Passenger Kicked Off WestJet Flight for Excessive Bathroom Use After Trip to Mexico

The passenger sparked a debate after describing her experience on X, as some users thought the airline made the right call in asking her to leave the plane Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket/Getty A woman aboard a WestJet flight said she was kicked off the aircraft for excessively using the bathroom before takeoff.  After describing the incident … Read more

I got a dangerous surgery at 16 to stop excessive facial blushing, and it ruined my life. Decades later, I can’t feel emotions.

John Larsen after his facial-blushing surgery.Courtesy of John Larsen When he was a kid, he blushed a lot and had sweaty palms — more than your average teen. At 16, he got an endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy to correct his excessive facial blushing. He’s now 40 and still suffering the side effects from the surgery; he … Read more

Excessive Screen Time Costs Billions, Report Says. Here’s What It Costs Your Health

In addition to irritating our eyes, too much screen time is hurting our wallets, says a report released Tuesday by the American Optometric Association and the Deloitte Economics Institute.  About 1 in 2 adults are exposed to “excessive” screen time of seven or more hours per day, according to the report, including 70% of office workers … Read more

Asia pushes again on ‘extreme’ forex strikes amid enduring greenback power

The Individuals’s Financial institution of China set the yuan buying and selling mid-point on June 28 at its weakest in eight months. Sheldon Cooper | SOPA Pictures | LightRocket through Getty Pictures High forex officers in Asia are pushing again on bets that despatched their currencies to their lowest in seven months this week, deepening … Read more