Most people eventually outgrow the idea of living with a roommate. A desire to have personal space in your living conditions only increases when traveling.

After a long day of exploring the city, you likely want to crash in a hotel room, away from strangers. But, for those that want to try spending the trip near a bunch of strangers in a shared area, a hostel can be a fun option.

In the long run, choosing a hostel for lodging can save you a great deal of money, leaving you with more cash to spend on other activities. But, sometimes the risks of a shared sleeping space can even outweigh extra money in your pocket.

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Typhoid fever, once feared throughout the world, saw its number of cases dwindle. Awareness and improved medicine helped reduce the food and water-borne disease.

Stemming from a lack of sanitation, the disease was even almost eradicated in many parts of the world that long struggled with it.

For decades, progress to fight typhoid came in the form of vaccines, improved hygiene and sanitation. With work in industrial nations, death tolls from typhoid leveled off to a manageable extent.

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The advent of social media and selfies has taken an important role in society.

Electronic media has made it easy for people to post pictures, text messages, tweets and selfies to the internet in real time. After climbing to the top of the Himalayas, you probably want to show off the accomplishment, right?

It’s always interesting and a lot of fun to post on Snapchat or Instagram to show your friends and family. But, you still need to remember that different types of pictures and places are appropriate, while others aren’t.

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The cold, winter months are inevitably upon us.

Unfortunately, this means the onset of the cold and flu season. Some people are also prone to sinus infections during the wintertime. Winter proves to be the premier time for individuals to get sick more easily. This can be chalked up to many reasons, like the cold weather or close quarters indoors to avoid that weather.

Approximately 5-20 percent of the United States’ population gets sick with the flu virus every year, while millions of others in the country are diagnosed with sinus infections.

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There was a time when certain diseases and viruses had a firm grip on society.

From polio to the Black Plague, some felt hopeless before modern medicine came in to help. One of those nearly forgotten diseases considered to be eradicated, tuberculosis, is still lingering.

As the disease proves more and more problematic, some myths have spread. In an effort to clean up some of these misconceptions, the medical community is working to educate and inform about TB. Here are the tuberculosis facts that you should remember, and the myths to avoid:

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