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What runs in your family? Talking turkey about health
What do you talk about around the Thanksgiving dinner table? This story from November 2013 is every bit as relevant today. Then Surgeon General, Boris Lushniak, reminded us that it’s a good time to talk about your family’s history of diseases and any other information that can help you keep your loved ones healthy, as the holiday has been declared National Family History Day.
The power of nostalgia at Thanksgiving
According to nutritional psychologists and researchers at the University of Southampton, nostalgia (as experienced at Thanksgiving) fills a very important need to belong and feel socially connected, and is actually good for our mental health.
Raising Children With an Attitude of Gratitude
What are you thankful for today? Have you taken the time to teach your children the importance of expressing gratitude? Kids who are taught gratitude are more likely to be appreciative of what they have, and new research has shown they experience a variety of other benefits, too.
Pick Up the Pace: Walking More Quickly May Improve Your Health
“Since childhood brain health already at the age of 3 years was associated with walking speed at midlife, it looks like the early life function of the brain could affect the long-term function of the body and thus the walking speed.”
Stress can make you sick. Take steps to reduce it.
“One of the reasons I wrote this book was to give stress the air time that it deserves. The public needs to be more aware of how prevalent and damaging it is, and doctors need to be aware of some simple things to help people.” That’s what Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, author of “The Stress Solution,” told the New York Times.
Prince, opioids and the rest of us: America needs a massive public education campaign to help people hooked on Percocet and related drugs
Have you ever been prescribed a painkiller? Did the doctor tell you that opioids like Persoset, Vicatin and Fentanyl, while effective in the short term, can become highly addictive? Did you think that it couldn’t happen to you?
Headlines & Highlights
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Exposure to cleaning products in first three months of life increases risk of childhood asthma
- Headlines & Highlights
- February 19, 2020
“The risks of recurrent wheeze and asthma were notably higher in homes with frequent use of certain products, such as liquid or solid air fresheners, plug-in deodorizers, dusting sprays, antimicrobial hand sanitizers and oven cleaners. It may be important for people to consider removing scented spray cleaning products from their cleaning routine. We believe that the smell of a healthy home is no smell at all.”
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How Amazon convinced millions of people to welcome “listening devices” into their homes
- Headlines & Highlights
- February 19, 2020
“They’re trying to move as intimately as possible and as quietly as possible into everyday life. Amazon wants to have the entire environment, essentially miked… All these intimacies, all this insight is being integrated, analyzed and integrated. That is an extraordinary kind of power that has never before existed.” Shoshana Zuboff, author of “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism”
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The class of 2000 ‘Could have been anything.’ Until opioids hit
- Headlines & Highlights
- December 4, 2019
A must read NY Times story: “In all of the interviews, one thing was clear: Opioids have spared relatively no one in Scioto County; everyone appears to know someone whose life has been affected by addiction.”
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Pick Up the Pace: Walking More Quickly May Improve Your Health
- Health & Healing
- October 16, 2019
“Since childhood brain health already at the age of 3 years was associated with walking speed at midlife, it looks like the early life function of the brain could affect the long-term function of the body and thus the walking speed.”
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Stress can make you sick. Take steps to reduce it.
- Featured
- October 16, 2019
“One of the reasons I wrote this book was to give stress the air time that it deserves. The public needs to be more aware of how prevalent and damaging it is, and doctors need to be aware of some simple things to help people.” That’s what Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, author of “The Stress Solution,” told the New York Times.
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Jennifer Lopez gives a detailed glimpse into her fitness routine
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- June 27, 2019
Jennifer Lopez shared with Hello! Magazine why exercise plays such an important role in her life: “I am 100 per cent convinced that working out is part of what makes me so happy. Dance has always been a huge part of my life and taking the time to move my body and do something that’s
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Marijuana damages young brains
- Headlines & Highlights
- June 19, 2019
“Numerous studies show that marijuana can have a deleterious impact on cognitive development in adolescents, impairing executive function, processing speed, memory, attention span and concentration. The damage is measurable with an IQ test.”
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A lost girl's diary: The hidden anguish of Alexandra Valoras
- Home & Family
- May 16, 2019
Beyond imagining, beyond understanding. How a 17-year-old high school honor student shocked her parents, friends and teachers by committing suicide. Alexandra Valoras wrote in her journal: “I’m not good enough, I’m worthless.”
Consumer Alerts
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Police see flurry of Honda airbag thefts as criminals aim to resell on black market
- Consumer Alerts
- October 16, 2018
“Criminals throughout the country are stealing airbags out of relatively new Honda cars for apparent resale to questionable repair shops or unsuspecting online customers.”
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Laundry detergent packets pose increasing risk to children
- Consumer Alerts
- April 29, 2016
Parents of young children may want to think twice before purchasing liquid laundry detergent packets or pods. U.S. poison control centers are reporting a 17% increase in the number of calls involving children, especially those around the age of 2, who are most at risk of ingesting these often colorful pods. While they may look like candy, they are toxic when swallowed.
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Genetically engineered salmon approved for consumption
- Consumer Alerts
- November 19, 2015
Do you want to eat genetically modified salmon? Well, like it or not, it looks like it will be coming to the marketplace. The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has just approved it, despite the serious concerns of environmental and consumer groups.
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IRS Data Breach: Are You Affected?
- Consumer Alerts
- June 3, 2015
Have you ever needed a copy of your tax return to apply for a college loan or a mortgage? Did you use the IRS website’s “Get Transcript” application to obtain past returns– assuming the authorization process meant only you could access your account?
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Takata Airbag Recall: What You Should Know
- Consumer Alerts, Featured
- May 22, 2015
It’s unsettling to think that the very airbag that’s meant to keep you safe in an auto accident could be the cause of serious injuries and even death. But defective airbags manufactured by the Japanese company, Takata, have already been linked to six fatalities and at least 100 injuries worldwide.
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Feds promote artificial turf as safe despite health concerns
- Consumer Alerts
- March 16, 2015
Do your children play outside on artificial turf? Should you be concerned that they’re being exposed to unsafe levels of lead? That question is being raised once again in a special report by USA Today.
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Lumber Liquidators Linked to Health and Safety Violations
- Consumer Alerts
- March 12, 2015
Have you ever purchased laminate flooring from Lumber Liquidators? The American company is the largest supplier of flooring in the U.S. A recently aired 60 Minutes investigation is now questioning the safety of the company’s products that are produced in China.
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Your Samsung SmartTV Is Spying on You, Basically
- Consumer Alerts
- February 18, 2015
Do you have a Samsung Smart TV in your home? If you’re using its voice activated feature because it’s so convenient, you may want to watch what you say near the TV.