Health and Fitness for Tuesday May 3, 2011

Indiana - Here is your ArcaMax Health and Fitness Ezine, sponsored today by: National Consumer Panel Homescan - Free Scanner "As a panel member, Homescan will provide you with a hand-held scanner. Every time you or members of your household shop, you'll use the scanner to scan the barcodes on all of your purchases. You'll earn gift points that are redeemable for name-brand merchandise." Click here for details...
TV, computer multitasking distracting BOSTON (UPI) -- Teens may argue they can focus on homework with the TV on, but U.S. researchers confirm what parents have long suspected, multitasking is distracting. Professors S. Adam Brasel and James Gips of Boston College say study participants told researchers they only looked at the computer during TV commercials, or that they thought they were watching TV while Web pages were loaded. However, the study finds people on average switched their eyes back and forth between TV and computer 120 times in 27.5 minutes -- or nearly once every 14 seconds. "We thought it was going to be high, but the frequency of switching and amount of distraction going on was really shocking," Brasel says in a statement. Even if quick "glances" less than 1.5 seconds are removed from the equation, people switched more than 70 times per half hour, the study says. Prior research shows 59 percent of Americans say they use their computer and television at the same time, the researchers say. The study, published in the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, finds on average Copyright 2011 by United Press International
Comment on this Story | Share
Sponsor Trace your family tree as far back as possible! With over 1 billion records, Archives.com is your complete solution for tracing your family tree as far back as possible. * Find birth, death, marriage, divorce and historic vital   records from one easy-to-use search interface! * Discover new connections to your family tree with cemetery   listings, obituaries, burial and military records, surname   histories, and more. * Great for people at all levels - whether you're just   starting out or have been doing genealogy for years! Try it now for free!
Social status affects how people respond BETHESDA, Md. (UPI) -- People's brains tend to perk up when they interact with others on the same rung of the socioeconomic ladder, U.S. researchers say. Caroline Zink of the National Institute of Mental Health says she and her colleagues find people who have higher subjective socioeconomic status have greater brain activity in response to other high-ranked individuals, while those with lower status have a greater response to other low-status individuals. "The way we interact with and behave around other people is often determined by their social status relative to our own, and therefore information regarding social status is very valuable to us," Zink says in a statement. "Interestingly, the value we assign to information about someone's particular status seems to depend on our own status." The researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging to measure brain activity of people with varying social status as they were shown information about someone of relatively higher status and information about someone of relatively lower status. "The value that we place on particular status-related information -- evident by the extent our brain's value centers are activated -- is not the same for everyone and is influenced, at least in part, by our own subjective socioeconomic status," Zink says. Zink adds that socioeconomic status isn't based solely on money but can also include factors such as accomplishments and habits. The findings are published in Current Biology. Copyright 2011 by United Press International
Comment on this Story | Share
Sponsor Orgreenic Kitchenware Get healthy with natural ceramic non-stick cookware. It's super non-stick surface is a patented natural ceramic material that requires little or no oil, butter or grease to cook your food just right. No more stuck food or chipping and peeling. Get a nine inch frying pan for just $19.99. Click here to learn more
Annual mammogram enough after lumpectomy PHILADELPHIA (UPI) -- After breast cancer patients have had breast conserving therapy an annual mammogram is sufficient follow-up, U.S. researchers say. Senior author Dr. Scott Herbert, a clinical associate professor of radiation oncology at Drexel University in Philadelphia, said breast conserving therapy is when a patient is treated with a lumpectomy and radiation instead of a mastectomy for early stage breast cancer. Annual mammograms are frequently conducted after breast conserving therapy, but some radiologists recommend an interval mammogram six months after the first post-treatment mammogram to check for cancer recurrence. The study found 88 out of 467 breast conserving therapy patients from Abington Memorial Hospital in Abington, Pa., received an interval mammogram, which led to four biopsies that yielded no recurring or new breast cancers. Patients then returned to receiving annual mammograms. "We continually see post-breast conserving therapy patients get an interval mammogram and it is always normal," Herbert said in a statement. "I think this will prompt physicians to reconsider the recommendation for an interval mammogram, which will ultimately save the medical community and the patients money, in addition to decreasing patient stress and minimizing unnecessary biopsies." The findings were presented at the Cancer Imaging and Radiation Therapy Symposium in Atlanta. Copyright 2011 by United Press International
Comment on this Story | Share
Mood, alcohol link not the same in all CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (UPI) -- The relationship between mood and alcohol use is not the same for everyone, U.S. researchers suggest. Andrea Hussong of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill asked adolescents to complete daily diaries with ratings of their mood and alcohol use over 21 days. The study, published in Current Directions in Psychological Science, found adolescents with behavioral problems drink more in general -- irrespective of mood -- but only adolescents without behavioral problems drink more often when feeling depressed. If psychologists discover that certain kinds of people are more likely to drink when depressed, it would be possible to help those people earlier, Daniel J. Bauer, a colleague of Hussong, says. "Ultimately, the idea would be to identify people who might be more at risk and try to help them," Bauer says in a statement. Copyright 2011 by United Press International
Comment on this Story | Share
Home and Consumer Advice from ArcaMax Learn about everything from indoor planting to fair trade coffee with free videos from ArcaMax's Home and Consumer channel. The channel also features the latest news, advice columns like Everyday Cheapskate and Small Spaces, and the latest product recalls. Subscribe to the Home and Consumer ezine instantly for all this content and more sent to you by e-mail all week long. -- From the ArcaMax editors
To see more Health and Fitness, visit the Health and Fitness channel.
ArcaMax proudly distributes 75 popular newsletters, including Garfield, Recipes, Bible Verses, Gardening and Business Success. To Subscribe to any of our Newsletters visit: http://www.arcamax.com/ Email providers may filter your email! Learn how to always get your ArcaMax ezines in your inbox. We invite you to visit BookDaily: Book Samples for Book Lovers
Thank you for your subscription to Health and Fitness from ArcaMax with the following email address: ignoble.experiment@arconati.us Health and Fitness from ArcaMax may be non-commercially distributed unedited! Please share it! Pass it along to friends, family and associates. SUBSCRIBING To Subscribe to any of our Newsletters visit: http://www.arcamax.com/ UNSUBSCRIBING To discontinue this newsletter - Select this link Having Trouble? You may also try this link: http://www.arcamax.com/unsubscribe It is our policy and practice not to send unwanted email. ArcaMax Publishing, Inc. 729 Thimble Shoals Boulevard Suite B Newport News, VA 23606 Copyright 1996-2011 ArcaMax Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved. All registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.