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SAN FRANCISCO – It might take Californians a puff or two to get their heads around an apparent contradiction recently enshrined in state law. The same marijuana smoke that doctors can recommend to ease cancer patients’ suffering must soon come with a warning saying it causes the disease.
State environmental regulators last month voted to place [...]
State-by-state list of obesity rates, each state’s obesity ranking in the nation and the percentage point change from the previous report, according to the Trust for America’s Health:
State Rate Rank Change
Ala. 31.2 2 1.1
Alaska 27.2 [...]
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A weight loss intervention directed at parents of overweight children may be as effective as interventions directed at both parents and children, study findings suggest.
Over 10 months, children younger than 11 years fared better in the parent-only program, while older children lost more weight through the family-based [...]
Time flies. Life is what you make of it. Everyday is a day of opportunity.
Think it. Seek it. Find it. Live it.
Life is too short not to make the best and the most
of everything that comes your way everyday.
- Sasha Azevedo
Do something everyday that excites you.
Read classic novels.
Travel somewhere you’ve never been with someone you’ll never [...]
For people who do not have sensitive skin and are able to stand a little bit of pain and irritation on their skin, waxing eyebrows is a quick, easy and lasting way to get rid of the unwanted hairs around the eyebrows. Waxing will last longer than plucking but is definitely inadvisable for people who [...]
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CHICAGO – Elena Nieves hardly looks like a poster girl for an obesity program for pregnant moms.
The 5-foot-8 (1.7-meter) 23-year-old recently lost more than 50 pounds (23 kg) and looks healthy. But 15 weeks into her third pregnancy, she was gaining the weight back — too fast.
"I found out I was [...]
Some of the benefits of heart-healthy exercise are reducing the risk factors for heart disease and lowering cholesterol. A sedentary (inactive) lifestyle is one of the top risk factors for heart disease. Fortunately, it’s a risk factor that you can do something about. Regular exercise, especially aerobic exercise, has many benefits, including lowering cholesterol. It [...]
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Caucasian hair and African American is obviously different. But, the ways that they are different is almost kind of funny.
Perms:
When a black women says that she is getting a perm, she means she is going for the straight look. Just the opposite for a white woman. When a white women says that she is [...]