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Few U.S. Adults Regularly Practice Healthy Habits


good nutrition, exercise and oral care. The most common excuse is a lack of time.


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Of those surveyed, 80 percent said that eating at least nine servings of fruit and vegetables daily is a struggle. About 60 percent find it difficult to log the association’s recommended 150 minutes of moderate physical activity each week. At least 25 percent don’t brush and rinse twice daily and floss at least once daily. Yet, 90 percent of Americans like the idea of improving their health. The AHA “My Heart. My Life.” initiative offers a straightforward set of solutions to help families understand how to make incremental changes that have long-term health impact (MyLifeCheck.Heart.org).


“Whether it is simply adding a 30-minute brisk walk to your day, eating a few more fruits and vegetables with meals, balancing your calories and physical activ- ity to achieve a healthy body weight or creating routine oral care habits—it all con- tributes to an overall healthier lifestyle,” says Cardiologist Tracy Stevens, a professor of medicine with Saint Luke’s Cardiovascular Consultants, in Kansas City, Missouri.


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Why Laptops Should be Renamed... and Relocated


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he portable computers that serve as our business and communication “lifelines” may actually be thwarting unborn lives. Researchers suggest that laptop computer (LTC) users


should avoid putting the devices directly on their laps, especially for extended periods of time.


Recent research reported in the journal Fertility and Sterility examined se- men samples from 29 healthy male donors that used an LTC on their laps, near their testes. The scien- tists found that LTCs connected to the Internet via Wi-Fi resulted in decreased sperm motility and increased sperm DNA fragmentation. A separate study, published in the journal


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Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health, noted that electromagnetic fields pro- duced by LTCs likely induce currents within the body and can expose developing fetuses in pregnant women to unsafe levels. The re- searchers concluded that, “[An individual’s] ‘laptop’ is paradoxically an improper site for the use of an LTC, which consequently should be renamed to not induce customers towards an improper use.”


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recent American Heart Association (AHA) survey reports that only 12 percent of American adults regularly practice the healthy-life trifecta of


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