The Checkup: September 21, 2008 - September 27, 2008
Narcissists on Facebook: We're On to You
We all should know by now not to put stuff on our Facebook profiles that might someday come back to bite us on the behind: no pictures of ourselves doing drugs, skipping work, or dancing naked on the table. (For more examples of what not to post on line, see...
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Jennifer LaRue Huget
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September 26, 2008; 7:00 AM ET |
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Psychology
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Couch Potatoes Work Up An Appetite
Couch potatoes apparently work up a big appetite. That, at least, is what a new study suggests. Barry Braun of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and his colleagues studied six young, lean and fit men and women in three one-day experiments. On one day the volunteers spent 12 hours...
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Rob Stein
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September 25, 2008; 7:45 AM ET |
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Obesity
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Life's Big Questions: How Can I Get Over My End-of-Summer Funk?
It's officially three days into autumn. Time for all those fall things I love: cozy sweaters, apple pies, and leaf-peeping. So why can't I stop thinking about the beach? If you, like me, are having trouble letting go of sweet summertime and hunkering down for fall (and, alas, winter), you...
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Jennifer LaRue Huget
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September 24, 2008; 7:00 AM ET |
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Life's Big Questions
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Vitamin D, Kids, and MS Risk
Research presented at last week's big, international multiple sclerosis (MS) research conference in Montreal adds to the growing suspicion that a deficiency of Vitamin D may be linked to developing the disease. Researchers led by Brenda Banwell a pediatric MS specialist at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, and Heather Hanwell...
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Jennifer LaRue Huget
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September 23, 2008; 7:00 AM ET |
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Chronic Conditions
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Tough to Talk When a Newborn is Dying
End-of-life decisions are trying no matter the circumstances. But when the end of a life comes near its very beginning, discussions about what to do are all the more wrenching. The emotional trauma of delivering a terminally ill or severely premature baby is often compounded by unsatisfactory communications between physicians...
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Jennifer LaRue Huget
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September 22, 2008; 7:00 AM ET |
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Family Health
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