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Archive for August, 2010

Starting college can be a fun and exciting time! But Meeting new people can be kind of hard sometimes, especially if you aren’t a very talkative person. But luckily there are ways to get over being nerves when it comes to talking to and meeting new people. Click on one of the links for more information. 

Anxiety can be a problem for some college and university freshmen, but there are a number of ways they can cope with new experiences and challenges, an expert suggests.

New College Students Urged to Confront Their Social Anxiety

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Finding a good psychologist can be challenging. Here are a few guideline rules that may help you find a great psychologist. Click on the link for the guideline. 

I work in a university hospital, and most of my patients come to me for a second (or third or eighth) opinion, because their treatment isn’t working. Beyond talking to these patients about their problems, I review the notes and records from their treating doctors and therapists, and usually speak with the referring clinician.

How Do I Know if I Have a Good Shrink?

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We Americans eat a lot of extra sugar than is needed. And we sadly start at a pretty early age. Click on one of the links to find out why sugar is bad for you and how to help reduce the amount of sugar you eat.

Americans over the age of 2 now consume 15.8 percent of their daily calories as added sugar. That’s a 50 percent increase from 30 years ago, when added sugars contributed only 10.5 percent of our daily calories. Even worse, studies suggest that added sugars amount to as much as 25 percent of the caloric intake of children and teenagers.

We Eat and Drink Too Much Added Sugar

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If you are British I want to start off by saying you have an awesome accent! And second of all even though you have a cool accent, a study has shown you may have a  high chance of having esophageal cancer, especially if you are a little of weight. Click on the link to find out more about this new study.  

Rates of esophageal cancer in men have risen by 50 percent in Britain in a generation, an increase that is probably being driven in part by growing rates of obesity and poor diet, scientists said on Saturday.

Esophageal cancer rates rise steeply in British men

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We Americans eat a lot of crap. That’s why America is the fattest country. But it take a special certain type of crappy food to make the top ten unhealthiest fast food meals in America. Click on one of the links to see the top ten most unhealthiest fast food meals.

Let’s face it: Fast food is an American institution. Love it or hate it, it’s a facet of life that we’re not shaking any time soon. The good news? It’s entirely possible to eat the occasional drive-thru meal without inflicting too much bodily harm. The challenge is avoiding the kind of foods that wreak havoc on your wasteline. Chain restaurants will try to convince you that a bacon-gravy-sausage sandwich is a slight indulgance, when in truth it’s a severely dangerous way to spend a lunch break. Here we’ve uncovered the country’s 10 worst fast food meals. You’d be wise to avoid them at all costs.

The 10 Worst Fast Food Meals | Eat This, Not That

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