Healthbolt’s Healthy Health Links of the Week.
July 16, 2008 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Fitness, Media, Misc., Morning News, The Sunday Sidebar
ABC News has an interesting article on a kids dealing with Tourette Syndrome. The article, Taking on Tourette: Families Reveal Their Personal Struggles, looks at a summer camp called “Camp Tic-a-Palooza” for tourette kids. Have a read of the article and watch the news video to learn more about this syndrome.
Newsweek has a fun article on Seven Silly Fitness Fads, listing everything from weighted hula hooping to strippercise.
Meanwhile, National Geographic Adventure offers How to Survive (Almost) Anything: 14 Survival Skills
And Scientific America tells us Sitting Too Close to the Computer Screen Can Make You Go Blind. That’s a scary thought for all us bloggers. But, hang on, before you panic and turn off the computer, read the article. Turns out that it’s only a small group of people who are seriously at risk of myopia (nearsightedness) and worst case, possible blindness. The rest of us are destined instead for eyestrain.
