We commonly associate eating disorders with women; obsessed with their image, often dictated by celebrities and their perfectly sculpted bodies. However, in an article written for the blog, The Mighty, we learn about a man who suffers from bulimia: I’m sitting in a fast-food restaurant with enough food to feed a family. I’m going to eat the lot. My heart is pounding. I’m excited. In fact, I’m very excited. I’ve been in a state of frenzy since I walked through the doors and the smell of oil and fat hit my nostrils. I know what I’m doing is going to hurt me, but I don’t care. I want to hurt. I want to eat until I’m stuffed. It’s a compulsion. I’m an addict scoring a fix. I eat quickly, table manners forgotten. I wash it down with huge gulps of soda which helps it all come back up when I purge. Read the full article →
A Letter to a Kindergartener: 7 Lessons for a Life Well-Lived By Kevin Trinh for TinyBuddha.com “Great is the human who has not lost his childlike heart.” ~Mencius I have an amazing sister who is currently in kindergarten. I wrote her a letter summarizing everything I’d like her to know as she goes through life. It occurred to me that these lessons are things we could all stand to remember, so I’ve decided to share it here. Dear Natasha, Times are hectic now. It won’t be long until I leave home and move to a magical place we seniors call “college.” I have one semester left to learn from amazing teachers, one season left to wrestle and lift my heart out, and one chance left to live a high school life. It’s safe to say that I’m pretty sentimental right now. I’m about to leave the system that you’re just entering. By Read the full article →
In an article found on CNN’s health site, written by Alex Orlov for Life by DailyBurn, we learn 9 new ways to fall asleep faster! (CNN)If you feel wide awake when your head hits the pillow at night, you’re not alone. Approximately 60 million Americans report having experienced insomnia in any given year, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Even worse, 40 million Americans suffer from long-term sleep disorders. Missing sleep is nothing to yawn about. “Chronic sleep deprivation has lots of negative consequences,” says Sonia Ancoli-Israel, fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine. She notes that the health risks associated with missed zzz’s can include poor cognitive function, problems with attention and concentration, dementia and an increased risk of heart disease. Why every night of sleep matters Are you getting enough shut-eye? Read the full article →
In an article written for Yahoo! Health, we learn that Breast Cancer is on the rise. Breast cancer is already the most common form of cancer. We’ll see 234,000 new cases of the disease diagnosed this year alone — but according to new data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research’s 2015 Annual Meeting, that number is only set to rise substantially in the years ahead. According to the research, breast cancer rates will increase by 50 percent by the year 2030, compared to stats analyzed from the year 2011 — a risk that’s especially potent in women over 70. Around 40 million women in the U.S., born between 1946 and 1964, will experience high absolute risks for postmenopausal breast cancer — or two to four percent risk over a decade-long span. Another 56 million women in their 20s and 30s will see a substantial risk of premenopausal cancer, around 0.4 Read the full article →
In an article written for The Wall Street Journal, we learn that American Women are having less Children. The percentage of U.S. women in their 30s and 40s who are childless is rising, new data from the U.S. Census Bureau show. Some 15.3 percent of U.S. women aged 40 to 44 were childless in June 2014, up from 15.1 percent in 2012. Changes in Census’s data processing likely affected its estimates for 2010 and 2012. But even before that, the trend was up: 9.6 percent of women in this age group were childless in 2010, up from 9.2 percent in 2008. For women in their late 30s, the rise in childlessness is sharper. Around 18.5 percent of women 35 to 39 were childless last June, up from 17.2 percent in 2012. All told, 47.6 percent of U.S. women aged 15 to 44 were without children last year, up from 46.5 Read the full article →
