Women skydivers break head-first formation record over Arizona

Sixty-three women from around the world linked hands as they plunged head first toward the Arizona desert on Saturday, shattering the female vertical formation skydiving record, the U.S. Parachute Association said. The skydivers leaped from three aircraft at 18,000 feet near Eloy, about 65 miles southeast of Phoenix, said Nancy Koreen, the association's director of sport promotion. Judges of the Swiss-based Federation Aeronautique Internationale verified the record attempt at the site, she said.



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Obamacare website enters critical phase, unclear if fixes are enough

The rollout of President Barack Obama's healthcare law entered a critical phase on Saturday, the deadline for substantially fixing the program's troubled enrollment website, as the administration scrambled to address the most obvious glitches. The White House, facing mounting pressure from Republican opponents and members of Obama's Democratic party, promised five weeks ago that by November 30 it would repair HealthCare.gov. HealthCare.gov is a key portal for Obama's signature domestic achievement, the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, which aims to extend coverage to millions of people and reduce healthcare costs. Making Obamacare work has enormous political stakes for the administration and its Democratic allies who are heading into congressional elections next year.

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Can't Bear the Holidays Alone? Plan a Singles Vacation

Holidays really should be like commercials; they abound with happy people. From loving couples holding hands while walking in the snow to smiling families all gathered around a dinner table or seated in front of a beautifully decorated tree, commercials make holidays perfect. There is not one solitary person in any commercials, only couples and crowds. ...

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An Attitude of Gratitude

How can you grow by incorporating gratitude into your daily agenda? First, it enables you to acknowledge the positive aspects of your life, whether it is friends, material goods or even opportunities to view something from a different point of view. It can assist you in putting things in perspective.

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The Grieving Introvert and the Holidays: A Different Kind of Survival Guide

Companion yourself. Care for yourself. Listen. Reach out where it feels good to reach, curl in when that is what you need. Make this season as much of a comfort to you as you can. And when it is not a comfort, know we're here. All these other grieving introverts: We get you. We understand.

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Finding Holiday Joy 10 Minutes at a Time

My hope is that my lists and my 10-minute timer keep me grounded. I hope they will help me enjoy, share, appreciate, step back, jump in and even relax. There are not too many Christmas carols that celebrate "relaxing," but that would truly bring joy to my world.

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8 Immediate Stress Busters and Serenity Boosters

Let's face it, daily life can be beyond stressful. And between a demanding job and even more demanding home life, it becomes next to impossible to squeeze a bit of serenity into our everyday rounds. But what if being idle were just as productive -- and necessary -- as being super busy?

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Recessions Associated With Cognitive Decline In Old Age, Study Finds

The effects of economic recessions -- including layoffs and having to work lower-status or lower-paying jobs than you're qualified for -- could take a toll on cognitive functioning, a new study suggests. Research published in The Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health shows that the more recessions a person lives through in early and middle age, the more likely he or she is to experience cognitive decline later on in life. ...

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We Tried It: Lacey Stone's Booty Camp Class

But by the end of the class, I was amazed at what my heart rate monitor was telling me -- especially since I felt I had spent a lot of time just listening to the rules of the next challenge or cheering my teammates on.

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Finding Happiness And Success By Giving Thanks

By Hannah Morgan for U.S. News Giving thanks and being grateful is trendy right now and this season is the time to give thanks. A tradition that began hundreds of years ago as a way of showing gratitude for the food harvested. It is easy to lose sight of the original meaning of this holiday when we're overwhelmed by the force of holiday consumerism. Let's slow down a minute to look at what thanks and giving can do to improve your happiness, without draining your wallet. Success does not equal happiness. We've all said it: "If I just get this

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How Seeking Your Passion Boosts Self-Esteem

The first step in finding your life passion is learning as much as possible about yourself. It's useful to take a personality assessment and skills inventory, as this information will give you a general understanding about your traits and aptitudes.

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Am I Crazy? The Bizarre Experience of Sleep Paralysis

Many of those afflicted with sleep paralysis report the perceived presence of a human figure at the bedside, often described as dark, like a ghost or a shadow. Understandably, this experience in the middle of the night, as you come out of sleep, can be downright terrifying.

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Ancient Healing Techniques That Can Improve Your Modern Life

Ironically, when it comes to treating the ailments of modern life -- which can be exacerbated by chronic stress and a relentlessly fast-paced life -- thousand-year-old healing methods might be some of the best remedies. The exploding popularity of meditation and yoga in the West -- the physical and mental health benefits of which are supported by an extensive body of scientific research -- have put ancient healing methods on the map. ...

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Rise 'n' shine to fitness: Sunny Deol

Hindustan TimesRise 'n' shine to fitness: Sunny DeolHindustan TimesThe 'dhaai kilo ka haath' tag defines actor Sunny Deol's tough image the best. And, while we are not putting it up on a weighing scale for a fact-check, the 56-year-old undoubtedly looked like he was at his healthy best, when he visited the HT House ...

We Are More Likely To Lie In the Afternoon

If you want to catch someone in a lie, you'll raise your odds in the afternoons, as most people are more likely to cheat or lie then as opposed to the morning. Christie Nicholson reports



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Crucial weekend for Obamacare website begins with a shutdown

By Roberta Rampton and Sharon Begley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A crucial weekend for the troubled website that is the backbone of President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul appears to be off to a shaky start, as the U.S. government took the HealthCare.gov site offline for an unusually long maintenance period into Saturday morning. Just hours before the Obama administration's self-imposed deadline to get the insurance shopping website working for the "vast majority" of its users by Saturday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it was taking down the website for an 11-hour period that would end at 8 a.m. EST on Saturday. It was unclear whether the extended shutdown of the website - about seven hours longer than on typical day - represented a major setback to the Obama administration's high-stakes scramble to fix the portal that it hopes eventually will enroll about 7 million uninsured and under-insured Americans under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.

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U.S. healthcare website down overnight for extended upgrade

By Roberta Rampton and Sharon Begley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government said it would take down the website at the center of President Barack Obama's healthcare reforms for an extended 11-hour period overnight on Friday as technology experts push to complete upgrades by a November 30 deadline. The website, HealthCare.gov, was supposed to make it easy to shop for health insurance required by the Obamacare law when it launched on October 1, but quickly turned into a political disaster after errors and timelags prevented most people who visited the site from signing up. They had worked on software and hardware upgrades through the U.S. Thanksgiving week to double its capacity so as many as 50,000 people could shop at the same time on the site. Just ahead of that self-imposed Saturday deadline, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said the website would be down for an unusually long period, from 9 p.m. EST on Friday until 8 a.m. EST on Saturday.

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U.S. healthcare website down for overnight maintenance

By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The website at the center of President Barack Obama's healthcare reforms will be down for an extended period overnight on Friday as the government pushes to complete upgrades by a November 30 deadline, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said. The website, HealthCare.gov, will be down from 9 p.m. EST on Friday until 8 a.m. EST on Saturday, CMS said. (Reporting by Roberta Rampton; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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Music-based program may boost seniors' brain function, mood

By C. E. Huggins NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A music-based training program that challenges both the body and the mind may improve brain function and mood among seniors, suggests a new study from Switzerland. "The take-home message is that 6-months of music-based multitask training (i.e., Jaques-Dalcroze eurhythmics) - a specific training regimen which was previously shown to be effective in improving gait and reducing falls - has beneficial effects on cognition and mood in older adults," Dr. Mélany Hars, of Geneva University Hospitals, told Reuters Health in an email. Jacques-Dalcroze eurhythmics was developed in the early part of the 20th century by the Swiss composer Emile Jaques-Dalcroze as a way to better understand music through movement. A typical Jacques-Dalcroze session involves participants adapting their movements to the rhythmic changes of improvised piano music.



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Risk factors may point to less-safe senior drivers

By Allison Bond NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tests of physical abilities, such as balance and strength, may reveal how well an elderly driver will perform on the road, according to a new study. Trouble with balance, weak lower limbs and poor neck flexibility were among the attributes Australian researchers linked to a higher risk of less-safe driving in The Journals of Gerontology: Series A. "Although there has been a lot of research on the cognitive and visual predictors of driving performance and safety, very little work has so far looked at physical function and its relation to driving," said Philippe Lacherez, a post-doctoral fellow at Queensland University of Technology who led the study. About 17 percent of the participants made critical errors while driving in a test that was scored by a professional driving instructor and involved a range of traffic densities and complex or simple intersections. In the physical abilities tests, the unsafe drivers tended to have a decreased ability to move the neck, slower reaction times, poor perception of vibration and lack of strength in the legs and feet.



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Staying active all day linked to healthy aging

By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A generally active life, even without regular exercise sessions, was tied to better heart health and greater longevity in a study of older Swedes. "We have known for 60 years that physical activity is important for the heart," said lead author Elin Ekblom-Bak, of the Åstrand Laboratory of Work Physiology of the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences in Stockholm. For older people, who tend to exercise vigorously less than younger people, spending more time doing low-intensity activities like these could help cut down on sitting time, Ekblom-Bak and her colleagues write in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. At the study's outset, people who were more active on a daily basis, regardless of their exercise levels, tended to have smaller waists and healthier cholesterol levels.

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This Is What Happens To Your Body After The Thanksgiving Meal

We've made countless jokes about our "Thanksgiving pants" and planned belt unbuckling as we prepare to indulge in a big meal on Thursday. And, in case you missed it, we've also done our best to calculate the number of calories we might consume if we don't rein it in a little bit. But what actually happens to your system when you overeat during the holidays? We asked Dr. Jay Kuemmerle, a gastroenterologist and professor of medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University and Dr. ...

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Military deployments tied to teens' depression

By Kathleen Raven NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adolescents who experience the deployment of a family member in the U.S. military may face an increased risk of depression, suggests a new study. Ninth- and eleventh-grade students in California public schools with two or more deployment experiences over the past decade were 56 percent more likely to feel sad or hopeless compared with their non-military-family peers, the researchers found. The same kids were 34 percent more likely to have suicidal thoughts. The study is one of very few that compare students from military families to their non-military peers, said Julie Cederbaum, an assistant professor of social work at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, who led the study.



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Obama says 'nowhere to go but up' after HealthCare.gov debacle

By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's popularity has taken a beating over the botched October 1 launch of Obamacare, but in a television interview set to air on Friday, Obama said he believes Americans eventually will appreciate his signature healthcare reform. Reflecting on his poll numbers in an interview with ABC's Barbara Walters, Obama said: "I've gone up and down pretty much consistently throughout. "But the good thing about when you're down is that usually you got nowhere to go but up," Obama added, according to excerpts released by ABC. The interview was taped last week as the Obama administration scrambled to meet a self-imposed November 30 deadline to overhaul HealthCare.gov, the website used in 36 states to shop for insurance under the Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as Obamacare.

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Saatchi says he still adores ex-wife Nigella Lawson

By Alexander Winning LONDON (Reuters) - Millionaire art dealer Charles Saatchi told a court on Friday he still "absolutely adores" his ex-wife, TV chef Nigella Lawson, despite their very public divorce in July. The celebrity pair ended their 10-year marriage and Saatchi accepted a police caution after newspapers splashed pictures of him with his hands round her neck at a London restaurant in June. Saatchi's comments came during the trial of the pair's two personal assistants, Italian sisters Elisabetta and Francesca Grillo, who are accused of fraud by using credit cards lent to them by the couple to spend more than 685,000 pounds ($1.1 million) on themselves over four years. I adore Nigella now, I absolutely adore Nigella and I'm broken-hearted to have lost her." Isleworth Crown Court in West London has been told by the prosecution that in the four months to June 2012 alone, Francesca Grillo, 35, spent an average of 48,000 pounds per month and 41-year-old Elisabetta 28,000 pounds.

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Latest health law delay: small business website

CHICAGO (AP) — Small businesses interested in buying marketplace health insurance plans for their workers will have to purchase them from agents, brokers or insurance companies for the next year, rather than through the government website.

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Tongue pierce lets the paralyzed drive wheelchairs

WASHINGTON (AP) — An experimental device is letting paralyzed people drive wheelchairs simply by flicking their tongue in the right direction.

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Why You Need to Slack Off at Work This Week

Working too much makes us stupider, unhappier, unhealthier and less successful. Let's break this down, shall we?

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7 Health Problems Improved By Sleep

What if the cure for what ails you was as simple as going to sleep? We spend a lot of time talking about how dangerous it is to skimp on that good quality shut-eye. Sometimes we ignore the flip side of that equation: Sleep can work wonders. No, it won't cure cancer or save you from a heart attack (although it might help). But getting enough sleep may be just what you need to turn the corner when it comes to a number of health concerns. Check out a few problems sleep can improve below, then tell us why you

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Use Your Words: How to Reduce Stress by Speaking Kindly This Season

Stress isn't out there -- it's how you respond to stress that determines your experience. Thoughts and words are a critical part of that because they mirror how you interpret what's going on around you.

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6 Myths About Creativity

By Anna Davies for YouBeauty Made lunch out of the leftovers found in the fridge. Talked your co-workers into agreeing on a solution to a client problem. Tweeted a wry observation about last night's episode of "Nashville." While it may sound like any other day, all of these instances are examples where you've flexed your creative muscle. And, like any other muscle, the more you use it, the stronger it gets, giving you an edge at home, at work and in social situations. A lot of people have misconceptions about what "being creative" means, which makes it hard for them

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Younger, Female Heart Attack Survivors Face Higher Risk Of Mental Stress-Induced Myocardial Ischemia

Young and middle-aged women who have recently had a heart attack might be at a higher risk for restricted blood flow to the heart due to mental stress, according to a small new study. Researchers from Emory University found that mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia is more common among women under age 50 than men in the same age group. Myocardial ischemia occurs when the coronary arteries are blocked partially or completely, limiting flow of blood to the heart. This can lead to heart attack or abnormal heart rhythms, according to the Mayo Clinic.

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Journal withdraws controversial French Monsanto GM study

Reed Elsevier's Food and Chemical Toxicology (FCT)journal, which published the study by the French researcher Gilles-Eric Seralini in September 2012, said the retraction was because the study's small sample size meant no definitive conclusions could be reached. "Ultimately, the results presented - while not incorrect - are inconclusive, and therefore do not reach the threshold of publication for Food and Chemical Toxicology." At the time of its original publication, hundreds of scientists across the world questioned Seralini's research, which said rats fed Monsanto's GM corn had suffered tumors and multiple organ failure. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) issued a statement in November 2012 saying the study by Seralini, who was based at France's University of Caen, had serious defects in design and methodology and did not meet acceptable scientific standards. In its retraction statement, the FCT said that, in light of these concerns, it too had asked to view the raw data.

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Teen With Half a Face Stands Up to Her Bullies

Sarah Atwell Posts YouTube Video, Then Gets Surgery

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Angola says Dos Santos is fine, denies cancer treatment report

Angola on Friday denied a report by Portuguese state TV that President Jose Eduardo dos Santos was undergoing cancer treatment, saying the long-serving 71-year-old was in good health. The RTP report on Thursday said Dos Santos had checked in to the oncology unit of a clinic in Barcelona. "He is in good health and will return within days." In power since 1979, Dos Santos is Africa's second longest-serving leader. He flew to Barcelona from Luanda on November 9 on a private visit.

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Russian prosecutors seek nine years for acid attack dancer

By Maria Tsvetkova MOSCOW (Reuters) - State prosecutors demanded a nine-year jail sentence on Friday for a dancer accused of ordering an acid attack that nearly blinded the Bolshoi Ballet's artistic director and exposed bitter rivalries at one of Russia's great cultural institutions. Pavel Dmitrichenko, a former soloist at the Bolshoi, showed no emotion as he sat still in a courtroom cage listening to the prosecution summary in a trial that began a month ago. The prosecution also asked for 10 years in prison for Yuri Zarutsky, who is accused of throwing the acid in artistic director Sergei Filin's face last January, and six years for Andrei Lipatov, accused of driving him to and from the scene. "Dmitrichenko's motive was a conflict between Filin and Dmitrichenko," prosecutor Yulia Shumovskaya told the Moscow court, saying the dispute was caused by the dancer's disappointment at not being given good roles by Filin.

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Gov't to keep ban on paying bone marrow donors

WASHINGTON (AP) — Could paying for bone marrow cells really boost the number of donors? The Obama administration is taking steps to block a federal court ruling that had opened a way to find out.



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Angola denies report that Dos Santos treated for cancer in Spain

Angola on Friday denied a report by Portuguese state TV that the oil-producing African state's long-serving President Jose Eduardo dos Santos was undergoing cancer treatment in Spain. "I don't have anything to say, because it is not true," Angolan Foreign Minister Georges Chikoti told reporters in Luanda. The RTP report, broadcast late on Thursday, said dos Santos had checked in to the oncology unit of a clinic in Barcelona. The 71-year-old dos Santos has been in power in Africa's second-biggest oil producer since 1979, making him the continent's second longest-serving leader.

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Prosecutors seek nine-year jail term for Bolshoi dancer over acid attack

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian state prosecutors demanded a nine-year jail sentence on Friday for a dancer accused of masterminding an acid attack that nearly blinded the Bolshoi Ballet's artistic director. Pavel Dmitrichenko has pleaded not guilty to ordering the acid attack. State prosecutor Yulia Shumovskaya also asked for 10 years in jail for the man accused of carrying out the attack and six years for an accomplice. (Reporting by Maria Tsvetkova, Editing by Timothy Heritage)

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Angola denies report that Dos Santos treated for cancer in Spain

Angola on Friday denied a report by Portuguese state TV that the oil-producing African state's long-serving President Jose Eduardo dos Santos was undergoing cancer treatment in Spain. "I don't have anything to say, because it is not true," Angolan Foreign Minister Georges Chikoti told reporters in Luanda. The RTP report, broadcast late on Thursday, said dos Santos had checked in to the oncology unit of a clinic in Barcelona. The 71-year-old dos Santos has been in power in Africa's second-biggest oil producer since 1979, making him the continent's second longest-serving leader.

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WATCH: Just Say 'Yes!'

Perhaps you've seen the Jim Carrey movie Yes Man. While I'm not necessarily encouraging you to go to the same lengths, is it perhaps possible that there are more good experiences out there that you could say "yes" to?



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Isolation fuels radicalization in arid north Cameroon

By Misha Hussain DOUGUI, Cameroon, Nov 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Nafisa Isa lost her home when a dam broke and flooded her village. Treatments distributed by U.N. child agency UNICEF near the camp have been seized by unscrupulous government officials who then sell them to desperate mothers, Nafisa said. Her plight highlights the broader one in semi-arid Far North region, home to 4 million people - a fifth of Cameroon's population. Many say neglect by the government in Yaounde, 700 km (400 miles) away in the largely Christian south, has left the predominantly Muslim Far North with the country's worst development indicators.



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European firms size up Iran's post-deal potential

By Alexandra Hudson BERLIN (Reuters) - The phone hasn't stopped ringing at the German-Iranian Chamber of Commerce since six world powers reached a deal with Tehran to curb its nuclear program, opening the prospect that Iran can begin to shake off its economic isolation. A strategically located country with massive oil and gas reserves, an urgent need to overhaul its creaking infrastructure, and a young population of 76 million is of particular interest to export champion Germany, once Iran's largest trade partner. "We are speaking to companies interested in doing business with Iran all day," said Michael Tockuss, director of the chamber of commerce. The preliminary accord struck in Geneva on Sunday, which brings up to $7 billion worth of sanctions relief to Iran, could still come unstuck after 10 years of distrust and rancor, leading to yet deeper sanctions that could sink any hasty investments.



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How former poly grad made millions out of passion for fitness

Yahoo Singapore News (blog)How former poly grad made millions out of passion for fitnessYahoo Singapore News (blog)In the 10 years since, hard work -- coupled the the growing acceptance of e-commerce and the boom is health and fitness-related products -- helpd Huang turned around the failing business. Last year, his company hit annual sales of S$5 million for the ...

'Smart' wig navigates by GPS, monitors brainwaves

The techno-toupe, which can read the wearer's brainwaves and direct them to their destination with onboard GPS, is the latest -- and possibly the wackiest -- addition to the world of wearable computing. A spokeswoman for Sony said Thursday that patents for the SmartWig had been filed in the European Union and the United States, although there were currently no plans to commercialise the product.

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Britain should scrap plan to ban khat drug: lawmakers

By Peter Griffiths LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's plan to ban khat, a leafy plant chewed as a stimulant in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian peninsula, should be dropped because it could alienate immigrants and damage counter-terrorism operations, lawmakers said on Friday. Parliament's Home Affairs Committee, a panel with influence but no legal power, said the ban was not based on any evidence of medical or social harm. Banning the use of khat, or qat, would create tension between the police and immigrants, particularly Somalis who have settled across Britain, the committee said in a report. It would also be seen as a betrayal by Kenya, where growing khat is a big source of income in some areas, the panel added.

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Masked artist makes sticky issue out of radiation in Japan

By Sophie Knight TOKYO (Reuters) - With his face hidden behind sunglasses and a white surgical mask, the artist is almost as invisible as the radioactive contamination he is protesting against - yet his stickers are graphic reminders of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Known as 281 Antinuke, Japan's answer to Banksy has covered Tokyo streets in images depicting politicians as vampires and children being shielded from radioactive rain to highlight the consequences of a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant after an earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. The disaster and the response by plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) stoked anti-nuclear sentiment and the biggest public protests in Japan since the 1960s, but the movement has since lost momentum. "Perhaps because everyone believes people telling them on television that everything is fine, they don't seem so worried," 281 Antinuke told Reuters.

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Journal withdraws controversial French Monsanto GM study

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - The publisher of a controversial and much-criticized study suggesting genetically modified corn caused tumors in rats has withdrawn the paper after a yearlong investigation found it did not meet scientific standards. Reed Elsevier's Food and Chemical Toxicology journal, which published the study by the French researcher Gilles-Eric Seralini in September 2012, said on Thursday the retraction was because the study's small sample size meant no definitive conclusions could be reached. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) issued a statement in November 2012 saying the study by Seralini, who was based at France's University of Caen, had serious defects in design and methodology and did not meet acceptable scientific standards. In its retraction statement, the Food and Chemical Toxicology journal said that in light of these concerns, it too had requested to view the raw data from the study.

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Brendan Keenan: OMG, OMT will require monitoring of fiscal fitness

Irish IndependentBrendan Keenan: OMG, OMT will require monitoring of fiscal fitnessIrish IndependentIf the troika deemed the country fit for the markets, and provided the country retained that fitness, the ECB would endorse that judgment by backing its bonds. Ongoing fiscal fitness would be required of course, so there would be conditions and monitoring.

Novo to launch mid-stage tests with new diabetes pill

By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - Novo Nordisk is about to launch a mid-stage clinical study with a tablet version of a so-called GLP-1 medicine as it steps up the hunt for diabetes pills that can replace injections. The Phase II trial may start as early as next week and will involve approximately 600 patients, Chief Science Officer Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen said on Thursday. "It is a milestone because this is not incremental innovation, it's disruptive innovation," he told Reuters in an interview during a visit to London. The Danish company is already the world's biggest supplier of diabetes medicines, which include its popular GLP-1 product Victoza.



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Acupuncture could help in the dentist's chair

By Kathleen Raven NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Acupuncture may provide relief for dental patients who reflexively gag during procedures like teeth impressions, according to Italian researchers. People who cannot help their gag reflex may unintentionally deprive themselves of the best dental care, write Giuseppa Bilello and Antonella Fregapane, both from the University of Palermo in Sicily. Acupuncture may be one strategy to solve that problem, the pair suggests. The researchers recruited 20 people with a history of gag reflex in the dental chair to have upper and lower teeth impressions taken under normal circumstances and then immediately after acupuncture.



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Debra Winger, Robert Stickgold Reveal How To Recall Your Dreams (VIDEO)

Our dreams could provide insight into our minds and uncover partsof our conscious we didn't even know were in play -- but whathappens if you don't remember them once you open your eyes? The keyto remembering your dreams may lie in how you approach your wakingstate. Robert Stickgold, Harvard Medical School psychiatrist anddream specialist, tells actor Debra Winger that our brains onlyhave a few moments to capture those illusive images we generate inour sleep. Anything that immediately engages our senses -- whetherit's an alarm clock or a nudge from our partners

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Fewer Americans Report Healthy Eating in 2013: Study

Americans are eating less healthfully this year compared with last year, according to a new report from Gallup-Healthways researchers.

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Older women still getting Pap smears despite guidelines

By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuter Health) - Women who've had a hysterectomy, and most women over 65, don't need regular swabs for signs of cervical cancer - but lots of them are getting the test anyway, say U.S. researchers. Experts recommend that young women start having internal pelvic exams, including a Papanicolaou test, or "Pap smear," to check for abnormal cells on the cervix, performed by a gynecologist at age 21. The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that women ages 21 to 65 without a history of cervical problems have a Pap smear every three years. Women over 65 who have had recent regular Paps with normal results, and those who have had total hysterectomies and no longer have a cervix no longer need to have the screening test, according to the government-backed panel.



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Feds: US abortions dropped in 2010; decline slowed

ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. abortions have continued to decline, but not quite as steeply as before.



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Freezing Out Colds and Flu This Winter: The P's and Q's of Boosting Your Immune System

Don't let a cold catch you by surprise. As a parent and busy mom, one of my secrets that I pass on to my patients is to begin a cold and flu prevention regimen before the season hits.

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Turning to the Bible for Weight Loss with the Daniel Diet

Diet Encourages Eating Mainly Raw Vegetables

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US abortions had slower decline in 2010 than 2009

ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. abortions have continued to decline, but not quite as steeply as before.



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America Is Sick of Chicken

The most effective way to avoid salmonella (other than abstaining from eating poultry) is to know where your food is coming from. When choosing a chicken or a turkey to consume, it is imperative to consider its genetics, the conditions in which it was raised, what it was fed, and whether or not it was treated with antibiotics. Avoiding animals that were bred and raised on a factory farm is a step in the right direction.

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The One Question Richard Simmons Has For Parents Of Obese Kids (VIDEO)

"This world is just filled with overweight kids. It's justhorrible," Richard Simmons said between tears during a recentappearance on HuffPost Live. "A woman will write me and go, 'Mydaughter is 12 years old and 215,'" he continued. "I kinda go,'Well, how much do you weigh?'" He says it's a tough question formost parents to face, but that overweight children are learningtheir behavior from somewhere, whether it's from their friends,from television or at home. Watch the clip above for more fromSimmons on the importance of getting kids active, then check outhis whole

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Modest millionaire leaves mega-fortune to Seattle hospital, other charities

Jack MacDonald wasn't a flashy man. He clipped coupons. He sought bargins. He used his senior citizen bus pass for discounts.



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The Boy in the Boardroom: When Sexual Abuse and Manhood Collide

Who's in charge of prioritizing man-rules? Aren't there exceptions? Where do we draw the line between ordering chicken wings when our health requires a grilled chicken salad, and abandoning healthiness and happiness altogether to protect a notion that none of us are obligated to defend?

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