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3B LIFE/tEtt CtiirloRe $ot Thursday. December 29, 2005 Resolutions for a bright new year Continued from page 1B “Then all of the eager ness to do so went away,” he said with a laugh Like McLaurin, Fox hasn’t made any resolutions for ‘06 either. Some people, like Wendy Covington, kept at least one resolution. “One of my resolutions was to keep a diary” she said. And when she read her list of nine resolutions finm last year, the only one she kept was keep ing her journal. “This year. I’m not going to make as many resolutions,” she said. Covington said she’s going to work Out more, at least four times a week, read the Bible more and save money There is help if you want to keep your New Year’s resolu tions. Tb get a free e-niail remindei* of your promise to yourself, log on to wwwhiaspire.com/newyear/. The service is free and sends a monthly e-mail message reminding you not to do whatever you resolved not to do. Oversue of many pain pills is dangerous Continued from page 1B 500 mg more of aceta- minophai. Switch to Nyqud Cold/Flu at bedtime, another 1,000 mg. Maybe you already use arthritis-strength aceta minophen for sore joints— average dose 1,300 mg. Depending on how often thej/re taken, the total aceta minophen can add up fast. That’s the nonprescription realm. Surprisin^y 63 per cent of imintentional overdos es involved narcotics like Vicodin and Percocet that contain from 325 mg to 750 mg of acetaminophen inside each pill. Some were chronic pain suf ferers taking more and more narcotics as their bodies adjusted to the powerful painkillers, not knowing they were getting ever-higher acetaminoph^ at the same time. Or they added over-the- counter products for other complaints. Just this month, Larson treated an 18-year-old whose hver crashed after using \^codin for three or four days for car-cra^ injuries. "She was just taking too much because her pain was bother ing her.” Led by T^enol manufactur er McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceuticals, most over-the-counter prod ucts now volimtarily Ust acetaminophen on fix)nt labels. McNeil also runs ads about the risk, saying "if you’re not going to read the labd, then don’t buy om products,” says spokeswoman Kathy Fallon. Continued from page 1B And people are buying it. “Now younger women are looking at these boomer women and saying Wow, it’s not so bad growing older,’” says Denise Fedewa, a senior vice president at Chicago- based ad agency Leo Burnett who recently completed a study on women older than 45. "Maybe they’re as much the trendsetters as younger women.” It’s a phenomenon not just in this country but in much of the Western world, says Mair Underwood, an Australian researcher who’s examined attitudes about aging among boomers and others in her country Still, while she applauds people who want to take bet ter care of themselves, she worries that an obsession with fending off age will cause young people, in particular, to stru^e with the inevitable changes in their bodies later in life. ®I)e Cljarlotte Will Be Closed Monday, January 2, 2006 In Observance of New Years But how strongly labels warn varies by product A rule to standardize warnings, urged by FDA’s scientific advisers in 2002, still is work ing its way through the agency While FDA runs a consumer education campaign about the liver risk, nonprescription drugs chief Dr. Charles Ganley says the new study su^ests the agency may need to further target narcotic- acetaminophen combinations. Lee wants to copy Britain, which saw a 30 percent drop in severe liver poisonings after restricting how much acetaminophen could be bought at once. That’s unlikely Meanwhile, the advice is simple: Read drnig labels and add up all your aceta minophen, avoiding more 4,000 mg a day For extra safety Lee advises no more than 2,000 to 3,000 mg. for more vulnerable people, who regularly use alcohol or have hepatitis. OOl) WOHK 'Vc I 93-3 1 WADE-AM 1340 WAOeSBORO . NC ^Zi*** in J/f UaHiU tSOl N. 1-05 Srwvir.r Road • CMAOLOXTr, NC 202 10 704-3U3-I940 Learn ONLY what you NEED to learn COMPUTER TRAINING! 704-649-6066 One-On-One Personalized Attention In llu Privacy of Vour Home or Office Week of 12/28/05 thru 01/03/06 Keep kids moving Continued from page 1B tridan. She said parents can lead outdoor games such as snow ball fights. Adams said time limits on TV, video and computer make it easier to keep kids active. She su^ests keeping it under an hour for younger children. If you think it’s too cold outside, Adams and other pediatri- dans sug^st taking kids to swim in an indoor pool, play indoor team sports such as voUeyball or take up individual pursuits like karate. It doesn’t have to cost money Adams said that many dties have fiee recreation centers and that even a trip to the mall can be an opportunity to squeeze in some exerdse, ‘You take them up and down the stairs. You don’t take eleva tors or the escalators,” she said. ‘You power-walk them instead of just meandering along.” Fitness experts stress that it is important for parents to stay positive about exercise and be a good role model—don’t tell your kids to go out in the cold if you’re camped out on the couch, experts say Go out with them. *lt’s got to be something that gets the heart rate up,” Adams said, “gets them sweating, gets them panting.” On the Net: Motivaling Kids to Move: w\vwj2cnortheastx'O7nJpulsef>hp?ID40 Winter Activity Ideas: wwwjnamashealth jcom/exerciselwinterfit xtsp Retention of looks Celebrati thejNijfefcYeaS BUY ONE. GET ONE "WU we end up with a whole generation of individu als with low self-esteem?” asks Underwood, who’s based at the University of Queensland in Brisbane. Amy Flink, a 24-year-old Chicagoan, agrees that sod- etal expectations can go over board. 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