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My Afterlife Series – Wakeup Call

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By Susan Keats, Contributor & Seize-the-Day Propagandist   Greetings from my afterlife.   I’m not dead yet, by the way, but I had a glimpse of my death recently and I realized, upon considering it, that I was completely unprepared to have it arrive so soon. Why is it that sometimes we need a good kick in the teeth every so often to get us to sit up and pay attention?   My kick came in the form of cancer on a routine mammogram. There’s nothing like a good cancer diagnosis to push you into a state of acute awareness. Hello, this is your WAKEUP call!   Suddenly there I was, crying until I couldn’t cry any more, scared like I’d never been scared before. I spent man Get more info…

January 24, 2012 · Tagged with Afterlife, Afterlife Series

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9 Toxic Rip-offs in the Kitchen

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What are those rubber gloves really protecting you from?

The kitchen is often the heart of the home, a bustling place to enjoy a good meal and mingle. But many common convenience foods, drinks, and gadgets found in the kitchen could be putting your health at risk. In fact, just last month, researchers found evidence that bisphenol A, or BPA, a chemical commonly found in kitchen cabinet contents, could be causing heart attacks in women. The kicker? You’re probably paying more for these toxic rip-offs compared to safer alternatives.

Here’s how to ID—and avoid—unhealthy stuff in the kitchen.

Canned Soup
There’s probably nothing more convenient that cracking open a can of soup and popping it in the microwave. A h

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January 23, 2012 · Tagged with Kitchen

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SELF Pick: A Better Gym Bag

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For SELF’s fitness team, finding a great gym bag is better that scoring a designer purse on sale, often because it serves as both. The latest bag on their radar: Morris Terry’s MTX Gym Bag.

Here’s why: by giving children the chance to participate in sports, arts and theater programs. MTX is partnering with HELPS, a local foster agency in Sacramento, California, to fund extracurricular activities for foster children who don’t have the financial means to participate. SELF is committed to advocating and promoting a healthy lifestyle and healthy community, and loves brands that do the same.

The feel-good bag is only $40, so don’t worry about breaking the bank when updating your fitness wardrobe.

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January 19, 2012 · Tagged with Bag, Gym Bag

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Zen and the Art of the Resolution

Posted by Leo Queale · Leave a Comment 

Okay. Here we are. 2012.

Whats your Resolution?

Im not going to bore you with the statistics on Resolutions and how many people drop their health and fitness Resolutions before the end of January. There really is no need: you all have friends who you have watched make and break those promises. You may have made the promises to yourself, only to decide in the first few weeks of the year that life was better without being burdened with all those chains.

But the start of the New Year is a brilliant time to turn over a new leaf. Heres the catch: the leaf is delicate and if you turn it over with a big iron fist, its going to tear (oooooh imagery!).

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January 17, 2012 · Tagged with Resolution

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Clinical significance of serum lipids in idiopathic pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

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It is well known that pulmonary alveolar proteinosis(PAP) is characterised by accumulation of surfactant lipids and proteins within airspaces. However, few previous data describe the serum lipid levels associated with PAP. Materials and methods: We retrospectively reviewed 25 patients with idiopathic PAP(iPAP). The serum lipid levels of patients with idiopathic PAP were compared with those of the healthy volunteers. In patients and healthy subjects, the LDL-C/HDL-C ratios were 2.94+/-1.21 and 1.60+/-0.70, respectively (p <0.001), HDL-C were 1.11+/-0.27 and 1.71+/-0.71 respectively (p <0.001). The values of LDL-C correlated significantly with those of PaO2 and PA-aO2 (r=-0.685, p=0.003, and r=0.688, p=0.003, respectively).

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January 14, 2012 · Tagged with Alveolar, Alveolar Proteinosis, Pulmonary Alveolar, Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis

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