by piles of statistics drawn from officia... Read >
Author: Norris Rios

Insurance myths

With the release of the first of the summer blockbuster movies, we have Thor as a Norse god banished to Earth and making good. If ever we needed evidence that myths have no basis in reality, we need look no further than Marvel comics and this character. W... Read >
Author: Grace Oaks

Auto theft and premium rates

Like certain types of candy always attract children with sticky fingers, so there are makes and models of vehicle that always seem to attract the thieves. You can find lists of the hot favorites. We have the usual suspects of the cars with the poorest sec... Read >
Author: Norris Rios

Origins of the Credit Card as Told by Nathanael West

There are many urban myths surrounding the origins of the modern-day credit card, but, like many others, I had always believed the much-vaunted assertion that the origin of the credit card lay in the 1950s, with the advent of Diner's Club. The internet ab... Read >
Author: Charlotte Mooney

Big is beautiful

The world is often confusing, full of contradictory causes and effects. Let's take the current controversy as to whether we are going through a period of climate change (or global warming, if you prefer). If the doom sayers have the right of it, the more ... Read >
Author: Grace Oaks

Concierge Medicine – Benefits for Women’s Health

Many physicians with whom we speak are expressing angst regarding converting to a concierge medicine model in today’s economic climate. Is it economic suicide to make this change today? We think not, if the change is made intelligently. Across the board c... Read >
Author: Matt Jacobson

Online Degree Programs: Reality Vs. Virtual Reality

There are a lot of urban myths floating around out there. Like the one that says a tooth left in a glass of pop overnight will dissolve (it won't). Or the one your older brother used to tell you about how your face would stay like that if he hit you in th... Read >
Author: CTU Online

FITNESS MYTH BUSTER – WILL EATING AFTER 6PM WILL PREVENT FAT LOSS?

Back for another installment of "Fitness Myth Busters" to demystify perhaps the longest running misinformation in the world of health and fitness. The real problem with these urban myths is that they tend to be so deeply rooted that changing the mindset ... Read >
Author: Jeff Cavaliere MSPT, CSCS

Weight Loss Tips For People Who Want To Lose Weight Permanently

Here are a collection of weight loss tips for those people who genuinely want to lose weight permanently and keep it off for ever. It is important to understand what is happening to your body if you decide to lose some excess weight quickly rather than... Read >
Author: Jack Ritchies

Three ways light knights of the road beat the traffic light sensors.

If you own a motorcycle, scooter, ride a bicycle or even drive a mini hybrid car you've probably been frustrated by lengthy waits at traffic lights. Not only is this annoying it's also unnecessarily adding to your journey time, costing you extra fuel and ... Read >
Author: Ian Davis

GMAT Prep Courses vs. Unaided Self-Study

If you need to prepare for the GMAT, you have to prepare yourself for something else first - namely, wading through all the misinformation, disinformation and urban myths about what constitutes "good learning." You will doubtless hear about various "guara... Read >
Author: Robert Bell

Sleeping and the placebo effect

There used to be a joke going the rounds about the relationship between doctors and a patient. When the patient asks for treatment, the doctors reply. "This is a time for mind over matter. We don't mind and you don't matter." It may not be very funny, but... Read >
Author: John Scott

Some Myth Of Celiac Disease

Now urban legends are urban folklore that were created by stories weaved together and circulated around until most people have accepted them as truths. There are different kinds of urban myths and covers a wide range of subject matter. It's not impossible... Read >
Author: Alden Robinson

How to Conceive a Boy - Advice to Help You Beat the Gender Lottery

Childbirth is always a miracle and a gift, regardless of the gender of the baby. However, there is nothing wrong with wanting to have a boy rather than a girl. Some expecting parents may feel guilty that they have a preference, but this is actually a very... Read >
Author: Samantha Adams

What's red and hot and throbs with promise?

The boring answer to this age-old riddle is, of course, a red sports car with one of those mufflers that rattles windows at one hundred yards when you rev the engine. Now we've all heard those urban myths, the stories that people who drive red cars are mo... Read >
Author: Grace Oaks

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