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Speak Up: How Do You Handle New Health Studies?
Each day new research comes out on health topics that are negating or proving something else that you've heard. Take for example, the latest news that having a big booty may protect against diabetes. But I thought having too much fat was a risk factor of type 2 diabetes?
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A WHO Report Says Cell Phone Use Leads to Brain Tumors
Cell phone use causing cancer — certainly not something we haven't heard before and not something that is going away anytime soon. First we learn that the electromagnetic radiation from cell phones doesn't cause cancer and when I asked you if you were worried about your cell phone increasing your risk of getting cancer, most of you said no.
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High-Fructose Corn Syrup Linked to High Blood Pressure
No matter how much the Corn Refiners Association tries to convince us that high-fructose corn syrup is healthy, I'm not buying it. Now I have another reason to avoid it: new findings have linked high-fructose corn syrup to high blood pressure, aka hypertension.
In the past 20 years alone, Americans have increased fructose intake by 30 percent, and that increase tracks closely to the rise in obesity.
HIV Is the Top Killer of Women Worldwide
According to the World Health Organization, HIV is the number one killer of women age 15-49. Heart disease kills older women, especially in rich countries, but of the 30.8 million HIV-positive adults in 2007, 15.5 million were women.
A staggering 26.1 percent of the population in Swaziland are infected with HIV — and half of women age 25-29 there are HIV positive.
Plastic Surgery For "Designer Vaginas" Is on the Rise
It's hard to believe that although women have enough to worry about, some of them worry about having perfect-looking genitals. "Designer vagina" surgery such as labioplasty is still on the rise. A procedure like labioplasty, which starts at $5,000, involves trimming back what might be perceived as a protruding labia.
Daily Tech: Use Google Maps to Find H1N1 Vaccine Locations
- Google already has data for locations of H1N1 flu vaccine programs from 20 states and counting — Gizmodo
- Apple beefs up their HD movie selection in the iTunes store — TechCrunch
- Cute! UK designer Kyle Bean has created this Russian Babushka doll style cell phone set — Popgadget
- Staples shows off its extensive Black Friday ad — CrunchGear
- Google has developed a new feature called SafeSearch, so you can easily filter out sexually explicit sites from your search results — The Google Blog
- Blockbuster plans to start renting movies on SD cards — Gadgetell
With Teen Obesity, Inactivity Is Only Part of the Problem
I panic every time I see another "exercise doesn't work!" story — until I read between the lines and learn once again that exercise is a good thing. On the heels of its conversation-starting cover story on the exercise "myth," Time is tackling a new study of teen obesity that claims inactivity is only partly to blame for heavier kids.
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Front Page: Americans Anxious About H1N1 Vaccine Shortage
- The shortage of H1N1 vaccines has many people worried, but Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is asking Americans to be patient. — ABC News
- The US job outlook has brightened, as the National Association for Business Economics says more companies plan on hiring in the next six months. — CNN
- Fourteen Americans were killed in two helicopter crashes in Afghanistan.
First Openly Gay Bishop Ordained in Sweden
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