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More companies, including Yahoo and Bank of America, are offering more generous paternity leave, but few fathers dare to take the full benefit, fearing a loss of status at work.
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Two weeks is a step in the right direction. Just a few years back it was 2 days off for most pops. Delete the scoop?
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Many of the most popular summer drinks are full of sugar and can sabotage your health; here are some examples. Delete the scoop?
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Natural climate cycles point to a decline in global temperatures over the next 10 years.
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(N)atural climate cycles have already turned from warming to cooling, global temperatures have already been declining for more than 10 years, and global temperatures will continue to decline for another two decades or more.
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Flu infection during pregnancy may increase the risk for bipolar disorder in offspring, according to a new report. Delete the scoop?
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Parents are reporting more skin and food allergies in their children, a big government survey found Delete the scoop?
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Chris Christie ought to address his morbid obesity prior to entertaining thoughts of running for the Presidency in 2016.
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I like Christie. He gets the job done and is 'no nonsense'. I would vote for him. He has an issue that many in America have. I don't feel that his weight will affect how he governs, however, we do need to have a very fit VP behind him, just in case he succumbs to his size prematurely. Delete the scoop?
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In sex, happiness hinges on keeping up with the Joneses, a new study finds. Sex apparently is like income: People are generally happy when they keep pace with the Joneses and they're even happier if they get a bit more.
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Using national survey data and statistical analyses, Wadsworth found that people reported steadily higher levels of happiness as they reported steadily higher sexual frequency. But he also found that even after controlling for their own sexual frequency, people who believed they were having less sex than their peers were unhappier than those who believed they were having as much or more than their peers. Delete the scoop?
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Moderate exercise may help people cope with anxiety and stress for an extended period of time post-workout, according to a study by kinesiology researchers.
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Smith found that exercise and quiet rest were equally effective at reducing anxiety levels initially. However, once they were emotionally stimulated (by being shown 90 photographs from the International Affective Picture System, a database of photographs used in emotion research) for ~20 minutes, the anxiety levels of those who had simply rested went back up to their initial levels, whereas those who had exercised maintained their reduced anxiety levels. Delete the scoop?
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A higher resting heart rate is an independent predictor of mortality, even in healthy people in good physical condition, a new study suggests.
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For those who have motivation to have exercise as part of their lifestyle here is your payoff. The lower resting heart rates of lifelong athletes gives you more years.
“If you have two healthy people,” said the lead author, Dr. Magnus Thorsten Jensen, a researcher at Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, “exactly the same in physical fitness, age, blood pressure and so on, the person with the highest resting heart rate is more likely to have a shorter life span.” Delete the scoop?
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STFU Parents: I have uncomfortable feelings when I see people using tragedy, like the Boston Bombings, to get attention online.
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Most of us have spent the week concerned about people in the Boston area. Some others are so self-absorbed that they believe people actually care about their kid using the potty for the first time. Interesting divide. Delete the scoop?
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A middle-school experiment using fruit flies and organic foods has won publication in a national scientific journal and spurred a debate about the relative benefits of organic eating.
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By nearly every measure, including fertility, stress resistance and longevity, flies that fed on organic bananas and potatoes fared better than those who dined on conventionally raised produce. Delete the scoop?
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Happy with your sex life? That may have a lot to do with what you know about everyone else's sex life, according to a new study.
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People feel happier about their sex life when they believe hey are having more sex than their peers. Delete the scoop?
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It seems that every day of my life is an endless discussion about narcotics in the emergency department.
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I am in the group of worshippers of pleasure and enjoyment through healthful food and exercise. Nothing gives me a high like finishing a workout and eating whole natural food. Yes I love Gummy Bears and Twizzlers too as a once in a while extra. I also enjoy being completely sharp and lucid. I enjoy the sensations of the world in real time. The side effect of pain pills are so horrible for me. Dizziness, weakness, nausea, vomitting. I wonder how others can take these drugs and become addicted. EVeryone's body is different. Bodies like mine? I can't tell if the decrease in pain is worth the horrible way the drugs make me feel. I do realize that there are many people out there with problems physically and spiritually and American culture has created this time where we feel the answer is in a pill or alcoholic beverage. And as a WEstern-trained physican I take some of that responsibility in that WEstern medicine does a poor job of moving people off of the pill and onto another modality. AS flippantly as we prescribe the pills, we doctors rarely have a "Stopping the Pills" plan other than 'Your prescription ran out and you should be over this by now"
So yes, the pill worship is a big big problem a la Rush Limbaugh and Michael Jackson but perhaps the root of the problem lies with those of us who started prescribing without providing real assistance for people to get over their pains both phsycial and emotional.
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Soccer players who repeatedly head” the ball had changes in brain microstructure and performance on neurocognitive testing, suggesting that this popular maneuver may lead to long-term subconcussive b
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In this study of soccer players, heading was associated with both abnormal white matter microstructure and poorer neurocognitive performance.These heading associations were not explained by a history of concussion.
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Maybe eyebrows seem trivial to you. Probably given the grand scheme of things, they should be to me. Yet it feels somehow vacant to have a face without eyebrows. So I made the call to the cancer support group Look Good Feel Better.
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Look good, feel better speaks very much to the mind body connection. Feeling good about yourself can change your physiology and heal you. Delete the scoop?
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Staying in a nonsmoking room in a hotel that allows smoking elsewhere does not prevent exposure to tobacco smoke, a new study reports. Delete the scoop?
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Senior drivers who always take a pet in the car are at increased risk for being involved in a motor vehicle collision, said researchers. Delete the scoop?
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A landmark study published today in JAMA Internal Medicine demonstrates that a patient-centered exercise intervention administered by trained physical therapists can slow the physical deterioration of Alzheimer’s Disease.
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Was this intensive exercise intervention worthwhile? The answer is a resounding yes! The key results are as follows: The exercise program slowed declines in physical function. Patients getting usual care declined an average of 14 points over 1 year on the functional independence measure. Patients getting home exercise declined 7 points and patients in the group exercise declined 10 points. (The difference between both exercise groups and usual care was statistically significant. The difference between the exercise groups was not significant) The exercise groups had far fewer falls. The group exercise subjects had 40% fewer falls, and the home exercise subjects fall rate was more than cut in half. This impact makes this study one of the most effective fall intervention programs ever devised Even when accounting for the cost of the intervention, the health costs in the exercise groups were not more expensive than the costs of usual care. The cost of this intensive intervention was compensated by lower rates of health service use in the exercise groups. This goes to show that the best things in life sometimes really are free. Delete the scoop?
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New research shows that having an overweight body mass index (BMI) may help you live longer and healthier.
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The research, which analyzed 97 studies in all, found that people with BMIs under 30 but above normal (the overweight range) had a 6 percent lower risk of dying from all causes than those who were normal weight, while those whose BMIs fell into the obese range were 18 percent more likely to die of any cause. Delete the scoop?
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Drinking coffee could decrease the risk of breast cancer recurring in patients taking the widely used drug Tamoxifen, a study has found.
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More and more the benefits of coffee appear to outweigh risks. Delete the scoop?
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What’s a good exercise plan for a middle-aged person who is out of shape? The Phys Ed columnist Gretchen Reynolds responds to reader questions.
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Walk 30 minutes a day. It doesn't even have to be 30 continuous minutes. It can be broken up into smaller chunks. Delete the scoop?
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Rather puts a better perspective on the real risk of terrorism. Looks like we have more to fear from our own law than "terrorists." Since this is rather hard to see, been passed around the internet...
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Heart disease and cancer are still the top killers. Delete the scoop?
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Light drinking during pregnancy is not associated with development problems for children -- at least up to the age of 7, researchers reported.
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If anything, children of mothers who drank lightly had slightly better outcomes than kids whose moms did not drink at all during pregnancy, according to Yvonne Kelly, PhD, of University College London, and colleagues. Delete the scoop?
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April 18, 10:59 PM
Another awesome scoop from @DrVeronicaEyeMD. From the article:
Nutrition • Carb Cycling- healthy carbs, like whole wheat and quinoa, can help you feel full and be a great source of energy. However, if your body doesn’t use carbs as energy, the storage of carbs in the body can contribute to covering your abs behind a curtain of fat. Use carbs to your advantage through carb cycling. On days you plan to workout, increase your carb consumption. Your body will use the carbs as energy during exercise. On days you don’t workout, reduce your consumption of carbs. For example, on days that I workout, my lunch may include a sandwich consisting of two slices of whole wheat bread, turkey, spinach, peppers and other healthy toppings. On days I don’t workout, I make a sandwich by cutting one slice of bread in half and adding turkey and the toppings previously mentioned.
• Replace soda with water- soda is a major contributor to concealing your six-pack abs and widening the circumference of your abdominal/waist area. Fill up on water. Drink at least 64 ounces of water per day. Consume 16 ounces just before dinner. This will trick your body into feeling full to avoid overeating.
• Load up on vegetables and fruit- this will assist in filling you up without consuming excess calories.
• Eat slowly- to assist with satiety and reduce your risk of overeating, slow down the pace at which you consume meals. Delete the scoop?
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In order to burn 1350 calories, you might need to run this far. 5 different tracks with different activities for your choice of staying healthy.
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Running the opposite direction of McDonalds would also serve the purpose of moving and staying well. I doubt after eating a Big Mac, fries and soda that one would have the proper energy to run anywhere. Delete the scoop?
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In our cultures, we rarely focus on the importance on the relatonship between fathers and daughters. Perhaps it time we start paying much more attention to strenghtening the bond because it appears that having a solid functional relationship between father and daughter is perhaps the lifeblood of a girl becoming a healthy and well adjusted mother, lover and friend.