Thursday, May 17, 2012
Need a last-minute date or want to ditch your dud? Not sure what prom dress or hairstyle looks best on you? Try these helpful tips from AT&T.
If there is one word that’s on the mind of every high school student this time of year it might be PROM! Yes, we’re right in the midst of prom-mania—Cerritos High School’s Prom is this Saturday—and arguably the hottest accessory for prom is something that most of us can’t live without: our mobile phone. Be smart and use your phone as your personal assistant for all prom-planning. From finding a date to picking your hairstyle, your mobile device is going to be the one-stop shop to make your prom night the best ever! Here are six tips from AT&T to help you be the bomb at the prom. 1. Desperate for a last-minute date? Need a confidence boost? Check out Ask2Dance ($1.99 for iPhone) to let the romance$ flow. 2. Is your date not what you …
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
An FDA-approved vaccine cuts risk of the painful infection by 70 percent.
I wasn't planning to think about shingles all week, but couldn’t avoid it. It started with an email from a close friend saying she had the painful skin rash, which is caused by the varicella-zoster virus. I winced, recalling my own bout of shingles, when I drove to and from work every day, steering with my right hand and holding the seat belt away from my torso with my left, because the pain from having the belt touch the rash on my rib cage was intolerable. A day later, I came across a 2011 Institute of Medicine report on chronic pain. One of the leading causes? Post-herpetic neuralgia, the nerve pain that sometimes follows shingles, and which can last anywhere from weeks to years. The shingles theme continued the next day when I saw my …
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Unless you consume nearly 2 pounds of dairy products daily, you may not be getting enough calcium. But here's some other options.
Have you eaten your 1.75 pounds dairy products today? If you’re like most Americans, that’s your share. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Americans consume 630 pounds of milk, yogurt, cheese and ice cream every year, a number that could increase when the agency updates its report in July. Dairy products, particularly low-fat varieties, can be excellent sources of protein, calcium, and vitamin D. But there are other choices for people who don’t like dairy, follow a vegan diet, or are among the 60 percent of adults worldwide who can’t digest milk products. Plenty of nondairy food sources deliver the calcium you need to help keep your bones strong. How much calcium is enough? If you’re older than 50, you need 1,200 mg of …
Friday, April 27, 2012
Hints to improve your digestion and your overall health.
Americans feel it in their guts. Poor health, that is, the combined consequences of an unwholesome diet, stress, aging, and not drinking enough water. Every year, more than 90 million Americans seek help from a doctor for gut-related problems such as acid reflux, pancreatitis, gallstones, and irritable bowel syndrome, according to the American College of Gastroenterology. With a few simple and straightforward steps, you can improve your GI tract function, boost your overall health, and perhaps avoid being one of those 90 million in the doctor’s office. Your gut not only digests your food, but is integrally linked to brain function, hormones associated with sleep and thinking, sex drive, the heart, the body’s muscles, and immune function, …
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Tickets to see the popular touring jam band will go on sale Friday.
The popular jam band Phish, known for their musical improvisations, “Deadicated” followers and Ben and Jerry’s flavor of ice cream, will be kicking off their second leg of their summer tour at the Long Beach Arena on Wednesday, August 15. “This is sure to be a sellout performance,” said Dan Spellens, director of theaters and entertainment for SMG at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, in a statement. "We are excited to host the launch of Phish’s summer tour at the Long Beach Arena." Phish is known for dynamic live performances, which in the past have included playing while jumping on trampolines, incredible light shows and grand entrances, such as their New Year’s 2000 show in Florida when they entered the stage from a giant …
Monday, April 23, 2012
His holiness offered a "peace of mind," talk on Saturday with the main message that peace starts within each of us. He was also introduced by actor Richard Gere.
The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, delivered a public talk on Peace of Mind in Troubled Times at the Long Beach Arena at the Long Beach Convention Center on Saturday. I had the privilege of being in that audience and felt it was a positive experience to share. The Dalai Lama was sponsored for this event by the Gaden Shartse Thubten Dhargye Ling ("Land of Flourishing Dharma") a center for the study of Buddhism and the Tibetan culture. The Dalai Lama is a powerful teacher in the line of Tibetan Buddhism. He speaks around the world appearing with many spiritual and political dignitaries. His words carry the refrains of nonviolence, compassion and human rights. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989. I was intrigued to find out that he would be…
Monday, April 16, 2012
Older adults and vegans are most at risk.
You need vitamin B12 to form red blood cells, keep your brain sharp, and fuel your energy levels. Vitamin B12 also regulates the level of the amino acid homocysteine in your body. High homocysteine ups your risk for heart disease, so adequate levels of B12 are important for your cardiovascular health, too. With less than the recommended 2.4 mcg daily for adults, the symptoms of low B12 can range from simple fatigue and brain fog to serious changes in vision and balance. Children need B12, too, between .9 and 1.4 mcg a day, depending on their age. Most of us can get enough B12 from food sources, which include meat, seafood, milk products, poultry, and eggs. Liver is one of the best sources of B12, but if the thought of a plate of liver …
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Despite polls showing that a slight majority of Americans now support same sex marriage, the renowned pastor does not believe Saddleback Church should change its stance.
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Tuesday, April 10
Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren stood by his opposition to same sex marriage Sunday in an appearance on ABC, saying that he does not believe the church should conform to accept growing support for same sex marriage. “History shows that when the church accommodates culture, it weakens it,” Warren, pastor of the Lake Forest church, said during the interview on "This Week." “If I’m unpopular for certain beliefs, well, then I’m unpopular for certain beliefs,” Warren said. “And to me, the Bible is very clear that sex is for a man and a woman in marriage only.” On ministering to the Trayvon Martin community, Warren told ABC that he would be promoting reconciliation. "Martin Luther King was brilliant in that he knew we do not overcome evil …
California researchers develop model of how dementia spreads.
Filmmaker James Cameron proclaimed that he had opened a “new frontier” when he reached the Mariana Trench’s Challenger Deep last month, 200 miles below the surface of the ocean. Quietly and with less fanfare, California researchers have unlocked an important discovery about the human frontier of the brain, detecting new information about how dementia spreads. Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco concluded that Alzheimer’s disease, as well as other forms of dementia, may move directly between connected neurons in the brain. The degree of connectedness between a nerve region in the brain and a disease “hot spot,” or epicenter, appears to have the strongest influence on how the degeneration of neurons occurs in people …
Sunday, April 8, 2012
“I always tell people, there are millions of Muslims named after Jesus and Mary—we call them Isa and Mariam,” Imam Ibrahim Sayar said. “Nobody names their children after someone they don’t like.”
marilyn larsen
11:14 am on Thursday, May 3, 2012
I am a 67 year old woman with Achalasia-I had the balloon therapy 8 years ago--(my esophagus is open to my stomach ). I would love to talk / chat with others who have had this proceedure, as there are many little "things" going on that I would likre to be able to talk about with others who have the same problem. Marilyn mlarsen4@cox.net more ›