Health bites: did you know?

Sweet News on Sour Fruit Eating grapefruit not only helps people lose weight, it may reduce the risk of diabetes. Grapefruit favorably affects the body’s levels of insulin, the hormone that enables us to metabolize sugars and influences the storage of fat.

The Transition That Isn’t Cohabitation is usually seen as a transitional period for couples that leads inevitably to marriage. But in a recent study only about 40 percent of cohabiting couples married within four to seven years. And 42 percent disagreed about the future of their relationship.

Keep Loggin’ On Heavy Internet use may be therapeutic for socially awkward people facing isolation and loneliness, says a new study that dispels the belief that high computer usage leads to psychological problems. Internet users were found to be more likely to join voluntary organizations and to help others.

1.5 In millions, the number of maternal and infant deaths that could be prevented each year in developing countries, if money were invested in sexual and reproductive health care for the 200 million women in need, according to the Alan Guttmacher Institute.

Tags: alan guttmacher institute, cohabitation, cohabiting couples, computer usage, developing countries, grapefruit, infant death, infant deaths, insulin, Internet, internet use, internet users, psychological problems, reproductive health care, seven years, sexual and reproductive health, sour fruit, sugars, sweet news, transitional period, voluntary organizations

Current Issue

Everyday Creativity

How to start living creatively and reap the benefits.

Find a Therapist

Search our customized Directory for a licensed professional near you.