The obese may fare better after stroke: study

In the study, researchers analyzed data from 21,884 stroke patients in Denmark who had their body mass index (BMI) determined. BMI is an accepted means of determining how fat or thin a person is.(In second paragraph) According to the researchers, the link between obesity and poor disease outcomes, in general, is usually fueled by the presence of other conditions. Obese individuals who are otherwise healthy may fare just as well as, or perhaps in the case of stroke, better than their lean counterparts, they conclude.(In sixth paragraph)→http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080317/hl_nm/obese_stroke_dc;_ylt=AtNVTAIjoPM.7QKZvbA_MzvVJRIF





1.Summarize what the article is talking about:
The article explains the meaning of BMI.


2.Write down any vocabulary words or phrases that you think:


i. Are difficult or you new to you:1)Denmark. 2)Body mass index (BMI). 3)Outcome. 4)Fuel. 5)Fare. 6)Counterpart.


ii. Are probably useful for you to learn/know: BMI is an accepted means of determining how fat or thin a person is.


3.Say why you chose this article and how it relates to your life, your experience, you desires, etc:
The topic of health is more and more important. BMI shows that you're underweight or overweight; overweight is essentially not good, but underweight isn't healthy, either. Many people now love to lose weight, then they think it can make them look more beautiful or more handsome. Although it is true, keep in the idea weight is good to yourself.

A mental test

Title: what Creation Records band are you? (complete with text and images)

1.Which word is most appealing to you?
○Shine
○Darkness
○Dreams
○Star
●Waves
○Tears

2.What's your favorite of these colours?
○Red
○Gold, Silver and metallic colours
○White, Yellow and lighter colours
○Brown, Green and earthy colours
●Black, Purple and darker colours
○Blue

3.Who do you relate to the most?
○Mick Jagger (Rolling Stones)
●John Lennon (Beatles)
○Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd)
○Lou Reed (Velvet Underground)
○Morrisey (The Smiths)
○Roger McGuinn (The Byrds)

4.Which of these lyrics do you like the most?
○"On the darkside, let the light shine"
○"Everybody is a star no matter who or what they are."
●"It's easy to pretend, It's easy to believe."
○"Need some space to be alone, Need a place to call my own."
○"Nobody ever seems to remember life is a game we play."
○"Im payin' the price of of a drunken night... Im wastin in the twilight zone."

5.Which word is most appealing to you?
○Reclusive
○Moody
●Confident
○Modest
○Mysterious
○Flashy

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You Are... Oasis.

What you lack in originality you make up for in sheer determination. You have found a nice balance between party time and work time. You have the ability to convince the world of anything you want them to believe and you shamelessly do so. You are a purist who has the tendency to live in the past, which is your biggest downfall. If you could only learn to get with the times there's no telling how big you could be. You are destined to go down in history.

the test→http://tinyurl.com/4kcmv



1.Summarize what the article is talking about:
This title of mental test is "What Creation Records band are you?" There are five questions which can be chosen by yourself, and there will be a result after pushing down "SUBMIT".


2.Write down any vocabulary words or phrases that you think:
i. Are difficult or you new to you: 1)Reclusive. 2)Originality. 3)Sheer. 4)Purist. 5)Downfall.
ii. Are probably useful for you to learn/know:1)What you lack in originality you make up for in sheer determination. 2)You are destined to go down in history.


3.Say why you chose this article and how it relates to your life, your experience, you desires, etc:
I think this test is interesting. First the test asks five matterless questions and each question has the other different items. You have no idea about the result in this test. And I found that the result of mine is funny and, well, true.
First, I indeed lack in originality, and of course I make up for it in sheer determination.
Second, I really can find a nice balance between party time and work time. So I played madly in first semester, but still got an "all-pass".
Third, just like the test told me, "You are a purist who has the tendency to live in the past, which is your biggest downfall." Well, I think it's truest about me.
Sometimes I through a test to ponder what on earth the person I am. I think it can help me learn more about myself.

apologize for someone and want a forgivement

I know you are mad at me right now, and I commit I do the god damn thing is a big or huge mistake, and I really feel terrible about it I really am, how can I make it up, I am trying my best for it, I can't imagine that being strangers like right now for ever is a hard thing for me, or just kill myself if this will make you feel better then I will, what I wish was just like being old times, can talk about every thing, maybe it really take times, but I really want it will be the last time and the only time like right now, and every thing will be normal, god I hate it I hate the fucking what I done, if you can give me an response then I will be very satisfied, or you need some make up then I will try my best to make it up, all I want to say I feel very bad about this and your attitude like that I will take it as I deserve it, because it was all my fault, all I want is back to the life what it was like, I wish I really do ! →an article of my friend in his blog http://www.wretch.cc/blog/jacky771026&article_id=13608191

1.Summarize what the article is talking about:

A relationship problem of my friend. He's really pessimistic, and maybe he was too agitated then, so the article he typed is with obscene words. So I, instead of my friend, apologize for you.

2.Write down any vocabulary words or phrases that you think:
i. Are difficult or you new to you: None of all.
ii. Are probably useful for you to learn/know: Maybe dirty words, but I don't want to.

3.Say why you chose this article and how it relates to your life, your experience, you desires, etc:
My respond→
It's so queer. I just finish reading a blog of my friend. Suddenly, I'm eager on an impulse to say "Are you an idiot?". Possibly he has some problems about his relationship, but even if we've talked a lot to him, he just cannot always look on the bright side of life. Instead, he said we're not principles and we cannot realize how he felt. Well, maybe he's right. All we can do is comfort him and give some optimistic suggestions to him, but why he cannot understand and always shut up with his closed heart. More negative he is, then all things he does are in vain. He's too pessimistic, he thinks too much, in the end, he thinks that if he kills himself then that guy will feel better. What are you talking about!? Are you an idiot!? Are you really sure you do it then he will feel better!? The such behavior of yours is called avoidance!!
How to make up relationship?I think it really needs time. You need time to calm down, that guy needs time too. If that guy cannot accept your apology, then just give it up. After all, you've tried your best. What can you do? Just be yourself! Not always think about changing yourself and how to cater to those people, OK? Don't be a fool.

In a study, researchers found that elderly men and women who reported drinking from one to 13 servings of beer, wine, or liquor a week had a 44 percent lower risk of being hospitalized for leg artery disease, compared with elderly men and women who reported no alcohol consumption.(→The second paragraph)　　"These results are consistent with the long-standing observation that moderate drinkers have a lower risk of heart attack, which is also caused by blockages in arteries," Dr. Kenneth J. Mukamal, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, in Brookline, Massachusetts, told Reuters Health.(→The third paragraph)→"The News"http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071228/hl_nm/alcohol_leg_arteries_dc;_ylt=Ap.ij4738YVz42gJA01Mw3A_cbYF

1.Summarize what the article is talking about:
Drinking appropriate beer, wine, or liquor can advantage people to keep their health.

2.Write down any vocabulary words or phrases that you think:
i. Are difficult or you new to you: 1) Liquor.2)Hospitalized.3)Artery.4)Consumption.5)Consistent with.6)Moderate.
ii. Are probably useful for you to learn/know:These results are consistent with the long-standing observation that moderate drinkers have a lower risk of heart attack, which is also caused by blockages in arteries.

3.Say why you chose this article and how it relates to your life, your experience, you desires, etc:

I have to say that drinking appropriate beer or wine is good for our health. I think it's true, because alcohol can improve the blood circulation. I like to drink beer and wine, so do my parents. Formerly, we drank a little wine before we went to bed. It could make us slept easily. By the way, the study says that moderate drinkers have a lower risk of heart attack, it's important to hear the news. I think I will suggest my father to be a moderate drinker! ：）

Sex education found to help teenagers delay sex

They found teenage boys who had sex education in school were 71 percent less likely to have intercourse before age 15, and teen girls who had sex education were 59 percent less likely to have sex before age 15.(→The second paragraph)　　They found teen boys who had sex education in school were nearly three times more likely to use birth control the first time they had intercourse. But sex education appeared to have no effect on whether teen girls used birth control, the researchers found.(→The sixth paragraph)→"The News"http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071219/us_nm/sex_teens_dc;_ylt=AobVjikfj0oXsdgFsoEY3lHrSLYF



1.Summarize what the article is talking about:


How important the sex education is. And the sex education includes birth control, intercourse, contraception, and so on. U.S. researchers appeal to teenagers for the necessary of the sex education.


2.Write down any vocabulary words or phrases that you think:

i. Are difficult or you new to you:1)Intercourse. 2)Birth control.

ii. Are probably useful for you to learn/know:They found teenage boys who had sex education in school were 71 percent less likely to have intercourse before age 15


3.Say why you chose this article and how it relates to your life, your experience, you desires, etc:

I know that latter teenagers are "maturer" than before, so I think the sex education is extremely important. There are some pieces of news about abortion, teenagers who cause an abortion lack for knowledge. An abortion is not only illegal but not good for girls. And I think the sex education should be applied to earlier teenagers.

Most older adults have brain disease: study

　　Most older persons with dementia (i.e., memory and other cognitive impairments) had more than one type of pathology in their brain causing the impairment, Schneider told Reuters Health.(→The forth paragraph)　　Therefore, prevention of not only Alzheimer's disease but these other pathologies, particularly stroke and those things that may increase the risk of stroke, like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, cigarette smoking, obesity, "are likely to significantly decrease the prevalence of dementia," Schneider added.(→The eighth paragraph)→"The News"http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071228/hl_nm/older_adults_brain_dc;_ylt=AookS1_159dk79mCw.rGdN7uSLYF

1.Summarize what the article is talking about:

　　A study shows that most older persons have dementia. And high blood pressure, high cholesterol, cigarette smoking, obesity, and so on may increase the risk of stroke. Just like the older man in a photo, maybe he is thinking,"Where's my key?"" Where's my car?" If a person is over 60, it may just be a normal part of aging.

2.Write down any vocabulary words or phrases that you think:

i. Are difficult or you new to you: 1)Dementia. 2)Cognitive. 3)Impairment. 4)Pathology. 5)Alzheimer's disease. 6)Stroke. 7)Cholesterol. 8)Prevalence.
ii. Are probably useful for you to learn/know:Most older persons with dementia (i.e., memory and other cognitive impairments) had more than one type of pathology in their brain causing the impairment.

3.Say why you chose this article and how it relates to your life, your experience, you desires, etc:

　　In my opinion, the older people have a bad memory for everything and they get dementia easily. Not only dementia but other pathologies they can get easily, like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and so on. These diseases may increase the risk of stroke, we should take care of them. Just like my grandfather, he seems to have a bad memory for everything. I try my best to let him recall everything. If I don't do this, I'm scared that he would get stroke easily.
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High-fat, high-carb meals more harmful to obese

In previous research they found that obese individuals have higher levels of oxidative stress and inflammation than normal-weight individuals. They also demonstrated that eating a high-fat, high-carb meal increased oxidative stress and inflammation in normal-weight people.(→The third paragraph) In another study, Dandona and his colleagues demonstrated that a high-fruit, high-fiber meal with the same calorie content as the fast food meal tested in the current study produced no increase in oxidative or inflammatory stress.(→The sixth paragraph)→"the news"http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071228/hl_nm/meals_obese_dc;_ylt=AuT80wOQk4RRPJ9SK0wz7Y2ISbYF

1.Summarize what the article is talking about:

A new study shows that the obese people eat more high-fat and high-crab can be easier to have higher levels of oxidative stress and inflammation than normal-weight people. People who have oxidative stress and inflammation easily got atherosclerosis, heart attack and stroke. People should eat more high-fruit and high-fiber meal so that people can make their bodies stay healthy.

2.Write down any vocabulary words or phrases that you think:

i. Are difficult or you new to you: 1)Oxidative. 2)Inflammation. 3)Carb=Carbamate.
ii. Are probably useful for you to learn/know: In previous research they found that obese individuals have higher levels of oxidative stress and inflammation than normal-weight individuals.

3.Say why you chose this article and how it relates to your life, your experience, you desires, etc:

I believe that some people try to be on a diet because they want to stay healthy not for good looking. The obese people are indeed easier to get diseases than normal weight people, like heart attack, high blood pressure, and so on. People really should eat much fruit and vegetables and avoid high-fat and high-crab meal, it's really terrible. For your own good, try to eat much healthy food.