Dissatisfied Husbands Have Higher Risk of Stroke
Troubled marriages are hard on everyone, but according to new research, a bad marriage can actually kill a husband. When a man is dissatisfied with his marriage, he has a 64% higher risk of dying from stroke. I guess when he says his wife is killing him, he means it. This study followed more than 10,000 men. Although it should be mentioned that the study also found the same results in unhappily single men. So there you have it – when a man isn’t happy, he’s seriously impacting his overall health ...
5 Ways to Reduce Injury Risk Outside Your Home
It may seem obvious to many people, but sometimes we need reminders on how to stay safe. Here are five tips on how to reduce your risk of injury when you are out and about, doing your everyday things: Wear your seatbelt – even for short trips. If you find it uncomfortable, there are mechanisms you can use to adjust them. If you wear tank tops or sleeveless tops and don’t like the feel of the strap against your skin, there are covers you can put over the strap, made of fabrics like sheepskin. Wear proper footwear for the activity. If you’re ...
Early Pot Use May Lead to Mental Illness Later On
Marijuana use is the topic of a multitude of debates. Should it be legalized? Is it harmless? Who cares if it's used? And, of course, is the debate on the use of medicinal marijuana. One of the biggest arguments for legalization of marijuana use is that it is supposed to be harmless. In fact, many say it's much less harmful than alcohol, which is, of course, legal once you have reached a certain age. But is it really harmless? Earlier research has found that there are some brain changes associated with frequent marijuana use. Now another study, just published in the ...
Lift Gay Ban on Blood Donations: U.S. Senators
Eighteen United States senators - 17 Democrats and one independent - have called for removing the ban of accepting blood donations from gay men, say news reports. The ban was a knee-jerk reaction back in the 1980s when it seemed that HIV and AIDS was a "gay disease." When bureaucrats saw this, combined with an inefficient method of detecting HIV in the blood, the prudent thing to do - in their minds - was to ban gay men from donating. New technology allows us to determine if blood is contaminated, avoiding HIV-tainted blood from entering the blood donation system. Despite the ban ...
Short-Term Emergency Escape Plans From Abusers
In Emergency Plan = Emotional Pain, Kellie Jo writes, "It's one thing to know you need an emergency plan to escape possible domestic abuse, and another thing entirely to create it." And then she proceeds to describe how her attempts went. The first failed because it wasn't well thought out enough -- in fact, as she states, it was only a plan to get out of the house, get temporary relief, not leave her marriage. I remember too many of those episodes myself; they're hard to talk about. The worst was the time I managed to get out of the apartment, shoeless ...
General Health
Rotating Shift Work May Up Risk for IBS
Irritable bowel syndrome can strike hard when you least expect it. It’s a difficult...
Condoms for Kids – Teens, Actually
A Swiss condom manufacturer has begun making smaller condoms targeting the adolescent/young...
Dissatisfied Husbands Have Higher Risk of Stroke
Troubled marriages are hard on everyone, but according to new research, a bad marriage...
Headache & Migraine Blog Carnival, March 2010
When I used to write for Help My Hurt, I wrote a lot about migraines and headaches....
5 Ways to Reduce Injury Risk Outside Your Home
It may seem obvious to many people, but sometimes we need reminders on how to stay...
Mental Health
Are Sex Addicts For Real?
Are some men actually addicted to sex, or is the term “sex addiction” really...
Women’s Work: You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby
Against what some say is conventional wisdom, domestic happiness may, in many cases,...
When Men Sexually Harass Men
According to a recent Newsweek article, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Depression Quote
Depression is nourished by a lifetime of ungrieved and unforgiven hurts. Penelope...
Blaming Goes Viral
Have you ever noticed how when one person in a group passes the blame for a problem,...
Kids' Health
Serotonin Linked to SIDSBabies who die from SIDS, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, show lower amounts of the brain chemical serotonin says a study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association. It is said that the levels of serotonin help to regulate baby’s sleep, heart rate, and breathing, much like it does in our bodies. However, if a baby has a low... [Read more of this review]
More Talk, Less Sex? Abstinence Works?Yet another study this week…this one published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescents Medicine indicates that abstinence only education classes can actually work. Of the students studied (6th and 7th graders) one third of the abstinence class had sex within two years compared with about half of the students in the other classes. The study... [Read more of this review]
Child Abuse Cases Drop?A “massive” new federal study indicates an unprecedented and certainly a dramatic decrease in serious child abuse cases, especially childhood sexual abuse. The study indicates that abuse is down 26% since 2005-06. Mara Gay, a contributing writer at AOL News thinks there may be a catch…the study was conducted before the recession... [Read more of this review]
Freaky Friday: Pica DisorderPica Disorder is a fairly common disorder among children. As many as of children will put nonfood items in their mouth at some time. Kids are naturally curious and the mouth is a natural way to sensory explore. Children who have pica go way beyond exploration and %25 to %35 of children have the eating disorder pica, which is described as “persistent... [Read more of this review]
Bipolar Parents Pass on GeneIt’s pretty common knowledge among the adoption community that if a parent has a mental illness or a learning disorder that a child has a high likelihood of inheriting the same disorders. A recently study has proven that parents who have bipolar disorder have an eight-fold chance of having ADHD and a six fold chance of developing two or more mental... [Read more of this review]
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