Okay, actually, it's four bad habits that can age you by 12 years, but still that's 12 years you can still buy your kids if they avoid them. And if these are your bad habits, it's never too late to change. 1. Smoking. This one is clearly the most obvious. Smoking just equals death and it's amazing we allow cigarettes to be sold at all. We all know it's about tobacco … [Read more...] about Gain 12 years – 4 life-increasing habits for you, and your kids
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Are you like these rat dads?
Watch what you eat if you want to have kids. Here is the first study, albeit with rats, to show a link between a dad's obesity, and the insulin and glucose metabolism of his daughter. Australian researchers fed some male rats a high-fat diet and kept others on a healthy diet. Both groups of rats mated with females, all of whom ate a healthy diet. Then the researchers studied … [Read more...] about Are you like these rat dads?
Avoiding Sports Injuries (Video)
Nurse Mark visits DadLabs to let parents know how to recognize sports related injuries and when to take your child in for a doctor visit. Learn what kinds of injuries to watch for in youth sports like soccer, baseball, swimming and gymnastics. … [Read more...] about Avoiding Sports Injuries (Video)
Five back to school health tips
Back to school time usually coincides with health notices, increased awareness of lice, and for some, a reminder to get a flu shot. If you're not on the way to the doctor's office this fall, here is a list of things your doc still wishes were on top of mind for your preschooler:1. Don't make the doctor out to be the bad guy. If you warn your child all year long that he'll "have … [Read more...] about Five back to school health tips
Warning: new Facebook scams may be bigger lures for parents
I've been in the internet for 15 years, worked in data security at Visa, and most recently at Yahoo!, and still I was "phished" by a Yahoo! ID scam a few weeks ago. It was pretty tame stuff. The scammers sent an email with another phishing link to my entire address book, but did not appear to do any other damage before I changed my password. With all the data we all keep, not … [Read more...] about Warning: new Facebook scams may be bigger lures for parents