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Lately i seem to be putting on more belly fat despite going to the gym 3-4 times a week and walking at least 40 minutes a day with my pups? I was away for two weeks and all my clothes felt loose I've now been back for almost two weeks from traveling and i feel swelled and fat. while we were away we didn't eat very much due to being on the go all the time. since i got back I've been eating my normal 1800 cals but I'm getting fat! the only difference in my eating is for the past two weeks I've had White rice twice a week. I've added two tbsp of peanut butter a day to my daily intake and sometimes it's chocolate peanut butter besides these two additions my foods been the same so why am I getting fat? Ps it's not my time of the month and its not in my head its quite clearly on my tummy! Please help or advice!
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Tobey Maguire and Jennifer Garner out in Los Angeles
We're still trying to work out if Tobey Maguire and Jennifer Garner are unlikely pals, or whether this photographer got the jackpot and somehow managed to capture the two stars as they passed each other unaware in the street yesterday. Maguire looks far more interested in playing with son Otis, anyway, doesn't he?
BEN AFFLECK GIVEN HONORARY DEGREE
Faith May Complement Treatment for Mental Illness
Patients with stronger belief in God did better in small study
By Robert Preidt
HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, April 25 (HealthDay News) -- A belief in God may boost the effectiveness of short-term treatment for mental illness, according to a small new study.
The study included 159 psychiatric patients whose levels of depression, well-being and self-harm were assessed at the start and end of the study. The patients also were asked about their belief in God.
Patients with higher levels of belief in God were twice as likely to respond to treatment as those with no or little belief in God. Even among the more than 30 percent of patients who said they had no specific religious affiliation, those who had a moderate or high belief in God had a better response to treatment than those with little or no belief.
The study appears in the latest issue of the Journal of Affective Disorders.
"Our work suggests that people with a moderate to high level of belief in a higher power do significantly better in short-term psychiatric treatment than those without, regardless of their religious affiliation," study author David Rosmarin, a clinician at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass., and an instructor in the psychiatry department at Harvard Medical School, said in a hospital news release. "Belief was associated with not only improved psychological well-being, but decreases in depression and intention to self-harm."
A strong belief in God may boost patients' conviction that treatment will help them and their expectations of success, the researchers suggested.
Although the study found an association between belief in God and increased response to psychiatric treatment, it did not prove a cause-and-effect relationship.
"Given the prevalence of religious belief in the United States -- more than 90 percent of the population -- these findings are important in that they highlight the clinical implications of spiritual life," Rosmarin said. "I hope that this work will lead to larger studies and increased funding in order to help as many people as possible."
what's a good everyday source of protein?
I'm 16 and don't work so I can't exactly buy supplements or go out to get special foods. Are there some things my parents might be buying that I'm just missing? Please help!:)
MUSIC: This Week We’re Loving…
Why The XX's new track is the bell of Gatsby's ball. Plus, Sigur Rós sells free singles with their scented candles, Charli XCX's anti-pop wins me over, Daniel Johnston writes a comic soundtrack about space ducks (really) and introducing Waxahatchee...
The XX
Track: Together
From: The Great Gatsby Soundtrack, Out 16 May 2013
Wholly unsurprisingly, I'm completely in love with the new XX track: a beautiful, orchestrally-enhanced reimagining of the sort of down-turned, darker works from their Co-Exist album. No, they haven't reinvented their own wheel especially for Baz Luhrmann's long-awaited adaption. Instead, they've played it to a shrill, echoing click and stuck some dramatic, sweeping string sections in among their usual breathy minimalism to create a powerfully emotive piece that we cannot stop listening to. The other great triumphs of the fabulous Gatsby soundtrack? Lana Del Rey's haunting Young & Beautiful and Jack White's gut-wrenching, Django-appropriate cover of Love Is Blindness. Sure, there are a few clangers on there, too. And they have, once again, wheeled out Emeli Sandé for a number (got to be a running joke now, surely). And what's up with that will.i.am track? And we agree with this man about that Beyoncé cover, too. But over-all, this Jay-Z-produced musical spectacular looks set to give the movie itself a serious run for its money. If it ever comes out.
Sigur Rós
Track: Ísjaki
From: Kveikur, XL Recordings, 17 June 2013
Any band that releases a scented candle that evokes the smell of a campfire lit by a rosy-cheeked lad deep in the heart of an Icelandic forest as a genuine piece of buyable merchandise is alright by me. Sigur Rós transport us to the otherworldly, out-of-body, post-rock hinterland once more with their undeniably beautiful follow-up to last month's single release, Brennisteinn. Ísjaki will be the lead single from their forthcoming album, Kveikur, which is out on 17 June. And, to show they're not all about extracting money out of fans for atmospheric homeware, it will be available as a free download for all those who pre-order the 'collection'.
Charli XCX
Track: Various
Album: True Romance, Warner, Out Now
Look, it's grown on me, OK? Like a bubblegum-pink vine covered in decapitated Barbie dolls, metal spikes and old Backstreet Boys memorabilia. Charli XCX's (albeit second) debut album has come about at exactly the right time. She embodies the on-trend aesthetic of the 90s, the attitude of the revival genre of the moment, grunge, and the sound of now: quirky street-pop layered with spaced-out electro and littered with attitude-packed, teetering-on-the-edge-of-socially-acceptable expletive lyricism. Oh, and she's well into Tumblr, too. She'll be fine! Essentially, I applaud those in popular music who 1) Write their own songs, 2) Make them interesting and 3) Manage to carve a niche for themselves in the X-Factor-saturated commercial market. And Charli ticks all of those points. Download the album here and make up your own minds. And watch her You (Ha Ha Ha) video below, too.
Waxahatchee
Track: Brother Bryan
From: Cerulean Salt, Wichita, TBC Summer 2013
Brooklyn-born, gravel-voiced Waxahatchee emerged as one of the most talked-about stars of SXSW festival when it hit Austin, Texas like a tornado of sound and secret performances back in March. And, with her down-beat, minimalist sounds and soulful, lyrical whimsy, it's not hard to work out why every blog from her to Beirut was banging on about her. Luckily for us, she's not exclusive the US: having just signed with indie label Wichita, she's set to release her album Cerulean Salt in the UK sometime this summer.
Daniel Johnston
Track: Space Ducks
Album: Space Ducks, Out 29 May 2013
WHAT. THE ACTUAL... Just press play. You'll know what I mean. New album's out Monday. It's Daniel Johnston's first record in a good four years (he was the guy behind the Hi, How Are You? record, the band T-shirt of which Kurt Cobain wore in this famous photograph). It is the soundtrack a 24-page, self-drawn comic called Space Ducks: An Infinite Comic Book of Musical Greatness. You'll either think it's the greatest thing you've ever seen/heard or the most irritating piece of music in the universe. Utterly polarising stuff. Personally, I freakin' love ducks. And space. So the combination of the two plus a concept album is a winner in my unashamedly geeky (comic) book.
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HPV Vaccine Lowering Infection Rates Among Girls: CDC
Extent of protection from sexually transmitted virus higher than expected, suggesting 'herd immunity' is at work, experts say
By Dennis Thompson
HealthDay Reporter
WEDNESDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) -- Vaccination against the cancer-causing human papillomavirus (HPV) is proving highly effective in reducing the spread of the sexually transmitted virus among young women, new research shows.
The rate of new infections with strains of HPV targeted by the vaccine have dropped by 56 percent among females aged 14 to 19 since the first vaccine was approved in 2006, report researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
According to the CDC, HPV infection is known to be the major cause of cervical cancer, and has also been strongly linked to vulvar, vaginal, penile, anal, and certain throat/oral cancers.
The new findings "are striking results, and I think they should be a wake-up call that we should increase vaccination rates, because we can protect the next generation of adolescents and young girls against cancer," CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden said in a press conference held Wednesday.
The findings are published in the June issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases.
Each year in the United States about 19,000 cancers caused by HPV occur in women, with cervical cancer being the most common. Virtually all cases of cervical cancer are caused by HPV, and just two HPV subtypes, 16 and 18, are responsible for seven out of every 10 cervical cancers.
About 8,000 cancers caused by HPV occur each year in men in the United States, most commonly being throat cancer.
The decline in HPV infections among girls is actually higher than had been expected, indicating that "herd immunity" may have taken effect as more girls receive the vaccine, study lead author Dr. Lauri Markowitz said at the press conference.
Herd immunity occurs when widespread vaccination shrinks the pool of infected people to the point that it becomes less likely that a person can catch the disease from someone else. In this type of scenario, "even people who aren't vaccinated will have some protection due to the vaccination program," Markowitz said.
Another possible reason for the better-than-expected results could be that the vaccine is so effective that a girl receives protection from HPV even if she receives only one or two shots out of the full recommended three-dose series of vaccination.
Whatever the reason, the new statistics are "great news," according to Dr. Jay Brooks, chairman of hematology/oncology at Ochsner Health System in Baton Rouge, La. "I think every young woman should have the opportunity to have this vaccine. That's what I've been telling people for however long the vaccine has been available."
HPV is highly infectious. In fact, about 79 million Americans, most in their late teens and early 20s, are thought to be currently infected with HPV, and each year about 14 million people become newly infected.
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