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Several small towns in Kentucky have voted to legalize the sale of alcoholic beverages or are considering doing so soon.
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A person is much more likely to live to be 100 if they take these basic steps to take care of their health.
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I remember watching women struggle to walk in high-heeled shoes. I remember women talking about how their feet hurt at the end of the day after wearing high-heels for several hours.
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"Some red wine studies may soon be called into question following a report that a top researcher at the University of Connecticut falsified data on more than 100 occasions."
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Neil Burns lost a lot of weight by exercising and eating better.
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“ 'A sweet taste can allow the stomach to hold more, and we can eat a little more without experiencing discomfort,' says Dr. Arnold Berstad, of Lovisenberg Diakonale Hospital in Oslo."
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Posted: June 27th, 2011, 5:41pm CDT by jameseg
This op-ed piece by James Robert Ross makes a persuasive case for marriage being preferable to cohabiting. Ross "is a licensed marriage and family therapist" according to the brief biography at the end of the article.
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Posted: March 3rd, 2011, 12:31pm CST by jameseg
"A growing number of teens and young adults say they've never had sexual contact with another person, according to the largest and most in-depth federal report to date on sexual behavior, sexual attraction and sexual identity in the USA."
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Posted: March 1st, 2011, 12:12am CST by jameseg
"Teenagers should be barred from tanning salons to help prevent them from getting skin cancer, the American Academy of Pediatrics says," as do some other organizations.
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"An alcoholic drink a day can help keep heart disease at bay, according to a review of 30 years of research. . . . But experts said this was not a reason to start drinking."
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Researchers"have demonstrated by two independent approaches that even a low concentration of lithium leads to an increased life expectancy in humans as well as in a model organism, the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans."
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"The use of alcohol causes approximately 2.5 million deaths a year, and young people were especially vulnerable to its harms, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday [February 11, 2011] in a report profiling 193 countries on alcohol controls."
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"Maintaining periodontal health may contribute to a healthy respiratory system, according to research published in the Journal of Periodontology."
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"Cigarette advertising significantly increases the odds that youngsters who see the ads will start smoking, but exposure to ads for other products does not, a new study" indicates.
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A study indicates consuming sugar may make people behave more nicely.
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In a competition, Hamilton County, Ohio's tap water was judged the "Best Tap Water in the World." I admit I don't know how many tap waters competed though.
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"University of Georgia research has provided new clues on surviving to be 100 years old, finding that how we feel about ourselves and our ability to adapt to an accumulation of challenging life experiences may be as or more important than health factors."
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"Researchers tracked the symptoms of depression in people who were trying to quit [smoking] and found that they were never happier than when they were being successful, for however long that was."
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"For many decades now, scientists have noticed an extraordinary link between the ratio of two digits on the hand — the ring and index fingers, known in scientists' jargon as 2D and 4D — and a whole host of seemingly unrelated traits."
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"A man was forced to seek medical help after going temporarily blind every time he had sex."
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Dr. Jim Withers "calls his mission Operation Safety Net (OSN) -- a nonprofit organization of doctors, nurses, and other medical experts who assemble in teams of three or four each night to offer food, clothing, and medical supplies to" Pittsburgh's homeless.
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Alcoholic whipped cream is apparently a big hit with some college students. Maybe it needs changed, like the federal government ordered changes to several alcoholic beverages containing caffeine.
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This article notes that most of us don't eat enough fruits and vegetables and offers tips to "trick" us into eating more of them.
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"A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds . . . that lower-class people are better at reading the emotions of others."
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"On tests that measure personality — stuff like how extroverted you are, how conscientious — siblings are practically like strangers."
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"When you laugh, the whole world laughs with you -- as long as your sentiment is genuine, your vocal chords are engaged, and your mouth is open."
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Consumption of alcoholic beverages impairs judgment and contributes to a huge number of automobile accidents, other types of accidents, diseases, and violence.
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"The more people showed trust in others, the more able they were to distinguish a lie from the truth" according to study results published in Social Psychological and Personality Science.
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Posted: June 27th, 2010, 11:57am CDT by jameseg
"Sitting up straight is not the best position for office workers, a study has suggested."
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Posted: June 25th, 2010, 8:00am CDT by jameseg
"The researchers tested 84 of the bags for bacteria. They found whopping amounts in all but one bag, and coliform bacteria (suggesting raw-meat or uncooked-food contamination) in half."
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Posted: June 14th, 2010, 7:09am CDT by jameseg
"Parenting groups have criticised top retailers for selling high-heeled shoes for girls as young as three."
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Posted: June 9th, 2010, 7:21am CDT by jameseg
A relatively new alcoholic beverage drinking game seems to promote binge drinking.
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Posted: June 7th, 2010, 12:21pm CDT by jameseg
"Professor Molan has shown that honey made from the flowers of the manuka bush, a native of New Zealand, has antibacterial properties over and above those of other honeys."
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Posted: May 16th, 2010, 1:03pm CDT by jameseg
"SCIENTISTS have discovered the "Methuselah" genes whose lucky carriers have a much improved chance of living to 100 even if they indulge in an unhealthy lifestyle."
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Posted: May 13th, 2010, 6:38am CDT by jameseg
A study indicates that "simply hearing mom's voice over the phone works just as well at calming nerves of stressed children as does a real-life pat on the shoulder."
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Posted: May 12th, 2010, 6:20am CDT by jameseg
"People who regularly put in overtime and work 10 or 11-hour days increase their heart disease risk by nearly two-thirds, research suggests."
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"An 11-year-old girl in Mexico allegedly raped by her stepfather and now more than four months pregnant says she wants to have his baby."
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"An 11-year-old girl in Mexico allegedly raped by her stepfather and now more than four months pregnant says she wants to have his baby."
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Posted: April 6th, 2010, 11:53am CDT by jameseg
"The American College of Pediatricians (ACP) is sending a letter to school superintendents asking that they not tell students who may experience same-sex attractions to simply accept that they are homosexual."
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Posted: April 2nd, 2010, 7:25am CDT by jameseg
"Self-esteem was lowest among young adults, but increased throughout adulthood, peaking at age 60, before it started to decline."
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"Couples who live together are twice as likely to break up as married partners, according to an official analysis" in the United Kingdom.