Category Archives: Health

Mother’s Day cards from the White House

Posted on May 12, 2013 by

They don’t drip with sentimentality, but they get the point across: For military moms: And for healthy moms: Happy Mother’s Day. Related articles Prince Harry is the Surprise Guest at the White House Mother’s Day Tea (shoppingblog.com) Betty White and … Continue reading →

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Attack of the clones at the beauty pageant

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

This is a great photo from the Jezebel blog and the Daily Mail: Same woman, different outfit, right? No! South Korea’s growing obsession with plastic surgery became apparent when pictures of a group of aspiring beauty queens posted online prompted … Continue reading →

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Airports and the temporarily disabled

Posted on April 20, 2013 by

If you fly from city to city a couple of times a month, you’ve probably seen this (from The Wall Street Journal): It happens regularly, airport officials say. A traveler requests a wheelchair, gets pushed to the front of the … Continue reading →

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Kevin Ware’s Top 10 list

Posted on April 6, 2013 by

Outside of a horrific injury, Kevin Ware has had a really good week. He’s now one of the best known players in Louisville basketball history, and he isn’t even a starter. He’s the talk of the nation in terms of … Continue reading →

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So what about all those teenagers getting pregnant?

Posted on April 3, 2013 by

Uh, well, it turns out, they aren’t, according to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy: According to the Centers for Disease Control: The teen birth rate for girls age 15-19 decreased 8% between 2010 and 2011, from … Continue reading →

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Luke Hancock and Kevin Ware: Comfort amid pain

Posted on April 2, 2013 by

Along with millions of other college basketball fans, I was watching the Louisville/Duke game when Louisville guard Kevin Ware went down. I was at work, so it was a sequence of glimpsing the game while getting my job done. So … Continue reading →

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A Darwinian theory of beauty

Posted on March 31, 2013 by

A Ted Talks/RSA animate mashup.

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A state of happiness

Posted on March 25, 2013 by

A few days ago, I posted a list that showed nine of the 10 unhappiest states were Red States. So how do the 10 happiest states rank? According to The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, which measures “the physical and emotional health … Continue reading →

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Big soda madness

Posted on March 24, 2013 by

Large sugary drinks are under siege. So maybe they need a magazine? (Via Daily Kos)  

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We’re No. 2!

Posted on March 21, 2013 by

The Wall Street Journal’s Market Watch ranks the “10 Most Unhappy States in the U.S.” based on a Gallup Poll, and it puts this state at No. 2: 2. Kentucky Well-being index score: 62.7 Life expectancy: 76.2 years (7th lowest) … Continue reading →

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