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Man, we love Haim. Did we mention how much we love Haim? We love them. Alana's so cool, she didn't even bother to change from Coachella, taking to the stage on Later With Jools Holland the other night wearing barely-there denim shorts and a super-cool band T. Give us this group over your average sing-along girl band any day.
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i am stuck visiting my dad.
like my mom, he has disordered eating habits and behaviors. not a full-blown ED but constant talk of his weight, calories, unhealthiness of food, etc. he has gone through periods of extreme thinness and a healthier weight. i would say he is on the thin side of healthy now, but says he is fat and must lose weight.
he asked me today about my weight. he knows i have had an eating disorder but assumes i got it all 'taken care of.' i had a bad relapse and now eating more (1800 calories and no activity versus 1700 and some activity last i saw him) my weight has been on an upward trend for about a month. my scale said it's about a two pound difference...i keep telling myself it's water weight so i will not restrict.
today he commented that i have gained weight since i last visited (as i said, january). i want to crawl into a corner and cry but i have nowhere to hide and no one to talk to down here.
i am finding it really hard to stay on track. and i know i am not going home to a safer environment with my mom.
all i can think about is that i'm gaining weight. i am seeing fat and cellulite everywhere. i am definitely flabbier than i was but i had hoped the actual fat gaining was all in my head...that i was on the road to a normal metabolism...or something.
i don't know what the point of this ramble was. i am so sorry. i wish i had some who thought i was beautiful, and a normal metabolism.
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HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, April 17 (HealthDay News) -- If Alzheimer's disease runs in your family, you may be more likely to have brain changes associated with the disorder even before symptoms such as memory and thinking problems occur, according to new research.
An estimated 5.2 million Americans have Alzheimer's disease, a number expected to increase dramatically as the baby boomer generation ages. The Alzheimer's Association predicts that the number of people aged 65 and older with the condition will reach 7.1 million by 2025.
To get a better handle on risk for Alzheimer's disease, researchers at Duke University looked at brain scans of more than 250 adults aged 55 to 89. Some had no signs of memory or thinking problems, while others did.
The researchers also analyzed genes and other markers in spinal fluid that are known to help predict Alzheimer's risk. A variation in the APOE gene was seen among those participants who were at greater risk for earlier onset of Alzheimer's.
Individuals who had a parent or sibling with Alzheimer's disease showed silent brain changes, the study found.
Specifically, close to 50 percent of healthy participants with a positive family history would have met the criteria for early Alzheimer's disease based on measurements of their cerebrospinal fluid, but just 20 percent of those without a family history would have fulfilled such criteria. The findings appear online April 17 in the journal PLoS ONE.
"In early-onset Alzheimer's disease, the genetics are much more clear-cut and we can test family members and know if they will develop Alzheimer's," said senior author Dr. P. Murali Doraiswamy, a professor of psychiatry and medicine at Duke.
It is not as clear-cut, however, when it comes to later-onset Alzheimer's, Doraiswamy said. "The genetics are much more complex, and although we know these individuals are at a slightly greater risk, we don't know when they start developing silent brain changes," he said. "[The new study is] documenting very clearly that asymptomatic family members have twice the rate of silent brain changes and that these changes happen in certain pathways known to be related to Alzheimer's disease."
The findings may help advance research that seeks to prevent Alzheimer's disease by using drugs, he said, and it's not a reason to panic and start to think the worst if you have a family history of the disease. "The findings don't suggest you should worry any more or any less," he said.
Although the study found an association between having a family history of Alzheimer's and showing brain changes related to the disease, it did not prove a cause-and-effect relationship.
"Having a family history does not mean you will get Alzheimer's disease," said Dr. Richard Isaacson, director of the Alzheimer's division at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. You may be at a higher risk for developing it, but it is not predestined, said Isaacson, who was not involved with the new study.
You guys, summer is getting close -- even though it feels like spring's just started. And what's more summery than the ubiquitous beachy waves we've been seeing repeatedly for years now? Problem is, most of these sprays leave my locks feeling like hay and looking like straw. But, yesterday Ouidad launched two new products that create serious texture without zapping health from your strands.
The Wave Create Salt Spray, is awesome for really any kind of hair, from straight hair with a tiny bit of texture to naturally curly strands. It's formulated with sea water and sea salt to create volume and texture, as well as plant humectants to majorly moisturize without adding weight.
But, you know, we've seen the wave sprays before. We love them, really, but Ouidad one-upped themselves with the launch of their Texture Taffy, which is ideal for straight hair that can seem to NEVER wave. (Of course, though, you can use it if your strands are wavy or curly, too.) This "stretchy styling cream," as the brand dubs it, has a ton of benefits that add texture without parching strands. Sea kelp seaweed extract has tons of vitamins and minerals that add shine, while algae extract moisturizes. Plus, milk thistle extract, an antioxidant, helps fight free radicals from doing damage.
Gonna give the stuff a whirl? Scoop a nickel-sized blob and warm it, rubbing the product between your hands. Using your palms, cup the ends of your damp hair with the taffy, and keep cupping until you actually see waves. Then, let your hair dry naturally or use a diffuser to speed it up.
Are you gonna try the Texture Taffy? If you do, tweet me @AESam and @SELFmagazine and let me know if you thought it was as cool as I did!
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Mix everything and pour into a small greased microwave safe bowl. It all depends on how strong your microwave is, my cake only took 1:15, I made it again at someone else's house and it took 2:30. So you're going to have to watch it. You'll know when its done when it's not watery obviously.
1 cake without almond butter: 167 calories, 24 grams of protein, 4 sugars, 16 carbs, 2 grams fat, 3 grams fiber
1 cake with almond butter: 357 calories, 32 grams protein, 19 grams fat, 22 carbs, 6 sugars, 6 fiber
(HealthDay News) -- Working to build up bone strength will benefit you later in life, especially into your senior years when bone density naturally decreases.
The Harvard School of Public Health offers these suggestions for building stronger, healthier bones:
Eat a variety of calcium-rich foods, including more than just dairy. Broccoli and leafy green vegetables, tofu and beans are rich sources of calcium.Get plenty of vitamin D, and take a supplement if you're not getting enough from natural sunlight and food sources.Exercise regularly, engaging in weight-bearing exercises such as jogging or walking.Watch your intake of vitamin A, as it can weaken bones.-- Diana Kohnle 
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Health & Parenting Center Raising Fit Kids Move Email a Friend Print Article if (pf_param == "true") {printElements();} Raising Fit Kids: Healthy Nurtition, Exercise, and Weight This content is selected and controlled by WebMD's editorial staff in collaboration with Sanford Health Systems.False Your Kid's Brain on Exercise WebMD Feature By R. Morgan Griffin Reviewed By Hansa D. Bhargava, MD You know exercise is good for kids’ bodies. Did you know that exercise is crucial for kids' developing brains as well?
Even moderate exercise, like walking, could make your kids sharper, healthier, and happier.
"Exercise has tremendous mental benefits," says Joel Brenner, MD, chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness. Studies show that kids who exercise get better grades, have better concentration, and get more restful sleep.
Exercise’s BenefitsPhysical activity boosts blood flow all over the body, including to the brain. Brain cells get better at connecting with each another. What's the result?
Better thinking skills. Studies show that people who exercise more are sharper mentally. The effects may be almost immediate. One study found that kids scored higher on math and reading comprehension tests after exercising for 20 minutes.
More confidence. Studies have found that kids who do athletics are more confident. In turn, that confidence may improve their academic performance, too. Active kids tend to get better grades. Though there could be a lot of reasons for that, including brain benefits, part of it may be better self-confidence.
Better moods. Many studies have found that kids who exercise feel happier. Physical activity releases brain chemicals that are natural stress fighters. Just about any physical activity seems to help. Physically active kids are better at managing their moods and have fewer mood swings, too.
Sounder sleep. Kids who exercise regularly fall asleep faster than other kids. They also stay asleep longer. The more vigorous the activity, the bigger the sleep benefit. Getting enough sleep lifts moods, improves judgment, and boosts memory.
How Much Exercise Makes a Difference?Your kid doesn't have to be a track star or medal-winning gymnast to feel the brain-boosting and other benefits of exercise. Even moderate activity -- riding a bike or even walking -- seems to help.
Help your kids benefit from exercise:
Get an hour of exercise a day. That's what the CDC recommends for kids ages 6 to 18. Your kids can split up activity over the course of the day. A few minutes here and there adds up.
Break up the day with physical activity. Have them get active after school before settling in for homework to help their focus. Then, let them take breaks. Just a few minutes of exercise can perk up your kid.
"Kids should take breaks every 30 minutes or so," Brenner says. "They can do jumping jacks or just move around." Going on a walk or stretching will help, too. Short bursts of activity will re-energize them. After a few minutes, your kids should feel refreshed and ready to tackle more.
Later, take an after-after dinner walk as a family instead of settling in on the couch.
Get the whole family involved. If you want your kids to exercise more, you have to exercise more yourself. Practice what you preach. Get in the habit of taking weekend nature walks or bike rides. Make physical activity a part of all of your lives. Your bodies, and your minds, will be healthier for it.
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By Robert Preidt
HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, April 18 (HealthDay News) -- Demanding physical work may boost a person's risk of heart disease, two new studies suggest.
"Physicians know that high stress can be associated with increased risk of heart disease," said one expert not connected to the study, Dr. Lawrence Phillips, a cardiologist at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City. "These two studies suggest that, in addition to normal life stressors, the physical demands a person experiences in the workplace can independently increase their risk as well."
"The reason for this [labor-linked risk] is unclear, but might be related to higher stress levels," Phillips said.
In one study, researchers looked at 250 patients who had suffered a first stroke and 250 who had suffered a first heart attack or other type of heart event. They were compared to a control group of 500 healthy people.
Stroke and heart patients were more likely to have physically demanding jobs than those in the control group, researchers found. After adjusting for age, sex and a number of lifestyle and health factors, they concluded that having a less physically demanding job was associated with a 20 percent lower risk of a heart event or stroke.
The findings suggest that people with physically demanding jobs should be considered an important target group for prevention of cardiovascular disease, said study author Dr. Demosthenes Panagiotakos, an associate professor of biostatistics and epidemiology at Harokopio University in Athens, Greece.
The results seem to conflict with recommendations that people should exercise to reduce their risk of heart trouble. But Panagiotakos said the increased risk of stroke and heart events among people with physically demanding jobs may be due to mental stress, while exercise helps reduce stress. He also said people with physically demanding jobs tend to have lower incomes, which might limit their access to health care.
The study suggests that leisure-time exercise might be important to "balance out" the physical stress encountered in laborious jobs, said Dr. Tara Narula, associate director of the cardiac care unit at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. She was not connected to the study.
"This delicate interaction between work and leisure-time activity warrants further research in order to appropriately guide public health," she said.
The study was presented at a meeting of the European Society of Cardiology, taking place this week in Rome.
In a second study presented at the same meeting, researchers looked at more than 14,000 middle-aged men who did not have heart disease and were followed for about three years on average. The investigators found that physically demanding work was a risk factor for developing coronary heart disease.
They also found that men with physically demanding jobs who also did moderate to high levels of exercise during their leisure time had an even greater risk (more than four-fold higher) of developing coronary heart disease.
By Amy Norton
HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, June 14 (HealthDay News) -- Older adults who get steroid injections to ease lower back and leg pain may have increased odds of suffering a spine fracture, a new study suggests.
It's not clear, however, whether the treatment is to blame, according to experts. But they said the findings, which were published June 5 in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, suggest that older patients with low bone density should be cautious about steroid injections.
The treatment involves injecting anti-inflammatory steroids into the area of the spine where a nerve is being compressed. The source of that compression could be a herniated disc, for instance, or spinal stenosis -- a condition common in older adults, in which the open spaces in the spinal column gradually narrow.
Steroid injections can bring temporary pain relief, but it's known that steroids in general can cause bone density to decrease over time. And a recent study found that older women given steroids for spine-related pain showed a quicker rate of bone loss than other women their age.
The new findings go a step further by showing an increased fracture risk in steroid patients, said Dr. Shlomo Mandel, the lead researcher on both studies.
Still, he said, the study, which was based on medical records, had "a lot of limitations."
"I want to be careful not to imply that people shouldn't get these injections," said Mandel, an orthopedic physician with the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit.
The findings are based on medical records from 3,000 Henry Ford patients who had steroid injections for spine-related pain, and another 3,000 who got other treatments. They were 66 years old, on average.
Overall, about 150 patients were later diagnosed with a vertebral fracture, Mandel said. Vertebral fractures are cracks in small bones of the spine, and in an older adult with low bone mass they can happen without any major trauma.
On average, Mandel's team found, steroid patients were at greater risk of a vertebral fracture -- with the risk climbing 21 percent with each round of injections.
The findings do not prove that the injections themselves caused the fractures, said Dr. Andrew Schoenfeld, who wrote a commentary published with the study.
But the results raise an important potential risk that needs to be weighed against the benefits. "This brings to light something that should be part of doctor-patient discussions," said Schoenfeld, who is based at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas.
He cautioned, however, that the findings may apply only to certain patients -- namely, older adults with waning bone mass. "We don't know if this would apply to elderly people with normal bone mass," Schoenfeld said.
Complicating matters, steroid injections seem to benefit only certain types of spine-related pain. The "best medical evidence" that they work is for cases of leg pain caused by a herniated disc compressing a nerve, Schoenfeld said.
This whole new thing you've got going on had better be for a film role, Dan. Otherwise there is simply no accounting for this dreadful new look of yours. Dreadful.
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The football players, pro wrestlers, and MMA fighters you see on television may be packing serious muscle. But if you’re a guy in your teens, you have some body-building advantages they would love to have.
During your teen years, you’re in a phase of your life when your body wants to grow. You’re churning out hormones that are specially designed to help you get bigger. And right now you may be able to take in a huge amount of food and use it to build a strong body.
Teen Boys and AbstinenceIt may seem like everyone at school is doing it -- or talking about doing it. Add to it the increasing talk of sex on TV and in movies and you probably feel like the only person waiting to have sex. But, you are not alone. More than one half of high school teens have not had sex, according to recent surveys. In fact, many teens are choosing abstinence (not having sexual intercourse) until they are older and in long-term, committed relationships. Deciding to have sex is a very personal decision...
Read the Teen Boys and Abstinence article > >But it's easy to make mistakes in your quest for muscle. Here's how to avoid those errors.
Following these steps will help you give your muscles the exercise and the fuel they need to get bigger.
1. Get a checkup. If you’re new to exercise or you have any health issues -- especially heart problems or conditions that affect your muscles or joints -- get a physical exam by your doctor or other health care provider before you start a muscle-building program.
2. Skip the shortcuts. As you’re starting on your path to bigger muscles, focus on the basics, says Shawn Arent, PhD, a certified strength and conditioning specialist and associate professor at Rutgers University in New Jersey. Spend your energy working out and eating right -- not chasing fancy supplements. And don’t even think about using steroids, he says. They can do serious damage to your body now and in the long run.You don't need steroids to build better muscles. During puberty, your body naturally pumps out testosterone. This hormone encourages your muscles to grow, says William Roberts, MD, a professor of family medicine and a youth fitness expert at the University of Minnesota.
3. Build a solid program. When you're starting out, avoid tossing together bits and pieces of different weight-lifting programs you see in magazines, Arent says. Instead, build a basic core program that includes the bench press (for your chest), squats (legs), deadlift (legs and back), and shoulder press (shoulders and upper back). As you master these, or you start playing a sport that requires specific strengths, you can add more complex lifts.
4. Get enough calories. Do your parents give you a hard time about eating so much? If you’re training hard, politely ask them to give it a rest, says Roberta Anding, RD, a dietitian who works with athletes ranging from high schoolers to the Houston Astros and the Houston Texans. You need calories for growth and performance!
As a growing, active guy, you may need about 3,000 calories or more each day. Anding's tips:
Eat breakfast every day.Get plenty of carbohydrates (carbs) from foods such as whole-grain bread, fruits, and milk. This way, your body has carbs to burn for fuel so it can save the protein you eat for muscle-building.If you’re hungry late in the evening, have a snack. But…Set your sights higher than fast food and candy. “You don’t create a Lamborghini body and put regular gas in it," Anding says. "You’re going to go with the high-octane stuff. Your body is no different.” Choose real food, not junk food.5. Feed your muscles when they’re hungry. Another muscle-building hormone your body makes is insulin, Anding says. It makes your muscles soak up sugar, proteins, and other things that make them bigger and stronger.
Insulin is extra-effective right after a workout. So within 30 minutes after a workout, eat a blend of carbs and protein. Some options:
Peanut butter and jelly sandwichTurkey sandwichTrail mixSmoothie made with yogurt and fruitA carbs-and-protein barBut too much protein can harm the body and have serious effects on your kidneys. So don’t eat too much of it.
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