Ten ways for those last ten pounds

Using will power to control weight is like trying to hold your breath, he says. You can do it for a while, but then the brain takes over and demands you gulp.

Women: More concerned with weight than cancer

Women are more concerned about losing weight than they are about suffering from cancer, heart disease or diabetes, a survey showed.

Child development connected to Mother’s mental health

Evaluating the emotional health and social connectedness of pregnant women may help determine if their children will need extra help to meet developmental goals later on, Canadian researchers say.

Child development connected to Mother’s mental health

<a href=”http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=ed4dafe5-e241-4d9f-8831-1f464e7432bf Evaluating the emotional health and social connectedness of pregnant women may help determine if their children will need extra help to meet developmental goals later on, Canadian researchers say.
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Fold your arms, it makes you smarter

The mere act of folding your arms increases perseverance and activates an unconscious desire to succeed, new research shows.

Check Out Your Chewing Gum, It May Cause Cancer

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A substance used to make chewing gum could soon be declared toxic by the federal government after an international agency found that it might cause cancer in lab rats.

Fat? Not my child.

When asked about their children’s health, parents “told us that their children are not obese, that they are all vibrantly physically active,” said Dr. Pipe.

Rich-poor gap linked to heart disease

Their findings supported the hypothesis that income inequality has harmful effects on heart disease, which may be partly a result of its effects on risk factors including obesity, according to Kim.

Out goes the baby bottle

Canada could ban products containing bisphenol A. The Hudson’s Bay Company has decided to pre-empt Health Canada with plans for an urgent national recall of plastic baby bottles, cups and toys containing the synthetic chemical compound from 280 Zellers and 94 Bay stores.