Fat traps in your life can sabotage your weight and your overall health.
Certain landmarks are a time for celebration but when a rights of passage add on the pounds it’s time to have a strategy.
It’s bad enough to deal with the holidays but being married, having a baby and menopause also add pounds.
Here are a few solutions to help you ward off life’s weight gain pitfalls and sail into middle age without a spare tire.
Should we be concerned about elderly drivers?
Reese Witherspoon was hit by an elderly driver this week which has prompted the conversation.
“When is it time to surrender the car keys?”
It is not an easy conversation to initiate but as Baby Boomers age it will be increasingly necessary to discuss the driving ability of an aging population.
In a study released in January, scientists from the University of Rochester suggested older people have trouble driving because they have a heightened awareness of people and cars moving around rather than what’s right in front of them. In particular, drivers over 80 have an elevated crash risk when trying to deal with more complex road situations, such as intersections, left turns and reacting to an imminent crash, according to a report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The American Automobile Association estimates 37 million drivers will be 65 and older by 2020, and 90 percent of them will be licensed. Drivers 85 and older has surpassed 3 million.
Marijuana use rises in the U.S.
While the use of methamphetamines is waning, according to a national survey of drug use released on Thursday, Marijuana use is on the rise.
It seems that the next generation of recreational drug users are choosing to mellow out with the old classic.
How will this affect the legalization of pot?
Obama’s health care bill is not overturned in a court ruling.
Obama wins this round and now has the Tea Party and Republican party with whom to do battle at the primaries.
A sluggish economy and poor jobs market may just be the momentum behind the president to make this law stick.
But does it help anyone to be required to buy into a broken health care system?
Standardizing costs and preventive health care should be the priority. Supporting big pharmaceutical companies with tax payer dollars will not help in the long run.
“Virginia, the sole plaintiff here, lacks standing to bring this action,” said the ruling from the 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. “Accordingly, we vacate the judgment of the district court and remand with instructions to dismiss the case for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.”
The Richmond-based court becomes the second such federal court to uphold the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, particularly the “individual mandate” provision requiring most Americans to purchase health insurance by 2014 or face a financial penalty. Another appeals court had ruled against the administration.
A recent study of mice found that when they were in social groups they were able to convert energy-storing white fat, to energy-burning brown fat.
Fat can come in two types: energy-storing white fat, and energy-burning brown fat.
While we all have white fat tissue, the brown fat needed for weight loss is difficult to make. It is mostly found in babies, or in adults who have been exposed to extreme cold, where it is burned to keep them warm.
But the US team, led by Professor Matthew During, have found that relatively small changes in the physical and social living environment of mice can alter vast amounts of white fat to brown.
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