This article explains the effects that psychoactive drugs (including alcohol and tobacco) have on the brain.  Studies show that people who have been exposed to this have a reduced grey matter, and pregnant women that use drugs have children than also have reduced grey matter volume due to being exposed while in utero.  This is yet another reason to not use drugs of any kind without having a real need for it.  I’m not against drugs in general, but using them just to get high is totally not right…it’s amazing how many people will not think about what it does to their body and brain.

The article linked above shows statistics about gonorrhea for the U.S. and several other countries.  This STD shows that an estimated 800,000 people are affected annually and the cost is about 1.1 billion dollars to cover the medical expenses.  These kind of statistics should make everyone be more cautious not only about gonorrhea but all std’s that you can take precautions against.

In the article posted above, there has been an increase of STDs and pregnancies in the more recent years.  The article does not go as far to state what exactly the problem is, but it does mention that about a third of teens don’t receive information about basic birth control methods until they are 18 years old, and that a major portion of pregnancies are as early as 10 years old.  Sexual education should be a very important part of our schools, and this example would go to prove that point.

In an article from Medical News Today, there was a survey given to young childrens’ mothers to see about the lifestyle and health of their children as well as some information about the parents.  The results from the survey showed that most mothers who worked part or full time jobs had children with worse eating habits than mothers who stayed at home.  So are mother, or parents, only able to provide a healthy lifestyle for their children if they have to stay home every waking hour of every day?  This certainly seems to be the idea the surveyors have…

This article talks about a man that tried his very best to reduce his risk for heart attack by losing weight and becoming very physically active.  He learned, however, that it not only requires you to be healthy but to be careful and take proper medications as necessary when having been at risk very recently.

In this article from The New York Times, there has been a discovery of several people with certain genes allowing them to get the same benefit from sleep as we do but in a shorter amount of time.