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Autumn Exercise Made Simple
October 1, 2012... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] AS THE WEATHER turns and leaves begin to fall, research from Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., shows that older citizens are well served to get up and grab a rake themselves, as there is a strong connection among seniors, exercise, and mental and physical health,...

How Will ObamaCare Change Choices?
October 1, 2012... Today's hormonal forms of birth control differ vastly from those used by earlier generations of women, with lower levels of hormones and alternate means of delivery (not just a pill), but many of the same problems related to sexual pleasure remain. A study at Indiana University,...

Face Recognition May Be First to Go
October 1, 2012... The inability to recognize faces appears to be a sensitive and reliable marker for identifying the earliest stages of dementia in the elderly, indicate scientists at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, La. "The data not only indicates that facial recognition tests may...

Sex Hormone Critical to Proper Body Weight
October 1, 2012... Estrogen regulates energy expenditure, appetite, and body weight, while insufficient estrogen receptors in specific parts of the brain may lead to obesity. "Estrogen has a profound effect on metabolism," declares internist Deborah Clegg, senior author of a study published in Cell Metabolism....

Confirming Placement with Sonograms
October 1, 2012... A retrospective study of women who became pregnant while using intrauterine devices shows that more than half of the IUDs were malpositioned. Though the displacement may have occurred over time, an obstetrician suggests that routine sonograms after IUD placement would in the least confirm...