Donna Summer, 63, Has D...
What a sad day. First, Mary Richardson Kennedy ‘s heartbreaking suicide , and now, the AP has confirmed that disco royalty Donna Summer has died at age 63, following a long battle with breast cancer . Summer, whose music has been a staple in dance clubs for decades, won five Grammys and was widely regarded as one of the most prominent hit-makers of the disco era. She was first artist to have three consecutive double albums hit the top spot on Billboard. Within 13 months, she...Another Woman With Scar...
As if the story about the college student who lost her leg due to a strange flesh-eating bacteria wasn’t scary enough, now there is another case reported of the same bacteria. This type of bacteria, necrotizing fasciitis, is extremely dangerous and claims the lives of 25% of the people who get it. All the more reason to make sure you know the warning signs. Lana Kuykendall , a South Carolina mom who just delivered twins last week is in critical condition while battling...
Don’t Skip Your Morni...
Though Miley Cyrus seems pretty sold on the stuff, health advocates are always waffling about coffee–is it a miracle drug? Is it going to kill you? What does it all mean? But in a new (and giant) study published today in The New England Journal of Medicine , it seems that your morning cup of drip may help you reach retirement age and beyond. According to the study, it’s possible that drinking coffee helps you live longer. Or at least, the habits of being a coffee...The Week in Clean Tech:...
Catch up on cleantech news from the week in 5 minutes. More: The Week in Clean Tech: OLED TVs You Can’t Afford, Slowed Smart Meter Installations, Backup Power for iPhones and...Afternoon Links: Are Yo...
• Yoga ”rockstars”: physically amazing human beings…or big jerks? ( YogaDork ) • Speaking of yoga rockstars…yoga is getting its first reality show called–get this–Rock Your Yoga ( Well&Good ) • So, that TIME magazine article that everyone’s all up in arms about? Yeah, it’s not what you think ( The Stir ) • Poverty: the perfect, horrible, obesity-causing storm ( HuffPost Healthy Living ) • Olympic swimmer Dara Torres...40% Of Young Adults Ski...
The internet has been aflutter with arguments over whether Girls is the voice of a generation, as Lena Dunham ‘s character Hanna memorably claims she might be. But when it comes to birth control and safe sex, the show is closer to the mark than we’d like to believe, at least according to a new Guttmacher study that shows most young adults between the ages of 18 to 29 are kind of clueless about birth control; in fact, 40% of them don’t even think birth control is...Christy Turlington’s ...
Hold off on those brunch plans and the visions of spending a day chore-free and at the spa. Supermodel Christy Turlington Burns wants all of us moms to boycott Mother’s Day this year. No gifts, no phone calls, no Facebook posts. Disappear, spend the day in silence, she says. Why? It’s her way of bringing attention to the thousands of women who die from childbirth every year. But not even a homemade card from your kids? Bring on the controversy. In her new video, “No...Afternoon Links: Cool (...
• Are you ready for summer? These yummy vegan treats will help get you there ( Oh She Glows ) • Are you committing these treadmill sins? Stop it, already! ( FitSugar ) • Fast eaters, beware–your diabetes risk may be higher ( HuffPost Healthy Living ) •Bad news, beef-eaters: cows cause as much smog in L.A. as cars do ( Grist ) • Before you head to brunch , check out this list of the worst choices on the menu ( Fitbie ) • What do you think of TIME’s toddler ...
High Blood Pressure Isn...
In my mid-20s, I thought high blood pressure (aka hypertension) was something only people my parent’s age had to worry about. It’s not. A number of things—alcohol, birth control pill, diet, pregnancy or, as I found out, a combination of stress + drinking a latte and smoking a cigarette before your doctor’s appointment—can lead to high blood pressure in younger women (and men). And high blood pressure can lead to heart attack, stroke and kidney damage, no matter...