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Amputee Peddles Prosthetic Finger Made From Bike Parts

Amputee Peddles Prosthetic Finger Made From Bike Parts - Colin Macduff blew off part of his middle finger in a gun accident. He then made himself a prosthetic finger from bicycle parts. He is so pleased with his new finger that he is selling them to other finger amputees and is hoping to give one to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who is also a middle finger amputee. “How hysterical would that be to give a politician the finger and get away with it?” Macduff asked ABCNews.com. Macduff,...

5 Fashion Habits that Are Bad for Your Health

5 Fashion Habits that Are Bad for Your Health - Beauty Habits We all know that fashion can be a lot of things: exciting, transformative, communicative, and most importantly: fun. That said, there are some facets of fashion that-over time-could be damaging our bodies and our overall well-being (yeah, we know: not so fun). We're talking about the actual things that we put on our bodies, as well as mind-sets we adopt for the sake of "looking the part," which often means you're not actually...

Ways to Beat Bloating

Ways to Beat Bloating - Eat this to help fight the bloat.You went to sleep skinny. So why does it feel like you gained the entire freshman 15 overnight? "Your weight can change anywhere from one to five pounds in a day due to hormone fluctuations, what you eat, and water retention," says Melinda Jampolis, MD, a physician in L.A. If you're bloated all the time and also have stomach pain, see a doctor--it could be a medical issue. 1. Use Instagram "Pull up a favorite pic of yourself on...

This alarm clock app is like no other

This alarm clock app is like no other - If you have trouble getting out of bed in the morning, a new app called Wake N Shake Alarm Clock ($1.99) might just be what the (sleep) doctor ordered. What makes this app unique -- compared the hundreds of other alarm clocks at the App Store -- begins with how you need to turn off the alarm. Quite simply, you need to shake the iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to turn it off. If you're a morning person, you might opt for the reasonably short and sweet "Milk...

Apollo Moon Rocket Engines Raised from Seafloor by Amazon CEO

Apollo Moon Rocket Engines Raised from Seafloor by Amazon CEO - Long thought to be lost forever on the ocean floor, massive engines that launched astronauts to the moon more than 40 years ago have been recovered by a private expedition led by the founder of Amazon.com. "We found so much," said Jeff Bezos, the online retailer's CEO, in an update posted Wednesday (March 20) on the Bezos Expeditions website. "We have seen an underwater wonderland – an incredible sculpture garden of twisted...

The Truth About Eggs and Cholesterol

The Truth About Eggs and Cholesterol - We Asked: Lisa Drayer, M.A., R.D., is a nutritionist and the author of "The Beauty Diet" and "Strong, Slim, and 30!" The Answer: Eggs have been slammed and praised, and slammed and praised again. But research suggests they won't raise your cholesterol-and in fact, might even boost your health. A landmark study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that healthy men and women who eat one egg every day are unlikely to have a substantial change...

In a rarity, a meteor hit and an asteroid near-miss on same day

In a rarity, a meteor hit and an asteroid near-miss on same day - An asteroid half the size of a football field passed closer to Earth than any other known object of its size on Friday, the same day an unrelated and much smaller space rock blazed over central Russia, creating shock waves that shattered windows and injured 1,200 people. Asteroid 2012 DA14, discovered just last year, passed about 17,200 miles from Earth at 2:25 p.m. EST (1925 GMT), closer than the networks of television and...