Friday Favorites
Happy Friday!
I don’t know where the week went! I didn’t get as much reading done around the blogosphere - so I think I probably missed some good posts. This is what I have to share though:
Warm weather and kids
For many of us, summer is here and many kids are going swimming to cool off. Its fun but can also be dangerous. Char gives us 10 Tips to Swimming Pool Safety in Summer Swim Safety Tips
Shannon Hutton shares some tips to effectively handle Sibling Rivalry
Relax and Look Around You
I’ve noticed that many people pass by in a hurry and don’t see the little things going on around them - butterflies laying eggs, birds flitting around - Judy reminded us this week about Finding Beauty in Strange Places. Look around, bring your camera and see what you can find.
Heart Health
Ruth had a couple good posts this week about fats and heart health: Meet the Fats and Protect Your Heart and Omega Fatty Acids Lower Levels of Oxidative and Nitrosative Stress
Work and Value
Crystal had a good post this week about “The Value of Value: Snippets On Pricing Our Services” - make sure you know what your work is worth!
A Resignation
The resignation of Susan Orr was written about quite a lot this week: (Why) Did Susan Orr Resign from Population Affairs Post? and Dr. Orr Resigns.
Interesting news bits
Intestinal bacteria promote — and prevent! — inflammatory bowel disease
Researchers from 5 countries to test hygiene hypothesis with EU funding
What’s Phoenix doing now?
Don’t forget to visit the NASA site to see what the Phoenix Mars Lander is doing. You can even follow it on Twitter: http://twitter.com/MarsPhoenix
Have a great weekend!
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May 29, 2008
Overcoming Underearning: Book Review Part 4
This week I’ve read the second half of Chapter 3 of ‘Overcoming UnderEarning’ by Barbara Stanny.
This next section is titled: “The Most Important Financial Advice You’ll Ever Get”. And the answer is:
You’ve got to be willing to be uncomfortable.
Its making me nervous already … so basically, we have to change to increase our earnings - and that change will be discomforting. At first anyway.
Kind of an aside, but she mentions that she’s met women who didn’t start making lots of money until they were in their 50’s, 60’s and 70’s - that makes me feel hopeful!
Barbara ends this chapter with ‘Eight Rules for Achieving Remarkable Results’. I can’t list them all here in part because I’m too lazy and a slow typist to type it all in - also maybe she doesn’t want me giving away too much of her book for free.
But here’s the ones I thought were best - underearning can no longer be an option, keep your commitments, don’t let yourself get derailed, do what you dread.
She mentions that if you don’t do what you say you are going to, it chips away at your self-esteem. I think she has a point there. I’ve definitely let outside distractions keep me from doing some of the things I know I need to, to be successful and then I feel bad about it.
Anyone else experience this?
Time for my favorite quote from this section:
“The only thing money gives you is the freedom to not worry about money.”
– Johnny Carson
Next time - Chapter 4.
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May 28, 2008
What do you think of only-children? Freak diseases or high achievers?
In a recent article in Newsweek, Kathleen Deveny discusses issues surrounding families with only one child - Why Only-Children Rule.
She says that back in 1896 psychologist G. Stanley Hall claimed that “being an only child is a disease in itself“. A disease?
But recent research by Douglas Downey (Ohio State University) shows that kids from smaller families do “better on standardized tests, earn higher grades and stay in school longer” and that “As the number of siblings increases you see a steady decline in performance for all the children in the family”.
Author and social psychologist Susan Newman wrote a book called “Parenting An Only Child: The Joys and Challenges of Raising Your One and Only“. She says that “the myths of the lonely, spoiled, bossy only child” are just that - myths.
Many people who have only one child feel guilty about it - whether it was by choice or not - and worry that their child won’t have other kids to play with, etc. or that other people will think their child is spoiled or lonely.
Of course people have many personal reasons for the number of children they have or don’t have. Regardless of the reasons - or even if the stereotypes had some truth to them - kids from all family sizes shouldn’t be assumed to be freaks or over achievers. They should be treated an individuals.
What do you think? Do you think the stereotypes of only-children are still out there? How do you think those stereotypes affect only-children?
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May 27, 2008
What is the face of noma?
Mothers in Africa have one more thing to worry about in addition to all the usual things all moms are concerned with. Children between the ages 2 and 12, if malnourished, are susceptible to noma - a gangrenous disease leading to tissue destruction of the face, especially the mouth and cheek.
It starts as a sore or lesion in the mouth. If it is not treated within a few days it results in the necrosis of the tissue in the face and bone. The necrotic damage is irreversible. Only 20% of the children live though and are then left with large disfiguring holes in their faces and enough damage to prevent normal jaw movement, feeding and breathing.
If it is treated quickly with antibiotics, vitamins and disinfecting mouthwash victims of the horrible disease can be cured and live normal lives.
Like obstetric fistulas, noma was common around the world until improvements in hygiene and nutrition became possible. It is still found in poor countries in Africa and also in Asia and South America - in fact around 100,000 to 140,000 children get it each year.
Noma is yet another example of the huge disparities between the developed and developing world. On one hand we have wealthy societies with many people ingesting too much food and calories resulting in heart disease, diabetes, etc. - and then there’s the poorest of the poor who cannot get enough nutrition to save them from a disfiguring and often deadly disease like noma.
What is the face of noma? The face of noma is no more than a reflection of the disparities between the rich and the poor.
More information about noma can be found at the following web sites:
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May 26, 2008
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Fibroids
Fibroids common, but women have options: “Small fibroids located just beneath the lining of the uterus … but usually don’t cause major complications”.
Premature Ovarian Failure
Oocyte-specific gene mutations cause premature ovarian failure: “Mutations in a gene called FIGLA cause premature ovarian failure in at least a percentage of women who suffer from the disorder”. With this information and some other genes known to be involved in premature ovarian failure, it may be possible in the future to determine a woman’s risk of early infertility.
Breast Cancer
When to Start Routine Mammograms: Breast Cancer Organizations Discuss Safety and Concerns -”the debate over routine mammograms for premenopausal women in their 40s.”
Doctors can unmask deceptive high-risk breast tumors using genetic profile: “A unique genetic signature can alert physicians to high-risk breast tumors that are masquerading as low-risk tumors… Although these tumors are apparently estrogen-receptor positive … they don’t respond well to anti-estrogen therapy.”
Menopause
Global menopause summit concludes HRT is safe for healthy women entering menopause: “An international group of menopause experts has concluded that HRT in the early postmenopausal period is safe, and healthy women going through the first few years of menopause who need HRT to relieve symptoms should have no fears about its use”.
Allergies and Children
Mother’s prenatal stress predisposes their babies to asthma and allergy: “Women who are stressed during pregnancy may pass some of that frazzlement to their fetuses in the form of increased sensitivity to allergen exposure and possibly future asthma risk”.
Farm moms may help children beat allergies: “Mothers exposed to farms, particularly to barns and farm milk, while pregnant confer protection from allergies on their newborns, according to a group of German researchers”.
First-born babies’ higher asthma and allergy rates due to pregnancy conditions: “First-born children are at higher risk of developing asthma and allergy because of different conditions they experience in the uterus”.
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