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'Fat' Taste Could Hold The Key To Cut Obesity (180 diggs) A newly discovered ability for people to taste fat could hold the key to reducing obesity, researchers believe. They also found that people with a high sensitivity to the taste of fat tended to eat less fatty foods and were less likely to be overweight. The research team developed a screening procedure to test the ability of people to taste...

RIP Abandoned Mental Asylum Hellingly [33 Creepy Pics] (372 diggs) When you look at these photos, do you think death and derelict nightmare or do you think urban explorers’ dream? Let’s go off the rails on a crazy train to explore the decomposing mental hospital since it is at this moment being torn down. Here’s an ode to abandoned Hellingly Mental Asylum with 33 creepy photos. R.I.P.

Diary of a quitter: Can e-cigarettes really help? (269 diggs) I'm 48 now and I must find an alternative to tobacco. I can't bear to think of my blackening lungs anymore, not to mention the $50-a-week cost. So here goes. I screw the atomizer into the battery, fit a cartridge and I am ready to fake smoke.

Eating Can Be Hazardous to Your Health (169 diggs) Food is sustenance; it provides necessary nutrients to sustain life and, when done right, it can be a gratifying gustatory experience. Unfortunately, far too often, food can also just make you sick -- or worse. More than four in 10 Americans say they've become ill during the past two years because of something they've eaten.

Sleep Habits Vary by Ethnicity (180 diggs) Sleep problems and sleep habits vary among different ethnic groups, according to a new national survey. But among all ethnicities, there remains a common denominator: Many of us simply don't get enough sleep.

Wii workouts: Best of the games (177 diggs) Four top training videos that can get you moving and into shape....

Why Aren't Americans Sleeping Enough? (385 diggs) Americans are too tired to go out and socialize, too tired to work, and even too tired for sex, according to a new survey from the National Sleep Foundation. But while the poll results highlight a nation of sleep-deprived adults, they also pull back the curtain on what we're doing, collectively and by race, instead of sleeping.

Vitamin D Crucial To Activating Immune Defenses (945 diggs) Scientists at the University of Copenhagen have discovered that Vitamin D is crucial to activating our immune defenses and that without sufficient intake of the vitamin, the killer cells of the immune system - T cells - will not be able to react to and fight off serious infections in the body.

Traffic Accidents: The Global Killer (Graphic) (321 diggs) The Decade of Action for Road Safety was announced this week by the UN General Assembly. The WHO report on road safety makes for shocking reading. With over 3000 people dying on the world's roads daily and nearly 1.3 million people killed each year. If trends continue unabated deaths will rise to an estimated 2.4 million a year by 2030.

The Secret Of A Long & Happy Sex Life? Be Healthy & Be A Man (264 diggs) Men and women are living longer than ever before, but are they still having sex? Yes, say researchers in the US, but how often, and how enjoyable it is depends partly on their gender and partly on their state of health.

VA to Automate Its Agent Orange Claims Process (174 diggs) The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is automating how it pays disability claims related to exposure to the chemical Agent Orange, officials said.

7 (Unsuccessful) Ways To Quit Smoking (365 diggs) It’s my own fault. And so without further ado, I give you the 7 ways I’ve tried to quit and why I failed miserably at them. Hopefully some of you can either relate or let me know what I’m doing wrong.

Do women really fake it? Yes Yes Yes!!! (386 diggs) A new survey suggests that half of all women have faked an orgasm at one time or another

Major Retailers Stores Selling Used Underwear (180 diggs) You know how retail clothing stores always have signs up saying they don’t allow pantie returns? Lies, they’re all lies.

Is Salvia the New Recreational Drug? (488 diggs) One of the newer products to hit the recreational drug market is Salvia Divinorum, better known as Salvia. It has only garnered attention recently because of its psychedelic effects, but much to the surprise of many, it is still legal in this country.

Medicine We Can Live Without (293 diggs) We can save billions of dollars by cutting out unnecessary exams and tests that kill tens of thousands a year. Here's a list of just a few.

Dust Bunnies Tainted with Toxins? (177 diggs) Household dust consists of a potpourri that can include lead, arsenic and other potentially harmful substances.

How Common is Low-Back Pain? (291 diggs) Back pain is very common and affects about 8 out of 10 people.

First three-way kidney transplants carried out in Britain (252 diggs) The first three-way kidney transplant operations have been carried out in Britain, it has been announced. The pioneering operation involved three pairs of donors and recipients. Each donor was not a match for their own loved one but was prepared to offer a kidney to a stranger in return for one for their spouse or relative.

Researchers: AIDS virus can hide in bone marrow (285 diggs) The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments for the disease.

UN says mother-child HIV can be eliminated by 2015 (345 diggs) The United Nations says mother-to-child HIV transmission can be eliminated by 2015 if health programs receive increased investments as planned.

A $618,616 Battle with Cancer (518 diggs) It was sometime after midnight on Dec. 8, 2007, when Dr. Eric Goren told me my husband might not live till morning. The kidney cancer that had metastasized almost six years earlier was growing in his lungs. He was in intensive care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and had begun to spit blood.

When Are Sports Drinks Better Than Water? (333 diggs) Nothing hydrates better than water, but there are times when athletes should opt for a sports drink over H2O.

OMG Cholesterol [PIC] (1,431 diggs)

Teen shoots his own testicles. End of story. (733 diggs)