Health Rewind: Why Do Shooting Rampages Keep Happening in the U.S.?
Mass shootings in the U.S., obesity dips and more.
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Michelle Obama Inspires Healthy Eating Programs - In this week's installment, Health Rewind looks at mass shootings in the U.S., HIV, weight training and the slight dip in obesity. — Kellee Terrell The first lady’s "Let’s Move" campaign, which included a gardening initiative, has sparked other organizations around the country to join in and help address the childhood obesity crisis by teaching parents and kids about the importance of food and growing it themselves. Two new HealthDay News features focus on such new programs, including the American Heart Association's "Teaching Garden," the Agriculture Department’s "People's Garden" and numerous cooking classes. (Photo: Reuters/Tami Chappell)
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Why Do Mass Murders Keep Happening in the U.S.? - Sandy Hook, Columbine and Virginia Tech are all examples of mass murders that have traumatized the U.S. and the world over the years. But the question on so many minds remains, "Why so many and why us?" HealthDay News reports that some experts blame a broken mental health system and the fact that guns are so easy to get. What do you think? (Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
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Loving and Marrying Someone HIV-Positive - In a new installment of TheBody.com’s This Positive Life series, African-American couple Peter and Kathy McLoyd talk about what it means to be in a serodiscordant relationship: One partner is HIV-positive, the other is HIV-negative. The two open up about their relationship, the importance of raising awareness around the disease and how they kept his status from her family for years. (Photo: GettyImages)
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Failed New Year’s Resolutions - While we start our New Year’s resolutions with really good intentions to lose weight and eat better, it seems by February many of us having given up on them. Why? A new blog for Policymic.com explores this issue by discussing the frustrations of dieting, especially fad or complex diet plans, and how willpower is hard to come by. (Photo: GettyImages)
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Violent Video Games Can Encourage Aggression - While many rolled their eyes when the National Rifle Association tried to blame Mortal Kombat for the Sandy Hook Massacre, a new study has found that violent video games can encourage young people to be more aggressive. Researchers from Ohio State University found that college students who played violent video games for three days in a row were more aggressive than those who played nonviolent video games. (Photo: GettyImages)
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Heart Health Benefits of Weight Training - Fellas: Weight training isn’t just good for your biceps; it’s good for your heart too, says a new study. Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago found that lifting weights for just six weeks can “significantly improve blood markers of cardiovascular health in young African-American men,” reported the Providence Journal. Blood markers provide doctors with clues to who is at risk for heart disease. (Photo: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)
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Gross Surgery Errors on the Rise - A new study suggests that in the past 20 years, surgeons have left 4,857 objects in patients around the country. Also, major mess-ups — such as doctors operating on the wrong body part or on the wrong person — happen 500 times a year, the Washington Post reported. A mess. (Photo: David Ebener/dpa/Landov)
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Getting Your Veggies - Eating meals at the table with the fam has many benefits, including increasing kids’ fruit and veggie intake, says a new study. Researchers looked at 2,389 elementary school students and found that 63 percent of the kids in the study didn't eat the recommended five portions of fruits and vegetables every day. But the ones who sat and ate meals with their family ate more fruits and veggies a day than those who didn’t.(Photo: Purestock/Getty Images)