Health and Beauty Tip
Want to give your hair a little extra shine? Increase the amount of vitamin E in your diet -- nuts and green vegetables are good for this. Omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids also improve your hair's health ... you can get those from salt-water fish and dark green, leafy veggies.
Monday, May 26, 2008
Sect mothers may face hard choice
ELDORADO, Texas (UPI) -- Branding a West Texas polygamist sect an abusive environment, officials may tell the sect's mothers they must choose between their children and their religion.
Some lawyers said this edict could mean women would never be able to return to the Yearning for Zion ranch in Eldorado, The Dallas Morning News said Thursday.
Other experts said adults who have tolerated underage "marriages" of girls to older men might have forfeited rights to raise their children.
In advance of court hearings scheduled to begin Monday, Child Protective Services has drafted 10 goals and 14 tasks that parents will have to work toward in order to regain custody of their children.
CPS is proposing to give parents until next April to "provide a home free of persons who have or will abuse" children and "demonstrate the ability to protect the child(ren) from sexual abuse."
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
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Some lawyers said this edict could mean women would never be able to return to the Yearning for Zion ranch in Eldorado, The Dallas Morning News said Thursday.
Other experts said adults who have tolerated underage "marriages" of girls to older men might have forfeited rights to raise their children.
In advance of court hearings scheduled to begin Monday, Child Protective Services has drafted 10 goals and 14 tasks that parents will have to work toward in order to regain custody of their children.
CPS is proposing to give parents until next April to "provide a home free of persons who have or will abuse" children and "demonstrate the ability to protect the child(ren) from sexual abuse."
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
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Saturday, May 24, 2008
Global warming may increase kidney stones
Global warming may increase kidney stones
DALLAS (UPI) -- U.S. urologists say rising global temperatures might lead to an increase in kidney stones.
The study, presented Tuesday in Orlando, Fla., during the 103rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Association, shows kidney stone disease, already linked with dehydration in warmer climates, will be exacerbated by global warning.
As a result, scientists said the prevalence of kidney stone disease will increase, along with the costs of treating the condition.
The southern United States is considered "the stone belt" because it has higher incidences of kidney stones. The researchers said rising global temperatures could expand that region with the fraction of the U.S. population living in high-risk stone zones predicted to grow from 40 percent in 2000 to 50 percent by 2050. That could lead to an increase of one to two million lifetime cases of stone disease.
The cost associated with treating kidney stone disease could climb as high as one $1 billion annually by 2050, representing a 10 percent to 20 percent increase over present-day estimates, the researchers said.
The study, led by Dr. Margaret Pearl of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, was reported in the April issue of the Journal of Urology.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
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DALLAS (UPI) -- U.S. urologists say rising global temperatures might lead to an increase in kidney stones.
The study, presented Tuesday in Orlando, Fla., during the 103rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Association, shows kidney stone disease, already linked with dehydration in warmer climates, will be exacerbated by global warning.
As a result, scientists said the prevalence of kidney stone disease will increase, along with the costs of treating the condition.
The southern United States is considered "the stone belt" because it has higher incidences of kidney stones. The researchers said rising global temperatures could expand that region with the fraction of the U.S. population living in high-risk stone zones predicted to grow from 40 percent in 2000 to 50 percent by 2050. That could lead to an increase of one to two million lifetime cases of stone disease.
The cost associated with treating kidney stone disease could climb as high as one $1 billion annually by 2050, representing a 10 percent to 20 percent increase over present-day estimates, the researchers said.
The study, led by Dr. Margaret Pearl of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, was reported in the April issue of the Journal of Urology.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
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Friday, May 23, 2008
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Thursday, May 22, 2008
Wordless wednesday
A Monument in Albertina, Vienna Austria during our adventure last year!!sorry guys can't really visit you now...i'm still on vacation and always try to update my blog...when i will be back to Germany, i will visit you asap as usual..
have a great day!!
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Victim often knows sexual attacker
DURHAM, N.H. (UPI) -- A University of New Hampshire study shows that the vast majority of incidents of unwanted sex on campus are perpetrated by someone the victim knows.
More than 2,400 undergraduate students were surveyed in the 2005/2006 academic year, with previous student surveys conducted in 1988 and 2000.
"Colleges and universities around the country find this same percentage, yet the stereotype remains that the perpetrator is a stranger," the study said. "We need to continue to educate the campus community that acquaintances are most likely to be the perpetrators against women."
Overall, unwanted sexual contact occurs where students live, in the context of social events, and often alcohol is involved, the study said.
Of the female victims surveyed, 85 percent report that someone they know committed unwanted sexual intercourse.
Seven percent reported having unwanted sex themselves, while 25 percent reported unwanted sexual contact, the study found.
Copies of the study are available at: unh.edu/news/docs/2006unwantedsexualexperiences.pdf.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
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More than 2,400 undergraduate students were surveyed in the 2005/2006 academic year, with previous student surveys conducted in 1988 and 2000.
"Colleges and universities around the country find this same percentage, yet the stereotype remains that the perpetrator is a stranger," the study said. "We need to continue to educate the campus community that acquaintances are most likely to be the perpetrators against women."
Overall, unwanted sexual contact occurs where students live, in the context of social events, and often alcohol is involved, the study said.
Of the female victims surveyed, 85 percent report that someone they know committed unwanted sexual intercourse.
Seven percent reported having unwanted sex themselves, while 25 percent reported unwanted sexual contact, the study found.
Copies of the study are available at: unh.edu/news/docs/2006unwantedsexualexperiences.pdf.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Change needed in end-of-life dementia care
MILTON KEYNES, England (UPI) -- British researchers say many improvements are needed in the care provided to people in the final stages of dementia.
Open University Professor Jan Draper and Clinical Nurse Specialist Deborah Birch reached that conclusion after reviewing 29 published studies conducted in nine nations during the past 10 years.
"We must act now to stop people with dementia from suffering from protracted, potentially uncomfortable and undignified deaths" said Draper. "Our review has reinforced the importance of providing appropriate palliative care to individuals suffering from end-stage dementia and clearly identified some of the barriers to extending such provision."
The recommendations include: communicating the diagnosis of dementia in a sensitive way; acknowledging the potential influence on treatment decisions on the beliefs and values of members of the healthcare team; and reconsidering aggressive medical treatments that have limited benefits and might cause further discomfort to dying patients.
The review appears in the Journal of Clinical Nursing.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
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Open University Professor Jan Draper and Clinical Nurse Specialist Deborah Birch reached that conclusion after reviewing 29 published studies conducted in nine nations during the past 10 years.
"We must act now to stop people with dementia from suffering from protracted, potentially uncomfortable and undignified deaths" said Draper. "Our review has reinforced the importance of providing appropriate palliative care to individuals suffering from end-stage dementia and clearly identified some of the barriers to extending such provision."
The recommendations include: communicating the diagnosis of dementia in a sensitive way; acknowledging the potential influence on treatment decisions on the beliefs and values of members of the healthcare team; and reconsidering aggressive medical treatments that have limited benefits and might cause further discomfort to dying patients.
The review appears in the Journal of Clinical Nursing.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
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