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- NEWS & NOTES
Hormone may help dieters keep weight off
Falling levels leptin, a hormone that helps the brain resist tempting foods, may explain why people who lose weight often have a hard time keeping it off, researchers said recently.
- Why does he drink so much when we go out?
Many people drink as a way of self-medicating for social anxiety, which takes many forms: boredom, insecurity or out-and-out panic. Some experts estimate that 25 percent of the population suffers with this problem.
- HEALTH Q&A
OTC pain relievers safe in the short-term
Which over-the-counter pain reliever is safest: acetaminophen, ibuprofen, naproxen or ketoprofen?
- Wellnews: All the news that's fit
Grief is universal and inevitable. We all experience it in our lives, usually with the loss of a loved one. In time, most of us accept, adapt and move on.
- FACT VS. FICTION
A pacemaker and an iPod can keep the beat together
A much-noted study last year raised more than a few eyebrows when it suggested that digital music players could set hearts aflutter – by interfering with pacemakers.
- Diet books offer pages of advice, but is any of it good?
One plan advises you to follow it three times a week. Another allows no snacks – except on certain days. And a third advocates eating up to 20 percent less.
- Health briefs
The risks of taking some antidepressants for conditions other than medical depression – such as back pain or premature ejaculation – can be hurtful. Mixing selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs causes a sixfold spike in your risk of internal bleeding.
- FIREHOUSE FITNESS
Meet The Press - Working with dumbbell increases core stability
The risks of taking some antidepressants for conditions other than medical depression – such as back pain or premature ejaculation – can be hurtful. Mixing selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs causes a sixfold spike in your risk of internal bleeding.
- Health Calendar
- Go the sun lite route with self-tanners
It's shorts season, but if you put on Bermudas and find your legs looking more Saskatchewan than San Tropez, you might consider getting a little color.
- Tanning options - How to get the look
- ABC Family adds edgy content as a part of network makeover
'The Secret Life of the American Teenager” opens with a 15-year-old getting pregnant at band camp. Subsequent scenes depict two teenagers, each asking adults for free condoms.
- Guest list a good read at party for retiring Public Library chief
Anna Tatár, director of the San Diego Public Library for the past 10 years, plans to retire soon, so a large company of friends and admirers turned out the other day for a party in her honor. Susan Hildreth, who is the state librarian of California, was there, and so were Judith Harris, chairwoman of the San Diego Public Library Foundation, and Katie Sullivan, who chairs the San Diego Public Library Board of Library Commissioners.
- MORNING SURF
Fox 5 News gets ready for switch
When the new Fox 5 News goes on the air next month, Chrissy Russo will be on it. The former Fox6 News anchor will be reporting on weather and traffic for “Fox 5 Morning News,” the station's four-hour weekday news show.
- DEAR ABBY
Husband avoids time with family to stay out all night 'with friends'
My husband of three years, “Mike,” is never home. He goes to work and then hangs out with his buddies, leaving me at home with our baby and my two other children until late at night. On weekends, Mike jumps out of bed, showers and leaves – sometimes not returning until the wee hours of the morning. He says he's “with friends.”
- TELL ME ABOUT IT CAROLYN HAX
Parent salutes child individuality
While I'm away, I'm letting you give the advice. The following are readers' opinions on issues they've seen in the column.
- Lower your blood pressure naturally
Did you know that one in four Americans has high blood pressure? How can you optimize your chances of having great blood-pressure numbers? Are there any natural remedies that have been shown to help blood pressure?
- Graphic novels keep delivering box-office gold
'Wanted” is the latest evidence that filmmakers can't get enough of graphic novels and comic-book series as inspirations for movies.
- Some movies draw a crowd, others not so much
The promise and pitfalls of graphic-novel adaptations:
- From booksellers, off-the-shelf advice for summer reading
I thought I'd be lazy and enlist the help of some booksellers for summer reading suggestions. Here are just a few ideas for those long, lazy days on the beach:
- Best Sellers
- TV: What's on
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