Monthly Archives: August 2010

Teen Tuesday

As a reader you probably get very bored time to time with some of the posts and articles that you read. I can tell you that as a writer there are things we write that are just as boring. I am at such a point. I am tired of rewriting news articles about some aspects…

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Pot For Pain

In trials, people who have had damage to their nervous systems report feeling less pain, anxiety, and depression when taking pot. Most people did not feel like they were “high” either. Researchers are still hiding behind ” we still don’t know about pot’s long term effects” so don’t expect everyone to take this finding seriously….

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Another Study on Omega Three

A study of almost 9000 people who ate a portion of omega 3 charged margarine  found it made no difference in heart attack prevention. In other words if you’ve had a previous heart attack and have changed your diet to include a margarine that has had omega 3 added to it for protection against another…

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Breastfeeding and Diabetes

Here’s the heart of this study. If you have a baby and breastfeed for the first month at least, you are half as likely to get diabetes than those who have a baby but don’t breastfeed at all. Those moms are twice as likely to develop the disease than those previously mentioned. Of course I’m…

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New School Year Starts, How Will it End?

Mental health in a young person is a hard thing to balance and manage. I’ve always told my kids that from the age of 12 on it’s like entering a very dark tunnel. Many times you won’t be able to see the light at the end, but it’s always there if you walk straight towards…

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