Most US women face stroke risk

Experts would tell you that in order to lose weight all you have to do is to exercise,follow your diet chart and above all put 'mind over matter'.That's of course,easier said than done.But,we guess what is important is that you first and foremost have to feel inspired and therein lies the mantra for success.So,here's how you can motivate yourself.Begin by thinking positive.Hang a picture of a gorgeous woman or macho man and think what you would look like after the end of your rigourous regime.If you feel like eating sweets,then brush your teeth.If you get hnger pangs when you are stressed out,then try diverting yourself.While wathcing television,do not munch.Avoid packed and processed food.If hungry,have puffed rice and fresh fruits.Go for daily walks and if you are the partying types,avoid drinks and fried stuffs.Opt for soups and salads,instead.If you do not like to exercise too much,join salsa classes.Set a target and work towards it,cheerfully.

Even if you are healthy and active and definitely not overweight,the beer belly doesn't stop peering out.It's to do with age,sagging muscles,bad posture and lack of exercise. Remedy: Cut down on alcohol and accompanying unhealthy munchies,like salted nuts and spicy crisps.At night,don't stuff yourself to the brim and hit the sack immediately.Don't slouch when you sit at your computer.Sit upright.Walk upright.Do your back and belly a favour.Exercise your stomach muscles.Some ab crunches,sit-ups and leg lifts can battle that bulge. Hot tip: While you are at your workstation,push back your chair,sit upright,raise your hands up and bend forward from the waist to touch your toes.Five such bends every hour help reduce tummy flab.

Pregnant women infected with HIV are more liekly to spread the virus to their children if they are carrying twins,according to a report in the journal AIDS.Laurent Mandelbrot of the University of Paris,and associates investigated mother-to-child spread of HIV in twins,compared with single twins,compared with single infants,born to HIV-infected mothers in the French Perinatal HIV Cohort.Before the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy,an effective combination of anti-HIV drugs,the mother-to-child HIV transmission rate in twin pregnancies was two to three times that in singleton pregnancies.