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Very, very bad news for porkers like me. Even "modest" weight gain (nine pounds) taking the form of increased visceral fat ("organ" fat in the abdomen, not subcutaneous fat) is closely linked to significant loss of arterial function. The good news is that it's reversible -- on losing the weight again, arterial function returns to normal.

Tags: health, personal, bad_news, research, news on 2008-11-17 -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromwww.mayoclinic.org

Tags: !toread, health, personal, science, psychology on 2008-10-22 and saved by6 people -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromwww.timesonline.co.uk

I'm curious about this author (Edward Tick, who wrote War and the Soul), which is why I'm bookmarking this relatively recent piece.

Tags: !toread, iraq, war, military, health, psychology on 2008-09-27 -All Annotations (0) -About

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A robotic exoskeleton makes it possible for the previously wheelchair-bound to walk and even climb stairs. The product is called ReWalk and is being developed in Israel. I suppose it would be inappropriate to make a joke about Wallace and Gromit here.

Tags: robots, health, medicine, scence, news on 2008-09-06 and saved by3 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Creates "soundtracks" to help you sleep or concentrate. $50 for the full package.

Tags: sleep, health, audio, tools, product, software on 2008-08-09 and saved by25 people -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromwww.pzizz.com

Tags: twitter, social, fitness, health, check_this_out on 2008-07-23 -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromtwit2fit.ning.com

Tags: health, fitness, exercise, via:buzzfeed on 2008-07-08 -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromwww.innovativebodysolutions.com

Thomas Beatie, who has undergone sex-change surgery and is legally male and legally married, has conceived a child via a home insemination from a sperm donor. He plans to carry the child to term. Others, however, are skeptical of his claims.

Tags: commentary, del.icio.us_import, gender, glbt, health, law, parenting, post:tumblr(source) on 2008-03-29 -All Annotations (0) -About

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A group of researchers at Johns Hopkins and NIH used fMRI equipment to study what goes on in the brains of musicians who are perfoming spontaneous musical improvisation. The layman's summary doesn't say all that much, but there's a link to PLoS.

Tags: art, cool, del.icio.us_import, health, music, post:tumblr(source), psychology, science on 2008-03-22 and saved by2 people -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromwww.hopkinsmedicine.org

A short post from Profy.com reminding us that Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault are not covered by HIPAA privacy regulations. Sure, they have strict privacy policies, but -- as the post asks -- what about the first time an insurance company subpoena

Tags: bad_news, blogclip, del.icio.us_import, google, health, insurance, microsoft, privacy, web on 2008-03-03 -All Annotations (0) -About

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Nasty news about the U.S. beef business. Animal rights activists find employees of a major California operation forcing "downer" cows into the slaughterhouse, sometimes using a forklift to transport cows too sick to walk. 143 million pounds of meat are re

Tags: agriculture, bad_news, del.icio.us_import, food, health, lax_regulatory_regimes, meat, regulation on 2008-02-18 -All Annotations (0) -About

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Overweight people who exercise are at much greater risk of short-term discomfort and long-term injury. I've been telling people this for years. Seriously,

Tags: del.icio.us_import, health, science on 2007-11-13 -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromwww.nytimes.com

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I find it fascinating that people in her home village revered her as a reincarnated goddess and even opposed the surgery.

Tags: del.icio.us_import, health, india, international, medicine, news, post:facebook(source), science on 2007-11-06 -All Annotations (0) -About

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Recommends MariaLisa Calta's book, "Barbarians At the Plate: Taming and Feeding the Modern American Family," on ways to make family dinners happen more easily.

Tags: children, del.icio.us_import, family, food, health, parenting on 2007-10-13 and saved by2 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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The best predictor of a teenager's positive and negative social and academic outcomes -- doing well in school, using drugs and alcohol, experimenting with sex at a young age, fighting -- is how frequently he or she eats dinner with his family. This is mor

Tags: children, del.icio.us_import, family, food, health, parenting, post:tumblr on 2007-10-13 -All Annotations (0) -About

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Information from the National Health Service of the UK.

Tags: children, craniosynostosis, del.icio.us_import, health, reference, resources on 2007-10-10 -All Annotations (0) -About

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Information on endoscopic surgery for craniosynostosis, indicated only for children under four months old. Much less invasive than traditional surgery.

Tags: children, craniosynostosis, del.icio.us_import, health, news on 2007-10-10 -All Annotations (0) -About

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An overview of clinical data for pediatricians on craniosynostosis.

Tags: children, craniosynostosis, del.icio.us_import, health, reference, resources on 2007-10-10 -All Annotations (0) -About

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Another support organization specifically for children with craniosynostosis.

Tags: children, craniosynostosis, del.icio.us_import, health, organization on 2007-10-10 -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromwww.craniokids.org