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Friday, June 17, 2011

Too Much TV Raises Risk of Diabetes, Heart Disease and Death

TUESDAY, June 14 (HealthDay News) -- Couch potatoes beware: All those hours in front of the TV may be making you sick, or even killing you.


Watching television for two to three hours or more per day is linked to significantly higher risks of developing diabetes and heart disease and dying from all causes, according to a new analysis from the Harvard School of Public Health.

Noting that Americans watch an average of about five hours of TV per day -- the most common daily activity aside from working and sleeping -- researchers analyzed data from eight studies done between 1970 and 2011 on the association between TV viewing and incidence of type 2 diabetes, fatal or nonfatal cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality.

Two hours of daily television watching was tied to a 20 percent greater risk for diabetes, a 15 percent higher chance of cardiovascular disease and a 13 percent elevated risk for all-cause deaths, according to the new Harvard meta-analysis, a type of research that pools data from different studies on an issue and analyzes them to look for statistical trends.

The findings are published June 15 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
"The results really are not surprising at all. We already know that people who watch a lot of TV are more likely to eat an unhealthy diet and be obese," said senior study author Dr. Frank B. Hu, a professor of nutrition and epidemiology. "The message is actually quite simple . . . those who watch a lot of TV should cut back on TV watching and do more of something else."

Americans are hardly extraordinary in being glued to the tube. Hu pointed out that many people around the world structure their days in a similar fashion, with Europeans and Australians respectively spending an average of 40 percent and 50 percent of their daily free time watching television.
Prior research has established the negative health effects of TV viewing, including associations with less physical activity and unhealthy eating, such as higher consumption of fried foods, processed meat and sugar-sweetened beverages and lower intake of fruits and vegetables. Cancer incidence has not typically been studied in relation to TV watching, Hu said.

"There's no question this paper draws attention to the number of studies now that all seem to show the same thing," said Dr. Martin Abrahamson, chief medical officer of the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston. "There are always limitations to these meta-analyses, but I think they're telling us a message we need to take heed of."
Based on disease incidence in the United States, Hu and his colleague, Anders Grontved, estimated that each two-hour increment of TV watching each day was linked to an absolute risk of 176 new cases of type 2 diabetes, 38 new cases of fatal cardiovascular disease and 104 new cases of all-cause mortality among 100,000 people per year.

Abrahamson and Hu agreed that the particularly ominous influence that TV has on diabetes incidence is due largely to its link to obesity, one of the biggest contributors to diabetes.
They also said that those who spend several hours per day exercising may be able to offset the negative health effects of prolonged TV watching, but that few tend to split their time equally between the two disparate activities.

"Certainly any physical activity would be beneficial regardless of the amount of TV you watch," Hu said. "But the reality is that people spend almost five hours a day watching TV. How much exercise do they do? There is a huge imbalance."
More information
The Nemours Foundation has more on the health effects of TV viewing among children.

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Thursday, June 16, 2011

Rep. Anthony Weiner to resign


Embattled Rep. Anthony Weiner reportedly has told friends he will resign from Congress, amid growing pressure from top Democrats after he admitted to having sexually charged relationships with women on Facebook and Twitter.
The New York Times and CNN are reporting the news, citing unnamed sources. The report also has been confirmed by the Associated Press.
It is possible that Weiner, a New York Democrat first elected in 1998, will speak publicly later this morning.
The New York lawmaker, once touted as a leading candidate for New York City mayor, has admitted sending lewd photos of himself and lying about it for several days. The online sex scandal has rocked the U.S. House for the past three weeks, distracting Democrats who had been trying to bring attention to GOP plans to revamp Medicare ahead of next year's elections.
CNN says Weiner called Rep. Steve Israel, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, of his plans last night.
House Democratic leaders were planning to meet today to discuss Weiner's fate and possibly oust him from his post on the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee if he continued to rebuff the calls to step down.
The House earlier this week granted Weiner a two-week leave of absence, after he said this weekend that he'll enter a treatment facility. The House ethics committee has also begin a preliminary inquiry into Weiner's actions.
Weiner decided to go into treatment after House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, national party chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz and campaign chairman Steve Israel called on him to resign. President Obama also has said Weiner should step aside, saying the congressman has "embarrassed" himself.
Weiner reportedly told friends he was waiting for his wife, Huma Abedin, to return from an overseas work trip before deciding his next step. Abedin, an aide to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, returned early Wednesday.




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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Why Miami Lost to Dallas

Many questioned what happened to the Miami Heat and how did they loose to the Dallas Mavericks! The basketball world was some what shocked that the best defensive team of the East lost to the best offensive team of the West! I guess it took a couple of days for it to sink in what really happen,  but this is how I saw it. The Heat wore themselves down and the Mavericks 3 point shooting won!

The truth is the Heats constrictive defense that demolished the the Bulls and the Celtics, rattle the Mavericks for 2 or 3 games, but that was not enough for an offensive juggernaut. The Mavericks did not hang their hat on defense, but they could hold there own with the best of them! Although when you look at the Mavericks team, anyone could see that they were a seasoned with a lot of fire power...

When you look at the  first three games of the series, it was a defensive battle, with an occasional burst of offense...  Three games in the low 90's showed that Heat defense was invincible. Even when the Mavericks stole game 2! Then the Heat stole game 3 back and I knew this was going to be a good series. Although something happened in game 4 that turn the whole series around, the Heat's fatigue begin to show and the defense was not the same and it opened up the 3 pointing shots for the Mavericks.


The Heat could not not find their second wind... Now that once crushing defensive was against the rope to an exceptional offense! The three point shooting from Kidd, Terry, Barea and Marian was to much.

The reason that the Heat lost to the Mavericks is a good offense beat a good defense!

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Dr. Dre Settles Lawsuit Over trademark infringement

LOS ANGELES — Dr. Dre won’t be behind the microphone at a federal courthouse after all – the rapper settled a lawsuit over damages from unauthorized online sales of his album “The Chronic” a day before trial.
Attorneys for the rap superstar, whose real name is Andre Young, filed a notice of settlement in a Los Angeles federal court late Monday afternoon. He had been expected to testify during the weeklong trial, which would have decided whether Young was entitled to 100 percent of the profits from online sales of the rap album, which also helped launch the career of Snoop Dogg.
No details of the settlement, which is not yet finalized, were filed with the court.
In April a judge ruled that WIDEawake Death Row Records didn’t have the proper permission to sell Young’s music online or repackage it on new CD releases. The label purchased the holdings of original Death Row Records, which launched the careers of several rappers, out of bankruptcy.
He sued WIDEawake Death Row in 2010 for breach of contract, trademark infringement and misappropriation of his likeness.
Young was a co-founder of the label, but negotiated a deal to leave the company that required Death Row to obtain his permission before selling his music digitally. On Monday, “The Chronic” was no longer available for download on Apple’s popular music service iTunes.
There was no immediate comment from attorneys for either Young or WIDEawake Death Row.

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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Sometimes being the best is not good enough

After watching the Miami Heat win game one against the Dallas Mavericks 92-84. The hype about one team being better than the other is just that... Lets face it, their can only be one champion and no matter how close the margin, someone is going to loose and someone is going to win...  If you look back at sports over the past 30 years, you would see exactly what I am talking about.

When they induct you into the Hall Of Fame do they ask if you were a winner, or a looser? The truth is, they ask the same question about each player every time, did he impact the game, and if the answer is yes, then you are inducted in! Even, if you did 'nt win a Championship!

I can never forget 4 consecutive years in a row that I watch the Buffalo Bills go to the Super Bowl and loose  1 Super Bowl games because the kicker missed a field goal. They were the best in their conference but regardless of how good they were they could not win a Super Bowl. That Buffalo Bills will always be great, but not in the way that the teams that beat them were, they won the Super Bowl!

Then came the Utah Jazz and the New Jersey Nets, both teams played consecutive years in the NBA Finals but could not win the title! Several members from both teams will automatically be inducted in to the Hall Of Fame because of the stamp that they left on the game. They were winners but they lost the ultimate prize, the Championship! They were compensated for their efforts, but lets look at it from this prospective do you think that if they would have won, that they would have been more deserving of the prizes that they received?

Unfortunately being the best is not good enough, being the greatest is what makes a Champion a Winner on any level of sports! Michael Jordan is the greatest to ever play the game, but Karl Malone scored over 30,000 point making him the second leading scorer of all time behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar... Why isn't Malone mention as being great? If he would have won a Championship, would he have been great then?



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2002Los Angeles Lakers4–0New Jersey Nets[70]
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1994
Dallas CowboysBuffalo Bills
30-13
Atlanta, GA
XXVII
1993
Dallas CowboysBuffalo Bills
52-17
Pasadena, CA
XXVI
1992
Washington RedskinsBuffalo Bills
37-24
Minneapolis, MN
XXV
1991
New York GiantsBuffalo Bills
20-19
Tampa, FL




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Friday, May 20, 2011

Maria Shriver is calling it quits

The latest news blast is that Maria Shriver has been miserable in her marriage for years and she decided to file for divorce when she heard the news of Arnold Schwarzenegger's love child who is 14.

The first question that always comes to mind is why would he cheat on her??? I mean she rich, a great lady and a wonderful mother and loyal wife. Okay all those qualities make a good wife resume, but a woman who refuse to suck this or lick that might be asking for trouble!

Arnold cheated 2 decades ago, and that is the straw that broke the camels back. Sometimes everything that glitters is not gold. The smiles of love may have once been but the smiles for the camera are what they are!

I am curious to see what will happen when the dust clears, believe me there is more to this story that meets the eye.

Do smart women let beautiful woman clean their home and think everything is okay. To take it a step farther they were both pregnant at the same time and this was all surprise to her???

Maybe  Arnold cheating with the maid was more than she could handle right?

The million dollar question is, if they quit having sex years ago, then who really ended it?


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Friday, May 6, 2011

Blood Clots/Stroke - They Now Have a Fourth Indicator, the Tongue



I  will continue to forward this every time it  comes around!
 
STROKE: Remember  the 1st Three Letters.... S. T. R.  
 
STROKE  IDENTIFICATION:
 
During a BBQ, a woman stumbled and took a little fall - she assured  everyone that she was fine (they offered to call  paramedics) ..she said she had just tripped over  a brick because of her new shoes.

 
They  got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of  food. While she appeared a bit shaken up, Jane went about enjoying herself the rest of the  evening

 
Jane's husband called later  telling everyone that his wife had been taken to  the hospital -
(at 6:00  pm  Jane passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the  signs of a stroke, perhaps Jane would be with  us today. Some don't die. They end up in a  helpless, hopeless condition instead.

It  only takes a minute to read this...

 
A  neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke  victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the  effects of a stroke....totally. He said  the trick was getting a stroke recognized,  diagnosed, and then getting the patient  medically cared for within 3 hours, which is  tough.

 
RECOGNIZING A STROKE

 
Thank  God for the sense to remember the '3' steps, STR  . Read and Learn!

 
Sometimes symptoms of a  stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately,  the lack of awareness spells disaster. The  stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage  when people nearby fail to recognize the  symptoms of a stroke..

 
Now doctors say a  bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three  simple questions:

 

S  *Ask  the individual to SMILE.

T  *
Ask  the person to TALK and SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE  (Coherently) 

 (i.e. It is sunny out  today.)


R  *
Ask  him or her to RAISE BOTH  ARMS.

 
If  he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these  tasks, call emergency number immediately  and describe the symptoms to the  dispatcher.

 

New  Sign of a Stroke -------- Stick out Your  Tongue

 

NOTE:  Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the  person to 'stick' out his tongue.. If the tongue  is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the  other,   that is  also an indication of a  stroke. CALL 911 IMMEDIATELY!

 
A  cardiologist says if everyone who gets this message need to sends it to 10 people; you can bet that  at least one life will be saved.  
  
I  have done my part. Will  you?

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