Student energy a powerful force
McClatchy Newspapers
3/20/2009, by Andy Mead
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Here's a new technology that gives a whole new dimension to the phrase "student power." We will resist references to hamsters on a wheel: Expending a little energy on an exercise machine at the University of Kentucky can now mean you're also generating energy.
Some of ...
E-cigarette sparks attention as FDA crackdown looms
McClatchy Newspapers
3/20/2009, by Ken Mclaughlin
San Jose Mercury News (MCT) - The young man in the tall swivel chair at the mall seems lost in nicotine nirvana as he takes a deep drag on a cigarette and blows smoke rings to the surprise of passing shoppers. Sarah Kruberg, a 21-year-old college student from Portola Valley, Calif., does a double ...
Navigating life's changes
McClatchy Newspapers
3/19/2009, by Jane M. Von Bergen
The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT) - Gregory Shea was in his early 20s, supervising lifeguards at a recreation facility, when he got his first management lesson from a 16-year-old part-time locker-room attendant. She told Shea, essentially, to lighten up and go with the flow, to stop micromanaging, ...
Studies link alcohol to breast cancer risk in women
McClatchy Newspapers
3/18/2009, by Jodi Mailander Farrell
cClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Women have been toasting red wine research for years, tossing back their cabernets and pinot noirs with every finding that has linked red wine to such health benefits as lowered heart attack risk and slower aging. But the party may be over. Two major studies in the past ...
Report finds contaminants in baby products
McClatchy Newspapers
3/18/2009, by Maren Wright
Capital News Service (MCT) - Protecting J.J., the 4-month-old son of Shawna Bader-Blau, is time-consuming, what with checking labels, reading safety information, buying chemical-free baby wipes and finding phthalate-free baby bottles. "There are so many recalls, they just make you scared of ...
Stress and other factors contribute to teeth-grinding
McClatchy Newspapers
3/16/2009, by Brian Neill
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Sometimes it's a spouse who hears the horrible grinding in the bed next to them. Other times, the problem isn't discovered until a trip to the dentist reveals well-worn teeth on the verge of chipping or cracking. It's called bruxism _ the subconscious grinding of one's ...
Nothing succeeds quite like failure
McClatchy Newspapers
3/16/2009, by James A. Fussell
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - For as long as anyone can remember, America has embraced such pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstrap maxims as "failure breeds success," "learn from your mistakes " and "if at first you don't succeed, try, try again." People are still willing to learn from their mistakes. ...
A ‘routine' fear for cancer patients; Psychic distress of tests is labeled ‘scanxiety'
McClatchy Newspapers
3/16/2009, by Stacey Burling
The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT) - Judi Rothman found out a year ago that she had colon cancer that had spread to her liver. Every day since then, she has lived with worry.
She can push it beneath the surface of her life most of the time. But the minute her doctor tells her it's time for another ...
There she is, strong & healthy: Miss America 2008 speaks out on eating disorders
McClatchy Newspapers
3/16/2009, by Korie Wilkins
Detroit Free Press (MCT) - She poses like a champion, one foot in front of the other, a dazzling _ yet not forced-looking _ smile at the ready. And even when she's asked the same questions over and over, when she has to shake one more hand, smile for one more picture or when yet another little girl ...
Online doctor ratings have their flaws
McClatchy Newspapers
3/13/2009, by Julie Deardorff
Chicago Tribune (MCT) - I recently searched several doctor rating Web sites to see whether other people like my OB-GYN as much as I do. On Angie's List (angieslist.com), better known for rating plumbers and handymen, I paid a monthly fee of $8.75 to find out she had received an "A."
Still, the ...
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