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Video: Yes, you can die of a broken heart

>>> a family obituary in the new york times announcing the death of the mother of kristi brinkley said her heart never survived losing her husband, who died before her by seven weeks. that is very common after the death of a long-time spouse. but is that worse than a medical condition , and could it be fatal as it often appears to be? our report from our chief medical expert, nancy snyderman .

>> reporter: you're constantly waiting for somebody to come out and talk to you, the stress hormones are off the charts.

>> i thought it was doing fine and handling it very well.

>> but she wasn't.

>> reporter: i remember coming, and standing by the nurse's station, talking to someone. and as i was talking -- i said wow, i really feel dizzy, and remember grabbing onto a counter and just trying to hold on for support. and at that moment, a black cloud , a curtain just came over my eyes, shaking, it was the last thing i remember.

>> cindy was in full cardiac arrest, suffering from broken hard syndrome . 90% of the patients who experience it are over the age of 55.

>> reporter: we think as women age, their hearts and small blood vessels around their hearts become more reactive to the stress hormones , so stress you may experience at 25, when the estrogen levels are higher, could be different.

>> this sent a signal to her glands, unleashing the surge to her blood stream , rushing to her heart. it paralyzed part of it, caused it to balloon out like this, and then shut down.

>> reporter: there are cases of people dying from this condition, and when i'm asked can you die from a broken heart ? we say absolutely yes, you can.

>> cindy and joel both recovered, and now celebrating life 's simple pleasures have taken on new meaning.

>> reporter: you don't sweat the small stuff . you live to enjoy life.

>> enjoy each other, we're grateful for every moment we have is.

>> this is not a heart attack , but the symptoms are like one. heart attacks are caused by blockages, this is simply a case of the heart being stunned by all the chemicals rushing to it. it is a temporary problem and the heart usually recovers completely if it is recognized in time, brian. the important thing is to recognize it. and i think they're under-recognized in the country.

>> one of the true enduring medical mysteries.

>>

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Eurasian Union dream would mimic ex-Soviet Union

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WASHINGTON ? Russian President Vladimir Putin has plans to turn a nascent Customs Union comprised of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan for free trade into a Eurasian Union that includes all of Eurasia, countries of Central and even East Asia, according to a report from Joseph Farah?s G2 Bulletin.

Russia already has initiated efforts with countries such as Vietnam in the Far East to undertake more economic and military trade.

While development of the Eurasian Union has been slow, it is expected to formally come into existence in 2015.

Analysts believe it is Putin?s vision to use the Eurasian Union as a basis to reclaim the nation-states which were once part of the Soviet Union ? and then some.

Putin?s efforts to bring Asian countries into the Eurasian Union reflect his desire to expand into a greater economic union with countries with which Russia has expanded trade. Ultimately it could be a big free-trade zone.

Some of this thinking became increasingly apparent at the recent Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Vladivostok. At the summit, Putin said he wants to promote active collaboration between the existing Customs Union and the Asia-Pacific countries.

He said that dozens of countries have sought trade agreements with the Customs Union, giving Putin the hope of expanding into a greater Eurasian Union.

Depending on the success of setting up successful trade with Vietnam, Putin envisions the country becoming an Asian hub for former Soviet states and perhaps other Asian nations.

While Putin?s vision is to open a vast free trade zone from the Caucasus and Central Asia to the Far East, his motives also have a political intention. He continues to see China as a form of competition, both economically and politically, and sees the Eurasian Union as a way to check China in the region.

This could cause a potential future confrontation between Russia and China which already is asserting its military capability in the East and South China Seas and considers them being in its sphere of influence.

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House rejects bill to boost foreign STEM students in US, for now

After the election, a lame-duck Congress is likely to revisit a bill to boost the number of visas for foreign students seeking advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) in the US.

By David Grant,?Staff writer / September 21, 2012

Behind a seemingly run-of-the-mill partisan defeat of a House bill addressing a thorny issue of immigration policy on Thursday lies the glimmer of bipartisan compromise.

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The specific issue Thursday was a bump in the number of US visas for foreign students seeking advanced degrees in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) at top American universities.?The STEM Jobs Act, introduced by Rep. Lamar Smith (R) of Texas, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, offered a tradeoff: 55,000 additional visas for the STEM students in return for the elimination of 55,000 annual visas offered by the visa lottery (or diversity visa) program. The latter, dating from the early 1990s, brings immigrants to the US from countries underrepresented through other immigration programs.

The bill's aim was no net increase to immigration levels, but a potential boost to the US brain trust and the high-tech industry seeking STEM skills in the workforce.

In the end, 30 Democrats voted with all but five Republicans in favor of the bill, bringing the "yeas" to 257. But because Republicans brought the bill to the floor under a special consideration that suspends usual House rules, the measure needed approval of two-thirds of the members present, or 274 votes, to pass. Democratic aides say Republicans pursued that path to win political points with the high-tech industry lobby, which is eager for the measure to pass, and to paint Democrats as out of touch with the needs of a modern economy.

Publicly, at least, Democrats cited the zero-sum provision on immigration levels as a key sticking point. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D) of California introduced a competing measure that would have offered the STEM visas without eliminating the visa lottery and that would expire after two years.

?Supporters of legal immigration would not have killed one immigration program to benefit another,? Representative Lofgren said on the House floor. ?Nor would they agree to a Grover Norquist-style ?no new immigration? pledge that will continue to strangle our immigration system for years to come," she added, in a reference to the 'no tax increases' proponent.

Republicans took their shots, as well.

?Unfortunately, Democrats today voted to send the best and brightest foreign graduates back home to work for our global competitors,? Representative Smith said in a statement after the vote. ?Their vote against this bill is a vote against economic growth and job creation.?

The public acrimony belies the fact that the two sides came close to a deal. Cross-chamber talks between Smith and Sen. Charles Schumer (D) of New York, an advocate of the visa lottery, produced a general accord over the swap of STEM visas for the diversity lottery. Talks broke down, according to a Senate Democratic aide, over Democrats' requests for a handful of other fixes to the immigration system that could broadly be described as keeping immigrant families united during the naturalization process.?

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Research uncovers path to defect-free thin films

ScienceDaily (Sep. 20, 2012) ? A team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Ho Nyung Lee has discovered a strain relaxation phenomenon in cobaltites that has eluded researchers for decades and may lead to advances in fuel cells, magnetic sensors and a host of energy-related materials.

The finding, published in Nano Letters, could change the conventional wisdom that accommodating the strain inherent during the formation of epitaxial thin films necessarily involves structural defects, said Lee, a member of the Department of Energy lab's Materials Science and Technology Division. Instead, the researchers found that some materials, in this case cobaltite, form structurally well ordered atomic patterns that can change their magnetic properties and effectively minimize the size mismatch with the crystalline substrate.

Epitaxial thin films, used in nanotechnology and semiconductor fabrication, are created by growing a crystal layer of one material on another in such a way that the crystalline structures align. The challenge is to grow the film coherently with minimal defects, which can have a catastrophic effect on a material's performance.

"We discovered properties that were not readily apparent in crystal, or bulk, form, but in thin-film form we were able to clearly see the atomically ordered lattice structure of lanthanum cobaltite," Lee said. "With this knowledge, we hope to be able to tailor the physical properties of a material for many information and energy technologies."

The researchers studied the material in different strain states using scanning transmission electron microscopy complemented by X-ray and optical spectroscopy. Using these instruments, the scientists could see unconventional strain relaxation behavior that produced stripe-like lattice patterns. The result is a material with useful magnetic properties and highly suitable for sensors and ionic conductors used in, for example, batteries.

This discovery and the ability to engineer the structure of materials could lead to advanced cathode materials in solid oxide fuel cells and batteries that can be charged much faster.

"Since cobaltites are promising candidates for magnetic sensors, ionic conductors and surface catalysts, this discovery provides a new understanding that can be used for artificial tuning of magnetism and ionic activities," Lee said.

Contributing to the paper were ORNL's Woo Seok Choi and Hyoungjeen Jeen and authors from Seoul National University, the University of British Columbia, IFW Dresden's Leibniz Institute for Solid Sate and Materials Research, Max Planck-UBC Centre for Quantum Materials, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research and the University of Saskatchewan.

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Battaglia Cites Resilience as Key to Solving Suicide Issue

Battaglia Cites Resilience as Key to Solving Suicide Issue

By Claudette Roulo
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2012 ? Resilience is the key to solving the military?s suicide problem, the senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here today.

And the Total Force Fitness program is the key to developing resilience, Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia said during a Defense Department suicide prevention forum at the Pentagon.

Resilient families, units and organizations are better able to cope with adversity, Battaglia said, noting that resilience allows space to develop courses of action when confronted with problems.

?We?re brought up in the military ? to be problem solvers,? he said. ?We just can?t seem to crack the code, and that?s the excruciating pain that you see [Defense] Secretary [Leon E.] Panetta share in some of his public announcements as ? we attempt to get our arms around this specific issue.?

Described in Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction 3405.01, the Total Force Fitness program is a plan for understanding, assessing and maintaining service members' well-being and sustaining their ability to carry out missions.

The program is holistic, Battaglia said. Each of its eight ?wedges? addresses a particular aspect of fitness: social, physical, environmental, medical and dental, nutritional, spiritual, psychological and behavioral.

The plan is a working document, he said, and discussions are ongoing about including additional factors that contribute to overall health, such as rest and financial fitness.

?We like to pronounce Total Force Fitness in its acronym, TFF -- pronounce it ?tough? -- because when you say some things, similarly, you start to believe in them,? Battaglia said. ?We want our individuals and service members and families to think that ? they are tough -- mentally tough, psychologically tough [and] nutritionally tough.?

The approach is about overall health. ?I use Total Force Fitness because I really didn?t know how unfit I was until I really dove into this,? he said. From a holistic standpoint, he added, he wasn?t doing as well as he could be.

Battaglia said the beauty of the program is that wedges can be added to service-specific programs. For example, although the Air Force?s Comprehensive Airman Fitness program uses only four of the TFF domains, ?there?s nothing stopping the individual airman or family or organization from taking a wedge from this holistic design and ? sticking it into their tailored plan.?

For Total Force Fitness to work, Battaglia said, it?s important for people to be honest with themselves. ?Do an assessment of where you really feel you are in regards to a level of fitness,? he said.

It?s also important, he said, that people think beyond the traditional meaning of ?fitness? in the military culture.

?When you mention fitness,? he said, ?we as military members automatically dive into ? run time or dead arm hangs or pullups or pushups.? That ship is big and slow to turn, he acknowledged, but DOD is trying to change that mindset throughout the services. ?Fitness is much, much larger than just our physical capability and stamina and endurance,? he said.

The plan centers on the belief that no single factor is wholly responsible for force fitness, Battaglia said.

?There?s a partnership here with our medical corps and line level leadership,? he said. ?I don?t feel that this is a medicinal solution. ? This is written by, for and with line leaders,? he said, and it allows for ?alternative and complementary methods of wellness.?

Those methods might include yoga, meditation or acupuncture, he said.

Whether the right balance is 70 percent leadership and 30 percent medicine, Battaglia said, he doesn?t know. But the plan is designed to help operational leaders develop solutions to that question, he added.
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Source: http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=117947

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50Plus : Lifestyle : The changing landscape of Canadian families

New census data reveals the changing make up of Canadian households -- and baby boomers and seniors are playing a big part.

?Traditional family? ? what?s that, you ask? At the peak of the baby boom, households with two parents and two kids were the norm. Fast-forward five decades and the statistics show there is more diversity in families and living arrangements than ever before.

Today, Statistics Canada released the latest set of information from the 2011 census focussing on families and the living arrangements of Canadians. Need evidence that the information is more complex than in the past? Consider the number of definitions of ?families? and ?households? we?ve accumulated over the years, including same-sex couples and common-law families.

A lot has changed in the past five, 10 and 50 years ? including societal expectations and norms and the make-up of the population. As the baby boomers age, they continue to play a big part in new trends.

Here?s a look at some of the findings:

?Non-traditional? households on the rise

There?s no such thing as a ?typical family?. A lot has changed in recent years, such as:

- Families are smaller. In 1961, the average family size was four people ? now it?s down to three. Part of it could be families having fewer children, but the wake of the baby boom is still being felt.

- For the first time ever, there are more people living alone than couples with children. Just over 27 per cent of households are one-person ? triple the proportion from 1961. Why? People are getting married later, divorce rates are higher and people are living longer (and often outliving their spouse).

- Stepfamilies are on the rise. Statistics Canada reports that 1 in 10 children now live in a stepfamily household.

- 44.5 per cent of families now have no children at home. The baby boomers are all grown up and moved out of their parents homes ? and many are enjoying empty nests themselves.

- More people are choosing not to tie the knot. In 1981 ? the first year when common-law families were counted ? such unions made up 5.6 per cent of ?census families? (households with more than one person who are considered a family unit). Now they account for nearly 17 per cent and outnumber lone-parent parents for the first time.

This trend doesn?t surprise us either ? recent research shows that many people over age 50 are choosing to live together rather than marry.

- Though the increase in multiple-family households wasn?t huge ? 1.8 per cent in 2001 to 2.0 percent in 2011 ? experts note that immigration, the cost and availability of housing and other issues could be factors in more generations living together. For instance, multiple-family households are most common near Toronto and in Abbotsford and Surrey, British Columbia.

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