Morning Mix
FitBuff's Morning Mix: Baby Cholesterol, Lonely Genes, Chocolate Desire
15 Month Old Kids Should Have Cholesterol Test Scientists say babies should have their cholesterol tested as early as 15 months old to detect potential health problems as early as possible. They say the test is very accurate for kids from ages 1 through 9, but far less for newborns and young adults.
Loneliness Is Gene [...]
FitBuff's Morning Mix: BIG Brothers, Life Expectancy Calculator
How Older Siblings Stunt Growth Maybe the term "Big Brother" is warranted. A new study suggests most older brothers are taller than their younger siblings. Do you have an older brother, and is he taller than you?
US Life Expectancy Goes Up to 78 Years We've hit an all-time high for average life expectancy, but, oddly [...]
FitBuff's Morning Mix: Cell Phone Cancer, High Gas Good?, Russian Sex Day
Cancer Doubt Remains Over Mobiles In a day and age when everything seems to be linked to cancer, a new study takes some burden away from cell phones. They say, so far, the statistical findings are right on the borderline, but mobiles appear to be safe. They are going to do more tests on people [...]
FitBuff's Morning Mix: Bird Flu, Boobies, Belly Bonuses
U.S. Not Ready for Bird Flu A new Homeland Security report says we are not ready to deal with a bird flu outbreak, or possible terror-related attacks. Should we really be broadcasting this information to the potential enemy?
Bouncing Breasts Spark New Bra Challenge If their title wasn't enough to get you to click, the report [...]
FitBuff's Morning Mix: 25 Weight Loss Mistakes, Smoking Ban, Food Labels
25 Biggest Weight-Loss Mistakes eDiets clues you in to 25 things that may be derailing your diet. See if you are guilty of any of them, and how to correct yourself.
Scots Smoke Ban 'Improved Health' Over a year after instituting a smoking ban in Scotland, there has been a very significant health increase all over [...]
FitBuff's Morning Mix: Nail Biting, Butt-Heads, Fish Oil
Cure for Nail Biting Here's 3 things you probably didn't know about nail biting: An estimated 600 million people do it, it has a fancy scientific name (onychophagy), and a Dutch doctor has come up with a "cure".
Headshots Do Not Cause Brain Damage After a past study showed that boxers suffer brain damage from repeated [...]
FitBuff's Morning Mix: Jessica Alba, Stem Cells, Rabies
Jessica Alba 'Hasn't Worked Out in Months' After last month's Cambridge "wiggle" study (link below in the FitBuff FlashBack), Jessica Alba claims it's au natural and says she doesn't diet or work out to keep her vivacious shape.
Human Source Of Stem Cells Identified With Potential To Repair Muscle Scientists have found a variety of stem [...]
FitBuff's Morning Mix - September 7, 2007
"FitBuff's Morning Mix" is a new feature that will include links to 3-5 interesting articles from around the web every morning. It's a great way to get the "quick hits" of the day, in addition to the regular postings here.
Jessica Has Tickets to the Gun Show, Do You? Check out recent pictures of the new [...]
