Weight-loss drugs that work by suppressing appetite are still facing resistance from healthcare practitioners and consumers alike, even though the newest options on the market are safe, according to the Food and Drug Administration. “It’s going to be a challenge because of bad safety experiences with previous weight-loss medications,” Kaare Schultz, deputy chief executive of […]
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The use of wood-burning stoves has long been a solution for high heating costs in homes across the country, and even though heating oil has been at an all-time low during the 2014-2015 winter, statistics show that homeowners have continued to make use of wood-burning heating alternatives whenever possible. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), on […]
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In many places across the U.S., a garage is seen as a luxury, an additional space that provides convenience and adds value to one’s home. In fact, an estimated 53% of home buyers today say they look for homes with two-car garages. But in Silicon Valley, CA, the home of tech giants like Google and […]
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The city of St. George, Utah has made a major investment in the safety of bicyclists and pedestrians with the opening of a $13.2 million interchange. Located at the intersection of Red Hills Parkway and Bluff Street, the new interchange also connects three popular bike trails. With tunnels around the corners, bicyclists will be able […]
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Experts are noting that the home improvement industry is finally improving economically, following the success of the housing industry. Normally, home improvement is one of the first industries to recover following a recession, but this time, it has been lagging due to depressed housing prices. Now home improvement is on the rise again, with companies […]
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In order to promote what Austria’s conservative Integration Minister Sebastian Kurz calls an “Islam of European character,” the country’s new parliament has amended historical laws with a new bill that requires imams, the officiating priests of Islam, to be able to speak German, and also bans foreign sources of financing, thusly mitigating the influence of foreign […]
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