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Lifestyle-Online 8/20/97
SEX-ED SUCCESS
For the first time in 25 years, the percentage of teens who say they've had sex has gone down to 50 percent (from 55 percent) among girls, and to 55 percent (from 60 percent) among boys. Experts say schools have gotten better at spreading the word about sexually transmitted diseases (like HIV), as well as birth control and abstinence.
Source: Seventeen, 9/97
The 90's MAN
How can you be a man in the 1990's? There are some simply some things you should not do. For instance, a 90's man doesn't have favorite show tunes; call the bartender sport or ace; date, befriend, or converse with anyone who reads self-help books; watch Friends;quote Seinfeld;drink Frappuccinos while reading a selection from Oprah's Book Club; or pretend to like Robert James Waller (even to get laid).
Source: Esquire, 9/97
A VERY SORE SPOT
Exercise helps keep a man sexually fit, but Dr. Irwin Goldstein, a Boston
University impotency specialist, says that bicycling is one workout to avoid. When a man uses a standard bike seat, his weight flattens the main penile artery, temporarily occluding the blood flow required for erections. Goldstein believes that, over time, this pressure can permanently damage the vessel. He says he sees several patients each week with bicycle-induced sexual difficulties. Despite advances in bike seats, Goldstein advises men to stop riding altogether until a seat is proven safe. He says the ideal men's saddle would look like a toilet seat.
Source: Newsweek, 8/25/97
COFFEE TALK
If you're a coffee drinker, this just might give you the jitters: Research
compiled by the Center for Science in the Public Interest found that the java from gourmet coffee shops can contain from two to three times the caffeine found in a cup made from your basic supermarket brand. In fact, at one popular chain a large cup can contain about 280 milligrams of caffeine the equivalent of drinking three eight-ounce cups of regular coffee.
Source: Working Mother, 9/97
PAST AS PROLOGUE
If your parents divorce, you’re also more likely to do so. Now a study from the American Sociological Association finds that if you experience more than one divorce as a kid, you’re four times as likely to go through multiple marriages as an adult.
Source: Time, 8/25/97
CIGAR DANGER
Don't get sucked into smoking cigars, no matter how trendy it seems. One cigar contains as much tobacco as up to 15 cigarettes. The smoke of an average cigar has five times more tar and 25 times more carbon monoxide than that of a cigarette. And that's not all. There are more than 4,000 chemicals in cigar smoke, of which 23 are poisons and 43 are carcinogens. Besides these ingredients, which cigars have in common with cigarettes, cigars may also contain mystery substances, such as impurities that creep in during the manufacturing process. Cigar manufacturers do not have to disclose what they add to (or don't clean out of) their products.
Source: Parents, 9/97
PRICE OF PROGRESS
While women have gained many benefits from their increased opportunities, they're also facing some new challenges. According to a new nationwide survey, one of the biggest is the number of new responsibilities caused by balancing work and family. Seventy-four percent of those polled believe that women's stress levels have vastly increased because of their dual roles; 26 percent describe themselves as stressed to the max.
Source: Ladies' Home Journal, 9/97
MOTLEY BRUE
The rock group Motley Crue promoted its latest album with a bright-blue-colored soft drink, Motley Brue, among whose characteristics is that it leaves both the drinker's mouth, and any contemporaneous excrement, blue. The independent soft-drink company Eat Me Now says the beverage is "for people who are done with the whole drugs and alcohol thing, but still want to have fun."
Source: Advertising Age
TOP SNEEZING CITIES
You sneeze more in some cities than in others. Judging by the number of
allergy prescriptions, the cities hardest on the nose are, in order: New York City; Dallas, Gary, Indiana; Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Detroit, Washington D.C., Houston, San Francisco and Atlanta.
Source: First for Women, 9/8/97
TASTE DUDS
English food, not known for its quality, has entered a new era with Wacky Veg.This food line dishes out chocolate-flavored carrots, pizza corn and other bizarre concoctions. Nutritionists hope the crazy combos will motivate kids to eat their veggies.
Source: Seventeen, 8/97
WASTED WORK TIME
When you first get to the office how much time do you spend just getting ready to get down to work? Just a few minutes, you say? New research indicates that employees waste an average of 2 and a half weeks a year getting ready to start and stop work. They spend 35.8 hours a year starting in the morning, 13.9 hours getting ready for lunch, 15.5 hours getting started after lunch, and 27.7 hours getting ready to go home at night. And that's not all. Once employees get started on their workday, they spend about 34 percent of the time goofing off.
Source: Almanac of the American People, by Tom and Nancy Biracree, Facts on File
WATCHING YOU
Ever have the feeling that someone is watching you? You're not alone. A recent survey of millions of Americans found that fully 18 percent of us say we've awakened with a paralyzing fear that someone or something was in the room. Another 15 percent say they've seen a terrifying figure which might have been a witch, a devil, or some other evil figure in their bedroom,closet, or elsewhere.
Source: Roper Organization
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