Zhang Ruifang, a 101-year-old woman in China has developed a growth on her forehead that strongly resembles a horn similar to those found on goats. The horn is approximately 6cm on the left side of her forehead. While doctors appear to be stumped, there may be a simple explanation to the horn-like feature: a cutaneous horn. The horn is made of keratin and is sometimes found in elderly individuals who are exposed to sunlight for long periods of time.
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At fourteen years old Taylor LeBaron of Georgia was an obese teen. But finding motivation in his favorite pastime, video games, helped Taylor to lose a total of 150 pounds in just eighteen months.
Taylor LeBaron
LeBaron created what he calls “The Ultimate Fitness Game” as a way of motivating himself to exercise and eat right on a daily basis. Featured on The Today Show, Taylor explained that in video games there are three things: enemies, allies, and money. He used these three aspects found in many of his video games to devise a regimen that would result in him shedding the weight.
Now, at the age of seventeen, Taylor is incredibly fit. He has released a new book entitled, Cutting Myself in Half: 150 Pounds Lost One Byte at a Time. His book explains the method that he used for weight loss. Le Baron used calories as “cash” that he had to earn through exercise. Enabling him to limit his caloric intake and incorporate exercise into his lifestyle.
According to a recent Australian study, every hour spent in front of the television raises the risk of premature death from heart disease by 18%.
HOW THE STUDY WORKED
Researchers tracked 8,800 adults and recorded their viewing habits over the course of six years. They were able to conclude that individuals who spent four hours per day in front of the television had an 80% greater risk of dying from cardiovascular disease when compared with those who watched TV for less than an hour or two. The association between television and premature death was independent of other risks including smoking, obesity, and bad dieting habits.
David Dunstan, an author and researcher at Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute in Melbourne, Australia, has stated that prolonged inactivity can raise blood-sugar and cholesterol levels. The television itself is not to blame, but the sedentary lifestyle that accompanies heavy amounts of television consumption is the culprit. This study further supports studies from the Mayo Clinic correlating too much television with weight gain.
Dunstan encourages people to avoid sitting for prolonged periods of time and to move around more, as too much sitting has proven to be bad for one’s health.
In the United States, where two-thirds of all adults are overweight or obese, viewing time can be as much as eight hours as opposed to an average of three hours in Australia and Britain.
Watch what you post to Facebook because as this story proves, you never know who is using the personal information they find there to make decisions about you.
Nathalie Blanchard, 29, of Quebec, had been receiving monthly payment benefits from an insurance company through her job at IBM.
Blanchard was diagnosed with major depression a year-and-a-half ago and has not been actively working since.
But after her payments seemed to stop, she called her insurance company inquiring about why. She was told that due to photos of her posted on her Facebook account that showed her to be having a good time, she was no longer depressed, nor eligible for benefits.
A few photos were of her on vacation. But Blanchard said she told her insurance company about the trip.
“In the moment I’m happy, but before and after I have the same problems” as before, she said in a report from the CBC News.
Blanchard said that her doctor’s instructed her to try and have fun and get away in order to help improve her mood. Her lawyer Tom Lavin said he thought it was a poor idea to use Facebook to gauge someone’s mental health.
The insurance company said it does use Facebook and other social networking sites to investigate clients, but maintained that it was not the only method it uses to make decisions about a case.
Men’s Fitness recently profiled the four most fat-laden pizzas from the national chains. The “winner” of the dubious honor of most fattening slice of pizza is Uno Chicago Grill’s Deep Dish Chicago Classic, coming in at 770 calories per slice!
Oh well…it should be common knowledge that pizza isn’t health food!
Fattiest Franchise Pizza (Men’s Fitness)