Many women unaware they're pre-diabetic

Many women unaware they're pre-diabetic - Yahoo! News (AP)

Lots of good health news today.

This is a very important article...

"Getting fatter around the middle? Have a family history of heart disease or diabetes? You could be headed for the same trouble, especially if you're over 40 and female."

"...insulin resistance, a type of pre-diabetes, is a growing national problem: Some experts believe half of all overweight or obese American adults are insulin-resistant."

All the boldings and italics are mine.

But you might want to read those quotes twice - they're that important.

FWIW, this Summer I found myself to be - fitting the profile above perfectly - with Type 2 diabetes. (Not bad, but with glucose numbers bad enough for the diagnosis. I had no symptoms, just was having some routine blood work done.)

I'd been meaning to work harder at losing weight - diabetes sure gave me the needed kick in the pants. Technically, I'm not even over-weight anymore, and my middle is decreasing as well. : D

Red Wine May Help Prevent Alzheimer's

Red Wine May Help Prevent Alzheimer's - Yahoo! News (HealthDay)

I'll lift a glass to that!

I keep coming across more and more news reports about red wine - in moderation! - being a healthy thing.

Three-year-old buys pink convertible on Internet

Three-year-old buys pink convertible on Internet - Yahoo! News (Reuters)

Guess he liked it!

Beware of the e-Bay "Buy It Now" button around little ones.

As the little boy's mom said, "Jack's a whizz on the PC..."

Yeah, I'd said he is. He bought himself a Nissan convertible for $17,000.

(Happily the seller understood and gave the kid his money back.)

Click the link above and check out the photo of said car - it does kind of look like a kid's toy...

Average home has more TVs than people

Average home has more TVs than people - Yahoo! News (AP)

Curious.

OTOH, we have three people in our household now, and, um, three TVs...

Part of it is that as long as a TV still works, why not keep it if there's room for it? I'm sure I'm not alone in that practice.

Says something sad somehow about the average American family, too, if you think about it...

An even more amazing fact I read in my paper this morning was that people are watching more TV than ever. How?! People work longer hours, are so busy, there's cellphones, iPods, the Internet, popular games, and on and on... Most of that so-called TV-watching must be the TV just being on, maybe actually watched, maybe not?

I'm Seeing Red (@ CafePress)

The red T-shirts are available now. : )

They will be labeled "dark T-shirts" and you can choose between red or black.

I've put some examples in the "Sales & Features" area. (Not sure if that red works with that "Born 2 B Wild." Maybe the original black was better after all, hmmm...might change that to black again...)

The red T-shirts will be especially nice for Christmas - something for all of us (yes, me too) to keep in mind.

Former Texas governor Ann Richards dies

Former Texas governor Ann Richards dies - Yahoo! News

I've always liked this feisty, smart lady. Sorry to see her go.

SALES & FEATURES : For Women Old Enough... : CafePress.com

SALES & FEATURES : For Women Old Enough... : CafePress.com

Excitement @ CafePress today - new products!

Well, okay, some old products that now come in additional colors. Nice colors.

If you check out the link above you'll see some samples of the new colors.

Infant and toddler T-shirts, also infant creepers, now come in pink, blue, or the usual white. Your choice. (In rare circumstances I won't be offering an item which will look horrendous, IMO, on a particular color, such as orange and yellow flowers on pink, for one.)

Also, adult sweatshirts - the plain as well as the hooded kind - are available in white in addition to the usual gray. Again, your choice.

These are not items I need to add as the new color choices are already in my stores. So these new colors are available now - no waiting.

As you may notice many of my graphics look better on blue or pink or white. For example, my colorful "Groovy Grandma" '60s-inspired graphic is better, IMO, on white than on gray.

It's nice that you can decide for yourself. You may prefer gray, just the same, and you can have it.

Coming soon (I expect it real soon, since it was supposed to come out with this other new merch. Next week was mentioned by the CafePress people.)... Being able to choose the color dark red - "cardinal" is what it's called - as well as black for what was formerly called "black T-shirts" but will now be labeled "dark T-shirts." So, your choice: black or dark red. As with the new colors above, once the dark red shirts are available they will be available immediately wherever there are black shirts in my stores. Dark red - I believe they had Christmas in mind. Maybe you might, too?

So check out the new colors. Enjoy.

Vaccine could cut cervical cancer deaths

Vaccine could cut cervical cancer deaths - Yahoo! News (Reuters)

Maybe you've heard about this vaccine before, but this vaccine is so life-saving, it's worth mentioning again.

If my daughters were still young (both are grown), I'd have taken them for this vaccine.

Gee, between this vaccine and the already-common Pap test, imagine the progress against cervical cancer.