Pink Opens Up About Mental Health in New Interview: "I've Been Depressed"
http://bit.ly/2GJpGNY From her "Get the Party Started" days to her latest album, Hurts 2B Human, Pink has given us anthems to sing when we feel angry, sad, elated - whatever emotion we have, Pink speaks to it, and she speaks to it with so much truth. The 39-year-old mom of two once told Ellen DeGeneres that she couldn't write songs if she were 100 percent happy all the time. "Pain is a catalyst for change," she said. "It's a motivator, it's something worth talking about, and it's something worth having friendships over and connecting with other people." And in a new interview with the Today show's Carson Daly, Pink opens up about struggling with mental health and what gets her through tough days. Pink said she's hopeful that the taboo of mental health is dissipating as more and more people talk about it. "I know that anxiety is the number one thing that kids now are going through," she told Carson. "For us, for my generation, I feel like it was depression and suicide. And suicide is super prevalent still, but now it comes from a place of anxiety, and I get that." Pink continued, "I've been depressed, I have anxiety, I overthink everything," adding that therapy helps. In fact, Pink and husband of 13 years Carey Hart have gone to couples counseling for the entirety of their relationship, even before they were married. "It's the only reason we're still together," the musician revealed. There's no book on how to function as a family when you live this "crazy life," but counseling works, she explained, and she recommends it to everyone. She also recommends journaling. For her, writing songs acts as a form of therapy because she's "exorcised so many demons from just putting it to paper," she said. Surrounding herself with the "right people" also helps Pink when she's having a hard time with her mental health, whether that be her family or others in her support system. "I am completely changed since being a mom," she revealed earlier in the interview, adding that her kids specifically "bring a levity to the situation that wouldn't otherwise exist. They make everything fun, they bring so much joy, they're entertainment, they're thoughtful. It's just - it's rad." Watch the full video above, where Pink goes into more detail about motherhood, touring, and finally receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Health via POPSUGAR Fitness http://bit.ly/2mWxwLI April 26, 2019 at 11:40AM
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If I Snap My Fingers, Will Adidas's New Avengers Collection Appear in My Closet?
http://bit.ly/2VtVQFm With the debut of Avengers: Endgame being the talk of the town for the last few weeks, it's no surprise that fashion brands are starting to get in on all of the buzzy Marvel action. Not too long after brands like Ulta and Vans released special superhero-inspired collections for fans of the film series, Adidas has also teamed up with Marvel on an all-new shoe collection that's available to shop now. The "Heroes Among Us" range features six limited-edition sneaker designs inspired by iconic Marvel characters: Iron Man, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Captain America, Thor, and Nick Fury. To further promote the collection, Adidas has iconized five popular athletes to wear the designs. Houston Rockets player James Harden wears the red and gold Iron Man version of his Harden Vol 3 shoes; Damian Lillard wears the Black Panther-inspired Dame 5s; NBA alum Tracy McGrady wears the T-MAC 1s inspired by Nick Fury; WNBA star Candace Parker wears the Captain Marvel Adidas Pro Vision sneakers in red, blue, and gold; and John Wall sports the Captain America N3XT design. The Marvel x Adidas collection ranges from $90-$180, and two of the styles - Iron Man and Captain Marvel - are also available to shop in kids' sizes. Read ahead to see photos of the sneakers and to shop a few of the styles. Related: If We’re Being Honest, These Missoni Adidas Sneakers Are Almost Too Chic to Run In Health via POPSUGAR Fitness http://bit.ly/2mWxwLI April 26, 2019 at 11:19AM
These 38 Leg, Hip, and Glute Stretches (Plus 1 Video!) Will Open Up Your Entire Lower Body
http://bit.ly/2ZBDYI4 When your legs are tight from a tough workout or sitting all day long, a few good stretches can rejuvenate and wake up your entire lower body. With this one-stop shop for lower body stretches, you can open up every muscle from your hips to your calves: those big muscles that get knotted and sore from runs, weight training, and long workdays. Hold each pose and breathe through the burn, because you're going to feel so good when it's done. Health via POPSUGAR Fitness http://bit.ly/2mWxwLI April 26, 2019 at 10:39AM
Many Driving on Pot, Even With Kids in the Car
https://wb.md/2PxpBzJ THURSDAY, April 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Many people may drive with marijuana in their system -- even when they have kids in the car. That's the upshot of a new study of drivers in Washington state, where recreational pot is legal. In roadside tests of more than 2,000 drivers, researchers found that 14% of those with a child in the car tested positive for THC, the component that creates marijuana's "high." In contrast, only 0.2% of people driving with a child tested positive for alcohol on breath tests. None had levels above the legal limit. Researchers stressed, however, that people with THC in their systems were not necessarily driving while stoned. A positive THC test simply means the person has recently used pot. Still, the possibility that some of those drivers were impaired is concerning, said study co-author Angela Eichelberger, a researcher with the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. It's not clear how often marijuana use contributes to traffic accidents, according to Eichelberger, because it's a tricky question to study. In the "real world," she noted, drivers who test positive for THC often have used other substances, too. They also tend to be young, which is in itself a risk factor for crashes. But, Eichelberger said, controlled lab studies have shown that marijuana interferes with driving skills. "Cannabis can be impairing," she said, though there is "no consensus" on what is the impairment threshold. How much can a person consume before it's unsafe to drive? How long should you wait to get behind the wheel after using marijuana? The form in which people use marijuana also matters: The effects of edible products take longer to set in compared to smoking, Eichelberger noted. For now, she said, it makes sense for people to avoid driving if they are feeling any effects from their marijuana use. She also suggested people "err on the side of caution," and make sure they will not be driving anytime soon after using the drug. J.T. Griffin is chief government affairs officer for the advocacy group Mothers Against Drunk Driving. He was not involved with the study. Health via WebMD Health https://www.webmd.com/ April 25, 2019 at 05:51PM
Think You Smell Only With Your Nose? You're Wrong
https://wb.md/2LcCMrw By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, April 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- A boy who wondered if snakes flick their tongues to smell prompted a surprising new discovery about how human senses work. Turns out your tongue helps you smell, according to researchers at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia -- a team that included the curious 12-year-old's dad. Taste and smell had been thought to be independent senses that didn't interact until input from each reached the brain. But senior author Dr. Mehmet Hakan Ozdener said his son's question prompted him to rethink that belief. Ozdener's new study found that odor-detecting sensors in the nose (functional olfactory receptors) are also present in the taste cells on our tongue. This suggests that interactions between the senses of smell and taste may begin on the tongue and not in the brain, researchers said. They said their findings could lead to new ways to modify food flavors to promote healthier eating. "Our research may help explain how odor molecules modulate taste perception," Ozdener, a cell biologist, said in a Monell news release. "This may lead to the development of odor-based taste modifiers that can help combat the excess salt, sugar and fat intake associated with diet-related diseases such as obesity and diabetes." Results of a series of lab experiments were published April 24 in the journal Chemical Senses. The distinctive flavor of most foods and drinks comes more from smell than from taste, researchers said. Taste evolved to gauge the nutrient value and potential danger of what people put in their mouths. Smell provides information about the flavor: Is that banana, licorice or cherry? The brain combines that information. "The presence of olfactory receptors and taste receptors in the same cell will provide us with exciting opportunities to study interactions between odor and taste stimuli on the tongue," Ozdener said. As well as providing new insight into how smell and taste interact, this research may also help improve understanding of how the olfactory system detects odors. The molecules that activate most of the 400 types of functional olfactory receptors in people are unknown. Researchers hope to learn whether olfactory receptors tend to be located on a specific type of taste cell, such as sweet- or salt-detecting cells. They'll also look at how odor molecules modify taste cell responses and our taste perception. Health via WebMD Health https://www.webmd.com/ April 25, 2019 at 05:01PM
I Have Body Dysmorphic Disorder, and It Makes Swimsuit Shopping Near Impossible
http://bit.ly/2XIGUkg My relationship with my body is complicated, and - like florals for Spring - I realize this isn't exactly groundbreaking. I imagine that far more women could make this claim than those who can't. Anyone looking at me would probably scoff to hear me say this. Boohoo, poor skinny girl and her bullsh*t body insecurities. But here's the thing about body dysmorphia: I don't see what other people see. Body dysmorphic disorder causes you to obsess over your body's supposed defects or flaws - flaws that, to anyone else, are either minor or nonexistent. When other people tell me I've gotten too skinny, I don't tell them that they're wrong, but I still think it. I could be skinnier. I still see a soft stomach and upper arm flab. I still see skin I can poke and fat I could lose. What I want to see is lean abdominals as taut as Saran wrap, with not a single inch to pinch. With the birth of "fitspiration" came a new tagline: "Skinny girls look good in clothes, but fit girls look good naked." Lucky for me, I spend much of my time clothed, and largely, I like the way I look in clothes. But every year when swimsuit season rolls around, I find myself in a bikini in the dressing room of a mall, surrounded by mirrors and bathed in poor lighting, inspecting my imperfect body as it's reflected back at me from a dozen different angles. I spend a lot of time on Instagram. Probably too much time. The explore tab on my Instagram is filled with fitness models and their tight butts, perfect breasts, and abs popping out like cobblestones, sexy and chiseled and apparently bereft of anything besides barely there bathing suits. My longing isn't sexual - it's pure and painful and envious. In the dressing room trying on bathing suits, here's what I see: a flat butt. Nonexistent boobs. A soft stomach. Underarm flab. Thighs that touch. I inspect myself from all angles, imagining what strangers at the beach or the pool might see. I bend over and touch my toes. I look at myself from behind. No matter what style top I try on, my chest fails to fill it out, and no matter what bottoms, my glutes look like sad pancakes. I wonder how in the world these women on Instagram manage to have itty-bitty waists and enviable asses at the same time. BDD plagues me every day, but my disorder is particularly exacerbated by bathing suit season. The strange thing is, I don't often find myself looking at other women's bodies with a critical eye. I applaud bodies of all sizes and shapes, and I love nothing more than a woman sporting a suit with confidence. It's just my own body that I hold to impossible standards, mostly because the women I see on social media make me believe it's attainable. I never see these women in real life. For all I know, they're not real - they're a product of Photoshop and Facetune and the right filter. But still, I want to look like them. Clothes are forgiving. Swimsuits are not. But every Summer, I'm a year older than the last one, and the idea of having a perfect body feels a little less plausible. This Summer, rather than looking at Instagram, I'm going to remind myself to look at the beautiful women around me. Do I feel they should apologize to me for not having the very specific body I've always dreamed of having? Of course not. So, I'll ask myself, why do I feel the need to apologize to them? Swimsuits may not be forgiving, but perhaps this Summer I can work on starting to forgive myself. Health via POPSUGAR Fitness http://bit.ly/2mWxwLI April 25, 2019 at 04:19PM
Too Many U.S. Women Still Drinking in Pregnancy
https://wb.md/2DyOXZs THURSDAY, April 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Even though the harms to babies are well known, one in nine pregnant women in the United States drinks alcohol, new research shows. In one-third of those cases, frequent binge drinking is also often involved. What's more, the rate of drinking during pregnancy is actually on the rise, with a slight uptick in the rate over the past decade, according to investigators from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The new report was based on 2015-2017 data for more than 6,800 U.S. women aged 18 to 44. "Current drinking and binge drinking in the past 30 days were reported by 11.5% and 3.9% of pregnant women, respectively," reported a team led by Clark Denny, of the CDC's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities. The study found that, far from decreasing, the rate of drinking and binge drinking in pregnancy actually rose slightly from levels reported in 2011-2013. The frequency of binge drinking was especially troubling, Denny's team noted. For women who said they had binged on alcohol, the average amount consumed per session was six or more drinks, and the average number of binge drinking sessions per month was 4.5, the study found. "High blood alcohol concentrations among pregnant women might be particularly harmful to the brain of a developing fetus," Denny and colleagues warned. In fact, drinking while pregnant has long been linked to a wide range of negative health outcomes for infants. These include fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, birth defects tied to the central nervous system, behavioral issues and impaired intellectual development, the researchers explained. Drinking in pregnancy can also raise the odds for stillbirth and miscarriage. In the study, single pregnant women had nearly triple the odds of binge drinking compared to married women. That might be due, in part, to the added stresses single women face while pregnant, the researchers suggested. Dr. Sophia Jan directs pediatrics at Cohen Children's Medical Center in New Hyde Park, N.Y. Reading over the new findings, she said too many women still have misconceptions around alcohol use in pregnancy. Health via WebMD Health https://www.webmd.com/ April 25, 2019 at 03:15PM
Long Antibiotic Use May Raise Women's Heart Risks
https://wb.md/2UDlljg By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, April 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Antibiotics can be lifesaving, but using them over a long period might raise the odds of heart disease and stroke in older women, a new study suggests. Researchers tracked the health of nearly 36,500 U.S. women over an average follow-up of nearly eight years. During that time, more than a thousand developed heart disease. The study found that women aged 60 and older who used antibiotics for two months or longer were 32% percent more likely to develop heart disease than those who did not use antibiotics. Women aged 40 to 59 who took antibiotics for longer than two months had a 28% higher risk than those who did not take the drugs, said a team led by Lu Qi. He directs the Tulane University Obesity Research Center in New Orleans. Said another way, the results mean that for older women who take antibiotics for two months or more, 6 per 1,000 would go on to develop heart disease, compared with 3 in 1,000 among those who did not take the drugs. There was no increased risk of heart disease among women aged 20 to 39 who took antibiotics, according to the study published April 24 in the European Heart Journal. "This is an observational study and so it cannot show that antibiotics cause heart disease and stroke, only that there is a link between them," Qi said in a journal news release. "It's possible that women who reported more antibiotic use might be sicker in other ways that we were unable to measure, or there may be other factors that could affect the results that we have not been able take account of." However, the researchers did take into account other factors, including age, race, sex, diet and lifestyle, reasons for antibiotic use, overweight or obesity, other diseases and medication use. The most common reasons for antibiotic use among women in the study were respiratory infections, urinary tract infections and dental problems. So what could be the link between antibiotics and heart risk? ContinuedOne possible reason could lie in the fact that antibiotics do alter the balance of gut microbes, destroying good bacteria and increasing the proportion of viruses, bacteria or other microbes that can cause disease, Qi suggested. "Antibiotic use is the most critical factor in altering the balance of microorganisms in the gut," he said, and "previous studies have shown a link between alterations in the microbiotic environment of the gut and inflammation and narrowing of the blood vessels, stroke and heart disease." Study first author Yoriko Heianza is a research fellow at Tulane University. She noted that, as the women in the study aged, "they were more likely to need more antibiotics, and sometimes for longer periods of time, which suggests a cumulative effect may be the reason for the stronger link in older age between antibiotic use and cardiovascular disease." According to Qi, the take-home message from the new study is that "antibiotics should be used only when they are absolutely needed. Considering the potentially cumulative adverse effects, the shorter time of antibiotic use, the better." Dr. Eugenia Gianos directs Women's Heart Health at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. She wasn't involved in the new research, but said the findings are "interesting and warrant further analysis." Gianos agreed that the study couldn't prove cause and effect. "It is very possible that patients who require antibiotics for an infection have a worse underlying infectious or inflammatory process, and that the systemic effects of these diseases are what cause cardiovascular disease," she reasoned. But the interplay between antibiotics, the gut's "microbiome" and the cardiovascular system could be important as well, Gianos said. Health via WebMD Health https://www.webmd.com/ April 25, 2019 at 02:04PM
Measles, At New High, Can Be Deadly, Experts Warn
https://wb.md/2ZzwYuZ The best protection against measles is the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine. But "vaccines are victims of their own success," Offit said, because now "people don't fear these diseases." "We're very lucky in the United States to have high vaccine coverage," Patel said. That's why Americans aren't seeing widespread cases of measles. But when measles lands in a community where rates of vaccination are low, that's when it takes off, she added. "The measles vaccine is one of the most effective vaccines we have," Patel said. "With one dose, it's 93% effective; with two doses, it's 97% effective." The vaccine is also one of the safest ones, she said. It's been around since the 1960s. If parents have concerns about the vaccine, they should talk with their pediatrician, Patel said. Misinformation leaves children at risk Still, some people won't vaccinate their children because they erroneously believe the vaccine isn't safe and may cause autism. In 2015, TV personality Jenny McCarthy, who has a child with autism, told the NPR program "Frontline," "If you ask 99.9% of parents who have children with autism if we'd rather have the measles versus autism, we'd sign up for the measles." But research has long proven McCarthy and other "anti-vaxxers" wrong. Study after rigorous study has shown no connection between MMR vaccination and later onset of autism. And given how serious the consequences of measles can be, the decision not to vaccinate a child is never wise, Offit said. "When enough people make a choice not to vaccinate their children, measles comes back, and that's what we're seeing," he said. So far this year, cases of measles have been reported from 22 states, and the CDC expects that number to grow. Most of those cases were caused by unvaccinated people bringing the disease back from abroad into an unvaccinated group, Patel said. The CDC recommends all children get two doses of MMR vaccine, starting with the first dose at ages 12 through 15 months and the second dose at ages 4 through 6. There are just no good reasons not to get vaccinated, Offit said. "Your job as a parent is to put your child in the safest position possible," Offit said. "Vaccines provide that safety." Health via WebMD Health https://www.webmd.com/ April 25, 2019 at 01:01PM
Salmonella Outbreak From Cut Melons Tops 100 Cases
https://wb.md/2Pw6CFz THURSDAY, April 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Twenty-four new illnesses linked to an outbreak involving packaged melon distributed across 16 states were reported by U.S. health officials Wednesday. The outbreak now includes 117 cases of Salmonella Carrau illness, including 32 cases so severe the patients required hospitalization, although no deaths have been reported, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a news release. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, "Salmonella Carrau is a rare type of salmonella and has been historically seen in imported melon." All cases were linked to the consumption of pre-cut cantaloupe, honeydew or watermelon "packaged in clear, plastic clamshell containers under several different brands or labels." They were sold at grocery chains such as Kroger, Target, Trader Joes, Walmart and Amazon/Whole Foods, the FDA said. The tainted melons were distributed by Caito Foods LLC from its facility in Indianapolis, with cases being diagnosed between March 4 and April 8. So far, cases have cropped up in 10 states: Alabama, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. "Upon learning that this outbreak is likely linked to pre-cut melon from a Caito Foods' facility in Indiana, the FDA began working with the company and retailers to promptly recall the product and prevent further exposure to consumers," FDA Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response Frank Yiannas said earlier this month. "We are continuing to aggressively investigate the source of the product in order to determine where the melons were sourced from and how they became contaminated," he said. "As our investigation unfolds, we're advising consumers to take action now by discarding any implicated pre-cut melon product that may still be in their fridge or freezer." Because the Caito melon products were sold at various supermarket chains, different labeling might be seen on the recalled products, the FDA noted. Here's a list to check if you have the recalled pre-cut melon in your refrigerator, from:
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