Sometimes, despite our best efforts, we or those we care about may fall victim to poisoning. It could be as simple as eating expired food or ingesting the wrong...
Animals get injured. Hunting dogs, camp dogs, trail dogs, or dogs that you simply take to the park are all threatened by the same dangers as we humans. Walking ...
A long-standing rumor states Walt Disney’s frozen corpse is being stored beneath the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland, but that rumor has teeth becau...
You’ve probably had to use a small tube of superglue to super-adhere a broken vase, shoe sole that was coming apart, or other odds and ends in your household. I...
Survival situations don’t always have a happy ending. A simple slip on a wet rock could lead to a compound fracture, or a trip on a root might result in being i...
The concept of vampirism and the existence of vampires dates back thousands of years, to the time of the ancient Mesopotamians, Hebrews, Greeks and Romans. Thes...
In the history of first aid, the simple tourniquet has probably saved more lives than any other invention. The device was known to Alexander the Great and conti...
It is one of our most primitive but visceral fears; thrashing in the deep, far below the water’s surface, lungs burning for oxygen, arms straining toward the ev...
Each downpour brings with it the risk of disease. Respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses are common during and after hurricanes, aside from injuries and dea...
In the summer of 2018, a South Texas man died after wade fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. A fatality was also recorded in Virginia and a man from New Jersey was l...