tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49286372824762517692024-03-29T02:12:26.448-07:00Health BulletinAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16488158010578051057noreply@blogger.comBlogger2498125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928637282476251769.post-84125198480425118722013-04-19T11:23:00.000-07:002013-04-19T21:46:34.223-07:00It's finally over! After 536 days of bitter negotiations... Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries settle divorce <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <li style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: bold 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">Marriage itself only lasted for 72 days</div></span></li><li style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: bold 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">Humphries NOT expected in court on Friday despite judge order to attend</div></span></li><li style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: bold 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">Kim will show up to see the case closed for good</div></span></li><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px;" /> </span><br /><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Kris Humphries has decided to settle with Kim Kardashian in their divorce case after battling for a year and a half - and over five times as long as the marriage itself lasted.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">According to sources, Kris backed down after no evidence of fraud perpetrated by Kim emerged.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">He was then forced to consider mounting legal costs and the prospect of losing any pay-out from his estranged wife - a pre-nup would be invoked if the trial got to court.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div class="clear" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border: 0px currentColor !important; clear: both; color: black; float: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px !important; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 0px !important; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 0 !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="Dressed for the occasion: Pregnant Kim Kardashian emerged from court after her marriage to Kris Humphries was finally dissolved on Friday " class="blkBorder" height="865" pxz:uid="1230e6e6624-1" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/19/article-2311733-196400B7000005DC-834_634x865.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">Dressed for the occasion: Pregnant Kim Kardashian emerged from court after her marriage to Kris Humphries was finally dissolved on Friday<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">This means that Kris has most likely agreed to a divorce - as Kim wished - and dropped his pleas for an annulment based on fraud, and sources are saying the judge has signed off divorce papers and dissolved the marriage.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Kris, who was ordered by the judge to attend Friday's hearing so he could face fines for last no show, is planning to skip the appointment according to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://http//www.tmz.com/2013/04/19/kim-kardashian-kris-humphries-settle-divorce-case/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">TMZ.</span></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">They add that Kim will be present to see the whole story saga put to bed but NBA star Kris will be training.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">It's been a dirty fight, with each camp going back and forth with tales of betrayal and deceit.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div class="clear" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border: 0px currentColor !important; clear: both; color: black; float: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px !important; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 0px !important; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 0 !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="splitLeft" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"></div><div class="splitRight" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"></div><div class="clear" style="border: 0px currentColor !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="imageCaption" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">Swellagant: Kim looked lovely in a black shirt dress with pleated skirt as she arrived for her date with destiny<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="clear" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border: 0px currentColor !important; clear: both; color: black; float: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px !important; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 0px !important; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 0 !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="Sombre: Kim was classy enough to wear black and not look too pleased about the whole debacle " class="blkBorder" height="829" pxz:uid="1230e6e708d-4" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/19/article-2311733-19641FDC000005DC-141_634x829.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">Sombre: Kim was classy enough to wear black and not look too pleased about the whole debacle<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div></div><div class="clear" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border: 0px currentColor !important; clear: both; color: black; float: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px !important; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 0px !important; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 0 !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="Where the magic happened: Kim learned at Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday that she's officially free of Humphries " class="blkBorder" height="411" pxz:uid="1230e6e6ff5-5" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/19/article-2311733-196417DA000005DC-669_634x411.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">Where the magic happened: Kim learned at Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday that she's officially free of Humphries<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">A source even claimed that Kris was the one who persuaded his estranged wife to take the honeymoon trip to the Amalfi Coast in Italy.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">‘Kris was the one to push for the honeymoon. Kim didn’t want to go on the honeymoon because they were scheduled to move to New York City to begin filming Kourtney & Kim Take New York,’ a source told <a href="http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2013/04/kim-kardashian-divorce-trial-honeymoon-kris-humphries/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b style="margin: 0px;">Radar Online</b></a>.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">‘Kim finally relented. Kris was absolutely dumbfounded when a photographer appeared out of nowhere and started taking pics of them by the pool,’ the source said. ‘Kim happily posed, and Kris realised her camp had arranged it.’</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"></span><img alt="Could this all be over? It's being reported that Kim could face compromise from Kris Humphries during settlement talks on Friday" class="blkBorder" height="898" pxz:uid="1230e6be82c-6" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/18/article-0-1912E46F000005DC-464_634x898.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></div><div class="clear" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border: 0px currentColor !important; clear: both; color: black; float: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px !important; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 0px !important; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 0 !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="imageCaption" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">It's over! Kim is finally free of Kris after 536 days of dispute over their marriage<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="clear" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border: 0px currentColor !important; clear: both; color: black; float: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px !important; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 0px !important; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 0 !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="Over before it began: Kim and Kris called time on their marriage after 72 days but the divorce has taken much, much longer to sort " class="blkBorder" height="678" pxz:uid="1230e6e5b60-7" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/19/article-2311733-1963D5BE000005DC-819_634x678.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">Over before it began: Kim and Kris called time on their marriage after 72 days but the divorce has taken much, much longer to sort<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div></div><div class="clear" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border: 0px currentColor !important; clear: both; color: black; float: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px !important; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 0px !important; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 0 !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="splitLeft" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"></div><div class="splitRight" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"></div><div class="clear" style="border: 0px currentColor !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="imageCaption" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">Oh Kim! Wearing a sexy camisole over jeans is probably one of Kim's worst maternity moments<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="clear" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border: 0px currentColor !important; clear: both; color: black; float: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px !important; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 0px !important; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 0 !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="Another dubious ensemble: Kim stepped out for lunch at LA Scala in Beverly Hills on Thursday " class="blkBorder" height="902" pxz:uid="1230e6d3fcd-10" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/18/article-2311215-195FCA29000005DC-845_634x902.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">Another dubious ensemble: Kim stepped out for lunch at LA Scala in Beverly Hills on Thursday<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="clear" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border: 0px currentColor !important; clear: both; color: black; float: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px !important; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 0px !important; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 0 !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">At her divorce deposition Kim confessed that she was against going on the holiday, which Kris is allegedly using as part of his case against the 32-year-old reality star, claiming their marriage was fraud.</span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; 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text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">How the weather can affect joint </span><br /><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The skies are clear blue, but your<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/picture-of-the-ankle" onclick="return sl(this,'','embd-lnk');" style="color: #3789b9; text-decoration: none;">ankle</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>starts flaring up with<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://arthritis.webmd.com/default.htm" onclick="return sl(this,'','embd-lnk');" style="color: #3789b9; text-decoration: none;">arthritis</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>pain. Could a storm be looming? You feel it in your bones, but is it just an old wives' tale? Or can<a href="http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/guide/joint-pain" onclick="return sl(this,'','embd-lnk');" style="color: #3789b9; text-decoration: underline;">joint pain</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>actually predict weather changes?</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan">Believe it or not, your weather forecasting might have some validity, thanks to the effects of barometric pressure changes on your body.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">It's common for people to blame increased pain on the weather, according to Robert Newlin Jamison, PhD, a professor in the departments of psychiatry and anesthesiology at Harvard Medical School and a researcher who has studied weather's effects on chronic pain patients.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://wellspring.northbay.org/assets/content/2012-summer/Fotolia_12699913_arthritis.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://wellspring.northbay.org/assets/content/2012-summer/Fotolia_12699913_arthritis.jpg" /></a>"Everyone's got an aunt who complained that her knee or ankle would flare up. Or Uncle Charlie's shoulder would give him trouble and he would say, ‘Oh, the weather's changing,'" he says.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">But Jamison, who is also the chief psychologist at the Pain Management Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, has seen patients worry about being ridiculed. "For whatever reason, people with chronic pain are real shy about saying it because they think other people think they're nuts," he says.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">But Jamison doesn't think so. In previous research published in the journal<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Pain</i>, Jamison looked for an association between weather and chronic pain in four cities: San Diego, Nashville, Boston, and Worcester, a Massachusetts city with much colder temperatures than Boston, he says.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Among all people interviewed about their chronic pain, "Two-thirds said they were pretty sure that weather seems to affect their pain," he says. "Most of them reported that they could actually feel the changes even before the weather changed. In other words, they could feel some increased pain the day before the storm comes."</div><div class="slideshow_links_rdr contextual_links_fmt" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; background-image: url("http://img.webmd.com/dtmcms/live/webmd/consumer_assets/site_images/icons/slideshow_icon.jpg"); background-position: 2px 12px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-color: rgb(230, 220, 184); border-bottom-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(230, 220, 184); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 2px 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; padding: 9px 8px 10px 48px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: 428px; word-spacing: 0px;"><h4 style="color: #e68e2d; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 4px;"></h4><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 4px;"><a href="http://arthritis.webmd.com/ss/slideshow-keep-joints-healthy" onclick="return sl(this,'','embd-app-ssh');" style="color: #3789b9; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Slideshow: Tips to Keep Your Joints Healthy</a></div></div><div class="moduleSpacer_rdr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; background-image: url("http://css.webmd.com/dtmcms/live/webmd/consumer_assets/site_images/layout/shared/spacer.gif"); background-repeat: repeat repeat; clear: both; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 0px/16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; height: 4px; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><h3 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; clear: left; color: #705e3e; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: bold 13px/16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 10px 0px 20px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">How Might Weather Cause Pain?</h3><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">It's typical for joint pain to start even before the first raindrops fall, says David Borenstein, MD, FACP, FACR, a rheumatologist and clinical professor of medicine at George Washington University Medical Center and past president of the American College of Rheumatology.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">"If you really listened carefully to Grandma or someone who had arthritis, they actually told you it was<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>going</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to rain," he says. "They said, ‘It's going to rain today,' and more likely than not, they were usually correct."</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">How to explain?</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">There's no full agreement among scientists that weather causes pain, or if a specific mechanism is at fault, Jamison says. But there are plausible theories.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://woman.thenest.com/DM-Resize/photos.demandstudios.com/getty/article/12/45/stk63203cor.jpg?w=600&h=600&keep_ratio=1" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://woman.thenest.com/DM-Resize/photos.demandstudios.com/getty/article/12/45/stk63203cor.jpg?w=600&h=600&keep_ratio=1" width="320" /></a>One leading theory points to changes in air pressure. Although many people say that their pain worsens with damp, rainy weather, research has shown that it's not the cold, wind, rain, or snow, Borenstein says. "The thing that affects people most is barometric pressure." </div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Barometric pressure is the weight of the atmosphere that surrounds us.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">If you imagine the tissues surrounding the joints to be like a balloon, high barometric pressure that pushes against the body from the outside will keep tissues from expanding.</div>pain, and what to do about it.<br /><div class="article_rdr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/14px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; padding: 0px 5px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://jonespainrelief.com/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Joint_Pain_12923467-300x205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://jonespainrelief.com/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Joint_Pain_12923467-300x205.jpg" /></a><div class="copyNormal" id="textArea" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">But barometric pressure often drops before bad weather sets in. This lower air pressure pushes less against the body, allowing tissues to expand -- and those expanded tissues can put pressure on the joint. "It's very microscopic and we can hardly notice, except that we have these sensations," Jamison says.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan">Furthermore, when people have chronic pain, sometimes nerves can become more sensitized because of injury, inflammation, scarring, or adhesions, Jamison says.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">"For whatever reason, the nerves are just hypersensitive, and they just keep firing, based on what you do -- or not for any reason at all. But if there's some expansion internally -- in other words, the body can either expand or contract based on outside pressure changes -- then that's going to affect how pain is signaled."</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Nevertheless, the link between pain and weather changes remains hypothetical; research has come to mixed conclusions, Jamison says. "All the results are not very clean, meaning there are people who say that weather doesn't affect their pain."</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Borenstein agrees that there's no consensus, but he finds barometric pressure a likely explanation because it does affect people's bodies.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">"It's not metaphysical; it's actually physical. It's the same kind of thing that you have with people who go up in a plane or [astronauts]," he says. "They are creatures of the atmosphere."</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://jonespainrelief.com/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/joint-pain-relief-300x220.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="293" src="http://jonespainrelief.com/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/joint-pain-relief-300x220.jpg" width="400" /></a>At higher altitudes, there's less barometric pressure and our bodies react accordingly, Borenstein says. "When there's less pressure, we expand," he says. For example, he notes, even though plane cabins are pressurized, our<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/picture-of-the-feet" onclick="return sl(this,'','embd-lnk');" style="color: #3789b9; text-decoration: none;">feet</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>often swell during a flight, but not while we're seated at our desks for similar amounts of time at sea level.</div><h3 style="clear: left; color: #705e3e; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin: 10px 0px 20px;">Should You Move to Florida or Arizona?</h3><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">It's a question that doctors hear all the time from arthritis patients.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">"People with chronic pain, if they can't get out as much -- and it's so cold all the time or rainy or snowy -- then they think, ‘Boy, I'd like to go some place where the weather isn't quite so dramatic,'" Jamison says of his patients in Boston.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Though he doesn't advise against moving to warmer climes, he does try to offer realistic expectations. "There's no heaven on earth," he says. "If you have awful back or<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/guide/neck-shoulder" onclick="return sl(this,'','embd-lnk');" style="color: #3789b9; text-decoration: none;">neck pain</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>... there's a good chance that that pain will travel with you."</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">In fact, in Jamison's research, people from San Diego reported the greatest sensitivity to weather changes -- a surprise finding, considering that it had the warmest climate, compared to Nashville and the two Massachusetts cities.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://jonespainrelief.com/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/low-back-adjustment.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://jonespainrelief.com/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/low-back-adjustment.jpg" /></a>San Diegans in his study noticed pain even with small changes in weather. "You think of San Diego and the temperature is always mild -- it never gets too cold or particularly too hot -- but with just a small change, people with pain still reported that they could detect it," Jamison says. "I think as mammals, we kind of adjust to our climate."</div></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">So it's not always helpful to believe "that whole myth of, 'Go to Arizona when you live in the Northeast and somehow your pain will be a lot better,'" Jamison says. "We know that if you ask people to rate their pain in Minnesota or Arizona or California or even Florida, there's no one area of the country where you'd say, ‘There's less pain there.'"</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan">Borenstein notes, too, that when people with arthritis vacation in a warm climate, they often stay in a hotel and eat out, relieving them of daily duties that cause pain. And that relief can be deceptive, he says, because if they actually move to a warmer climate and resume daily activities, the pain often returns.</div><h3 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; clear: left; color: #705e3e; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: bold 13px/16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 10px 0px 20px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Comfort Measures</h3><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Relief is possible. During weather changes, some people with arthritis will need to increase their pain medications, Borenstein says. They can take these steps, too. </div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>Stay warm.</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Dressing in layers, keeping your home heated, and warming up the car before you get in can help ease pain related to cold weather, according to the National Institutes of Health. Also try sleeping under an electric blanket or warming clothes in the dryer before wearing.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Apply a heating pad to your painful joints, Jamison says. "Heat lets muscles relax, so it's a soothing way of helping with pain."</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>Try to prevent swelling.</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Warmth helps with joint pain, but not necessarily swelling, Borenstein says. For example, if bad weather worsens arthritis in the hands, try wearing Spandex gloves at night to try to keep fluid out of the joints, he suggests.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>Keep moving.</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Before you go outside during cold weather, try to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/guide/default.htm" onclick="return sl(this,'','embd-lnk');" style="color: #3789b9; text-decoration: none;">exercise</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>your painful joints to loosen up stiffness.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>Improve your mood.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>People in chronic pain often feel anxious, depressed, and irritable, Jamison says. But in many cases, when pain strikes, "The brain is able to override a lot of sensations."</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Learning how to improve your mood is important, he says. "Break things down into bite-size pieces. Learn how to pace yourself, and figure out how to improve your<a href="http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/default.htm" onclick="return sl(this,'','embd-lnk');" style="color: #3789b9; text-decoration: none;">sleep</a>. We know that distraction is really important, so have something to keep your mind occupied, and keep active."</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>Realize that the pain is temporary.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>When weather-related pain strikes, "It isn't a permanent change. It's short-lived," Borenstein says.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">In fact, people will begin to adjust to the barometric changes. "The body is acclimating to the change and will move fluid from the joint into the circulation, so the patient feels less stiff and less achy. These are physiological changes that occur in relationship to these barometric changes, and they will in fact resolve."</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/16px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 3px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">"That knowledge -- knowing what's happening -- can be reassuring to people who experience these aches because we really can't do anything about the weather. Hopefully, they realize that the pain will go away."</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16488158010578051057noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928637282476251769.post-67500596377376630612013-04-19T09:27:00.000-07:002013-04-19T21:46:34.251-07:007 marriage mistakes even smart couples make<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://www.marieclaire.com/cm/marieclaire/images/17/mcx-kardashian-divorce-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.marieclaire.com/cm/marieclaire/images/17/mcx-kardashian-divorce-de.jpg" /></a>A new book suggests economics might help your relationship more than marital counseling<br /> <br />Sure, you could tune into TV talk shows for some tough love advice about the state of your relationship, or have a sit-down for coffee with your closest girlfriends to vent about your husband's domestic shortcomings.<br /> <br />But have you ever considered the advice of Adam Smith or perhaps John Maynard Keynes? There's a lot you could learn about marital bickering from these two dead economists. So say the authors of the book <i>Spousonomics: Using Economics to Master Love, Marriage & Dirty Dishes</i>.<br /> <br />Authors Paula Szuchman and Jenny Anderson, who write for <i>The Wall Street Journal</i> and the <i>New York Times</i>, have applied the market rules of cold hard capitalism to the economy of your marriage to help you efficiently allocate limited resources such as time, money, sanity, and, yes, even your sex drive. Prevention.com chatted with the authors to learn the top seven marriage mistakes even smart couples make. (Spice up your marriage tonight with these tips to <a href="http://www.prevention.com/sex/sex-relationships/hotter-sex-5-minutes?cm_mmc=Fox_Health-_-7%20Marriage%20Mistakes%20Even%20Smart%20Couples%20Make-_-Article-_-hotter%20sex%20in%205%20minutes" rel="external ext-linked" target="_blank"> </a><img src="http://global.fncstatic.com/static/v/all/img/external-link.png" style="margin: 4px 0px 0px 4px;" /><b><a href="http://www.prevention.com/sex/sex-relationships/hotter-sex-5-minutes?cm_mmc=Fox_Health-_-7%20Marriage%20Mistakes%20Even%20Smart%20Couples%20Make-_-Article-_-hotter%20sex%20in%205%20minutes" rel="external ext-linked" target="_blank">Have Hotter Sex In 5 Minutes</a><img src="http://global.fncstatic.com/static/v/all/img/external-link.png" style="margin: 4px 0px 0px 4px;" /></b>!)<br /> <br /><b>1. Splitting the housework 50/50</b>. This is often considered the "fairest" way to split the chores, whether it's washing the dishes or walking the dog. But aiming for 50/50 means you're constantly keeping score, making sure that neither of you is getting the short end of the stick, and bickering every time you think you are. Spend too much time fixating on fairness today, and you risk not making it to the long run when things often balance out.<br /> <br />It's better to use a system similar to what economists call "comparative advantage," where each of you is responsible for what you're best at, relative to other tasks. You might handle all the bills, grocery shopping, and laundry, while your spouse sweeps and mops and fixes things when they break. Some weeks, you'll end up doing more, other times it might be 75/25 in his favor—but you don't keep track because if your husband handled the grocery shopping, you might end up with a pantry full of Tostitos.<br /> <br /><b>2. Waiting until you're in the mood to have sex</b>. Unless you're both extremely hot and share an obsessive addiction to monogamous sex, odds are you're not in the mood as often as you were when you first met. So if you wait 'til you're turned on, months might go by before it occurs to you that maybe sex would be a fun thing to do.<br /> <a href="http://blu.stb.s-msn.com/i/32/3716528583C6CE60DE89D718FD1A7_h400_w300_m2_bblack_q99_p99_cazgOIVOV.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://blu.stb.s-msn.com/i/32/3716528583C6CE60DE89D718FD1A7_h400_w300_m2_bblack_q99_p99_cazgOIVOV.jpg" /></a><br />The economist George Loewenstein developed a theory called the hot-cold empathy gap, which says we have two selves: a cold, clear-headed rational self that might say, "I will have sex with my husband when I come home tonight because I love him, and I will enjoy it and heck, it's good for my marriage;" and a hot, impulsive, emotion-driven, irrational self that says, when the time actually comes, "I've had such a bad day, I feel fat and bloated, my husband is annoying tonight...No way am I having sex. I'm going to watch the <i>Real Housewives</i> and go to bed."<br /> <br />When the time actually comes, we may not be in the mood, but we need to listen to our "cool" selves, the voice before we had a bad day. You're not in the mood NOW, but you were THEN, when you were thinking about it, and you'll enjoy it—so just do it. You might not be in the mood, but you won't regret it, either. (Love your sex life again with these<a href="http://www.prevention.com/sex/sex-relationships/20-tips-boost-lagging-sex-life?cm_mmc=Fox_Health-_-7%20Marriage%20Mistakes%20Even%20Smart%20Couples%20Make-_-Article-_-hotter%20sex%20in%205%20minutes" rel="external ext-linked" target="_blank"> </a><img src="http://global.fncstatic.com/static/v/all/img/external-link.png" style="margin: 4px 0px 0px 4px;" /><b><a href="http://www.prevention.com/sex/sex-relationships/20-tips-boost-lagging-sex-life?cm_mmc=Fox_Health-_-7%20Marriage%20Mistakes%20Even%20Smart%20Couples%20Make-_-Article-_-hotter%20sex%20in%205%20minutes" rel="external ext-linked" target="_blank">20 Tips To Get Your Libido Back</a><img src="http://global.fncstatic.com/static/v/all/img/external-link.png" style="margin: 4px 0px 0px 4px;" /></b>.)<br /> <br /><b>3. Assuming a rough patch is the end of the world</b>. Relationships go in cycles. There are ups (booms) and downs (busts), just like in the economy. They're not only inevitable, but they're actually healthy. They force you to see where you've let things slide, taken each other for granted, or just lost sight of what's important. Embrace the rough patches and borrow a concept from economics called "creative destruction," or innovating in the face of crisis, and think up a novel solution to an issue that keeps dividing you.<br /> <br /><b>4. Staying up to resolve an argument, even if it takes all night</b>. Bad idea! At a certain point—and we've all been there—we just want to be right, whatever it costs. And because someone at our bridal shower advised us to never go to bed angry, we beat up ourselves and our spouses into the wee hours in the name of "resolution." But the more we try to resolve (aka, win), the later it gets and the more exhausted and resentful we become. So yes, go to bed angry sometimes. Get some rest and sleep on it. Reconvene the anger summit in the morning when you're both more open-minded and less riled up. This is the economic concept of "loss aversion," which, in simple terms, means we hate to lose. Recognizing how much we hate to lose, we need to take actions to minimize the damage we do attempting to win at all costs. Smooth things over with this trick: <b><a href="http://www.prevention.com/sex/sex-relationships/best-way-end-argument?cm_mmc=Fox_Health-_-7%20Marriage%20Mistakes%20Even%20Smart%20Couples%20Make-_-Article-_-hotter%20sex%20in%205%20minutes" rel="external ext-linked" target="_blank">The Best Way To Resolve An Argument</a><img src="http://global.fncstatic.com/static/v/all/img/external-link.png" style="margin: 4px 0px 0px 4px;" />.</b><br /> <br /><b>5. Trying to mind-read—or expecting your partner to do so</b>. This one should be obvious, and yet again, we all assume our spouse knows we need a hug (or a cocktail) after a bad day at the office or figure that he'll wash the car on his way past the car wash because it's so obviously dirty. The solution: the economic principle of transparency. Give your spouse the information he or she needs, rather than expecting him to know the unknowable. Information is the grease that keeps your little economy functioning.<br /> <br /><a href="http://www.bollywoodshaadis.com/img/article-201337612464746007000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.bollywoodshaadis.com/img/article-201337612464746007000.jpg" /></a><b>6. Putting off kind gestures</b>. We think we'll give him that well-deserved back rub, or watch the kids so she can get out the door for a child-free afternoon, but then we flake. The time never seems right. The to-do list remains too long. We think we're great spouses but sometimes we're just not. The best solution to our procrastination is to devise something economists call "commitment devices"—ways to force ourselves to commit to things. Send your husband a text promising a back rub and you sort of have to do it. Arrange a personal training session for your wife and the kids are all yours for the afternoon.<br /> <br /><b>7. Underestimating the power of small changes</b>. Long commute and big house, or shoebox in the city and more time with the kids? When you start to think about one person quitting a job because the demands of housework and childcare are too overwhelming with both partners working, consider the smaller changes that might help first. What if you cooked more meals on the weekend? Or hired an occasional cleaning service so neither of you has to spend your free time scrubbing the sink? Instead of grand solutions, look for the incremental changes that can improve situations. For more small changes that add up to big-time bliss,<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: currentColor; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/04/19/7-marriage-mistakes-even-smart-couples-make/#ixzz2QvXoZEW9" style="color: #003399;">http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/04/19/7-marriage-mistakes-even-smart-couples-make/#ixzz2QvXoZEW9</a></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16488158010578051057noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928637282476251769.post-62493072544605187022013-04-19T09:19:00.000-07:002013-04-19T21:46:34.260-07:00The rise of 'Tittooing': Women desperate for perfect nipples are having them TATTOOED on<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <li style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px;">Not content with perfectly shaped breasts, women now want nipples tattooed to add colour and definition</span></li><li style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px;">Procedure was originally used for patients who'd had reconstructions after breast cancer surgery<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></li><li style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px;">But medical experts warn that the procedure should only be carried out by a qualified medical tattooist</span></li><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px;" /> </span><br /><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">First there were tattooed brows for striking eyes and then came vajazzles for sparkling nether regions.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">And now the latest way to primp and perfect the female anatomy is tittooing for picture perfect nipples. </span><span style="font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px;"></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">The fashion for tittoos or semi-permanent nipple tattoos has taken Liverpool by storm after women have started to crave darker and better defined nipples.</span></div><div class="clear" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border: 0px currentColor !important; clear: both; color: black; float: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px !important; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 0px !important; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 0 !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><div class="thinCenter" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px auto; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: 470px; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="Many women are self-conscious of the colour and shape of their nipples" class="blkBorder" height="548" pxz:uid="1230e6b7adf-1" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/17/article-2310484-19591EE7000005DC-580_468x548.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="468" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">Many women are self-conscious of the colour and shape of their nipples</div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">The procedure was originally invented to make reconstructed breasts look more realistic - indeed 95 per cent of women who undergo mastectomies opt for the minor procedure - but now the mainstream beauty industry are making use of its aesthetic perks and claiming to give women ‘perfect’ nipples,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">according to a report by th</span><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">e<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/10000233/Nipple-tattooing-sweeps-UK-as-women-strive-for-perfect-boobs.html" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Telegraph</span></a><span style="font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px;">.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">The tattoo, which lasts for around 12 to 18 months, takes on average two hours and costs around £1,200 for both nipples.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="relatedItemsTopBorder" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </div><div class="relatedItems" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><h4 style="font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">More...</h4><ul style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"><li style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2309816/British-women-know-intimate-beauty-treatments-health-problems-affect-fertility.html" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">British women know more about intimate beauty treatments than health problems that could affect their fertility</a></li><li style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2309297/Men-DO-fake-orgasms-KINDNESS-says-Harvard-academic.html" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Men DO fake orgasms - because they care more about their partner's feelings than their own</a></li></ul></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">The procedure, known as areola restoration, is more painful for women who are trying to enhance their existing nipples than those who have had reconstructive surgery because the areola's skin is more sensitive than the surrounding breast tissue.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Patients are given a small, local anaesthetic to numb the pain.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">The nipple colour is blended from medical grade micropigments to compliment the woman's existing skin colouring.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Gail Proudman, an independent clinician based in Merseyside told the newspaper: ‘Girls get them done so they can go topless and not be embarrassed, or when they're in a changing room and getting changed.</span></div><div class="thinFloatRHS" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; float: right; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 4px 10px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: 235px; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="Medical experts say the procedure must be perfomed by a medical tattooist" class="blkBorder" height="354" pxz:uid="1230e6b7ade-2" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/17/article-2310484-19591EDD000005DC-267_233x354.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="233" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">Medical experts say the procedure must be perfomed by a medical tattooist</div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">'They can go on holiday in front of their partners, go for massages, spray tans and just not be conscious of their body.’</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Claire Jagger, 38, had her nipples tattooed after having breast surgery. She says it was the finishing touch after getting her breasts enhanced.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">‘My nipples were quite fair in colour, no different from any ordinary girl, but I wanted to enhance them to make them darker. I wanted the shape to be perfect, and now I feel great because I have absolutely perfect nipples.’</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Graham Offer, from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, is keen to make women aware that it is essential they seek the services of a professional if they wish to get tittooed</span>.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">He said it was vital to get the procedure done by a proper medical tattooist than simply going to a regular local tattoo parlour.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">He added that it was important for women to consider how their nipples might look in the long-term, because the breasts change in appearance over time.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">'The nipple-areola complex will change with pregnancy, so people need to think about their future,' he said.</span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px;" />Read more:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2310484/Nipple-tattooing-The-rise-Tittooing-women-desperate-perfect-nipples.html#ixzz2QvWTIYcz" style="color: #003399; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2310484/Nipple-tattooing-The-rise-Tittooing-women-desperate-perfect-nipples.html#ixzz2QvWTIYcz</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="margin: 0px;" />Follow us:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rw?id=bBOTTqvd0r3Pooab7jrHcU&u=MailOnline" style="color: #003580; 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letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">One Florida county is taking its duty to notify neighbors about sex offenders living in the community to the next level and posting red road side outside the homes of rapists and child molesters.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">The sheriff of Bradford County, Florida, decided the reflective signs, which have each offender's name, should be planted on the roadways outside the houses of convicted sexual predators to ward off children and notify parents about potentially-dangerous convicts in the area.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">'If it prevents one more victim in my community, I've done my job as sheriff,' Sheriff Gordon Smith told<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/article/307905/3/Sex-predators-in-Bradford-County-will-see-signs-at-their-homes" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">First Coast News</a>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div class="clear" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border: 0px currentColor !important; clear: both; color: black; float: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px !important; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 0px !important; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 0 !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="Public notice: This is one of the 18 road signs that the Bradford County Sheriff's Department has posted outside the homes of sexual predators" class="blkBorder" height="421" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/18/article-2310843-195B6D93000005DC-955_634x421.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">Public notice: This is one of the 18 road signs that the Bradford County Sheriff's Department has posted outside the homes of sexual predators</div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="clear" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border: 0px currentColor !important; clear: both; color: black; float: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px !important; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 0px !important; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 0 !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="The sheriff's office had jail inmates place the signs on public property outside the houses of convicted sexual predators" class="blkBorder" height="421" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/18/article-2310843-195B6D6F000005DC-849_634x421.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">The sheriff's office had jail inmates place the signs on public property outside the houses of convicted sexual predators</div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">So far, the sheriff's office has made 18 signs at a cost of $10 apiece.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Captain Brad Smith, the chief of operations for the sheriff's office, told<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.vice.com/read/sex-offenders-in-florida-now-have-warning-signs-outside-their-homes" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">VICE magazine</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>that the state of Florida mandates that police departments keep citizens informed about the sex offenders in the community.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="relatedItemsTopBorder" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </div><div class="relatedItems" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><h4 style="font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">More...</h4><ul style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"><li style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2310657/New-York-teacher-photographed-making-student-park-year-exchanged-1400-texts-11-days.html" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">New York teacher photographed making out with student in a park last year exchanged 1400 texts with him in 11 days</a></li><li style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2310567/Racist-teacher-Irene-Ester-Stokes-denies-fondling-6-year-old-doesnt-like-touch-black-children-hand.html" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Racist teacher denies fondling six-year-old student because she says she doesn't even like to touch black children on the hand</a></li></ul></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">The department already sends out notifications on Facebook and sends officers to warn neighbors door-to-door when a sexual predator moves in.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">However, if a new family comes to a community after the notifications are sent out, Capt Smith says, they might not know a sex offender is living next door.</span></div><div class="clear" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border: 0px currentColor !important; clear: both; color: black; float: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px !important; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 0px !important; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 0 !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="On notice: Officials say they hope the signs ward off any children from going near the homes of sexual predators" class="blkBorder" height="319" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/18/article-2310843-195B6DC3000005DC-488_634x319.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">On notice: Officials say they hope the signs ward off any children from going near the homes of sexual predators</div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="clear" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border: 0px currentColor !important; clear: both; color: black; float: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px !important; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 0px !important; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 0 !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="The signs costs $10 each and are customized with the name of the sex offender" class="blkBorder" height="330" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/18/article-2310843-195B6D87000005DC-367_634x330.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">The signs costs $10 each and are customized with the name of the sex offender</div></div><div class="moduleHalf" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; 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letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">VICE magazine suggested that the road signs could result in neighbors harassing sex offenders in the county.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">'We don't expect that to happen, and if it does, we will do everything in our power to protect the person's rights,' Capt Smith said.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; 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I don't do things like that anymore,' he said.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px;" />Read more:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2310843/The-Florida-county-police-post-sexual-predator-road-signs-outside-homes-convicted-rapists-child-molesters.html#ixzz2QvU6bMDf" style="color: #003399; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2310843/The-Florida-county-police-post-sexual-predator-road-signs-outside-homes-convicted-rapists-child-molesters.html#ixzz2QvU6bMDf</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="margin: 0px;" />Follow us:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rw?id=bBOTTqvd0r3Pooab7jrHcU&u=MailOnline" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">@MailOnline on Twitter</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>|<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rf?id=bBOTTqvd0r3Pooab7jrHcU&u=DailyMail" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">DailyMail on Facebook</a></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16488158010578051057noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928637282476251769.post-72247214012223137632013-04-19T09:05:00.000-07:002013-04-19T21:46:34.286-07:00Can you CATCH depression? Being surrounded by gloomy people can make you prone to illness<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <li style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px;">Living with a depressive person can trigger condition</span></span></li><li style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px;">Experts say results suggest that changing surroundings could be used as a treatment</span></span></li><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px;" /> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">Depression and the emotions associated with it can be contagious, according to a new study.</span></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 1.2em/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">Researchers have found that the gloomy mindset of students vulnerable to depression can be catching, making their friends more likely to suffer the condition six months later.</span></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 1.2em/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">The research follows studies showing that people who respond negatively to stressful life events - interpreting them as the result of factors they can't change and as a reflection of their own shortcomings - are more vulnerable to depression.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div><div class="clear" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border: 0px currentColor !important; clear: both; color: black; float: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px !important; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 0px !important; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 0 !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><div class="thinCenter" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px auto; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: 470px; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="Contagious: The study found that those who had close contact with people suffering from depression were more likely to develop it themselves" class="blkBorder" height="277" pxz:uid="-1489f4cc-1" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/19/article-2311523-1961FCE0000005DC-937_468x277.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="468" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">Contagious: The study found that those who had close contact with people suffering from depression were more likely to develop it themselves</div></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 1.2em/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">This ‘cognitive vulnerability’ is such a strong risk factor for depression that it can be used to predict who is likely to experience depression in the future.</span></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 1.2em/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">Doctors Gerald Haeffel and Jennifer Hames, of Indiana's University of Notre Dame, said that this vulnerability seemed to establish itself in early adolescence but remain stable throughout adulthood.</span></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 1.2em/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">They decided to investigate whether it might be 'contagious' during major life transitions such as starting at university.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; 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margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">More...</h4><ul style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"><li style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2310354/Maternal-instinct-myth-Mothers-fathers-equally-good-recognising-babys-cry.html" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Is maternal instinct a myth? Mothers and fathers are EQUALLY good at recognising their baby's cry</a></li><li style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2310354/Maternal-instinct-myth-Mothers-fathers-equally-good-recognising-babys-cry.html" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Is maternal instinct a myth? Mothers and fathers are EQUALLY good at recognising their baby's cry</a></li></ul></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 1.2em/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">They followed 206 room mates who had been paired up randomly, all of whom had just started their first year of university.</span></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 1.2em/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">The results revealed that students who were assigned to a room mate with high levels of cognitive vulnerability were likely to ‘catch’ their room mate's style of thinking and develop a vulnerability to depression themselves.</span></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 1.2em/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><div class="thinFloatRHS" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; float: right; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 4px 10px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: 235px; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="Depression can be an incredibly isolating experience" class="blkBorder" height="299" pxz:uid="-317eed6f-2" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/19/article-2311523-1961FCE5000005DC-127_233x299.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="233" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">Depression can be an incredibly isolating experience</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">The reverse was also true. Those assigned to room mates who were not prone to depression experienced decreases in their own levels negative thinking.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">The result showed that students who developed an increase in depressive thinking in the first three months of college, had nearly twice the level of depressive symptoms at six months than those who didn't show such an increase.</span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 1.2em/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">Dr Haeffel said it provided 'striking evidence' for the contagion theory.</span></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 1.2em/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 1.2em/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">He added that the findings suggest that altering a person’s environment could be used a part of a treatment for depression because a person's vulnerability fluctuates over time.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">He said: ‘Our study demonstrates that cognitive vulnerability has the potential to wax and wane over time depending on the social context.</span></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 1.2em/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">‘This means that cognitive vulnerability should be thought of as plastic rather than immutable.'</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">The research is published in the journal</span></span><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Clinical Psychological Science.</span></span></div><div class="cleared art-ins health" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 50px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><h3 class="wocc" style="background-color: #33cccc; color: white; font-size: 1.6em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 5px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px;">WHAT IS DEPRESSION?</span></h3><div class="ins cleared xolcc bdrcc" style="background-color: #edffff; border: 1px solid rgb(51, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 4px;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">Depression and anxiety are the most common mental disorders in the UK.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">It is thought up to 7 million Britons experience some of depression each year.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">Depression is far more severe than just feeling sad.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">Sufferers often experience feelings of despair and anxiety, develop insomnia, changes in appetite and in extreme cases suicidal thoughts.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">Depression can occur in anyone. Chronic stress, traumatic events, drug and alcohol abuse, a family history of mental health problems and, as this new study shows, even being surrounded by people who are negative can trigger the condition.</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">Treatment usually involves a combination of anti-depressants and psychotherapy.</span></span></div></div></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px;" />Read more:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2311523/Can-CATCH-depression-Being-surrounded-gloomy-people-make-prone-illness-say-scientists.html#ixzz2QvT33DOm" style="color: #003399; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2311523/Can-CATCH-depression-Being-surrounded-gloomy-people-make-prone-illness-say-scientists.html#ixzz2QvT33DOm</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="margin: 0px;" />Follow us:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rw?id=bBOTTqvd0r3Pooab7jrHcU&u=MailOnline" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">@MailOnline on Twitter</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>|<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rf?id=bBOTTqvd0r3Pooab7jrHcU&u=DailyMail" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">DailyMail on Facebook</a></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16488158010578051057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928637282476251769.post-59299753571267193652013-04-18T14:31:00.000-07:002013-04-19T21:46:34.299-07:00Stress management: Re-examine your stress reactions<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h2 id="summary">Stress management starts with an honest assessment of how you react to stress. You can then counter unhealthy ways of reacting with more helpful techniques. <img height="406" id="irc_mi" src="http://l.yimg.com/os/287/2012/03/02/stress-decisions-430-jpg-192423-jpg_203524.jpg" style="margin-top: 94px;" width="600" /></h2><a href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/AboutThisSite/AM00057" id="staff">By Mayo Clinic staff</a> <br />It's hard to avoid stress these days with so many competing demands for your time and attention. But with good stress management skills, you can cope with stress in a healthy way. <br /><br />One of the first steps toward good stress management is understanding how you react to stress — and making changes if necessary. Take an honest look at how you react to stress and then adopt or modify stress management techniques to make sure the stress in your life doesn't lead to health problems. <br /><br /><h2>Evaluate how you react to stress</h2><br />Stress management skills often don't come naturally. You can learn new stress management skills or modify your existing stress management skills to help you cope better, though. <br /><br />First, take a look at how you react to stress. Some people seem to take everything in stride. Their naturally laid-back attitudes shine through, even in stressful situations. Another deadline? Bring it on. The dishwasher is leaking? No problem, it'll be a simple repair. Others get anxious at the first sign of a stressful situation. Running late for a meeting? Time to panic! Stuck in a traffic jam? Let the cursing begin! <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.tntmagazine.com/image.php/media/content/_master/44590/images/large-women-stress.jpg?file=media%2Fcontent%2F_master%2F44590%2Fimages%2Flarge-women-stress.jpg&width=450" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="286" id="irc_mi" src="http://www.tntmagazine.com/image.php/media/content/_master/44590/images/large-women-stress.jpg?file=media%2Fcontent%2F_master%2F44590%2Fimages%2Flarge-women-stress.jpg&width=450" style="margin-top: 136px;" width="400" /></a></div>Here are some common but unhealthy reactions to stress. Do any of these describe your reactions? If you're not sure, consider keeping a daily journal for a week or so to monitor your reactions to stressful situations. <br /><br /><ul><li><strong>Pain.</strong> You may unconsciously clench your jaws or fists or develop muscle tension, especially in your neck and shoulders, all of which can lead to unexplained physical pain. Stress also may cause a variety of other health ailments, including upset stomach, shortness of breath, back pain, headaches and insomnia.</li><li><strong>Overeating.</strong> Stress may trigger you to eat even when you're not hungry, or you may skip exercise. In contrast, you may eat less, actually losing weight when under more stress.</li><li><strong>Anger.</strong> Stress may leave you with a short fuse. When you're under pressure, you may find yourself arguing with co-workers, friends or loved ones — sometimes with little provocation or about things that have nothing to do with your stressful situation.</li><li><strong>Crying.</strong> Stress may trigger crying jags, sometimes seemingly without warning. Little things unrelated to your stress may leave you in tears. You also may feel lonely or isolated.</li><li><strong>Depression.</strong> Sometimes stress may be too much to take. You might avoid the problem, call in sick to work, feel hopeless or simply give up. Chronic stress can be a factor in the development of depression or anxiety disorders.</li><li><strong>Negativity.</strong> When you don't cope well with stress, you may automatically expect the worst or magnify the negative aspects of any undesirable situation.</li><li><strong>Smoking.</strong> Even if you quit smoking long ago, a cigarette may seem like an easy way to relax when you're under pressure. In fact, stress is a leading cause of having a smoking relapse. You may also find yourself turning to alcohol or drugs to numb the effects of stress.<h2>Stress management: Re-examine your stress reactions</h2><h2>Take the next step toward stress management</h2>Once you've identified the unhealthy reactions you may be having to uncontrolled stress, you can begin to improve your stress management skills. Stress management techniques abound, including: <br /> <ul><a href="http://www.sundancehealingcenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/girl-lake-sun.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" id="irc_mi" src="http://www.sundancehealingcenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/girl-lake-sun.jpg" style="margin-top: 97px;" width="400" /></a><li><strong>Scale back.</strong> Cut back on your obligations when possible. While it may seem easier said than done, take a close look at your daily, weekly and monthly schedule and find meetings, activities, dinners or chores that you can cut back on or delegate to someone else.</li><li><strong>Prepare.</strong> Stay ahead of stress by preparing for meetings or trips, scheduling your time better, and setting realistic goals for tasks both big and small. Stress mounts when you run out of time because something comes up that you didn't account for — build in time for traffic jams, for example.</li><li><strong>Reach out.</strong> Make or renew connections with others. Surrounding yourself with supportive family, friends, co-workers, or clergy and spiritual leaders can have a positive effect on your mental well-being and your ability to cope with stress. Volunteer in your community.</li><li><strong>Take up a hobby.</strong> It may seem cliche, but when you engage in something enjoyable, it can soothe and calm your restless mind. Try reading, gardening, crafts, tinkering with electronics, fishing, carpentry, music — things that you don't get competitive or more stressed out about.</li><li><strong>Relax.</strong> Physical activity, meditation, yoga, massage and other relaxation techniques can help you manage stress. It doesn't matter which relaxation technique you choose. What matters is refocusing your attention to something calming and increasing awareness of your body.</li><li><strong>Get enough sleep.</strong> Lack of sufficient sleep affects your immune system and your judgment and makes you more likely to snap over minor irritations. Most people need seven to eight hours of sleep a day.</li><li><strong>Get professional help.</strong> If your stress management efforts aren't helpful enough, see your doctor. Chronic, uncontrolled stress can lead to a variety of potentially serious health problems, including depression and pain.</li></ul>Stress usually doesn't just magically get better on its own. You may have to actively work on getting control of the stress in your life so that it doesn't control you. When you first identify how you react to stressful situations, you then can put yourself in a better position to manage the stress, even if you can't eliminate it. And if your current efforts at stress management aren't working, try something new. </li></ul></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16488158010578051057noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928637282476251769.post-30077775859501373482013-04-18T14:20:00.000-07:002013-04-19T21:46:34.309-07:00Salad days are on the way! Orange & Yellow Spanish Salad<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h2 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Make the most of the spring harvest with light, healthy and versatile salads, says Harry Eastwood in her new book</h2><div class="clear" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border: 0px currentColor !important; clear: both; color: black; float: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px !important; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 0px !important; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 0 !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="Orange & Yellow Spanish Salad" class="blkBorder" height="803" pxz:uid="-98979de8-1" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/05/article-0-190ADA20000005DC-458_634x803.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">Orange & Yellow Spanish Salad</div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px;">Serves 6</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #d42699; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px;">INGREDIENTS</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">2 large onions, cut into very small dice</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">2tbsp olive oil</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">A generous pinch of saffron</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">2 x 400g tins butter beans, drained and rinsed</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">180g (6oz) red pepper, sliced into long strips and deseeded</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">200g (7oz) yellow and orange peppers, deseeded and cut into long strips</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">2tbsp sherry vinegar</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">¾tsp salt</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">100g (3½oz) rocket leaves, washed and spun</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">100g (3½oz) chorizo slices</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">100g (3½oz) roasted almonds, roughly chopped</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #d42699; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px;">METHOD</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px;" />Fry the diced onion in the olive oil in a very large frying pan with the saffron and drained beans. Cook with the lid on for 15 minutes over a low heat, then add the pepper slices. Cover again and cook for a final 15 minutes on a medium heat. Turn off the heat, then add the sherry vinegar. Season to taste. Add three quarters of the rocket to the warm contents of the pan and toss briefly. Divide the warm salad between the plates, before scattering with the chorizo, almonds and remaining rocket.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">HARRY’S TIP: For a vegetarian version of this dish, simply swap a fried egg for the chorizo and sprinkle a pinch of paprika on top of the warmed salad: totally delicious.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"> </span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px;" />Read more:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-2304495/Salad-days-way-Orange--Yellow-Spanish-Salad.html#ixzz2QqtrwwwP" style="color: #003399; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-2304495/Salad-days-way-Orange--Yellow-Spanish-Salad.html#ixzz2QqtrwwwP</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="margin: 0px;" />Follow us:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rw?id=bBOTTqvd0r3Pooab7jrHcU&u=MailOnline" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">@MailOnline on Twitter</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>|<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rf?id=bBOTTqvd0r3Pooab7jrHcU&u=DailyMail" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">DailyMail on Facebook</a></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16488158010578051057noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928637282476251769.post-68806615100247021452013-04-18T14:19:00.000-07:002013-04-19T21:46:34.319-07:00Salad days are on the way! Yellow & Green Courgettes with Feta<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h2 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Make the most of the spring harvest with light, healthy and versatile salads, says Harry Eastwood in her new book</h2><div class="clear" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border: 0px currentColor !important; clear: both; color: black; float: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px !important; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 0px !important; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 0 !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="Yellow & Green Courgettes with Feta" class="blkBorder" height="803" pxz:uid="-9b3c7568-1" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/05/article-0-190ADA38000005DC-684_634x803.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">Yellow & Green Courgettes with Feta</div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px;">Serves 4</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #d42699; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px;">INGREDIENTS</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">1tbsp olive oil</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Freshly squeezed juice and zest of 1 unwaxed lemon</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Salt to taste</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">3 medium courgettes (green or yellow), topped and tailed</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">140g (5oz) feta cheese, crumbled</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">¼tsp pink peppercorns (from supermarkets), crushed in a mortar and pestle</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">A small handful of mint leaves, roughly torn</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">30g (1oz) flaked almonds, lightly toasted in a dry pan until golden</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #d42699; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px;">METHOD</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Combine the olive oil with the lemon juice in a clean jam jar and then shake until blended. Season with a little salt. Using a mandoline or a very sharp knife, slice the courgettes thinly and toss them in the dressing to coat them. You can also peel the courgettes lengthways into ribbons, for a slightly different version of this salad. Allow to stand for 10 minutes to ‘cook’ the courgettes and soften them. Finally add the feta, crushed peppercorns, lemon zest, mint and almonds and toss once more to combine. Serve at room temperature.</span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 1.2em/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">HARRY’S TIP: Try chopped hazelnuts instead of almonds and white pepper instead of pink peppercorns. You could also use shreds of Serrano ham, torn mozzarella and basil instead of feta and mint.</span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px;" />Read more:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-2304497/Salad-days-way-Yellow-Green-Courgettes-Feta.html#ixzz2QqtUNFtu" style="color: #003399; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-2304497/Salad-days-way-Yellow-Green-Courgettes-Feta.html#ixzz2QqtUNFtu</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="margin: 0px;" />Follow us:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rw?id=bBOTTqvd0r3Pooab7jrHcU&u=MailOnline" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">@MailOnline on Twitter</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>|<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rf?id=bBOTTqvd0r3Pooab7jrHcU&u=DailyMail" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">DailyMail on Facebook</a></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16488158010578051057noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928637282476251769.post-51592750359011682172013-04-18T14:17:00.000-07:002013-04-19T21:46:34.330-07:00Salad days are on the way! Spring leaves and edible flowers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h2 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Make the most of the spring harvest with light, healthy and versatile salads, says Harry Eastwood in her new book</h2><div class="clear" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border: 0px currentColor !important; clear: both; color: black; float: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px !important; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 0px !important; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 0 !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="Spring leaves and edible flowers" class="blkBorder" height="547" pxz:uid="-8154fe28-1" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/05/article-0-190ADA48000005DC-685_634x547.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">Spring leaves and edible flowers</div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px;">Serves 1</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #d42699; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px;">INGREDIENTS</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">A large handful of mixed baby salad leaves, washed and dried<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">A small handful of baby mint leaves<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">A small handful of pesticide-free edible flowers such as violas and nasturtiums, from the garden or from supermarkets<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">A small handful of shoots such as radish, if you can find them, or use pea shoots<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">For the Swiss vinaigrette dressing<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">4tsp Dijon mustard<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">2tbsp olive oil<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">2tbsp red wine vinegar<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">1tsp runny honey<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">A pinch of salt<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">A clean jam jar<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #d42699; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px;">METHOD</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">To make the dressing, shake all the Swiss vinaigrette ingredients in a clean jam jar until combined. Whisk 1tbsp of the vinaigrette with 1tsp water until combined. Put the salad ingredients together and lightly drizzle the dressing over them. Serve straight away, as the flowers and delicate leaves will wilt quickly. HARRY'S TIP: Avoid serving this salad with big flavours or heavy ingredients as they will distract from the quiet flavours at play. But you could have it on the side of a ripe avocado with some extra vinaigrette.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px;" />Read more:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-2304492/Salad-days-way-Spring-leaves-edible-flowers.html#ixzz2Qqt23tVB" style="color: #003399; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-2304492/Salad-days-way-Spring-leaves-edible-flowers.html#ixzz2Qqt23tVB</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="margin: 0px;" />Follow us:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rw?id=bBOTTqvd0r3Pooab7jrHcU&u=MailOnline" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">@MailOnline on Twitter</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>|<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rf?id=bBOTTqvd0r3Pooab7jrHcU&u=DailyMail" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">DailyMail on Facebook</a></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16488158010578051057noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928637282476251769.post-72209709645296183882013-04-18T10:54:00.000-07:002013-04-19T21:46:34.341-07:00Breast cancer survival predicted by computer model<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://a57.foxnews.com/global.fncstatic.com/static/managed/img/Health/660/371/mammogram.jpg?ve=1" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://a57.foxnews.com/global.fncstatic.com/static/managed/img/Health/660/371/mammogram.jpg?ve=1" /></a>A new computer model may help researchers better predict how long breast cancer patients will live, a new study suggests.<br /> <br />The model, which was developed in a researchers' contest, uses gene signatures — sets of genes that are all "turned on" at the same time in a patient's cancer — to estimate how long patients will live.<br /> <br />These signatures are actually present in many types of cancer, and the researchers identified them in earlier work. The genes in the signatures play roles in cancer growth, the ability of the cancer to invade tissues and the ability of the immune system to kill cancer cells, said study researcher Dimitris Anastassiou, director of Columbia University's Genomic Information Systems Laboratory.<br /> <br />To test how well the model worked for patients with breast cancer, the researchers entered it in a contest called the Sage Bionetworks/DREAM Breast Cancer Prognosis Challenge. The goal of the contest, which included 350 teams, was to build a model that could accurately predict breast cancer survival. The online contest employed crowdsourcing — teams could borrow ideas from each other to improve their models.<br /> <br />Researchers first developed their model using genetic and clinical information from about 2,000 women with breast cancer. They then tested their model on a new data set of 184 women with breast cancer. The researchers did not know how long these patients had lived.<br /> <br />The model by Anastassiou and colleagues worked the best. Given two patients, their model could predict which one would live longer 76 percent of the time. It also ranked patients based on how long it thought they would survive.<br /> <br />With more refinement, Anastassiou said the model could help researchers decide how to treat individual patients.<br /> <br />Anastassiou said he wants to conduct a study to see if the gene signatures in his model can be combined with, or replace some of the biomarkers researchers use today to better predict survival. Right now, the model is not ready to be used by doctors or patients.<br /> <br />The study is published on April 17 in the journal <i>Science Translational Medicine</i>.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: currentColor; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/04/17/breast-cancer-survival-predicted-by-computer-model/#ixzz2Qq3aqnn1" style="color: #003399;">http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/04/17/breast-cancer-survival-predicted-by-computer-model/#ixzz2Qq3aqnn1</a></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16488158010578051057noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928637282476251769.post-45674109094101847512013-04-18T10:51:00.000-07:002013-04-19T21:46:34.440-07:00Robotic surgery eases recovery for breast reconstruction patients<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://www.laparoscopyhospital.com/picture/breast-surgery.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.laparoscopyhospital.com/picture/breast-surgery.jpg" /></a>Over the past 10 years, robotic surgery has become much more common in operating rooms across the country. And while it is most frequently used in urology and gynecology departments, robotic surgery is now appearing in plastic surgery procedures, too.<br /> <br />Dr. Jesse Selber, an assistant professor of plastic surgery at MD Anderson Cancer Center, is revolutionizing breast cancer reconstruction surgeries with the da Vinci surgical system technology.<br /> <br />"I started using it in 2008 as a resident to develop some of these techniques, and really have been the person driving the application in plastic surgery. That being said, there's been a huge amount of enthusiasm for robotics in plastic surgery,” Selber told FoxNews.com.<br /> <br />Typically, during breast reconstruction surgery, a large incision is made in the patient’s back to harvest the latissimus dorsi muscle, which is what doctors use to create a new breast after a mastectomy.<br /> <br />But with the robot, Selber doesn’t have to cut into the patient’s back – making recovery time much quicker.<br /> <br />"The robotic procedure involves an approach through the axilla, the armpit, through a short incision, and it makes use of the optical and precision capabilities of the machine to gain access to the muscle without the back incision. That's the fundamental difference,” Selber said.<br /> <br />The shorter recovery time was very appealing to 40-year-old Menda Williams, a stage II breast cancer patient from Houston, Texas.<br /> <img height="228" src="http://cache01.g2gtoolkit.com/sites/default/files/robot-surgery-banner3_6_0.jpg" width="640" /><br />"I wanted a quick recovery, I want it to heal fast, and I want to have a minimal amount of scarring so this option proved to be something that would work best for me,” Williams told FoxNews.com.<br /> <br />Fifteen patients have undergone this new technique so far, according to Selber. And once more doctors are trained in the procedure, the sky is the limit.<br /> <br />"The robot can be used in a lot of areas of plastic surgery,” Selber said. “This is just one of them. I also use it in microsurgery to connect very small blood vessels and it's enhanced precision on 3D optics really lend itself to a lot of the things that we do.”<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: currentColor; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/04/18/robotic-surgery-eases-recovery-for-breast-reconstruction-patients/#ixzz2Qq2axUti" style="color: #003399;">http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/04/18/robotic-surgery-eases-recovery-for-breast-reconstruction-patients/#ixzz2Qq2axUti</a></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16488158010578051057noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928637282476251769.post-61848800466177739872013-04-18T10:40:00.000-07:002013-04-19T21:46:34.541-07:00Men who wear KILTS are more fertile - because their sperm are cooler<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <li style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px;">Kilts help lower the temperature of a man's groin</span></li><li style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px;">This in turn improves the quality of his sperm</span></li><li style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px;">Kilts also provide psychological benefits as traditional dress 'makes men feel masculine and admired'</span></li><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px;" /> </span><br /><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Men who wear kilts have better quality sperm and are therefore more fertile, Scottish researchers claim.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">They say that wearing a kilt traditionally - without underpants - could provide the ideal environment for sperm to thrive.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">For testicles to produce adequate levels of sperm, they need to be three degrees Celsius lower than body temperature.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">But recent research has shown there has been a global decline in the quality of men’s semen over the past 50 years.</span></div><div class="clear" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border: 0px currentColor !important; clear: both; color: black; float: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px !important; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 0px !important; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 0 !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><div class="thinCenter" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px auto; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: 470px; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="A good airing: According to a Scottish study, wearing a kilt boosts fertility" class="blkBorder" height="462" pxz:uid="-7c65361e-1" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/18/article-2310977-195DB875000005DC-413_468x462.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="468" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">A good airing: According to a Scottish study, wearing a kilt boosts fertility</div></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 1.2em/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">In addition to this, there has been a remarkable decline in fertility rates across the industrialised world.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Although the reasons for this are many and complex, it is thought that a reduction in sperm quality has played a role. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">It is not fully understood why sperm quality is deteriorating but changes in lifestyle and increased pollution have been suggested as possible factors.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; 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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">But, the new research, published in the Scottish Medical Journal, could provide men with a solution to their poor quality sperm.</span></div><div class="clear" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border: 0px currentColor !important; clear: both; color: black; float: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px !important; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 0px !important; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 0 !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">It said that since the 80s scientists have linked tight-fitting underwear to impaired male fertility.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">This was proven in 1990 when experts were able to show that tight pants increased the temperature deep inside the testicles.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">They also found that the tightness had more of an effect than the style of the underwear.</span></div><div class="thinFloatRHS" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; float: right; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 4px 10px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: 235px; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="Experts say that tight-fitting pants are partly responsible for declining fertility" class="blkBorder" height="478" pxz:uid="-d521fa40-2" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/18/article-2310977-195DB885000005DC-326_233x478.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="233" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">Experts say that tight-fitting pants are partly responsible for declining fertility</div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">On average, wearing tight undergarments increased the temperature of the air surrounding the testicles by 3.5 degrees celcius.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">For these reasons air exchange around the testicles should be promoted.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Dr Erwin Kompanje, who wrote the review, said:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">‘Kilt wearing likely produces an ideal physiological scrotal environment , which in turn helps maintain normal scrotal temperature, which is known to be beneficial for robust spermotaogenesis (sperm production) and good sperm quality’.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">He added that a recent study found that there are even more serious effects of not airing a man's groin.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Not only did it slow production, but it caused the testicles to produce substandard sperm which could not swim to fertilise the egg and produce normal embryos</span>.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">The study said: It seems plausible that men should wear skirts and avoid trousers, at least during the period during which they plan to conceive children.’</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">The Scottish kilt is a male garment that resembles a knee-length skirt. Depictions of men wearing the kilt date back to the 17th century.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Nowadays it tends only to be worn for special occasions.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">However, the study said that there are moves to reintroduce the kilt as a casual form of clothing, even outside of Scotland.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">The study added that wearing a kilt provides strong psychological benefits too as ‘it will get you noticed no matter where you are’.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">It said: 'Research has shown that wearing a kilt gives a man a strong sense of masculinity and freedom. Many women are attracted to men in kilts.</span>'</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">It added: ‘It also gives a man a sensuous awareness of his body’.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">However despite the research pointing to Scottish men being more fertile than most, statistical data has in fact shown that sperm quality is declining in Scotland.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Recent data has also shown that Scotland falls many European countries with the rest of the United Kingdom, Belgium and Scandinavia outperforming them.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">According to Eurostat, who complied the data, Iceland is the most fertile county in Europe while Slovakia is the least.</span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; 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text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px;">A woman's friendship group goes from 13 to 22 after having a child</span></span></li><li style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px;">Half said it is easier to bond with other women once you became a mother</span></span></li><li style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px;">16 per cent said they had a better social life after having children</span></span></li><li style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px;">Women meet in mother and toddler groups or antenatal classes</span></span></li><li style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px;">Say closeness is due to having so much in common and shared experience</span></span></li><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px;" /> </span><br /><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Having a baby can actually widen an increase a woman's circle of friends.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">While many women report feeling isolated and lonely when their child is very young, new research has shown that they make on average of nine new friends upon the birth of their baby.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">The survey showed that while childless women have an average of 13 friends, the number swells to 22 in the year after following the arrival of a child.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div class="clear" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border: 0px currentColor !important; clear: both; color: black; float: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px !important; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 0px !important; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 0 !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="The survey found that 53 per cent of new mums felt it was surprisingly easy to make friends after having a baby, and that women's friendship circle swelled by an average of 9 " class="blkBorder" height="455" pxz:uid="-4ea11700-1" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/17/article-2310435-1958521E000005DC-924_638x455.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="638" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">The survey found that 53 per cent of new mums felt it was surprisingly easy to make friends after having a baby, and that women's friendship circle swelled by an average of 9</div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">In fact it seems that giving birth is seem by some as enhancing to your social life with more than half of the 2,000 mothers polled said it was easier to bond with other women once you became a mother.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">It found that 53 per cent of new mothers felt it was surprisingly easy to make friends after having a baby, and 70 per cent of those said it was because they had so much ‘in common’.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">The study also found 16 per cent of those who took part in the poll said they had a better social life after having children as they had so much more free time to meet up with people.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="relatedItemsTopBorder" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </div><div class="relatedItems" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><h4 style="font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">More...</h4><ul style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"><li style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2310378/Margaret-Thatcher-funeral-Samantha-Cameron-pays-tribute-Iron-Lady-pussy-bow-blouse.html" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Samantha Cameron pays tribute to the Iron Lady in pussy-bow blouse - a style Thatcher loved because it was 'softening and pretty'</a></li><li style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2310413/The-shopping-workout-Visits-high-street-women-walk-200-miles-burn-14-844-calories-year.html" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The shopping workout: Visits to the high street see women walk more than 200 miles and burn 14,844 calories each year</a></li><li style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2310383/Shapewear-brand-Spanx-launches-new-Red-Hot-Label-UK.html" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Spanx launches new shapewear range for younger women - with control pants and slips designed to be worn under bodycon and mini dresses</a></li><li style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2309790/Women-maternity-leave-feel-longer-cut-working-world-11-months-giving-birth.html" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Women on maternity leave feel they can no longer cut it in the working world 11 months after giving birth</a></li></ul></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Part of this increase in friendship is due to increased interaction with other mothers with nearly half of new mums made friends with other women at a mother and toddler group, while 22 per cent struck up friendships in antenatal classes and a fifth met people through other friends.</span></div><div class="floatRHS" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; float: right; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px 20px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: 308px; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="eURN: AY*108069930" class="blkBorder" height="342" pxz:uid="-eb859733-2" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/17/article-2310435-1958522A000005DC-324_312x342.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="312" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">Many reported it was easier to bond with other women after having given birth</div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Perhaps surprisingly, the friendships formed in this time are not superficial or purely for convenience with strong bonds forming over exchanges of views, tips and shared experiences.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Sharing the experience of birth is by far the most popular topic of conversation for new mums – 73 per cent would happily regale new friends with stories about their labour.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Four in ten said they felt more comfortable sharing intimate and personal information with their mum chums who they had only recently met.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Almost four out of ten said they have discussed their post baby sex life with relatively new buddies.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">And nearly 80 per cent have poured their heart out about their concerns of being good mum and the guilt over whether to go back to work after being on maternity leave.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">One in five have also discussed the baby blues with their fellow mother friends, while other topics for discussion were breast feeding, sleepless nights, nappies and baby ailments.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">One in three said they were worried about boring their old friends with constant baby talk – part of the reason why new friendships are formed with other women who are going through the same experience.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">A spokeswoman for Natures Purest, the company that commissioned the study, said: 'There is a misconception in society that starting a family will mean you are stuck indoors but it’s simply not true.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">'Our research shows the opposite – becoming a mum can do wonders for your social life as there are so many groups and activities to become involved with.</span></div><div class="clear" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border: 0px currentColor !important; clear: both; color: black; float: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px !important; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 0px !important; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 0 !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="Nearly half of new mums made friends with other women at a mother and toddler group" class="blkBorder" height="407" pxz:uid="-2f8a220e-3" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/17/article-2310435-1958524B000005DC-309_638x407.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="638" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">Nearly half of new mums made friends with other women at a mother and toddler group</div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">'Having a baby is a life-changing experience, especially if you are a first time mum, so it’s important to have friends in a similar position.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">'You need people who can understand what you’re going through and can offer both emotional and practical support – whether you want a shoulder to cry on, a friend to offload on, or just reassurance that you are doing things right.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">'Many women whose friendships evolved when their children were young go on to keep the same group of friends throughout their life and as a consequence the youngsters form strong bonds too.</span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px;" />Read more:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2310435/Having-baby-HELPS-social-life-Women-make-average-9-new-friends-birth.html#ixzz2Ql6bdmOT" style="color: #003399; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2310435/Having-baby-HELPS-social-life-Women-make-average-9-new-friends-birth.html#ixzz2Ql6bdmOT</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="margin: 0px;" />Follow us:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rw?id=bBOTTqvd0r3Pooab7jrHcU&u=MailOnline" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">@MailOnline on Twitter</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>|<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rf?id=bBOTTqvd0r3Pooab7jrHcU&u=DailyMail" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">DailyMail on Facebook</a></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16488158010578051057noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928637282476251769.post-30890621115306696852013-04-17T10:11:00.000-07:002013-04-19T21:46:34.748-07:00How to boost your energy without caffeine<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://healthy-diet.maxupdates.tv/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Sugar-to-Boost-Your-Energy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://healthy-diet.maxupdates.tv/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Sugar-to-Boost-Your-Energy.jpg" /></a><a href="http://www.healthybarn.com/">WWW.HEALTHYBARN.COM</a><br /><br />Many of us are stretched for time, stressed out, and running on caffeine. Who couldn’t use a little bit more energy these days?<br /> <br />Follow these five simple tips to boost your energy levels without adding caffeine to your diet.<br /> <br /><b>1. Re-prioritize.</b> Heaping too many things on your plate only creates overwhelming feelings and exhaustion. Whether this is work, school or family, cut yourself some slack and realize that you can’t do everything for everyone.<br /> <br />When you feel stressed your body produces hormones called adrenaline and cortisol to prepare your body for a “fight or flight” response. This was essential when we were cavemen and in actual danger, but our bodies aren’t meant to be prepared for an emergency at all times.<br /> <br />Prioritize your non-negotiables and be OK with letting the less important things slide. Find some time in your day to unwind and relax whether it’s a bubble bath, deep breathing, mediation or just listening to music. Whatever you find relaxing will help reduce your tension and increase energy levels.<br /> <br /><b>2. Exercise</b>. It may seem counterintuitive, but adding exercise to your life will boost your energy. Exercise causes your body to release epinephrine and norepinephrine, which are often called the “feel good” hormones. Moving your body also helps increase energy by circulating oxygen. You don’t have to spend hours at a gym to reap the benefits. Try walking around the block a few times or even doing some body weight exercises like jumping jacks, push-ups, sit-ups and air squats. Anything to move your body will be beneficial.<br /> <br /><a href="http://kingpinlifestyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/more-energy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="http://kingpinlifestyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/more-energy.jpg" width="400" /></a><b>3. Eat protein every morning. </b> We’ve all heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Making smart choices first thing in the morning will lead to smarter choices throughout the day. That doughnut or sugary cereal may taste good and get you moving, but refined carbohydrates cause a temporary energy spike, and it's always followed by a crash when your blood sugar levels begin to drop.<br /> <br />Adding protein and some healthy fats will keep your blood sugar stable and provide ongoing energy without the crash. Some protein sources to consider are poultry, fish, meat, eggs, yogurt, cheese and nuts.<br /> <br /><b>4. Ditch the caffeine.</b> Caffeine can over-stimulate your central nervous system and overwork your glandular system, which is a recipe for long-term havoc. Caffeine is only a temporary fix and if it’s the only thing fueling you, you’re sure to require several doses throughout the day. Instead of quitting cold turkey, try switching a cup for decaf or tea. Green tea is a great option since it contains catachins, a natural stimulant that can increase energy and help fight fatigue. Switch afternoon cups of coffee for a decaffeinated, sugar-free alternative to avoid staying awake too late and repeating the cycle of being tired the next day.<br /> <br /><a href="http://www.manageyourlifenow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/how-to-boost-your-energy-380x260.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.manageyourlifenow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/how-to-boost-your-energy-380x260.jpg" /></a><b>5. Eat your greens.</b> Green leafy vegetables (as well as the algae spirulina and chlorella) are a great source of energy because of their chlorophyll content. Chlorophyll acts as a blood detoxifier, which can increase circulation to your organs and create an increase in energy. Chlorophyll also supplies magnesium, which is an essential nutrient to help increase energy. Eating fresh, leafy green veggies and algae is your best option, but if you don’t think you’re getting enough, try adding some greens to a smoothie or drink a glass of vegetable juice. A great juice combination for increased energy is kale, green apple, carrot and parsley.<br /> <br />If you still find yourself feeling sluggish and craving a nap, it might be time to visit your doctor. You may be experiencing food allergies, low iron levels, or an under-active thyroid. If changing your diet and adding exercise doesn’t make a difference, your safest bet is to rule out any medical conditions with your doctor.<br /><i></i><br /><i><i>Jacqueline Banks is a certified holistic health counselor and busy mother. Her focus is on helping other busy moms in all stages of motherhood keep themselves and their little ones healthy and happy. She uses natural and organic solutions to solve individual health problems and promote clean living.</i></i><br /><div style="background-color: white; border: currentColor; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/04/17/how-to-boost-your-energy-without-caffeine/#ixzz2Qk2BmTOS" style="color: #003399;">http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/04/17/how-to-boost-your-energy-without-caffeine/#ixzz2Qk2BmTOS</a></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16488158010578051057noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928637282476251769.post-45736667426750347512013-04-17T10:04:00.000-07:002013-04-19T21:46:34.848-07:00British women know more about intimate beauty treatments than health problems that could affect their fertility <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <li style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.healthybarn.com/">WWW.HEALTHYBARN.COM</a></span></li><li style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px;"></span></li><li style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px;">67% of women polled had heard of Brazilian bikini waxes, but only 39% knew of bacterial vaginosis (BV)</span></li><li style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px;">BV affects 1 in 3 women and can cause miscarriages and premature birth if untreated during pregnancy</span></li><li style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px;">Also increases the risk of developing STIs</span></li><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px;" /> </span><br /><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Women in the UK know more about intimate beauty treatments than they do about serious sexual health conditions, a new survey suggests.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">While 67 per cent claim to have heard of Brazilian bikini waxing and 48 had heard of vajazzles - made famous by The Only Way is Essex - just 39 per cent know about Bacterial vaginosis (BV).</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">This is a condition that can lead to fertility problems, miscarriage and increased risk of sexually transmitted infections.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">BV affects one in three women, making it twice as common as thrush, and if untreated during pregnancy it can lead to serious complications.</span></div><div class="clear" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border: 0px currentColor !important; clear: both; color: black; float: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px !important; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 0px !important; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 0 !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><div class="thinCenter" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px auto; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: 470px; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="Women in the UK know more about intimate beauty treatments than they do about serious sexual health conditions" class="blkBorder" height="334" pxz:uid="-c44886a4-1" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/16/article-2309816-195272B1000005DC-186_468x334.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="468" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">Women in the UK know more about intimate beauty treatments than they do about serious sexual health conditions</div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">The condition can put women at risk of contracting STIs such as gonorrhoea and chlamydia</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"></span><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Pregnant women with the condition are six times more likely to miscarry and twice as likely to give birth prematurely.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"></span><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">BV<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">occurs when the balance of internal bacteria is disrupted, leading to an<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">unpleasant odour. It can be<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">treated with antibiotics.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="relatedItemsTopBorder" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </div><div class="relatedItems" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><h4 style="font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">More...</h4><ul style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"><li style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2309466/Circumcision-lowers-risk-HIV-sexually-transmitted-diseases-half-changes-bacteria-levels.html" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Circumcision HALVES the risk of STDs by reducing levels of bacteria that cause infections</a></li><li style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2309587/The-nasty-bugs-lurking-date-make-Dont-thrifty-lotions-potions-A-build-bacteria-trigger-unsightly-dermatitis.html" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The nasty bugs lurking in out-of-date make-up: Don't be too thrifty with lotions and potions! A build-up of bacteria can trigger unsightly dermatitis</a></li></ul></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">The survey, carried out by Balance Activ – producers of a BV treatment – also revealed that the condition often goes undiagnosed as 38 per cent of women only feel comfortable getting intimate health advice from online forums while 19 per cent are too embarrassed to talk to their GP.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">The research comes shortly after experts warned that women who use shower gels and soaps in intimate areas are putting themselves at higher risk of developing sexually transmitted infections.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, said that soaps and lubricants can damage sensitive tissues and raise a woman’s chance of becoming infected with herpes, chlamydia and HIV.</span></div><div class="clear" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border: 0px currentColor !important; clear: both; color: black; float: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px !important; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 0px !important; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 0 !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><div class="thinCenter" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px auto; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: 470px; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="Women who use soaps in intimate areas are putting themselves at higher risk of developing sexually transmitted infections" class="blkBorder" height="490" pxz:uid="-8de76d50-2" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/16/article-2309816-195275AF000005DC-773_468x490.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="468" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">Women who use soaps in intimate areas are putting themselves at higher risk of developing sexually transmitted infections</div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Study leader Joelle Brown said there is ‘mounting evidence’ that using these products internally can also increase the risk of bacterial vaginosis.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Dr Brown's team recruited 141 women in Los Angeles who agreed to answer questionnaires about their product use and undergo lab tests for vaginal infections.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">The researchers found that 66 per cent of the women reported using lubricants and cleansers internally.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">The most commonly used products were sexual lubricants - 70 per cent of the product-using group used commercial lubricants, while 17 per cent reported using petroleum jelly and 13 per cent used oils.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Test results showed that the women who used products not intended for internal use, such as oils and Vaseline, were more likely to have yeast and bacterial infections.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">For instance, 40 per cent of the women who used petroleum jelly as a lubricant had bacterial vaginosis - an infection that can be caused by a number of common bacterial species - compared to 18 per cent of women who did not insert petroleum jelly.</span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px;" />Read more:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2309816/British-women-know-intimate-beauty-treatments-health-problems-affect-fertility.html#ixzz2Qk0rJpSR" style="color: #003399; 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Vegetable and other foods rich in Vitamin A help make disease more treatable<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <li style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: bold 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px;">Acid in Vitamin A can stop cancer spreading to surrounding tissue</span></li><li style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px;">Scientists dub the development as 'exciting'</span></span></li><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px;" /> </span><br /><div class="floatRHS" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; float: right; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px 20px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: 308px; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="carrots" class="blkBorder" height="423" pxz:uid="-028ed39d-1" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/16/article-2310143-194BA01C000005DC-307_306x423.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="306" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">Carrots could be used in the fight against prostate cancer</div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Carrots are the new weapon in the war against prostate cancer, scientists have claimed.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">A study led by Professor Norman Maitland at the University of York says a diet rich in Vitamin A could be the key to beating the disease because it makes it more treatable.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">The researchers have discovered that retenoic acid, a chemical made from Vitamin A, can reduce the ability of the cancer to invade surrounding tissue.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Vitamin A can be found in foods such as carrots, sweet potatoes and leafy green vegetables such as kale.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Prof Maitland said: 'If the cancer is confined to the prostate it’s much more treatable with conventional medicine. This is about prevention rather than cure but it can stop the spread of cancer.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">'We have found that specific twin genes are turned off in malignant prostate cancer stem cells. When we turn them back on using retenoic acid, the cancer becomes less aggressive.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">'It has been known for many years that low vitamin A in samples of men’s blood is associated with prostate cancer, but nobody knew the mechanisms involved.</span></div><div class="clear" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border: 0px currentColor !important; clear: both; color: black; float: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px !important; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 0px !important; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 0 !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">'This is an exciting new development which links an element from our diet to prostate cancer stem cells.'</span></div><div class="relatedItemsTopBorder" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </div><div class="relatedItems" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><h4 style="font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">More...</h4><ul style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"><li style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/gardening/article-2309143/Carrots-tops-Heres-make-.html" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Carrots are the tops! Here's how to make the most of them...</a></li><li style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2307355/Would-like-meat-veg-Pensioner-finds-pair-rude-carrots-feeding-friends-horses.html" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Would you like meat and two veg with that? Pensioner finds pair of rude carrots while feeding a friend's horses</a></li></ul></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Each year 41,000 men in the UK are diagnosed with prostate cancer and more than 10,000 die of the disease.</span></div><div class="artSplitter" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="Young woman preparing carrots" class="blkBorder" height="424" pxz:uid="-eb8eac25-2" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/16/article-2310143-194DD28B000005DC-606_634x424.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">Carrots contain Vitamin A, which scientists believe could make the disease more treatable</div></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; 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color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px;"></span></li><li style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px;">Leading an unhealthy lifestyle puts women at higher risk of developing unpleasant menopausal symptoms</span></li><li style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px;">Australian study links specific lifestyle factors and menopausal symptoms for first time</span></li><li style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px;">Well-educated women least likely to suffer hot flushes</span></li><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px;" /> </span><br /><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Women who are overweight and smoke are more likely to suffer menopausal night sweats, according to Australian research.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">The study found that women who are overweight, smoke and consume high levels of alcohol are at an increased risk of unpleasant menopause symptoms, but for the first time they were able to link specific lifestyle factors to different menopausal symptoms.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">In the UK, the average age for a woman to reach the menopause is 52, although women can experience the menopause in their 30s or 40s.</span></div><div class="clear" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border: 0px currentColor !important; clear: both; color: black; float: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px !important; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 0px !important; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 0 !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><div class="thinCenter" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px auto; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: 470px; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="Feeling flushed: The menopause cause make day-to-day life very difficult" class="blkBorder" height="286" pxz:uid="-1f82b165-1" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/17/article-2310423-1957BF97000005DC-726_468x286.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="468" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">Feeling flushed: The menopause cause make day-to-day life very difficult</div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Common symptoms include hot flushes, night sweats, loss of libido, mood changes and insomnia.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">A hot flush is a sudden feeling of heat in the upper body, which can start in the face, or chest before spreading. The face, neck and chest may start to sweat and become red and patchy.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">There can also be a change in heart rate. It may become very rapid, irregular or stronger than usual.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Night sweats are hot flushes that occur at night and only last a few minutes. They are most common in the first year after your final period.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="relatedItemsTopBorder" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </div><div class="relatedItems" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><h4 style="font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">More...</h4><ul style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"><li style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2309816/British-women-know-intimate-beauty-treatments-health-problems-affect-fertility.html" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">British women know more about intimate beauty treatments than health problems that could affect their fertility</a></li><li style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2309836/Forget-popping-pills--best-way-boost-brainpower-crossword-play-sudoku.html" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Forget popping pills - the best way to boost your brainpower is a crossword or sudoku</a></li></ul></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">The University of Queensland’s School of Population Health analysed more than 10,000 Australian women aged between 45 and 50, and investigated their social, lifestyle and reproductive history.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">They found that well-educated women were less likely to suffer with either night sweats or hot flushes.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">However those who had gained weight, drank and smoked heavily or suffered with long-term reproductive problems did tend to suffer with the menopausal symptoms.</span></div><div class="clear" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border: 0px currentColor !important; clear: both; color: black; float: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px !important; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 0px !important; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 0 !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><div class="thinCenter" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px auto; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: 470px; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="The study found that smoking increased the likelihood of night sweats" class="blkBorder" height="286" pxz:uid="-f73fcf2f-2" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/17/article-2310423-1957BF9D000005DC-813_468x286.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="468" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">The study found that smoking increased the likelihood of night sweats</div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Dr Gerrie-Cor Herber-Gast, who led the study said: ‘One of the study's most interesting findings is women who were smokers or had diabetes were more likely to have night sweats, but were not at increased risk of hot flushes.’</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Dr<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Herber-Gast added that while it is not fully understood why certain factors may influence specific symptoms, the study paved the way for more research into how smoking and being overweight made women more vulnerable to night sweats.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">‘Further study is needed, but [increased incidence of night sweats] may be explained by a number of reasons, including differing perceptions of the intensity of night sweating by smokers and women with diabetes.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">‘Women with diabetes may experience increased night sweats because of the low glucose levels during the night.’</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Previous studies have shown that certain lifestyle factors that put women at a higher risk of menopausal symptoms in general, but very little research has been carried out on how specific lifestyle choices affect the likelihood of each symptom separately.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">‘Determining the risk factors for these symptoms separately may help clarify their causes, help us identify who is at high risk of developing them and allow for early intervention to avoid or treat them.’</span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px;" />Read more:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2310423/Menopausal-night-sweats-common-women-smoke-overweight.html#ixzz2Qjz0HJmi" style="color: #003399; 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://plasticosurgery.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Audrina-Patridge-Breast-Implant.jpg" /></a>Hundreds of women who received faulty breast implants gathered Wednesday in a makeshift courthouse in the south of France for the fraud trial of five executives accused of using cheap industrial silicone to fill tens of thousands of implants that were sold around the world.<br /> <br />Jean-Claude Mas, who founded and ran implant-maker Poly Implant Prothese, is among those on trial in the southern city of Marseille. The now-defunct company had claimed its factory in France exported to more than 60 countries and was one of the world's leading implant makers.<br /> <br />The implants, which officials say are prone to rupture and leaking, were not sold in the United States, but more than 125,000 women worldwide received them until sales ended in March 2010. Of those, more than 5,000 are joining the trial as victims, saying the executives misled them into believing the implants were safe.<br /> <br />Nathalie De Michel, who received the implants, said Wednesday she wanted Mas to acknowledge responsibility.<br /> <br />"We have the impression that he doesn't care. I want him at least to recognize that he made mistakes. When you fight against cancer, you fight to survive, and if after they put some garbage in your body, what's the point of fighting for life?"<br />Mas declined comment as he entered the convention center — which was turned into a courthouse to host all those participating in the trial — in order to face the women for the first time.<br /> <br />The vast majority of the implants were for cosmetic reasons. The rest were for breast reconstruction, often following cancer surgery. Within France, about a quarter of the implants malfunctioned, most by rupturing and leaking silicone, according to a government tally released earlier this month.<br /> <a href="http://www.medindia.net/surgicalprocedures/images/breast-augmentation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.medindia.net/surgicalprocedures/images/breast-augmentation.jpg" /></a><br />Doctors and scientists who have followed the case say medical complications stemming from the ruptures and leaks appear to be limited even when the implants rupture: rashes and localized pain were the most common complaints. But lawyers for the women — more than 300 from around the world who joined the month-long trial — say the full effects will not be known for years to come.<br /> <br />Nataly Lozano, a Colombian lawyer who said she represents 1,500 women she says have had problems with the PIP implants, said she came to Marseille to seek justice for clients she says lack the resources to pay for follow-up care.<br /> <br />"I could name very difficult cases of women who don't even have means to undergo exams and know what state their implants are in," she said. "They know that they are dangerous implants and nevertheless they don't even have a way to know if their implants are broken inside their body, if eventually this substance will leak into their body."<br /> <br />The implants in question were not sold in the U.S., where concerns about silicone gel implants overall led to a 14-year ban on their use. Silicone implants were brought back to the market in 2006 after research ruled out cancer, lupus and some other concerns, but the FDA still cautions that implants of any kind can rupture or cause other problems.<br /> <br />The French government recommended that women have their PIP implants removed as a precaution, and about a third of Frenchwomen who had the implants did so, according to the April 2013 government report.<br /> <br />In Britain, the government left the choice up to women and their doctors, but recommended that the implants be removed if there was a sign of rupture.<br /> <br />The company ultimately went out of business, and regulators across Europe began demanding calls for tighter oversight of medical devices. Mas has said he is ruined financially.<br /> <br />According to various government estimates, over 42,000 women in Britain received the implants, more than 30,000 in France, 25,000 in Brazil and 15,000 in Colombia. Venezuela, where PIP implants were hugely popular, offered free removals for the estimated 16,000 women with the implants, as did France.<br /> <br />Mas, his deputy Claude Couty, the quality director Hannelore Font, technical director Loic Gossart, and products chief Thierry Brinon face the possibility of five years in prison if convicted.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: currentColor; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/04/17/french-execs-in-breast-implant-scandal-on-trial/#ixzz2Qjottmqy" style="color: #003399;">http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/04/17/french-execs-in-breast-implant-scandal-on-trial/#ixzz2Qjottmqy</a></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16488158010578051057noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928637282476251769.post-83825245215065333612013-04-17T09:14:00.000-07:002013-04-19T21:46:35.258-07:00Mothers-to-be 'can safely enjoy two drinks a week without harming their baby' (and their child may be better behaved than if they abstained)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /><li style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: bold 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px;">Mothers should feel more relaxed about occasional tipple, research finds</span></li><li style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: bold 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px;">Light drinking does not adversely affect toddler development</span></li><li style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px;">And it could even improve child's development in maths, reading and spatial skills</span></span></li><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px;" /> </span><br /><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Pregnant women who enjoy a couple of glasses of wine each week will not harm their baby’s development, claim researchers.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">And their study suggests that such mothers-to-be may eventually find that their child is better behaved than if they had abstained from alcohol.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">British researchers claim the latest findings should make mothers feel more relaxed about the occasional tipple.</span></div><div class="clear" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border: 0px currentColor !important; clear: both; color: black; float: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px !important; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 0px !important; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 0 !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="The study of 11,000 mothers found light drinking during pregnancy did not harm babies" class="blkBorder" height="422" pxz:uid="-685222c8-1" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/16/article-2310162-1954CAD1000005DC-947_634x422.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">The study of 11,000 mothers found light drinking during pregnancy did not harm babies</div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Although official guidance says alcohol is best avoided in pregnancy, previous research shows light drinking does not adversely affect toddler development. The new study of almost 11,000 mothers confirms this finding also holds good for primary-age schoolchildren.</span></div><div class="relatedItemsTopBorder" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </div><div class="relatedItems" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><h4 style="font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">More...</h4><ul style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"><li style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2309911/How-majority-couples-want-BOY-child-hard-work-girls.html" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">How the majority of couples want a BOY as their first child because they are 'less hard work' than girls</a></li><li style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2309777/The-secret-happiness-Believing-SEX-neighbours.html" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The secret to happiness? Believing you have more SEX than your neighbours</a></li><li style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2309994/Drinking-Head-gym-Exercise-repair-damage-brain-caused-alcohol.html" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Drinking too much? Head to the gym: Exercise can repair damage to the brain caused by alcohol</a></li></ul></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Women can safely drink a 175ml glass of wine, a 50ml glass of spirits or just under a pint of beer each week without damaging their child’s intellectual or behavioural development, the study found.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">A team at University College London questioned mothers when their babies were nine months old about their drinking during pregnancy and other aspects of their health and wellbeing.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Visits were also made to the families when the children were seven, says a report in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Tests were carried out to assess their development in maths, reading and spatial skills, and questions were asked about their social and emotional behaviour.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">The results showed boys and girls born to mothers who had one or two units of alcohol per week scored slightly higher on some tests than those born to non-drinkers.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">They were also likely to have lower scores for behavioural problems than children of mothers who abstained, although adjustment for other factors diminished the differences.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Professor Yvonne Kelly, who led the research team, said: ‘There appears to be no increased risk of negative impacts of light drinking in pregnancy on behavioural or cognitive development in seven-year-old children.</span></div><div class="clear" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border: 0px currentColor !important; clear: both; color: black; float: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px !important; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 0px !important; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 0 !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img alt="Children born to mothers who had one or two units of alcohol a week during pregnancy scored slightly higher on some tests than those born to none-drinkers" class="blkBorder" height="421" pxz:uid="-e1cd6a13-2" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/16/article-2310162-1954CABF000005DC-528_634x421.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">Children born to mothers who had one or two units of alcohol a week during pregnancy scored slightly higher on some tests than those born to none-drinkers</div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">‘While we have followed these children for the first seven years of their lives, further research is needed to detect whether any adverse effects of low levels of alcohol consumption in pregnancy emerge later in childhood.’</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Just under 13 per cent of the mothers never drank, while almost 60 per cent chose to abstain while expecting.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Around one in four were light drinkers during pregnancy – consuming a couple of units a week – and 7 per cent drank more in pregnancy.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Heavy drinking in pregnancy is linked to foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in children, which can cause a range of physical, mental and behavioural problems.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">The issue of how much is safe to drink during pregnancy has caused controversy in recent years.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">In 2007, the Department of Health published guidance saying pregnant women should avoid drinking alcohol altogether, as should those who are trying to conceive. This replaced previous guidance which said it was safe for pregnant women to drink one to two units of alcohol per week. The Government said its update was not based on new research but was to provide consistent advice to all women.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence also advises women to avoid alcohol in the first three months of pregnancy to reduce the risk of miscarriage.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">John Thorp, BJOG’s deputy editor-in-chief, said: ‘It remains unclear as to what level of alcohol consumption may have adverse outcomes, so this should not alter current advice.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">‘If women are worried about consumption levels, the safest option would be to abstain from drinking during pregnancy.’</span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px;" /></span>Whether or not it is safe to drink during pregnancy is a highly debated issue – with some research showing that drinking during pregnancy can cause physical or mental birth defects. But a new study, published in <i>BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology,</i> shows that light drinking during pregnancy does not cause any adverse behavioral or cognitive outcomes in children, Science World Report said.<br /> <br />The study – the first to focus on low-level consumption of alcohol during pregnancy and its effect on children - followed 10,534 infants born between 2000 and 2002 in the U.K. Researchers examined whether light drinking during pregnancy caused any unfavorable outcomes in the children by age seven, according to Science World Report.<br /> <br />Researchers from University College London collected data based on home visit interviews and questionnaires that were completed by parents and teachers, who could easily identify the social and emotional behavior in kids. They also tested the kids' cognitive performance in math, reading and spatial skills, Science World report noted.<br /> <br />Researchers examined four groups: mothers who had never consumed alcohol, mothers who didn’t drink during pregnancy, mothers who drank lightly during pregnancy and mothers who drank more during pregnancy.<br /> <br />Children born to light drinkers had lower behavioral difficulties compared to those born to mothers who didn't drink during pregnancy.<br /> <br />Professor Yvonne Kelly, co-author of the study, and co-director, ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies (ICLS) at University College London, said in a press statement, "There appears to be no increased risk of negative impacts of light drinking in pregnancy on behavioral or cognitive development in 7-year-old children. We need to understand more about how children's environments influence their behavioral and intellectual development."<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: currentColor; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/04/17/light-drinking-during-pregnancy-may-not-harm-children/#ixzz2QjnAfRBR" style="color: #003399;">http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/04/17/light-drinking-during-pregnancy-may-not-harm-children/#ixzz2QjnAfRBR</a></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16488158010578051057noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928637282476251769.post-80710142447404351112013-04-16T15:30:00.000-07:002013-04-19T21:46:35.360-07:00Sleeping on your back increases the risks of a stillbirth:<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div id="article_body" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/17px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 14px 0px 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><hr style="margin: 0px;" /><img src="http://health.ninemsn.com.au/img/2013/healthnews/Pregnantsleep.jpg" /><br /><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/17px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><b style="margin: 0px;">Pregnant women who sleep on their backs are more likely to have a stillbirth according to a new study.</b></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/17px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Researchers from the University of Michigan interviewed women in the 48 hours after they had given birth at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/17px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">In low-income countries like Ghana between 20 and 50 of every 1000 babies are stillborn − between two and five babies out of every 1000 births are stillborn in high-income countries, including Australia.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/17px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Researchers discovered that mothers who slept on their backs were five times more likely to have a baby with a dangerously low birth-weight, which resulted in stillbirths for some women.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/17px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">"The data in this study suggests that more than one-quarter of stillbirths might be avoided by altering maternal sleep position," study author Louise O'Brien said.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/17px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.thehealthage.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/sleep-position-in-pregnancy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.thehealthage.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/sleep-position-in-pregnancy.jpg" /></a>"If maternal sleep position does play a role in stillbirth, encouraging pregnant women everywhere not to sleep on their back is a simple approach that may improve pregnancy outcomes."</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/17px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">This is not the first time sleeping position has been linked to the risk of stillbirth.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/17px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">A study at the University of Sydney last year found pregnant women who sleep on their backs are six times more likely to have a stillborn baby.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/17px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">There has also been evidence from New Zealand to suggest sleeping on your left side is the safest option.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/17px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Dr Adrienne Gordon, a neonatologist at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital who led the Sydney study, told ninemsn that more work needed to be done.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/17px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">"We now need to link with more physiological studies, doing things like videoing how women sleep, measuring things about the baby," Gordon said.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/17px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">"There are a lot of things that can be done to confirm the biological plausibility, which would probably make people feel more confident that you need to do this as a definite preventative mechanism."</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/17px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">But she said it wouldn't hurt for pregnant women to sleep on their sides for now.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/17px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">"The left might be more sensible because the liver is on the right and if you go to the left, you have more chance of un-obstructive blood flow in the big vessels," she said.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/17px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">"But I think there is not enough evidence to say which side is definitely most beneficial. We don't have enough confirmatory things to say that, but we have enough about the back-sleeping and risk association."</div></div></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16488158010578051057noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928637282476251769.post-35341499741444943652013-04-16T15:23:00.000-07:002013-04-19T21:46:35.460-07:00Fainting may be genetic, study suggests<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/images/Health/gty_woman_fainted_thg_120228_wblog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://abcnews.go.com/images/Health/gty_woman_fainted_thg_120228_wblog.jpg" /></a> Fainting may have a genetic origin, new findings suggest, a discovery that could shed light on its mysterious causes, researchers say.Fainting<br /> Fainting, technically known as syncope, is a brief loss of consciousness after the body reacts to certain triggers, such as the sight of blood, injury, pain, medical procedures, stuffy environments, prolonged standing and frightening thoughts.<br /> "Twenty-five to 30 percent of people will have had one or two faints that are relatively trivial in their lives," said researcher Samuel Berkovic, a neurologist at the University of Melbourne, in Australia. "I myself had a faint when I had gastroenteritis [inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract] when I was a medical student, and cracked my head on the bathroom floor."<br /> "However, there's a small percentage of the population that experience recurring fainting, which can be a significant impediment to their lives," Berkovic added. It was controversial whether such fainting was inherited, and its cause has remained mysterious.<br /> "If it is genetic, then finding the underlying genes can be a particularly instructive way to understand it," he said.<br /> To learn more about the roots of fainting, scientists interviewed and reviewed the medical records of 44 families with a history of the most common form of fainting, known as vasovagal syncope. Of those, six families had a large number of people who experienced fainting, suggesting that a single gene was running through each of those families.<br /> The largest family the researchers investigated had 30 afflicted members over three generations who began fainting at age 8 or 9. The other families each had four to 14 afflicted members.<br /> Genetic analysis of the largest of these families revealed significant links between fainting and a specific region on chromosome 15.<br /> "The key finding is that fainting can have a genetic origin, and that it can be inherited in what is called an autosomal dominant manner, which means that if you have the trait, then 50 percent of your offspring have it, going through a family like a golden thread," Berkovic told MyHealthNewsDaily.<br /> Two of the families with fewer affected members also had genetic changes in chromosome 15, however, two other families did not. That suggests "it's likely there is not one gene for fainting, but many," Berkovic said.<br /> "As has been the case with all human genetics over the last 20 years," conditions that seem to have one cause turn out to have several, he said. "Quite often, these different genetic causes do feed into the same pathways."<br /> The researchers also found the triggers for fainting can vary greatly within families. This suggests triggers might either be inherited or acquired over time.<br /> "Our hope is to uncover the mystery of this phenomenon so that we can recognize the risk or reduce the occurrence in people, as fainting may be a safety issue," Berkovic said.<br /> The mutant gene or genes behind fainting may involve aspects of the nervous system linked with blood flow.<br /> "Eventually, we hope we'll identify the gene or genes underlying fainting, which we hope will illuminate the physiological pathways underlying it," Berkovic said. "That could lead to some treatments for the minority of subjects for whom fainting is a real social embarrassment or medical problem."<br /> The scientists detailed their findings in the April 16 issue of the journal Neurology.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: currentColor; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/04/16/fainting-may-be-genetic-study-suggests/#ixzz2QfRHO9PE" style="color: #003399;">http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/04/16/fainting-may-be-genetic-study-suggests/#ixzz2QfRHO9PE</a></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16488158010578051057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928637282476251769.post-85940401145095458402013-04-16T15:16:00.000-07:002013-04-19T21:46:35.587-07:00FDA wants more info on inhaled migraine drug<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><article class="article-text"> <a href="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/120522073759-woman-headache-migraine-bed-story-top.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/120522073759-woman-headache-migraine-bed-story-top.jpg" width="400" /></a>Allergan Inc. said Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration isn't ready to approve its inhaled migraine treatment Levadex.<br /> <a href="http://rootnaturalhealth.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/migraine_image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://rootnaturalhealth.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/migraine_image.jpg" width="266" /></a>Allergan said the FDA is concerned about elements of the manufacturing process for Levadex. The company said it is already responding to those concerns because the FDA had identified them in previous discussions. In March 2012, the FDA said it could not approve Levadex until the concerns related to manufacturing and other issues were addressed.<br /> Allergan has since bought a company that was involved in the manufacturing process, and it also plans to make some minor changes to the product label.<br /> The company is working to address all of the FDA's concerns and said the agency will next take action by year-end.<br /> Allergan said the FDA's decision does not affect its annual revenue guidance because it had only expected minimal sales of Levadex this year even if it had been approved on time.<br /> Levadex is intended to treat migraine headaches in adults. Allergan acquired the drug candidate in March when it bought MAP Pharmaceuticals for $958 million. The companies had agreed to collaborate on the drug in 2011.<br /> Allergan makes Botox, which is most famously used for removing wrinkles on the forehead, but is also approved to treat migraines and other conditions. The company said it hopes to use Levadex as a complementary treatment for migraines.</article><div style="background-color: white; border: currentColor; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/04/16/fda-wants-more-info-on-inhaled-migraine-drug/#ixzz2QfQR6p4o" style="color: #003399;">http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/04/16/fda-wants-more-info-on-inhaled-migraine-drug/#ixzz2QfQR6p4o</a></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16488158010578051057noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928637282476251769.post-83393561394490430852013-04-16T15:11:00.000-07:002013-04-19T21:46:35.686-07:00Beetroot juice, lettuce can lower blood pressure about 10 points, study suggests<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://data3.blog.de/media/968/2327968_aee6fd870b_m.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://data3.blog.de/media/968/2327968_aee6fd870b_m.jpeg" width="305" /></a><a href="http://www.healthybarn.com/">WWW.HEALTHYBARN.COM</a><br /><br />Trying to lower your blood pressure?<br /><br />A new study suggests drinking a cup of beetroot juice every day could help hypertension, according to Medical News Today.<br /><br />The study, researched at Queen Mary, University of London, is published in the American Heart Association’s journal Hypertension.<br /><br />Scientists saw that rats who consumed nitrates – found in vegetables like beetroot, lettuce, cabbage and fennel - had lower blood pressure, so they followed up with a small study involving 15 patients who had high blood pressure.<br /><br />“Our hope is that increasing one’s intake of vegetables with a high dietary nitrate content, such as green leafy vegetables or beetroot, might be a lifestyle approach that one could easily employ to improve cardiovascular health,” Amrita Ahluwalia, lead author of the study and professor of vascular pharmacology at The Barts and The London Medical School in London, reported to Medical Xpress.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.rebootwithjoe.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/beat-the-beet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="161" src="http://www.rebootwithjoe.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/beat-the-beet.jpg" width="320" /></a>The patients were free of any other medical problems, but they had a systolic blood pressure between 140 and 159 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg). They did not take medication for the hypertension.<br /><br />They were asked to drink approximately 8 fluid ounces of beetroot juice or water that had a low amount of nitrate. During the following 24-hour period, the subjects’ blood pressure was observed.<br /><br />The beetroot juice contained about 0.2 grams of dietary nitrate, equal to a large bowl of lettuce or two beetroots, the researchers said. When the nitrate is converted to nitric oxide, the gas has a relaxing effect on blood vessels, which can lower blood pressure.<br /><br />The subjects saw an average 10-point decrease in blood pressure levels over the 24-hour period, researchers noted.<br /><a href="http://www.juicers2health.com/product_images/uploaded_images/juice-recipe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.juicers2health.com/product_images/uploaded_images/juice-recipe.jpg" /></a><br />Ahluwalia said she was surprised “how little nitrate was needed to see such a large effect.”<br /><br />Professor Peter Weissburg, medical director at the British Heart Foundation, which funded Ahluwalia’s research, said it was a promising study, but larger studies needed to be researched to see if nitrate-rich vegetables could effectively lower blood pressure over a long-term period.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: currentColor; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/04/16/beetroot-juice-lettuce-can-lower-blood-pressure-about-10-points-study-suggests/#ixzz2QfOnP4Ti" style="color: #003399;">http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/04/16/beetroot-juice-lettuce-can-lower-blood-pressure-about-10-points-study-suggests/#ixzz2QfOnP4Ti</a></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16488158010578051057noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928637282476251769.post-47110909863746332972013-04-16T14:00:00.000-07:002013-04-19T21:46:35.786-07:00Breast cancer drugs may help high-risk, healthy women<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><article class="article-text"> <a href="http://www.onpublicspeaking.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/breast_cancer_and_the_food_and_drug_administration.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.onpublicspeaking.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/breast_cancer_and_the_food_and_drug_administration.jpg" /></a><a href="http://media.wvec.com/images/396*264/breast+cancer_getty.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://media.wvec.com/images/396*264/breast+cancer_getty.jpg" width="400" /></a>Doctors should talk about breast cancer-reducing drugs with women and offer tamoxifen or raloxifene to those that have a high risk of cancer and aren't likely to suffer side effects, a government-backed panel said on Monday.<br /> The drugs work by blocking the effects of estrogen in breast tissue, lowering the chance of hormone-related cancers. But they also increase the risk of blood clots and hot flashes, among other side effects - so they shouldn't be handed out to everyone, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) said in its new draft guidelines.<br /> "Currently only a minority of women for whom the medication might be indicated are actually taking it," said Dr. Mark Ebell, a member of the Task Force from the University of Georgia College of Public Health in Athens.<br /> "I don't think there's a right or wrong answer for women," he told Reuters Health. "The main thing is just for women to be aware of this as an option and to talk to their doctor if they think they might be at increased risk."<br /> Women are considered at high risk if they have a five-year chance of developing breast cancer of at least one in 60. Tools such as the <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/04/16/breast-cancer-drugs-urged-for-high-risk-women/1.usa.gov/6eW4G" rel="external ext-linked" target="_blank">Gail model</a><img src="http://global.fncstatic.com/static/v/all/img/external-link.png" style="margin: 4px 0px 0px 4px;" /> take into account a woman's age, race, personal history of breast exams and family history of cancer to estimate her own risk of breast cancer.<br /> A review conducted for the USPSTF and published concurrently found tamoxifen (marketed as Nolvadex and Soltamox) and raloxifene (Evista) decreased women's chances of developing breast cancer by 30 to 56 percent.<br /> Both drugs also doubled the risk of blood clots and tamoxifen increased the chance of endometrial cancer and cataracts, according to findings published in the <i>Annals of Internal Medicine</i>.<br /> The review did not include studies that focused on women with breast-cancer related BRCA gene mutations.<br /> Angie Fagerlin, a bioethicist from the University of Michigan Medical School and the Ann Arbor VA, said it's important to consider an approximately 50-percent relative reduction in breast cancer risk in context.<br /> For a woman who starts out with a one in 40 chance of developing cancer, she told Reuters Health, "Your risk goes from 2.5 to 1.25 (percent). It's a 1 percent difference in your risk of breast cancer, having to take a drug every day for five years that has some side effects."<br /> But for some women who have a much higher short-term risk of breast cancer - as high as 16 percent - the drugs are more likely to be worth potential side effects, said Fagerlin, who wasn't involved in the new review or the Task Force decision.<br /> "There are a lot of things that play into this decision," she said. "Women should know that this is an option, and they should be told their risks and benefits in a way they can understand."<br /> <b>‘TAKE A TEST RUN'</b><br /> About one in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer during her lifetime and one in 36 will die of the disease, according to the American Cancer Society.<br /> The new draft recommendations echo guidelines released by the Task Force a decade ago but now have more evidence behind them, according to Ebell. They will be posted for public comment until May 13 <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/04/16/breast-cancer-drugs-urged-for-high-risk-women/bit.ly/cy0SzP" rel="external ext-linked" target="_blank">here</a><img src="http://global.fncstatic.com/static/v/all/img/external-link.png" style="margin: 4px 0px 0px 4px;" />.<br /> Other doctor groups, including the American Society of Clinical Oncology, also recommend some women at high risk of breast cancer be offered tamoxifen or raloxifene.<br /> Elissa Ozanne, who studies decision science at the University of California, San Francisco, said the most common problems reported with tamoxifen and raloxifene include hot flashes and other "quality-of-life" side effects.<br /> "The serious ones are very rare," Ozanne, who wasn't involved in the new research, told Reuters Health. If women are worried about side effects and how they might feel on the drugs, she added, "It's something that they could try out and take a test run of it."<br /> Generic tamoxifen can be bought for about $100 per month or less.<br /> Ozanne pointed out that research suggests women can reduce their risk of breast cancer through lifestyle changes, as well as medication.<br /> "There are a lot of things women can think about doing, and tamoxifen is one of them, and so are things like maintaining a healthy body weight," she said.<br /><h1 class="articleHeadline" itemprop="headline" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 2.4em/1.08em georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://news.legalexaminer.com/uploadedImages/InjuryBoardcom_Content/Blogs/News_Blog/News/woman%20w%20breast%20cancer%20and%20braclets%20500(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://news.legalexaminer.com/uploadedImages/InjuryBoardcom_Content/Blogs/News_Blog/News/woman%20w%20breast%20cancer%20and%20braclets%20500(1).jpg" /></a><nyt_headline type=" " version="1.0">Breast Cancer Drugs Urged for Healthy High-Risk Women</nyt_headline></h1><div itemprop="articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 1.5em/1.46em georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">On Monday, an influential panel of experts said that the answer is yes, but only for certain women who are at increased risk because of breast cancer in the family or a personal history of<a class="meta-classifier" href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/specialtopic/breast-lumps-and-cancer/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" style="color: #666699; margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="In-depth reference and news articles about Breast lumps and cancer.">breast lumps</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>or other problems. Two drugs, tamoxifen and raloxifene, can lower the risk, and may be worth taking even though both can have serious adverse effects like blood clots and strokes, the experts said.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 1.5em/1.46em georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The panel, the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/clinicians-providers/guidelines-recommendations/uspstfix.html" style="color: #666699; margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">United States Preventive Services Task Force</a>, recommended that for healthy women ages 40 to 70, doctors help<a href="http://www.cancer.gov/bcrisktool/" style="color: #666699; margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">assess the odds of breast cancer</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and offer to prescribe one of the drugs for patients whose risk is above average — but only if their chances of developing blood clots and strokes is low.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 1.5em/1.46em georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Because of the adverse effects, the panel also advised that the drugs not be prescribed for women unless they are at increased risk of breast cancer.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 1.5em/1.46em georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">“There is evidence of benefit for certain women,” said Dr. Wanda K. Nicholson, a task force member and an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 1.5em/1.46em georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://cdn.medgadget.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/c2aelijv.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://cdn.medgadget.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/c2aelijv.jpg" /></a>Dr. Nicholson said she recommended the drugs for some of her own higher-risk patients. Some take them; some choose not to.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 1.5em/1.46em georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">“The take-home point for women is to have that initial conversation with their provider,” she said.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 1.5em/1.46em georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The task force<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf13/breastcanmeds/breastcanmedsfact.pdf" style="color: #666699; margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">recommendations</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>are being<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/draftrec4/htm." style="color: #666699; margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">published in draft form</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and are open for public comment until May 13. An analysis of research on which the recommendations were based was also being published in Annals of Internal Medicine. The advice matches that given by the task force in 2002 (the group re-evaluates many of its subjects once a decade), though the earlier report stopped short of telling doctors to offer to prescribe the drugs. Members of the group said they relied on a wealth of new data that helped confirm and clarify the risks and benefits of the two drugs, and how they measure up against one another.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 1.5em/1.46em georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><a class="meta-classifier" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/tamoxifen_drug/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" style="color: #666699; margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Recent and archival health news about Tamoxifen.">Tamoxifen</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and raloxifene have been recommended for years for women whose odds of developing breast cancer are higher than average. Both drugs block the effects of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="meta-classifier" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/estrogen/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" style="color: #666699; margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Recent and archival health news about estrogen.">estrogen</a>, and can lower the risk of the type of breast cancer whose growth is stimulated by the hormone. About 75 percent of breast cancers fall into that category. Tamoxifen is more commonly used to prevent recurrences in women who have already had breast cancer, and raloxifene is most often prescribed to prevent fractures in women with<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="meta-classifier" href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/osteoporosis/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" style="color: #666699; margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="In-depth reference and news articles about Osteoporosis.">osteoporosis</a>. Tamoxifen can also decrease the risk of fractures.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 1.5em/1.46em georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Doctors may see these drugs as a rare opportunity to lower the risk of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="meta-classifier" href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/cancer/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" style="color: #666699; margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="In-depth reference and news articles about Cancer.">cancer</a>, but some women see them as simply trading one risk for another. Many healthy women, even if they are at increased risk, refuse the drugs, asking why they should take pills to lower the odds of a disease they may never get anyway, especially when the drugs can have dangerous or unpleasant side effects.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 1.5em/1.46em georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Besides increasing the risk of blood clots and strokes, the drugs can also cause hot flashes and vaginal problems like dryness and pain that can damage a woman’s sex life. In addition, tamoxifen can lead to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="meta-classifier" href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/cataract/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" style="color: #666699; margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="In-depth reference and news articles about Cataracts.">cataracts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="meta-classifier" href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/endometrial-cancer/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" style="color: #666699; margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="In-depth reference and news articles about Endometrial cancer.">uterine cancer</a>.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 1.5em/1.46em georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">In the United States, 232,000 new cases of breast cancer are expected this year, and about 40,000 women will die from the disease.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 1.5em/1.46em georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The group estimated that among 1,000 women with an increased risk of breast cancer, there would be 23.5 cases of invasive breast cancer over five years. If the women took one of the drugs, 7 to 9 cases would be prevented over five years.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 1.5em/1.46em georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">But an extra 4 to 7 women per 1,000 taking the drugs would develop blood clots during that time, and there would be 4 extra cases of uterine cancer per 1,000 women taking tamoxifen — an approximate doubling of both of those risks. Women who had surgery to remove the uterus would not have to worry about that type of cancer.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 1.5em/1.46em georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://a.abcnews.com//images/Health/avastin_080222_mn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://a.abcnews.com//images/Health/avastin_080222_mn.jpg" /></a>The task force considered a woman likely to benefit from the drugs if her odds of developing breast cancer during the next five years were 3 percent or higher. One common method of estimating the risk uses an<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.cancer.gov/bcrisktool/" style="color: #666699; margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">online tool</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>that asks a series of questions about the patient’s health and family history. It calculates her risk, and compares it to the average for women of that age.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 1.5em/1.46em georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">At age 40 the average woman has a 0.6 percent risk of developing breast cancer over the next five years; at age 50, 1.3 percent; at age 60, 1.8 percent; at age 70, 2.2 percent. Plugging risk factors into the calculator, like mothers or sisters with breast cancer, or a personal history of breast biopsies, makes the risk go up.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 1.5em/1.46em georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">But experts warn that although these estimates can be useful in predicting the risk for large populations, they do not work very well for individuals.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 1.5em/1.46em georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The report from the task force states: “Most women identified as ‘high risk’ will not develop breast cancer, and the majority of breast cancer cases will arise in women who are not identified as having increased risk.” The group also noted that the type of risk calculator generally used is not recommended for women with mutations in BRCA genes, which greatly increase the risk of breast cancer.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 1.5em/1.46em georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Dr. Heidi Nelson, a research professor at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon, led a team that analyzed several large controlled studies. They found that the drugs could reduce the incidence of invasive cancer by 30 percent to 68 percent, compared with placebos. A new finding is that tamoxifen had a greater protective effect than raloxifene. But it was more likely to cause blood clots. Women over 50 were more likely to develop blood clots from the drugs, or uterine cancer while taking tamoxifen.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 1.5em/1.46em georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Dr. Nelson noted that some studies found women would be more willing to take the drugs if they could prevent breast cancer entirely, rather than just lowering the risk, or if the drugs had no side effects.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 1.5em/1.46em georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">One thing that might help doctors and patients, she said, is to keep in mind that the adverse effects were more common in older women. In addition, she said, younger women who had had biopsies showing a condition called atypical hyperplasia did seem to be at added risk and might be among the best candidates for taking the drugs. She said the data suggested that a five-year course of treatment could have protective effects that would continue even when the drugs were stopped.</div></article><br /><div style="background-color: white; border: currentColor; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/04/16/breast-cancer-drugs-urged-for-high-risk-women/#ixzz2Qf5tLIM3" style="color: #003399;">http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/04/16/breast-cancer-drugs-urged-for-high-risk-women/#ixzz2Qf5tLIM3</a></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16488158010578051057noreply@blogger.com2