Last week, a Facebook post went viral offering a really unusual sunburn remedy. The woman from Texas posted before-and-after photos of her sunburnt back and suggested that menthol shaving foam did all the miraculous work. Although it sounds strange, several doctors could confirm the hack might work.

The woman suggested shaving foam as a sunburn remedy

Cindie Allen-Stewart, a 34-year-old mother from Texas, wanted to share with everyone her strange but incredibly effective sunburn remedy. The woman posted on Facebook three photos showing the progress of her sunburn treatment. At first, she displayed her sunburnt back with bra straps traces. In the second one, her back was covered in shaving foam, while the third showed how the sunburn was gone.

It turns out the miraculous sunburn remedy was nothing more than a menthol shaving foam. Apparently, her husband suggested she should try it, after his mother had informed him a doctor recommended the remedy to her a long time ago. People were surprised at the effects, so they shared the post over 223,480 times.

Doctors confirmed the sunburn remedy might work for mild cases

Apparently, the Texas mother has been using this method for ten years now. She explained you should apply the shaving foam on the sunburnt area and let it sit for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, it starts dissolving, so you should start experiencing a cooling effect. You should notice the foam is working after at least one day, but you can repeat the process if needed.

Several thousands of people were impressed by this life hack, but many were skeptical. Therefore, doctors stepped in to confirm or infirm the fact. It turns out menthol-based shaving cream can really be effective. These products are both cooling and have anti-inflammatory properties, so they might be good with sunburns.

However, doctors say you should still be careful. Shaving cream is good for mild cases of sunburn. If your skin is way too inflamed or has blisters, the cooling effect of menthol won’t do too much good.

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A man from Long Island issued a lawsuit against CVS, the pharmacy chain, accusing one of the workers at the facility of destroying his marriage. The man had a Viagra prescription he wanted to keep secret from his wife, so he told the workers not to mention it in front of her. One of the employees did, and the man is now suing the pharmacy chain for negligence and mental health damage.

The man wanted his Viagra prescription to stay secret

Michael Feinberg received a Viagra prescription from his doctor, but was afraid this would affect his relationship with his wife. Therefore, when he went to CVS to buy his medicine, he told the employees at the pharmacy he was ashamed. He wanted to keep the entire affair private and didn’t want the Viagra prescription to appear on the statement of his health insurance.

The man actually wanted to keep the Viagra prescription secret from his wife. However, one of the workers at the pharmacy seems to have disregarded Feinberg’s request. Some time after the incident, the wife in question called CVS to talk about a different prescription.

Now, he is suing CVS for the end of his marriage

The man claims one of these workers told the woman about his problem, which led to many other problems. Feinberg’s marriage was over shortly afterwards, and he blames the pharmacy employee for it. He says that, if his wife hadn’t known of his disfunction, their marriage would have survived.

As a result, he sued CVS for violating his privacy. He brought into discussion the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, claiming that employees need permission from the patient before revealing private information. He called his wife a third party who had no right to find out of his secret Viagra prescription.

Therefore, in the lawsuit, he accused CVS of negligence that caused him serious mental and emotional injury. The pharmacy chain commented on the incident and said it had always put first the privacy of their patients. However, they made no specific comment on this situation.

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Calories can be of all types. Some of the are good, as they give us energy and keep things going, while others are bad. However, it seems the bad category has more subgroups as well, some calories are a lot worse for health than others. Sugary beverages occupy a special place in this last category, as they pose a huge threat on our well-being.

Sugary beverages have a damaging effect on health

A team of researchers from UC Davis have identified sugary beverages as the products with the highest number of bad calories. Any types of calories actually increase the obesity risk, as well as other metabolic disorders. However, these drinks can get even more dangerous.

For the study, researchers wanted to see if all types of calories produce the same risk of obesity and diseases. This way, they identified a series of diets and foods that are more dangerous for health, and all of them agreed sugary beverages are the most dangerous. When comparing them with other high-calorie foods, the effect of the drinks was a lot more damaging.

Not all calories are so bad as we thought

In terms of other damaging and non-damaging calories, they made some other interesting findings. For instance, many people think aspartame, a sugar substitute, can turn people fat, but it’s actually not true. This basically happens because the sweetener has no calories.

Non-saturated fats are also a lot better than saturated fats. The former are found in seeds, vegetables, and nuts, and have a beneficial effect on health. However, some foods are still healthy, although they contain plenty of saturated fats. This category includes cheese or yogurt.

The paper highlights the difficulty to interpret the effect of calories. While some of them are generally regarded as bad, they might not be so damaging. Also, others might have different effects that everyone thought. However, all researchers managed to reach a consensus. Just like everyone knows, sugary beverages are really dangerous, so avoid them as much as you can.

The study in question was published in the journal Obesity Reviews.

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Soldiers often suffer the most terrible wounds, as they can lose important parts of their bodies. It’s really common for a veteran who has been through combat to lose his limbs or other important organs. After a man has lost his genitals during an attack with an improvised explosive device, a team of reconstructive surgeons from Johns Hopkins University performed the first penis transplant in the world.

The penis transplant came from a dead donor

The surgeons at Johns Hopkins University are well-known for performing some of the most unique transplants. For instance, this team was the first to restore a bilateral arm. Now, they were determined to fix a man’s penis and scrotum after he lost his genitalia during war. The surgeons hope this transplant will restore both his sexual and urinary functions.

On March 26^th, the anonymous veteran underwent the penis transplant that brought together two urological surgeons and nine plastic surgeons. This procedure wouldn’t have been possible without the deceased person who donated the organs. The surgeons used the penis, a part of abdominal tissue, and the scrotum, leaving the testicles behind.

Just like any other transplant, the procedure came with many risks

So far, the recovery has gone well. Researchers have kept the man under close supervision, and he is about to leave the hospital sometime this week. He had to spend so much time to receive medical attention because the penis transplant hasn’t been an easy one.

A penis transplant can be a reconstructive procedure, meaning that the surgeons could have taken pieces of tissues from other parts of the man’s body. However, they needed a donated organ if they wanted to give the man the possibility to have erections in the future. Of course, this raises the risk of infection and rejection.

This is why all patients who undergo transplants need to stay in hospital and take an immunosuppressive treatment. This minimizes the risk of tissue rejection, and helps the new organ achieve its desired function a lot more quickly.

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