Daily Dose: April 10, 2013
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Check out the list of links that should be on your radar today:
The next time you’re fighting a serious craving, grab a jump rope: Jumping up and down fights hunger better than other forms of exercise, according to a new study. [MyHealthNewsDaily.com]
Today is the first-ever National Youth HIV + AIDS Awareness Day. [Huffington Post]
Your butt isn’t the only body part that benefits from working out—it can also give your brain a boost, according to new research. [NYT]
Bummer alert: The more time you log with Facebook friends, the weaker your bonds with real-life friends, according to recent research. [Science Daily]
A new study finds that doctors are prescribing enough antibiotics each year to dole them out to four out of five Americans. Find out why it’s a bad idea to overdo it with the antibiotics. [AP]
As if having to sit in bumper-to-bumper traffic weren’t bad enough, a new study finds that kids who grow up in places that are heavily polluted by cars face a higher risk of getting certain childhood cancers. [LA Times]
The “overnight diet”—six days of a high protein diet and one day of a liquid diet, combined with sleep—promises to help you lose up to two pounds overnight. Fat chance. [ABC News]
The IRS may be reading your emails without a permit. So much for that whole right to privacy… [Salon]
A Swedish lingerie shop made employees identify their bra sizes on their name tags…and now it’s paying $ 8,000 in damages to one of the violated workers. [Newser]
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