- Whether you’re cooking your first turkey or bringing a special someone home for the first time, the holidays can be quite anxiety inducing. All the attention to food doesn’t help either. Here, how family holidays fuel body-image anxiety. [Huffington Post]
- Michael Wardian is a decorated runner. He’s won the JFK 50-miler, the Washington, D.C., marathon, and is the world’s fastest treadmill marathon runner. Now he’s training to break another record he currently holds, with the help of his 11-month-old son, Grant: world’s fastest marathon with a stroller. [That’s Fit]
- Department store Santas are uniting—not to divvy up fake beards and plush costumes—but to lobby for priority for the swine flu vaccine. They’re not just worried about the sneezy kids who will sit on their laps, but about the added risk for catching H1N1 that may come from the trademark Santa pot belly. [New York Daily News]
- An Israeli company is hard at work on what it sees as the next generation of cosmetic surgery: bra implants. Regular implants might not be impervious to gravity, so women looking for continuous lift and support should try attaching this silicon bra implant to their ribs. We’re not convinced. [Bust]
- Forget online dating: Some genetic testing companies are promoting biological compatibility as the new way to find Mr. or Ms. Right. There’s not much research to back the idea, nor any happily matched couples, but there’s no denying that a simple cheek swab sure would be easier than another blind date. [U.S. News & World Report]
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