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Lab Notes: Recurring Miscarriages Raise Heart Attack Risk; High Lead Concentrations in Used Items

Yesterday's top story: Women who have repeated miscarriages face up to five times greater risk of heart attack down the road.

It's no secret that portion control is an essential aspect of weight loss; our own Dr. J advocates portion control as "the best dieting friend you can ever make." Proper-proportion analogies -- such as a protein serving the size of a deck of cards -- are a boon, but these comparisons aren't always easy to remember when you're plating up meals for your family. These dishware designs aim to streamline the task of portion sizing. Each solution helps you discern how much room your protein should take on your plate versus your veggies.

Lab Notes: Sex That Makes You Blind; Narcissistic Students More Likely to Cheat

Yesterday's top story: Going temporarily blind in one eye after sex happens, but it's not always a good sign.

Lab Notes: Woman Trapped in Bathroom for 20 Days; Personality Disorders Taken Away

Yesterday's top story: An elderly woman in Paris, who was trapped in her windowless bathroom for 20 days after a lock jammed, lived on warm water only.

The obvious limitations to being a private pilot for the overweight and obese is the weight and balance considerations for the aircraft. Small airplanes have very low tolerances for allowable weight, and that weight has to balanced to be able to fly safely.

Calorielab supplies a calorie calculator for generic foods, nutrition facts for brand name foods, a calorie counter for fast food chains, and nutritional information for table service restaurants. In addition to calorie content, you'll find carbohydrate information for low carb diets, and, for many foods, trans fat, sodium, sugar, and other food composition data to help you plan a weight loss or fitness diet. The values in the "Pts" column are computed by CalorieLab from our nutrient database, and are not endorsed by or connected with Weight Watchers International, Inc.