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Drinking Coffee May Lower Women’s Stroke Risk

Love coffee? Well, you could possibly be lowering your risk of stroke when you drink it, according to study of nearly 35,000 women published Thursday in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. The study found that those who drank more than one cup of coffee a day had a 22% to 25% lowered risk of stroke, compared with women who drank less than that amount. In fact, NOT drinking coffee could be more harmful than helpful — the study also found that drinking little or no coffee was actually associated with a slight increase in stroke risk.

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after a decade home….now what?

this post appeared on www.thenewperfect.com – thanks for letting me be a guest blogger for a day! For most people, falling leaves symbolize that winter is approaching. But this is not just any winter for me. This winter marks a DECADE that I have been home with my kids. While this time has been amazing and exhausting, it is a period of time that will always be special to me (clichd, I know forgive me).

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Baby Names From the 1950s

The 1950s saw the rise of the Civil Rights movement, the end of polio, the opening of the Disneyland theme park and a boom in births as World War II vets came home and started families. Babies born during the 1950s had names inspired by tradition and the blossoming entertainment industry.