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Title: Despite Big Progress, Many Kids Have High Lead Levels in Blood
Category: Health News
Created: 4/4/2013 2:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 4/5/2013 12:00:00 AM
Friday, July 12, 2013
chai lattes?
I've started drinking soy chai lattes about every second day. It's been a comfort food and it stops my sugar cravings. Is this ok? It does fit into my calorie allowance. And what exactly do soy chai lattes have in them? And I'm not sure how much calories they have got so im confused on how to log them. Thanks :)
Could Scientists Peek Into Your Dreams?
Title: Could Scientists Peek Into Your Dreams?
Category: Health News
Created: 4/4/2013 2:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 4/5/2013 12:00:00 AM
Category: Health News
Created: 4/4/2013 2:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 4/5/2013 12:00:00 AM
What to Do When Lightning Strikes
Planning for the worst may be the best protection, experts say 
By Serena Gordon
HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, June 6 (HealthDay News) -- Imagine you're a coach with a dugout full of Little Leaguers, and a storm strikes. You hear thunder. Many parents dropped off their kids and aren't there, and the school next to the field is locked. How do you get the kids to safety?
That's just the type of situation that Katie Walsh, director of athletic training education at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C., hopes people will start to prepare for. "Lightning is about 100 percent avoidable, but you have to have a plan," she said.
Each year, dozens of people are killed by lightning strikes in the United States, according to the National Weather Service, part of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). That risk goes up considerably in the summer, when lightning-laced thunderstorms are more apt to occur and when more people are on the beach, in the mountains or on athletic fields and golf courses.
Walsh's university has a plan and has had to use it. "We have a football stadium that holds 50,000 people, and we had to evacuate it," she said. "As much as people gripe about it, I'd rather have to evacuate the stadium than have one person hurt. I want people to be safe."
Walsh said they were lucky because there's an indoor coliseum next to the football stadium. But that's not always the case, especially for the myriad of youth sporting events that occupy so many fields in warmer-weather months.
"Lightning season is April to November in many areas, and it's common between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., which is often when people are playing," she said. "So, have a plan. Is there a school bus that could be parked by the field that the coaches could take children to if a storm pops up?"
John Jensenius, a lightning safety specialist with the National Weather Service, also advocates having a plan -- one that always starts with checking the weather. "That way you can postpone or cancel the activity if there's a possibility of thunderstorms," he said. "If you go ahead with your activity, stay in tune to the forecast and keep an eye on the sky. If you hear thunder, the storm is already close enough for lightning to strike. Seek shelter right away."
Safe shelters include any building with plumbing and wiring, cars with hard tops, trucks, RVs and buses. On the not-safe list is anything that's open to the outside, such as dugouts, bus stops, convertibles, and even open garages.
"People think if they're not getting wet, they can't get struck, but if you're outside, you're at risk," said Walsh, who recently chaired a group writing a new position statement on lightning safety for the National Athletic Trainers' Association.
Help! My Hair Always Looks a Little Sad by Happy Hour
One product, two minutes: That's all it takes to revive end-of-day hair.
If Your Hair Is Straight: Flip your part to the opposite side for instant volume (you'll get used to it, swear) and mist roots with hairspray, says Gwynne Mims, lead hairstylist for Ojon in New York City. Then spray a brush and run it through hair to tame flyaways.
If Your Hair is Wavy: Coat hands with wave spray. Twist 2-inch sections of hair around fingers, using them like a curling iron. For more lift, pull hair up and away from your head as you wind.
If Your Hair is Curly: Rub a leave-in curl enhancer between palms, then rake fingers from roots to ends to depoof and define curls. Twirl hairline pieces with fingers; they lose shape fastest.
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The Truth About Poop: Understanding Stool Color, Shape, and Frequency
WebMD helps you answer the most common and sometimes sensitive questions about bowel movements.
We have a lot of silly names for it: BMs, caca, doo-doo, turds, and of course, poop.
We don't generally discuss it in our daily conversations.
But asking some important questions about your bowel movements might give you some insight into your gastrointestinal health. Here's the scoop on poop.
Bowel movements are the end result of your body taking the nutrients it needs from the food you eat and eliminating what's left.
“Bowel movements are important for your health because they are the body’s natural way of excreting waste from the body,” says Eric Esrailian, MD, section head in general gastroenterology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
When it comes to frequency, color, shape, and size, a general rule of thumb is that normal bowel movements are defined as what’s comfortable for you. But being knowledgeable about your digestive process can help you identify when normal goes awry.
Frequency: “There is no normal when it comes to frequency of bowel movements, only averages” says Bernard Aserkoff, MD, a doctor in the GI Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
It’s average to go once or twice a day, he says, but many people go more, and some go less -- maybe every other day, and or as infrequently as once or twice a week. As long as you feel comfortable, you don’t need to give your BMs much thought.
Color: “Bowel movements are generally brown in color because of bile, which is produced in the liver and important to the digestion process,” Aserkoff tells WebMD.
The food you eat typically takes three days from the time you eat it until it finishes its journey in your toilet, Aserkoff says. If it takes a shorter time, the result may be greener stool because green is one of the first colors in the rainbow of the digestive process.
Color can be a red flag when it’s a drastic change, Aserkoff says.
“If stool is black, it can mean that you are bleeding internally, possibly as a result of an ulcer or cancer,” he says. Stool that is black due to bleeding is also "sticky" (tarry) and smells bad. However, black stools are common when taking a vitamin that contains iron or medications that contain bismuth subsalicylate.
Stool that is light in color -- like grey clay -- can also mean trouble if it’s a change from what you normally see. Although it doesn’t happen often, very light-colored stool can indicate a block in the flow of bile or liver disease.
Size and shape: “We used to believe that size was indicative of a problem if the stool was ‘pencil-thin,’” Aserkoff says. “But recent research indicates that this is actually not true.”
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