Month: December 2013

During this seven-year period of time I've become quite familiar with the system and the people who developed it, I've watched it change significantly over these years, and I've come to hold several opinions regarding CrossFit. Some of them I will share with you here.

By Allison Bond NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Threatening or screaming at teenagers may put them at higher risk for depression and disruptive behaviors such as rule-breaking, a new study suggests. “The take home point is that the verbal behaviors matter,” Annette Mahoney, who worked on the study, said. She’s a professor of psychology at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. “It can be easy to overlook that, but our study shows that the verbal hostility is really relevant, particularly for mothers who scream and hit, and for fathers who do either one,” Mahoney told Reuters Health.

Life is filled with constant change and uncertainty. But now that you are beginning to learn how to ride its wave, you can surf with the best, while being assured you are doing the best for your personal health and longevity.

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama tapped John Podesta, a former chief of staff for President Bill Clinton, to advise the White House on issues related to energy and climate change, the White House said on Tuesday. John D. Podesta, 64, is chairman of the Center for American Progress, a left-leaning think tank he founded in 2003 that has close ties to the Obama administration. Before forming what he called the “think tank on steroids,” Podesta was the last chief of staff to former President Clinton, from 1998 to 2001.

Lung cancer remains the single greatest threats to the health of smokers, according to the American Cancer Society. In the United States, tobacco use is responsible for nearly one in five deaths, or 443,000 early deaths, each year.        

The day I completed the "Murph" — named after Lieutenant Michael Murphy from Patchogue, NY, who died in Afghanistan — I finally understood the connection. By going deeper into the "being-ness" of physicality, we honored what he had lost. It made a kind of weird sense.

By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – John Podesta, a former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, is returning to the White House to advise President Barack Obama as he struggles to regain his footing after the flawed healthcare law rollout. Podesta steered Obama's transition team in 2008 after he won the presidency. Obama's chief of staff, Denis McDonough, had the idea to bring him on, White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters.

Get out of diet mentality – Sustained weight loss requires lifestyle changes. Take honest look at eating habits and create plan to establish healthier food patterns. … Reshape U! because of its commitment to community health improvement.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is pledging more funding for mental health as the White House prepares to remember the first anniversary of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting.