According to a report released by the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute Center for Diagnostic Excellence, an estimated 371,000 patients die, and 424,000 are permanently disabled each year because they are incorrectly diagnosed across a range of care settings. Overall, the paper suggests medical providers misdiagnose diseases roughly 11% of the time. However, it’s important to … Read more
Today, we have access to more information than ever before in human history. You don’t even need to visit a library to learn about history or science, and there are dozens of different methods for acquiring knowledge. Yet for some reason, more and more people are relying on artificial intelligence to spit out information, rather … Read more
Frankly, not everyone is a fan of kids (even parents get frustrated by them once in a while). However, when someone announces their “anti-kid” lifestyle to others, it doesn’t automatically become an open invitation to convince them otherwise or rope them into babysitting just because they don’t have to look after children of their own. … Read more
A majority of Brits (38%) believe they have two or three close friends. 22% say they have four or five, and 11% say they have none. However, one in three (33%) local doctors report having 16 or more friends, while at least one in two have up to 10! The patterns were similar for GPs … Read more
With editing apps and photoshopping software widely available, everyone can have an athletic body, a perfect vacation, or be youthful forever with just a touch of a finger. But how much can you alter a photo before it becomes a blatant giveaway that what you’re posting is far from reality? Luckily we have the meticulous … Read more
It’s no secret that money often becomes a reason for conflict among family members, typically because of how it is shared or, in some cases, not shared. This redditor opted for the latter when she received a 7-figure sum after the death of her stepfather. She refused to divide it and give money to her … Read more
The popular proverb says to “Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer,” Oscar Wilde wrote “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much”; the list of similar expressions could go on and on. And it’s likely safe to say that most of them bear some truth in them, considering that they’re prevalent to … Read more
From people and plants to cars and buildings, time eventually wears everything out. Sometimes it takes weeks or months, other times it can take years or decades, but eventually everything begins to crumble beneath the unstoppable pressure of Father Time. Check out this fascinating list to see what we mean. Compiled by We, the pictures … Read more
When you marry someone, you often marry their family too—who can either provide tremendous support or create additional challenges. For this new mom, pregnancy should have drawn the family closer, but instead, she faced a barrage of rude comments from her in-laws. A Canadian woman living in Germany opened up about her feelings of being … Read more
Welcome to the Jeopardy Challenge! Get ready to test your knowledge across a variety of topics in this Jeopardy game! There will be questions ranging from geography to pop culture. There are 20 questions waiting for you in this quiz. This is not one of those easy multiple-choice quizzes – you will not have options. … Read more