The Brain on Love
By DIANE ACKERMAN A RELATIVELY new field, called interpersonal neurobiology, draws its vigor from one of the great discoveries of our era: that the brain is constantly rewiring itself based on daily life. In the…
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Why does my business, organization or company’s website need SEO?
Why does my business, organization or company’s website need SEO? Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the listing rank of a website or a web page awarded by the search engines (Google,…
Surgery for Diabetes May Be Better Than Standard Treatment
By DENISE GRADY For some people with diabetes, surgery may be the best medicine.Two studies have found that weight-loss operations worked much better than the standard therapies for Type 2 diabetes in obese and overweight…
No evidence Yankees will release Joba, but his season likely over
By Jon Heyman The Yankees have no real expectation that Joba Chamberlain will pitch again this year, due to his freak ankle injury, despite a couple slightly more encouraging public comments the past couple days….
Joba Chamberlain accident shines light on dangers of trampolines
NICOLE JOHNSON MYFOXNY.COM – Trampoline injuries are common especially with summer just around the corner. Dr. Darshan Patel at the Children’s Hospital at Westchester Medial Center said doctors treat one to two patients per week….
New York Yankee Joba Chamberlain hospitalized in Florida
By Kieran Darcy TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees relief pitcher Joba Chamberlain suffered an open dislocation of his right ankle while playing with his son on a trampoline Thursday. “As we understand, they were…
Joba Chamberlain suffers grotesque ankle injury while bouncing on trampoline
By Kevin Kaduk Not to get all judgmental here, but you’d think a pitcher with a history of injuries would take every precaution when it comes to not getting hurt. No motorcycles. No bungee jumping….
2 Investigators Expose Trampoline Dangers
by Pam Zekman Indoor trampoline parks are all the rage on the West Coast and six months ago, a company called Xtreme Trampolines opened the first trampoline center here, in Carol Stream. Kids and adults…
Don’t Jump on the Trampoline Bandwagon
As their popularity rises, so do the number of trampoline injuries. By Diane Griffith Trampolines may be lots of fun and a great way to exercise, but they can also be hazardous to kids. The…
New York Yankee Pitcher Joba Chamberlain hospitalized From Trampoline Injury
By Kieran Darcy TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees relief pitcher Joba Chamberlain suffered an open dislocation of his right ankle while playing with his son on a trampoline Thursday. “As we understand, they were…
DEEPAK CHOPRA – Co-founder of the Chopra Center for Wellbeing
As a global leader and pioneer in the field of mind-body medicine, Deepak Chopra is transforming the way the world views physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social wellness. He is a prolific author of more…
Protection For Your Future – Types of Life Insurance
Life insurance comes in many different shapes and sizes. The links below navigate to comprehensive explanations of the different types of life insurance available on the market today. Term Life Insurance Term life insurance is…
Generic Drugs Proving Resistant to Damage Suits
By KATIE THOMAS Debbie Schork, a deli worker at a supermarket in Indiana, had to have her hand amputated after an emergency room nurse injected her with an anti-nausea drug, causing gangrene. She sued the…
Creating a Niche, and Earning a Promotion
By VON PLAGMANN WHEN you’re an employee of a company, no matter the size, it’s common to see co-workers promoted, or transferred to a different department. But there is another way to move around: by…
Top 5 Signs You Need Help With Gaming or Internet Addiction
Do you or someone you know spend too much time playing video or computer games or going online? Here are some ways to tell if you need to ask for help: You feel really happy…
Symptoms of Video Game Addiction in Teens
Although it hasn’t been given an “official” diagnosis, addiction-like behaviors with computer, video, and Internet gaming have noticeably increased among both teenagers and adults. Like any addictive behavior, there are signs to look for if…
Online game addiction rising, counsellors warn
by Owen Bowcott • Obsessed players may forget to eat or sleep • Patient, 23, treated with 12-step abstinence course Addiction to online games is becoming more widespread among vulnerable young people, according to a…
Kids Together Development Center Honored By Florida Educators
Seminole Voice | November 9, 2011 Florida Educators of Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Individuals presented its Honors of the Association Award to Kids Together Development Center in Oviedo….
Choosing The Right Child Care Center in Oviedo Florida
Choosing Child Care in Oviedo Florida More and more, research tells us that our children’s healthy development depends on safe and positive experiences during the first few years of life. If you are a parent…
Is Silence Going Extinct?
By KIM TINGLEY Setting off in the predawn gloaming of central Alaska, we were the sounds of swishing snow pants, crunching boots and cold puffs of breath. As sunrise gradually lightened the late November sky,…
How Tanning Changes the Brain
By ANAHAD O’CONNOR People who frequently use tanning beds experience changes in brain activity during their tanning sessions that mimic the patterns of drug addiction, new research shows. Scientists have suspected for some time that…
Stairs at Home Remain a Childhood Hazard
By ANAHAD O’CONNOR When Chris Garbrandt’s 6-month-old son, Will, started crawling last October, she realized the stairs in her split-level home in Nashport, Ohio, were an obvious hazard. But as she was getting ready to…
Lenses to Ease the Strain From Staring at Screens
By MICKEY MEECE If I moved my computer monitor close enough to see the screen clearly, it was nearly in my lap. If I left the monitor where it should be, I had to lean…
Getting Doctors to Think About Costs
By PAULINE W. CHEN, M.D. My first formal lesson on health care costs occurred one afternoon on the wards when I was a medical student. The senior doctor in charge, a silver-haired specialist known for…
In New Office Designs, Room to Roam and to Think
By LAWRENCE W. CHEEK MARTHA CHOE’S ideal working space is not her private office, nice though it is, but rather a long, narrow table in the vast atrium of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation…
The Way We Read Now
By DWIGHT GARNER THE case against electronic books has been made, and elegantly, by many people, including Nicholson Baker in The New Yorker a few years ago. Mr. Baker called Amazon’s Kindle, in a memorable…
The Everyday, Anytime Egg-Combination Generator
By MARK BITTMAN I write this after having eaten six and a half eggs in the last 24 hours. Breakfast yesterday: Salad with two fried eggs. Lunch: Many things, including an egg-enriched corn bread (that’s…
When Office Technology Overwhelms, Get Organized
By DAVID ALLEN HOW do you think most workers would respond if you asked them, “Do you feel more productive now than you did several years ago?” I doubt that the answer would be a…
Why Bilinguals Are Smarter
By YUDHIJIT BHATTACHARJEE SPEAKING two languages rather than just one has obvious practical benefits in an increasingly globalized world. But in recent years, scientists have begun to show that the advantages of bilingualism are even…
REDLINE SPORTS Trampoline Park South Florida – “Aeroball scores as new game”
Aeroball comes to REDLINE SPORTS Trampoline Park in South Florida – Grand Opening Winter 2012 Website: REDLINE SPORTS Trampoline Park ________________________________ Aeroball Trampoline scores as new game – Competitors get intense workout, using trampoline, ball…
Adopted Kids’ Drug Abuse Risk Affected by Biological Family
By Amanda Gardner MONDAY, March 5, 2012 (Health.com) — Adopted children are twice as likely to abuse drugs if their biological parents did too, suggesting that genetics do indeed play a role in the development…
Things Adult Medicine Could Learn From Pediatrics
By PERRI KLASS, M.D. Twenty-eight years ago, I wrote about drawing blood for the first time, about the pain of the patient and the self-doubt of the medical student. In my first clinical experience, I…
New Worries About Sleeping Pills
By RONI CARYN RABIN Talk about sleepless nights. Patients taking prescription sleep aids on a regular basis were nearly five times as likely as non-users to die over a period of two and a half…
Do Statins Make It Tough to Exercise?
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS or years, physicians and scientists have been aware that statins, the most widely prescribed drugs in the world, can cause muscle aches and fatigue in some patients. What many people don’t know…
Does the child have a choice?
Maria Eftimiades, a reporter for People Magazine, wrote in Tuesday’s Washington Post about her very personal story of ending her pregnancy after a Down Syndrome diagnosis. I have never needed to face such difficult circumstances,…
Spice Up Your Sex Life with Foods
By Sylvia Booth Hubbard Want a boost in the bedroom? Everything you need may be sitting on the shelves at your local grocery store. Not only does a good diet keep you healthy, it also…
Arugula Piña Colada Smoothie
By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN Pineapple and coconut milk are traditional partners in piña colada, so why not combine them in something that’s really good for you in this lunchtime smoothie? 1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange…
Safety Alerts Cite Cholesterol Drugs’ Side Effects
By GARDINER HARRIS Federal health officials on Tuesday added new safety alerts to the prescribing information for statins, the cholesterol-reducing medications that are among the most widely prescribed drugs in the world, citing rare risks…
For Many Asian New Yorkers, Smoking Is Still a Way of Life
By SARAH MASLIN NIR On a cool, damp afternoon in Flushing, Queens, Seung Jun stood outside on Main Street on Thursday, a smoker among his peers. He unsheathed a Parliament and took a long drag,…
Pepsi’s Mid-calorie Soda Aims to Win Back Drinkers
Pepsi hopes to win back drinkers with a compromise. Some people don’t like the calories in regular soda, but loathe the taste of diet. So, PepsiCo Inc. is rolling out “Pepsi Next,” a mid-calorie drink…
Ice Cream Addiction Is Real
By Nick Tate Think you’re addicted to ice cream? New research says it may be possible. In fact, that hankering you have for Häagen Dazs may parallel an addict’s cravings for drugs – at least…
Stroke and Heart Attack Symptoms You Never Saw Coming
By Katrina Turner Strokes and heart attacks are among the deadliest conditions in the United States. And while a stroke affects your brain and a heart attack affects your heart, the main symptoms and causes…
Clean Energy and Green Jobs in 2010
By Robert Ludvig Green energy is taking center stage as 2010 gets underway. The Obama administration is making good on their promises that were made in 2009. There are critics who point out that the…
Bill Gates Calls for More Accountability on Food Programs
By JUSTIN GILLIS The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has brought a distinctive approach to problems of global development: a sense of urgency, a willingness to make big investments in pursuit of ambitious targets, and…
How Companies Learn Your Secrets
By CHARLES DUHIGG Andrew Pole had just started working as a statistician for Target in 2002, when two colleagues from the marketing department stopped by his desk to ask an odd question: “If we wanted…
How Target Figured Out A Teen Girl Was Pregnant Before Her Father Did
By Kashmir Hill Every time you go shopping, you share intimate details about your consumption patterns with retailers. And many of those retailers are studying those details to figure out what you like, what you…
Monitoring Your Health With Mobile Devices
By PETER WAYNER Dr. Eric Topol is only half joking when he says the smartphone is the future of medicine — because most of his patients already seem “surgically connected” to one. But he says…
Aging of Eyes Is Blamed for Range of Health Woes
By LAURIE TARKAN THE HYPOTHESIS The aging eye filters out blue light, affecting circadian rhythm and health in older adults. THE INVESTIGATORS Dr. Martin Mainster and Dr. Patricia Turner, University of Kansas School of Medicine….
A New Approach to Treating Hair Loss
By ANAHAD O’CONNOR A new report highlights a novel way for doctors to replace thinning hairlines: transplanting leg hair. The report, a study of two cases published in The Archives of Dermatology, describes a new…
How Exercise Fuels the Brain
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS Moving the body demands a lot from the brain. Exercise activates countless neurons, which generate, receive and interpret repeated, rapid-fire messages from the nervous system, coordinating muscle contractions, vision, balance, organ function…