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Someone had to hold the line against the mewing hordes. That's why the folks at the Web humor site Urlesque have declared Sept. 9 "A Day Without Cats Online." More than 40 blogs and websites have agreed to say no más to the mousers, banning cats from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Day Without Cats on the Internet | 9/9/2009 | See Source »

Scientists at the University of Michigan, led by Dr. Robert Brook, found that the quality of air you breathe can immediately increase your blood pressure, and cause unhealthy changes in your blood vessels that last for hours and perhaps even days. The study measured the effect of air pollution in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Air Pollution Can Damage the Heart | 9/9/2009 | See Source »

Once the immediate onslaught of pollution is gone, blood pressure drops back down. But the damaging effects persist. Particulates can lodge deep in the lungs, where they activate another process - inflammation, which kicks in over the 24 hours after exposure. The inflammatory response can stiffen blood vessels and cause longer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Air Pollution Can Damage the Heart | 9/9/2009 | See Source »

The virtue of “self-discipline” is perhaps most obvious. Without doubt, it takes some degree of control to avoid sneaking a Coconut Congo Bar after 11 hours of not eating. However, the benefits of discipline in this context trickle down to multiple aspects of our...

Author: By Bilal A. Siddiqui | Title: Days of Deprivation | 9/9/2009 | See Source »

But fasting can lead to profound self-reflection as well. Those few hours before the sun sets and one is allowed to eat are precisely the time in which one realizes just how easy it is to succumb to temptation. The idea that all it takes is a candy bar...

Author: By Bilal A. Siddiqui | Title: Days of Deprivation | 9/9/2009 | See Source »

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