In your house, is one parent the disciplinarian while the other is the cheerleader? It’s important for parents to look at their own recurring habits in how they are making joint decisions, dealing with conflict, and relaying all that to their kids; are they presenting a united front? It benefits the whole family for both […]
Mindfulness at work: A little bit goes a long way
Workplace wellness is expanding beyond annual blood pressure checks to include the benefits of meditation, yoga and other exercises designed to manage stress and center the mind. But do such practices, known as mindfulness, really work? New research from Wharton management professor Lindsey Cameron finds that including just a few minutes of mindfulness in each […]
Five scientists honored for cancer therapy, immune system work
Five scientists have won prestigious medical awards for creating an innovative breast cancer treatment and discovering key players of the disease-fighting immune system. They will share two $250,000 awards from the Lasker Foundation, to be presented later this month in New York, the foundation announced Tuesday. One prize honors the invention of Herceptin, a breast […]
Exposing how pancreatic cancer does its dirty work
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most insidious forms of the disease, in which an average of only 9% of patients are alive five years after diagnosis. One of the reasons for such a dismal outcome is that pancreatic cancer cells are able to escape from tumors and enter the bloodstream very early in the […]
If parents work long hours, children are rather thick
If mothers and fathers often work long, your children are at a higher risk to be in the pre-school age overweight or obese. A recent study by the science centre Berlin for social research, published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health shows. The current study shows that children of mothers who work 35 […]
Scott Disick: Why I Work on My Relationship With Kourtney Kardashian
There for their kids! Scott Disick shares three children with his ex Kourtney Kardashian, and the former couple work hard at their coparenting relationship. “The truth is, my problems shouldn’t affect the kids,” the Flip It Like Disick star, 36, told Us Weekly exclusively on Monday, June 24. “Just because their mother and I couldn’t […]
Putting health data to work to benefit a nation’s population
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Vet, 41, battles fatigue after a cat scratch at work NINE YEARS ago
Vet, 41, battles extreme fatigue every day after a cat scratch at work nine years ago left her so ill doctors thought she had a brain tumour Victoria Altoft thought nothing when she suffered a deep scratch in 2010 Developed muscle pain, night sweats and aching joints weeks later Tests showed she was infected with […]
What Is My Mercury Sign—And Why Does It Matter?
Even if you’re astrology-obsessed, you probably only think of Mercury when it goes retrograde (fair, because yikes). But Mercury doesn’t just determine whether or not you’re going to have a bad day. “In the birth chart, Mercury represents the way you recognise patterns, absorb and process information, and exchange ideas and information with others,” says Narayana Montúfar, […]
Crunch-free work for well-defined abs
(HealthDay)—You don’t have to do hundreds of sit-ups and all manner of crunches to see abdominal muscle definition. The following moves are done standing and holding a weight, such as a 5-pound ball with an easy-to-grip handle. For the standing twist, feet are hip-width apart, toes turned slightly out to the sides for better balance. […]