April 18, 2016

They say love conquers all, but does that include cancer? Researchers found that married people with cancer had a lower death rate than their single counterparts. It’s believed that cancer patients benefit from the support that a spouse provides, such as driving them to doctor's appointments, providing nourishing meals and making sure they take their medicine. Source Link
 
There could be a dollar store solution to a painful problem for many runners. A study showed that putting surgical tape on your feet can prevent blisters. A layer of the inexpensive paper tape stopped blisters in a group of ultra-marathon runners. A single roll of surgical tape could keep a runner blister-free for a few years. Source Link 
 
This may be the tax filing deadline, but we have another week to keep paying the tab. This year’s Tax Freedom Day is April 24th. That’s the day when Americans as a whole have worked enough to cover the nation’s total tax burden. Individual states have different Tax Freedom Days that range from April 5th for workers in Mississippi to May 21st for people in Connecticut. Source Link