Teen Health Tip: Consider Sharing Your Secrets

The ash left behind by the Los Angeles wildfires might be toxic, experts warn

Teen Health Tip: Consider Sharing Your Secrets
What checking your phone first thing in the morning does to your brain
Teen Health Tip: Consider Sharing Your Secrets
U.S. Surgeon General Calls for Cancer Warnings on Alcoholic Beverages
  • Teen Health Tip: Consider Sharing Your Secrets

    The ash left behind by the Los Angeles wildfires might be toxic, experts warn

    “We know it’s a lot of emotions and feelings going on that you can put down your guard, but you shouldn’t do that. Just be safe. Be careful. Put all the gear you can — at least an N95 mask, gloves — and stay safe. Because you lost your property. But you don’t want to damage also your health in the longer run.” Mohammed Baalousha, professor, environmental health sciences, University of South Carolina.

  • Teen Health Tip: Consider Sharing Your Secrets

    What checking your phone first thing in the morning does to your brain

    “Grabbing your phone and flooding your brain with notifications, social media feeds, or emails overstimulates your prefrontal cortex, which is responsible for decision-making and impulse control. This barrage of information can lead to mental fatigue before you’ve even gotten out of bed, making your mind feel cluttered and less focused for the rest of the day.”

  • Teen Health Tip: Consider Sharing Your Secrets

    U.S. Surgeon General Calls for Cancer Warnings on Alcoholic Beverages

    “Alcohol is a well-established, preventable cause of cancer responsible for about 100,000 cases of cancer and 20,000 cancer deaths annually in the United States. Yet the majority of Americans are unaware of this risk.” Dr. Vivek Murthy, U.S. surgeon general.

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  • In Hard Economy for All Ages, Older Isn’t Better … It’s Brutal

    As it turns out, Americans closest to retirement- Baby Boomers in their 50s and early 60s– may have been hardest hit by the recession. They don't yet have access to Medicare and Social Security, and they've lost the most earnings power of any age group, with their household incomes 10 percent below what they made three years

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  • Drowned in a Stream of Prescriptions

    The parents of Richard Fee, who committed suicide in November 2011, say they begged their son's doctors not to prescribe Adderall, an amphetamine to which Richard had become addicted. Richard's story highlights widespread failings in the psychiatric system through which five million Americans take medication for A.D.H.D. Although the medications can significantly improve the lives of people

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  • Spread the Love: The Health Benefits of Bonding

    An expert in the field of positive psychology, Barbara Fredrickson, PhD, has written a new book, Love 2.0: How Our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do, and Become. Fredrickson explores the perks of bonding with everyone around you and suggests that true love isn't just about romance, companionship, or fondness; fundamentally, it springs from something she

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  • Health and Environment: A Closer Look at Plastics

    Plastics have transformed modern society, providing many benefits but also destroying waterways and aquifers, depleting petroleum supplies and disrupting human health. Rolf Halden, a researcher at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute, has co-written a new overview on the risks and rewards of plastics in the journal Reviews on Environmental Health. Halden suggests strategies to mitigate negative impacts through reconsideration

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  • David Parsons Attempts To Break Most Hugs In One Day Guinness World Record, Gives 3,162 Hugs

    On a mission to break the Guinness World Record for giving the most hugs in one day, David Parsons was inspired by his friend who died of cancer to raise money for Grants Wishes, a nonprofit that helps children battling cancer. Huffington Post, 1/22/2013

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  • Is Facebook envy making you miserable?

    Witnessing friends' vacations, love lives and work successes on Facebook can cause envy and trigger feelings of misery and loneliness, according to German researchers. Reuters, 1/22/2013

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  • Government Crackdown on Painkillers

    The Drug Enforcement Administration is fighting to make Vicodin-type drugs harder to get, in order to reduce the abuse potential. We have a national crisis on our hands when it comes to addiction to prescription painkillers; the majority of vicadin-type drugs are indeed consumed in the U.S. At the same time, the legal use of prescription painkillers does

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  • Work it! Why more companies are getting creative with their wellness programs

    Verizon is one of a number of businesses investing in on-site gyms and classes for their employees. In a 2011/2012 Staying@Work Survey Report, global consulting firm Towers Watson found that 38 percent of American companies offered on-site fitness activities. “It’s definitely growing,” says Jessica Matthews, an exercise physiologist at the nonprofit organization American Council on Exercise.

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  • Put a Stop to ‘Do I Look Fat?’

    When one partner is overweight, resolving conflict in the relationship takes two. In this article, married couple Betsy and Jarom Schow discuss their personal struggles with weight and marriage. The Wall Street Journal, 1/21/2013

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  • Avoiding Cold Feet Down the Aisle

    Women who suppress lingering doubts are more likely to seek a divorce later, according to a study published in the current issue of The Journal of Family Psychology. Justin A. Lavner, a doctoral student in psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles, says, "Having doubts before marriage is not only common, it predicted a higher

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  • Who Can Outgrow or Recover From Autism

    A new study from the University of Connecticut has sparked a debate about early diagnosis of autism, while calling for further research into why some people diagnosed with autism as children are able to grow out of their symptoms and recover. The Wall Street Journal, 1/21/2013

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  • The importance of a ‘stop day’

    Dr. Matthew Sleeth, a former emergency room physician and author of "24/6: A Prescription for a Healthier, Happier Life," says kicking back for one day a week can make people healthier. Basically, today's 24/7 lifestyle is having health consequences. A "stop day," during which you really cease from your labors, can be extremely beneficial. CNN News,

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  • Study finds unsafe mercury levels in 84 percent of all fish

    Unsafe levels of mercury in fish pose serious health risks for humans. Mercury poisoning, most often caused by eating fish, can permanently damage the brain and kidneys. CBS Evening News, 1/13/2013

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  • Hoda Kotb: How heartbreak, wrong turns made me braver

    The TODAY co-host talks about her new book, "Ten Years Later: Six People Who Faced Adversity and Transformed Their Lives," which tells the inspirational story of individuals who overcame their biggest fears, from serious illness to the loss of family members, to live happy and full lives. TODAY, 1/15/2013

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  • Proper hand-washing essential during flu season

    The simple everyday action of hand-washing, if done right, can truly help keep you healthy and go a long way in preventing the flu. Dr. Elaine Larson, associate dean of research at Columbia University School of Nursing, explains that some people may not be practicing proper hand-washing techniques. "The biggest mistake is not covering the surfaces most

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