Archive for the ‘Other’ Category
Speed of eating ‘key to obesity’
Friday, October 24th, 2008
Slow down!
Wolfing down meals may be enough to nearly double a person’s risk of being overweight, Japanese research suggests.
Osaka University scientists looked at the eating habits of 3,000 people and reported their findings in the British Medical Journal.
Problems in signalling systems which tell the body when to stop eating may [...]
Breeder Reaction
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
Guadalupe Benitez and her partner, Joanne Clark, had been buying frozen sperm at a bank in Los Angeles and trying to get pregnant at home for two years when Benitez finally sought out the services of a fertility specialist. Not at all uncommon—infertility affects more than 6 million Americans, and about 20 percent of them [...]
Overcome 5 Sexual Mismatches for Hotter Sex
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008Alabama Slaps a Tax on Fat People
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
Should you pay more if you weigh more? That’s what Alabama’s State Employees’ Insurance Board thinks. In 2011 the board will start charging overweight state workers—those with a body mass index greater than 35—$25 a month for health insurance, which is currently free for all state employees.
(The state is giving workers a two-year head start; [...]
When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Crack Wise
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
My six-year-old son likes to skip. He skips everywhere. This habit makes him seem relentlessly cheerful, even though the skipping has more to do with the fact that he has Asperger’s syndrome than with any genuine bonhomie on his part. I often think that when the 100-foot albino alligators emerge from New York City’s sewers, [...]
Women DON’T have a higher pain threshold than men
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
Doctors are failing to give women the right level of pain relief, researchers say.
It has always been assumed that women’s bodies give them a higher pain threshold than men, to help them cope with the agony of childbirth.
But a study suggests the opposite is true.
Women generally experience more recurrent pain, more severe pain and [...]
Health: Alexander technique ‘does ease back pain’
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
Chronic back pain, which causes probably more disability and days off work than any other health condition, can be eased through teaching better posture via the Alexander technique, doctors say.
Back pain is notoriously difficult to treat and many people suffer from it for years. It is the biggest cause of sickness absence in the UK [...]
Make sleep work for you
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
McKay, CEO of Le Gourmet Gift Basket, a specialty-foods company based in Castle Rock, Colo., spent most of every night wide awake with her mind racing - “mostly due to the stress of business ownership and jet lag,” she says. She managed to drag herself to the office each morning while her firm expanded into [...]
Total Ankle Replacement With No Metal
Sunday, July 20th, 2008
ScienceDaily (June 30, 2008) — Patients suffering from severe arthritis now have an option for total ankle replacement that offers increased mobility and pain relief without permanent metal implants. Pioneered by Daniel K. Lee, D.P.M., F.A.C.F.A.S., at UC San Diego Medical Center, this technique is the first in the U.S to offer arthritis sufferers a [...]