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Blow to the Head? What Happens to the Brain?
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Linda Mintle
With all the football players leaving the field for concussions and nasty hits during the playoffs, we need to be thinking about traumatic brain injury (TBI). What really happens when someone suffers a blow either by accident, in a sport or in the military? Dr. James Kelly, Professor of Neurosurgery and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at…
Cut 4 Bieber: Why Fans Are Hurting Themselves
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Linda Mintle
Bieber fever has spiked a dangerous high in the past week. #Cut4Bieber began trending as a prompt for female fans to cut themselves in order to protest Bieber’s alleged smoking of pot. Beiber was caught on camera holding what looked like a joint, so an anonymous source began a campaign on a message board encouraging…
Trigger Happy Mom or Failed Penal System?
By
Linda Mintle
An Atlanta mom hides her kids in a crawl space and armed herself to take on an intruder. Yet, MSN reports the mom as a trigger happy woman! So let’s understand this. A man knocks on her door. She believes it is a solicitor and tells her kids not to answer the door. The person…
Why I Don’t Make New Year Resolutions
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Linda Mintle
It’s been one full week in January and most of you who made New Year Resolutions are already feeling failed Don’t feel bad. I think the idea that once a year we decide to change our lives, is a set up for failure. That is why I don’t make New Year resolutions. Resolutions are simply…
What Kardashian Baby News Really Represents
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Linda Mintle
The big news this new year? Kim Kardashian is now pregnant with boyfriend, Kanye West. So get ready people, we have nine months of incessant media coverage that will satisfy anyone’s appetite for minutia. Apparently we are completely fascinated with anything Kardashian. In 2012, Kim Kardashian was the third most searched topic. Kim is certainly not…
Take the Family Quiz: Could You Prevent Violence?
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Linda Mintle
Take the family quiz to evaluate how well you are doing when it comes to raising nonviolent kids. Given all the violence in the news, are there things you do to raise children who are peaceful, loving and kind? Take a moment and evaluate how well your family is doing in several significant areas: 1) Is…
Bump Your Phone for Way Too Much Information!
By
Linda Mintle
When you think you’ve heard it all, you know you haven’t! Here is an App I never saw coming. It uses Bump Technology. If you’ve never heard of what it means to “bump” your smart phone, let me explain. Bump is an app for Apple iOS and Google Android operating systems. The technology allows two…
Don’t Keep Eating: 5 Tips to Pace Yourself Through the New Year
By
Linda Mintle
As a weight loss expert, I know that so much of losing weight is won in the mind. And the easiest thing to do the day after Christmas is to give in to overeating. Many of us think, “Oh well, I might as well give up until I can hit the gym in January.” Don’t…
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
By
Linda Mintle
Wishing all my readers a very Merry Christmas. Christ is Born!
When Darkness Gave Way to Light
By
Linda Mintle
Christmas is not an easy time when a loved one is nearing death. I know this first hand, as I had to say goodbye to my mom two years ago. Mom knew the Lord and was not afraid to die. But is it never easy to say goodbye to a parent? Even when you know…
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