Health Care
Who Says Real Men Don’t Worry?
Earlier this week, our health and fitness site, Be Well Philly, ran a story about a Michigan State University study regarding anxiety in men and […]
Philadelphia Wants Your Condoms to Match Your Sneakers
First off, a slight confession: I almost left the city the first time I bought condoms. Okay, the CVS at County Line Road was not […]
Paralyzed Rutgers Football Player to Receive Jimmy V Award at the ESPYS
Eric LeGrand—the Rutgers football player who was paralyzed during a 2010 game against Army—will be honored at the 20th annual ESPYS in July. LeGrand will […]
World’s Only Person Cured of HIV Visits Philly
The only person in the world who has been cured of HIV will be at the Prevention and Outreach Summit at the Philadelphia Convention Center […]
Watch the 101-Foot Kayak Fall That Forced Bam Margera to Undergo an Emergency Hernia Operation
Known jackass and Chester County native Bam Margera recently had to undergo an emergency hernia operation after he injured himself while kayaking off of a […]
How Canada’s Health Care Could Save the U.S.
Any day now we could be hearing from ye olde Supreme Court on Obamacare, known more formally as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, […]
Commerce Secretary John Bryson Involved in Two Traffic Accidents, Found Unconscious
U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson was involved in two separate traffic accidents on Saturday afternoon. Bryson allegedly rear ended a car that was stopped at […]
Corner Stores Sell Produce to Make Philly Not as Fat
In the wake of Mayor Nutter’s speech against soda in Washington yesterday, The Washington Post has published a slideshow of photos from a Philly corner […]
Lawsuits Consolidated in Philadelphia on Behalf of 2,000 Ex-NFL Players
A lawsuit filed against the NFL in Philadelphia last August has been combined with 80 others filed nationwide in a proposed class action suit involving […]
Second Opinion on Roy Halladay’s Shoulder Brings Good (?) News
Phew. We were treated to some good news (?) from the Phillies on Roy Halladay’s shoulder today. After getting a second opinion, the Phils have […]
Ray Bradbury Dead at 91
Author Ray Bradbury passed away Tuesday night in Southern California. The 91-year-old author is best known for having written Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles and […]
Disney to Ban Junk Food Ads From Programs for Children
No more Dunkaroos commercials for little Tommy and Sally. The Walt Disney Co. has announced that junk food ads will no longer appear on its […]
What You Should Know About Bath Salts
With Rudy Eugene’s vicious attack last week on Miami-area homeless man Ronald Poppo making national headlines, a class of designer drugs known as “bath salts” […]
Malvern Company Thinks Its Drug Can Treat Penis Curvature
Auxilium—a Malvern-based pharmaceutical company—has a new drug that, trials show, can help men who suffer from Peyronie’s disease. Men with Peyronie’s disease have a fibrous […]
Should Everyone Get an Instadeath Pill When They Turn 75?
My father is a mathematician. He’s brilliant in ways I cannot hope to fathom. And when he gets together with his math buddies for dinner, […]