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Friday, 28 June 2013

Vitamin D supplements must after menopause

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A new study suggests that women should take calcium and vitamin D supplements after menopause for bone health.

An analysis from the major Women's Health Initiative (WHI) trial throws weight on the supplement sideâ€”at least for women taking hormones after menopause.

Among the nearly 30,000 postmenopausal women in the hormone trial, some 8,000 took supplemental calcium (1,000 mg/day) and vitamin D (400 mg/day), and some 8,000 took look-alike placebos.

These women came from all the hormone groups in the studyâ€”those who took estrogen plus a progestogen (required for women with a uterus), those who took estrogen alone, and those who took the hormone look-alike placebos.

The researchers looked at how the rates of hip fracture differed among women who took hormones and supplements, those who took hormones alone, and those who took neither.

The supplements and hormones had a synergistic effect. Women using both therapies had much greater protection against hip fractures than with either therapy alone.

Taking supplements alone wasn't significantly better than taking no supplements and no hormones.

The benefit of hormone therapy was strong in women who had a total calcium intake (supplements plus diet) greater than 1,200 mg/day.

Similarly, the benefit was strong in women who had higher intakes of vitamin D, but the individual effect of each one could not be determined because the two supplements were given together.

The study is published online in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society.

Thursday, 27 June 2013

Serena Williams apologizes again after rape case comments

In a Rolling Stone story, Williams said a 16-year-old rape victim "shouldn't have put herself in that position."

LONDON (AP) -- Serena Williams has issued a new apology for what she called "insensitive and misinformed comments" she made about the victim in the Steubenville, Ohio, rape case.

In a Rolling Stone story posted online last week, Williams said the 16-year-old girl "shouldn't have put herself in that position."

The next day, Williams apologized in a statement. She also apologized at a news conference Sunday.

On Monday night, a day before Williams plays her first-round match at Wimbledon, she released another statement on her website, saying she also wanted to "extend an apology to the millions of sexual assault victims in America whose pain could have been compounded by my inappropriate remarks." Sexual assault, Williams wrote, "is never acceptable and never the fault of the victim."

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Serena Williams apologizes again after rape case comments

In a Rolling Stone story, Williams said a 16-year-old rape victim "shouldn't have put herself in that position."

LONDON (AP) -- Serena Williams has issued a new apology for what she called "insensitive and misinformed comments" she made about the victim in the Steubenville, Ohio, rape case.

In a Rolling Stone story posted online last week, Williams said the 16-year-old girl "shouldn't have put herself in that position."

The next day, Williams apologized in a statement. She also apologized at a news conference Sunday.

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Monday, 24 June 2013

War of words erupts after wedding guests gift bride 'cheap and embarrassing' food hamper containing marshmallow fluff and croutons

By Sadie Whitelocks

PUBLISHED: 22:06 GMT, 20 June 2013 | UPDATED: 22:46 GMT, 20 June 2013

Talking point: One bride was insulted when a guest gifted her a food hamper and said money would have been more appropriate (stock picture)

A war of words between a pair of disgruntled brides and two guests who brought them a 'cheap and embarrassing' gift, has sparked a debate over wedding etiquette.

Kathy Mason from Hamilton, Ontario, and her boyfriend, who wished to remain anonymous, decided to create a food hamper for their friends' same-sex marriage and packed it with a mix of 'fun' treats including pasta, olive oil, croutons, biscuits, Marshmallow Fluff and Sour Patch Kids.

They attached a carefully worded card to the parcel which read: 'Enjoy . . . Life is delicious.'

However, the European newlyweds were less than impressed with the gesture and contacted the couple the next day via text message to ask if they had the receipt so they could get the money back instead.

An insulted Ms Mason decided to reveal the ensuing back-and-forth exchanges to The Hamilton Spectator in a bid to prove that what she and her partner had done was 'thoughtful and not out of place.'

In the conversation trail, conducted via text and Facebook, the unnamed brides argued that it cost $200 to have Ms Mason and her plus one at their big day.

They pointed out that booking a lakeside venue in Stoney Creek, Ontario, and providing catering for 210 guests had bumped their budget up to $34,000.

Apparently Ms Mason was one of only two invitees who didn't gift at least $150 cash - the other gave a present in addition to money.

'You ate steak, chicken, booze, and a beautiful venue . . . If anything you should be embarrassed for being so cheap and embarrassing,' the brides said in one message.

The bitchy spat, published on The Hamilton Spectator's site on June 11, has attracted widespread interest.

One commentator named Vince sided with the brides, agreeing that dollars would have been more appropriate.

'As a person who has been invited to numerous weddings [and] a firm believer of the saying "do unto others." I am always sensitive when it comes to giving a gift,' he wrote.

'If I knew the couple is spending $100/plate, I make sure to give $250 or more not only to cover my and fiancees dinner but to give the newlyweds a gift as well. I am getting married in September and would be furious if this happened to me.'

'You should never host a party that you cannot afford, or expect your guests to pay for it'

And Victoria agreed, writing: 'I have never received a hamper as a gift, again I'm European and we are bred to be very generous.

'Gift baskets are appropriate for showers, birthdays...etc but in my culture anything less than a $100 per person monetary gift is insulting. I have Greek, Portuguese and other European friends who would wholeheartedly agree.'

However, Laura supported Ms Mason and her boyfriend, deeming the brides' reaction 'rude'.

'I am so disappointed in society,' she explained. 'We have truly lost the meaning of weddings. It’s a ceremony to celebrate your love and to bring together the people who will support you through your marriage.

'It’s not profit oriented business venture. I personally think the gift had an element of fun in it.'

And Louise Fox, a Toronto-based etiquette coach who has appeared on shows including Slice TV's Rich Bride, Poor Bride, says even requesting the receipt was out of order.

Controversial: A picture of the food hamper created by Ms Mason and her boyfriend for their friends' wedding

She suggests the just-wed couple should have 'offered the basket to family, friends or a food bank, then written a thank-you note that focused on the thought behind the act of gift-giving.'

The first message Ms Mason received the day after her friends' wedding read: 'Heyyy I just wanna say thanks for the gift but unfortunately I can't eat any of it lol I'm gluten intolerant. Do u maybe have a receipt [?]'

She said she was surprised by the mention of a gluten allergy, as the brides had recently been to eat at the Italian restaurant where her boyfriend works and both ate whole wheat pasta.

As a result, she failed to respond directly to the question. This triggered a follow-up text 24 hours later. In the second note she was bluntly told that a financial contribution would have been preferred.

'Thanks again for the $30 gift basket . . . you should be embarrassed for being so cheap'

[Instead we just] got fluffy whip and sour patch kids in return. Just a heads up for the future :),' the bride sniped.

An infuriated Ms Mason then told the happy couple 'you should never host a party that you cannot afford, or expect your guests to pay for it.'

She also stressed that she had done a lot of research on wedding etiquette.

But the angry brides did little to settle her temper. 'Weddings are to make money for your future. Not to pay for peoples meals,' they said.

'Do more research. People haven't gave [sic] gifts since like 50 years ago! But thanks again for the $30 gift basket.'

Speaking to The Hamilton Spectator after the incident the brides, who are of Italian and Croatian descent, put it down to cultural differences.

'I don't know what day or century they're living in,' one concluded.

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40 year after the Battle of the Sexes, why Janet Street Porter vows to continue the good fight

By Janet Street Porter

PUBLISHED: 22:21 GMT, 23 June 2013 | UPDATED: 01:33 GMT, 24 June 2013

This week, The Battle Of The Sexes opens in cinemas, a documentary about the bitter tennis match between Wimbledon champion Billie Jean King and the big-mouthed sexist Bobby Riggs, who thought she would be a walkover.

History was made when Billie Jean won in three sets in front of 30,000 fans and a huge global audience on television, picking up $100,000. We've met a few times - she is still a quietly spoken impressive fighter for women's rights.

It's easy to forget just how different things were for women 40 years ago.

Billie Jean King at Wimbledon in 1969: Billie Jean's victory over the sexist Bobby Riggs was an important skirmish in the battle of the sexes

I had started work presenting a daily show each morning at LBC, Britain's first commercial radio station, but women couldn't buy drinks in El Vino's in Fleet Street, around the corner from my office - we had to ask a bloke! It seems incredible, when I was earning decent money, writing newspaper columns, and broadcasting to millions of people.

We were only allowed on to the floor of the Stock Exchange in March that year, when six women were finally admitted after 200 years and a long campaign.

You'd think it took them so long because we might undermine the economy - but history has shown it's taken a long run of male bankers and macho chancellors to do just that.

In 2013, 40 years after Billie Jean demolished Bobby Riggs, what battles remain? The Bank of England made history last week when it appointed the first female chief operating officer.

Charlotte Hogg comes from a political family - one grandfather was a Lord Chancellor and so was his father. Her other grandfather was Chief Secretary at the Treasury - so finance runs in the family.

Will Charlotte mark a change in the way the City regards women? Two weeks ago, Angela Ahrendts, the boss of Burberry, became the highest paid executive in the UK, receiving a total pay package of ?16.9?million in 2012, five million more than anyone else.

But despite women doing well in middle management, only three women run FTSE 100 companies.

Apart from Angela, there's Alison Cooper at Imperial Tobacco and Carolyn McCall at easyJet, and we make up less than 20?pc of FTSE100 board members, though the Government has set a target of 25?pc within two years. (No chance of achieving it at the current rate).

We buy more cars than men and have huge purchasing power, making most of the major decisions to do with the home and the family. But we don't run businesses.

The Equal Pay and Sexual Discrimination and Employment Protection Acts of 1975 ensured we can't be sacked for getting pregnant and are supposed to earn the same as men, but women tend to work in lower paid jobs and find it harder to rise to the very top.

Even the Queen seems very reluctant to promote women. The Order of Merit (distinguished advisors drawn from public service, the arts, science and the Armed Forces) is made up of 24 members and is the highest honour in the land.

There are currently 21 men and just one woman - the first female Speaker in the Commons, Betty Boothroyd. There are two vacancies. I suggest the Queen appoints J.K. Rowling and a senior female judge without delay.

And the discrimination continues. The British Open Golf tournament is being held at Muirfield next month, a club (dating back to 1744) that still refuses to accept women as members.

The Garrick Club, established in 1831, is pleased to admit Stephen Fry and Melvyn Bragg, but still only values women as guests. Freemasons don't recognise mixed lodges, as if the presence of women is somehow distracting and subversive.

I could go on. The fact is, we might have the law on our side, but women are lacking in Parliament, in the Cabinet, at the highest levels of the judiciary and the police force.

Billie Jean won an important match in 1973, but the battle is still going on. When young women say they are not feminists, I want to weep. There's everything to play for.

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Mama don't preach: Lourdes with Madonna

Just zip it, Madge!

Madonna has been complaining that her 16-year-old daughter Lourdes no longer talks to her, preferring to chat to friends on her mobile.

She told a TV interviewer that her 12-year-old son Rocco was also growing up, disclosing 'he's getting facial hair, he's looking at girls. It's terrible'. What's awful is the way Madonna tells us she wants her kids to have privacy, and then reveals far too much about them herself.

I feel sorry for any child whose mother feels compelled to discuss them with total strangers. No wonder Lourdes prefers Facebook to a one-to-one with Mum, who knows what confidences she might let slip? Children need their own space.

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M-way pubs? I'm not going to drink to that

Call me a kill-joy, but I'm not raising a glass to celebrate the UK's first motorway boozer. J.?D. Wetherspoon has just won planning permission to open a pub (more are planned) at Junction 2 of the M40 at Beaconsfield.

The RAC has objected, saying 'this seems at odds with common sense' - claiming that just 12?pc of those who took part in a survey thought it was a good idea.

The Government has abandoned plans to increase the motorway speed limit to 80?miles an hour, because research indicated that female drivers objected.

Shame they didn't ask the same female drivers what they thought about allowing a motorway pub to serve alcohol from 8am to 1am.Words fail me.

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Kanye West and Kim Kardashian have named their new baby North West

North West takes baby names in wrong direction

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian (pictured) have beaten the Rooneys to the prize for most stupid baby name this year, by calling their little girl North West.

Will the Rooneys be adding to their little brood of Klay and Kai with another K-Kid? You'd hope they'd be bothered by comparisons with the KKK?

Presumably Kanye and Kim will have more sprogs - so who'll be next, South or Wild?

But why choose North West? I don't imagine they've seen the thrilling Alfred Hitchcock film North By Northwest. Or have they been on a fabulous trip to Alaska? Or Carlisle?

I guarantee this child will have changed her name to Joyce or Susan by the time she's 12.

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Strikingly consistent

Tom Ford (right) is launching a range of men's cosmetics this autumn, and the products are sure to be as beautifully packaged as his women's range.

Tom Ford always strikes the exact same sultry pose

Mr Ford certainly knows what makes men look good, if my experience is anything to go by.

A few years ago, I was chatting to him at a party for a mutual friend, at Locanda Locatelli, one of the most fashionable Italian restaurants in London. Giorgio Locatelli was cooking us all pasta, to order, in the kitchen.

When I asked Tom if he was coming to taste the food, he said: 'I can't go in there, it has strip lighting - so unflattering.' He was clearly worried he might be photographed in less-than-perfect conditions, which wouldn't show his complexion at its best.

He always strikes exactly the same pose in photos, brooding and sultry.

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