Sugar or Fat: What’s Worse for Your Waistline?

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/2016/02/sugar-vs-fat-which-is-worse-for-weight-gain/?utm_campaign=cc+tweets&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=3012016&dynid=twitter-_-cc+tweets-_-social-_-social-_-3012016 Can’t shake your fear of eating fat? It’s true that fat has more calories per gram than either carbs or protein. So why doesn’t eating less fat — and therefore fewer calories — help you lose weight? It may be because we often replace the missing fat in our diets with sugar. (Remember, our…

Law Commission recommends making non-fatal strangulation a specific crime

Law Commission recommends making non-fatal strangulation a specific crime https://t.co/XkZ7fEDfUV — NZ F V Clearinghouse (@NZFVC) March 11, 2016 The Law Commission has released its report looking at how best to respond to non-fatal strangulation. The report recommends introducing a new crime of strangulation into the Crimes Act 1961, with a maximum penalty of seven…

Pilot provides Judges with defendant’s family violence history

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/bites/298919/violence-reports-for-judges-could-roll-out A piloted programme giving judges more information about a defendant’s history of family violence at bail hearings is set to be extended. The programme has been tested in Porirua and Christchurch since last September. Though that test had not yet been fully evaluated, the judiciary, Ministry of Justice and the Police were talking about…

Five from 1964 Ranfurly Shield-winning Taranaki rugby teamdiagnosed with dementia.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11605546&ref=NZH_Tw Uttley was a central figure in the law change that allowed injury replacements. Playing a brutal encounter for New Zealand Universities against South Africa in 1965, Uttley, Williment and a young halfback named Chris Laidlaw were all forced from the field in the first half, Uttley with concussion, leaving the students to play a…

Hardwired for anxiety

The new study shows that people diagnosed with anxiety are less able to distinguish between a neutral, “safe” stimulus (in this case, the sound of a tone) and one that was earlier associated with the threat of money loss or gain. Investigators explain that when anxious people are confronted with emotional experiences, they show a…

Feeling empty or hollow ?

Are you lonely? Loneliness is a feeling of emptiness or hollowness inside of us. It often https://t.co/SDgKmsR031 pic.twitter.com/Rv1jEXSIVq — Carrie (@_carrienet_) March 10, 2016 It is conceivable to be in a lifelong marriage, and still experience a deep, pervasive loneliness. You can be surrounded by friends, but still have difficult reaching out to them. It…

English labrador trained since he was a puppy to alert changes in blood sugar.

'Jedi' the dog helps boy with type 1 diabetes by alerting parents to blood sugar changes. https://t.co/crNarh4B1I pic.twitter.com/XWdtr5r5KE — ABC News (@ABC) March 10, 2016 The force is strong with Jedi, a 3-year-old diabetic alert dog, and his 7-year-old “master,” Luke Nuttall. Luke has been battling type 1 diabetes — an autoimmune disease with no…

‘The King’ Who Who Wants to Give Men a Bad Name

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/76578614/Neomasculinist-group-Return-of-Kings-cancels-worldwide-meetups Controversial “neomasculinist” group Return of Kings has cancelled gatherings planned in more than 40 countries, including New Zealand. The “meetups” planned for Saturday were cancelled because the safety and privacy of men who wanted to attend could not be guaranteed, group creator Roosh Valizadeh said on Thursday. Valizadeh, who advocates for legalising rape on…

‘Trump anxiety’ among US therapy clients

http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/well-good/teach-me/77620085/psychologists-and-massage-therapists-are-reporting-trump-anxiety-among-clients Whitney Royston, 30, a Republican who works as an event coordinator in Colorado, said the prospect of a Trump presidency scares her because “he’s a side show. He doesn’t have anything to say. All he does is tell other people to shut up. If he were to become president, I fear that our world…