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Excessive Exercise Can Be Addicting, New Study Says

ScienceDaily (Aug. 18, 2009) — Although exercise is good for your health, extreme exercise may be physically addicting. Rats given a drug that produces withdrawal in heroin addicts went into withdrawal after running excessively in exercise wheels, according to new research. Rats that ran the hardest had the most severe withdrawal symptoms. [ Read the Article ]

 

Young Women Consistently Exercise Less Than Young Men, Study Finds

ScienceDaily (Aug. 23, 2009) — Despite mounting public health concerns about obesity and persistent social pressures dictating that slim is beautiful, young women in their '20s consistently exercise less than young men. [ Read the Article ]

 

via THE NEW YORK TIMES

Breakfast Can Wait. The Day's First Stop is Online.

Karl and Dorsey Gude of East Lansing, Mich., can remember simpler mornings, not too long ago. They sat together and chatted as they ate breakfast. They read the newspaper and competed only with the television for the attention of their two teenage sons. [ Read the Article ]

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