Health & Fitness

Why is it that Mondays always seem to be the same? Computer problems, co-workers calling in sick, equipment malfunctions, last minute surprise meetings and the little anger monster lurking around our shoulders just waiting to send things into a downward spiral. So if your Mondays start off or end the same, here’s a video that will help put things into perspective. I recommend, instead of a violent temper tantrum try running to the store for a soda, the doughnut store, the ice-cream shop, your favorite fast food place for a shake or float and remember that destroying your computer just might help you find the unemployment line. These guys are way over the top, while I watch this I’m left wondering what exactly went so wrong? Is the computer the real problem or are our employers to blame for the added stress?

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When I first got up this morning I couldn’t stop yawing, in fact it was a symphony of yawns that stayed with me until I ran into another unsuspecting bystander, my wife and I looked right at her and I yawned. With in minutes she was yawning and I quickly left the room so that I would not be getting the yawns back on me. It was now my wife’s turn to find an innocent bystander and let the contagious yawn loose on them and run like a mad man. It’s true, Yawns are contagious just like the flu and the plague and I know it’s true because I found it on the internet. And this video on the Symphony of Yawns will prove it.

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A group of Doctors, scientists and researchers conducted a two-year study of overweight and obese adolescent children (12 and 13 years old). The group tried to to modify dietary behavior by incorporating a web-based computer-tailored intervention program. The program aimed to increase physical activity, decrease sedentary behavior, and promote healthy eating among adolescents. The “FATaintPHAT” study did not produce the desired positive long-term outcome researchers were hoping for. However, there were positive short-term effects on eating behaviors, according to the report published online by Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine and on the JAMA/Archives journals.

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It’s true, happy people do live longer, 35% longer to be exact. In the study that followed those being researched for 20 years, the study revealed that people with a more positive outlook on life and had healthy positive relationships with their spouses, children, family and friends fared far better than those who were slightly more cynical and had little to no relationships with close family and friends. The study that was published in Tuesday’s National Academy of Sciences.

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Halloween is here ,and as a parent I have one main concern, Halloween candy. It’s not that I’m totally against it, it’s that my child gets so hyper every time she consumes any extra sugar. So what is a parent to do? I don’t want to deprive her of it because that causes the “forbidden fruit complex.” While researching this, I discovered a few ways to make Halloween 2011 as struggle-free as possible.

Remember when we first learned that dark chocolate has health benefits? Chewing gum is actually good for dental health and also reduces hunger and sugar cravings. Ginger based candies help with the digestive system. Not to mention all the sugar-free based candies.

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Next time you pump your own gas, you might just want to wear gloves. According to a report released by Kimberly Clark Professional, gas pump handles rank as one of the dirtiest surfaces that Americans touch on a regular basis. Yuck.

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Anthony, Glen, Isaac and Christian want you to take breast cancer seriously, even if that means they have to send pictures of their sculpted bodies to your cell phone.

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Every woman of a certain age knows the horror of waking up to find a few new wrinkles, but Nguyen Thi Phuong lived a worse nightmare. This 23-year-old Vietnamese woman woke up one morning three years ago and looked 50 years older than she was.

The young woman was given medication for a seafood allergy that may have caused a reaction in which her skin aged decades in a matter of days.

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If you think your toddler eats everything in sight, you haven’t met Natalie Hayhurst.

The three-year-old is normal in many ways, but her appetite for non-edible items — a rare medical condition called Pica — is a real cause of concern.

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There is a new breakthrough in the medical field that is worth it’s weight in gold. The new Skin Gun, also referred to as the “Holy Grail” helps burn victims recover with little to no infection and will have them looking as close to normal in as little as three to four days. It sounds too good to be true, right? Well it’s not, in fact the new skin gun has already had a few very satisfied customers. One is a police officer that was burned very badly on the face, neck and arms by gasoline being tossed on to a bonfire. See the kind of results the peace officer got in just one weekend with the new skin gun.

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The human spirit alone is an amazing thing, but put it with a determined and agile body and now you’ve got what I call “the worlds best human tricks.” Please do not try and duplicate these at home on your own. I’m sure that most of these stunts were practiced over long periods of time before each one was mastered by each person performing them.

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A girl’s minute-long sneezing fit was captured on film by another student in the art class in which the epic allergy attack went down.

Leryn, who allowed the video to be uploaded onto YouTube, violently sneezes a whopping 39 straight times. Some have suggested that she was faking it, but 39 straight fake sneezes is a pretty impressive feat too.

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