Christina Applegate never runs out of surprises. As a fixture of the comic show, “Samantha Who?” it does not surprise anyone to see her deliver her comic act right on cue. Recently, however, she delivered one act that caught everyone in shock - she had both of her breasts removed. Good Morning America reported that Christina Applegate, 36, decided on double mastectomy to ensure that she won’t be bothered by breast cancer again in her lifetime. Although doctors do not totally eliminate the possibility of a recurrence, prophylactic mastectomy reduces the risk by about 95%. How far would you go to ensure your own survival? Oncologists described Ms. Applegate’s decision as a “courageous act”, while most women her age and stature may have opted otherwise to receive chemotherapy and radiation. Christina did not have much of an option, as the genetic testing which was performed on her, when she had a lumpectomy, showed a grim picture – BRCA1 positive. The presence of the genetic mutation, BRCA1, indicates a patient is more likely to develop cancer in her lifetime or have a recurrence, even if earlier efforts to halt cancer proved successful. Apparently, Ms. Applegate would not want to put up a comic act when her life is put on the line. A tough decision, it must have been for her, but she decided to tread the unbeaten path for most celebrities. But she only had cancer in one breast – did she over-react to treatment? Unfortunately for Christina, the presence of the BRCA1 gene runs in her family as her mother was also stricken with cancer. Perhaps this family history firmed up Christina’s decision not to think twice about a double mastectomy. Not everyone would have the courage to make this decision in such a short period of time like Christina did, but one thing is certain, there is more to life than having to worry about a pair of breasts. When forced to choose between keeping them or losing one’s life, most would surely - albeit grudgingly – put up a heroic act like Christina’s.

MBT shoes, the hottest new shoe for doctors in the San Francisco area and New York for that matter. It’s short for Masai Barefoot Technology. They are based upon the Masai walk in Kenya, and other areas of Africa. What this walking shoe is designed to do is to give you a physiological workout of coordinated muscle groups. What is the physiological effect of MBT shoes and what does it mean to you? The benefits of Masai Barefoot Technology include improved gait and posture, relieves joint pressure in the back, there’s a multitude of muscles that are worked when walking or standing, so the mbt shoes help burn calories and stimulates metabolism. Additionally, MBT shoes have a firming effect on the abdominal, leg and buttock muscles. The concept for MBT walking shoes stems from studying the walking habits of the Masai tribe in Africa. The Masai are a semi-nomadic tribe whose lives center around tending to their cattle and hunting. A consequence of this is that they walk very long distances on a daily basis. It was discovered that as they walk on the natural uneven terrain they develop toned and lean leg muscles, have a perfect posture, and suffer a minimal amount of back and joint problems. The MBT shoes actually imitate the terrain the Masai walk on and turn the hard and uneven surfaces that we walk on everyday, into the soft and natural ground of the Masai. This causes the muscles to work harder and become the natural shock absorbers they were destined to be, in addition to protecting the back and joints. Doctors, physicians and nurses love the benefits from these shoes. With the MBT shoes, versatility is at your disposal. Fitness Walking is the claim to its fame, but the Masai Barefoot Technology comes in several flavors so there is a shoe that meets any needs. Recently featured on Fox News, The Today Show, and Good Morning America, the MBT Trainers have been highlighted for its ability to cushion your feet while challenging your muscles. Clinical studies suggest that regular use improves balance, posture and circulation. The footwear line includes sports shoes for avid fitness walkers, but they also have a nice line of sandals for the summer months spent at the beach or hiking, as well as an elegant line of professional footwear, perfect for business people and for casual wear.

What Pushes Shooters Over the Edge?

After a week of deadly shootings across the country, including at least six-high profile rampages that killed 24 people, Americans are asking what made these mass murderers snap. A man guns down five people at a city council meeting in Missouri. In Los Angeles, a standoff leaves four family members and a police officer dead. On the campus of Louisiana Tech, a nursing student kills two of her peers before turning the weapon on herself. In Maryland a gunman opens fire in a restaurant, killing three. Last weekend in suburban Chicago, five people were killed inside a Lane Bryant store. One expert says the common element in all these horrible crimes is the desire for attention. “Mass homicide is a crime that can be completely eliminated by the press, teachers, parents and society. If we take the incentive of attention out of it, we can eliminate it,” forensic psychiatrist Dr. Michael Welner said today on “Good Morning America Weekend.” Kirkwood Killer Charles Lee “Cookie” Thornton, who shot five people at a city council meeting in Kirkwood, Mo., on Thursday, was described by friends as regular guy who battled the town over parking tickets and the right to speak at council meetings. “He wasn’t crazy. He knew what he was going to do,” said his mother, Annie Bell Thornton. “All these years, I just feel it had just taken a toll on him.” Seeking Notoriety “Rampage killings have an important common thread of someone seeking notoriety. Someone who feels they are a failure, who had high expectations for themselves, and sees the attention that these shooters get and says, ‘I can get that.Somebody will care about my manifesto. Somebody will care about my letter,’” Welner said. The media’s focus on the manifesto and the life of the criminal appeals to these killers who feel like failures that nobody notices, Welner said. “[Robert] Hawkins in Nebraska who said ‘I’ll be famous that’s why I did it.’ He taught us something, we made him famous. We should not be focusing on the manifesto. We should be focusing on the suffering,” Welner said, referring to the 19-year-old who opened fired in December in an Omaha mall, killing eight people before turning the gun on himself. Attention and Anger “We have to take the Paris Hilton attention-seeking out of crime, or strangers and innocent people will be killed,” Welner said. Not all of the recent mass killers have seemed like classic attention-seekers, though. For example, the suspect in the Lane Bryant killings shot six people while carrying out a robbery attempt, police said, and he is still on the run. And Thornton had a grudge over a specific battle with city hall. Welner, however, said that even in these cases the anger that led to the killings was ultimately fueled by the shooters’ perceptions that no one was noticing them. “It’s about anger in a person who has a sense of failure. What he says is, ‘My life is going nowhere, and I failed. But this is my ticket. I can undo all of my disappointments in an instant. Everybody will care about my grudge, everybody will care about whom I am,’” Welner said. If a person knows that no matter how many people he kills he will “be ignored or thought of as a pervert or pariah, it takes the incentive out.” Super Bowl Tragedy Averted Last Sunday, Kurt William Havelock drove to the site of the Super Bowl with an assault rifle and 200 rounds of ammunition, vowing to “shed the blood of the innocent,” as he wrote in a manifesto that he mailed to media outlets. For some reason Havelock changed his mind when he reached a parking lot near the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., where fans were enjoying pre-game celebrations. He called the police and turned himself in. “He thought about others, instead of thinking about himself,” Welner said. “The guy at the Super Bowl turned back because he focused on humanity of the victims.” “It’s a crime of indulgence, to say my fame is more important than your life, but if some spark of humanityac can kindle in someone %26 if we can make those people %26 connect to the suffering and humanity of it, then they will stop and they will see there’s no answer,” Welner said.

After a week of deadly shootings across the country, including at least six-high profile rampages that killed 24 people, Americans are asking what made these mass murderers snap.

After a week of deadly shootings across the country, including at least six-high profile rampages that killed 24 people, Americans are asking what made these mass murderers snap. A man guns down five people at a city council meeting in Missouri. In Los Angeles, a standoff leaves four family members and a police officer dead. On the campus of Louisiana Tech, a nursing student kills two of her peers before turning the weapon on herself. In Maryland a gunman opens fire in a restaurant, killing three. Last weekend in suburban Chicago, five people were killed inside a Lane Bryant store. One expert says the common element in all these horrible crimes is the desire for attention. “Mass homicide is a crime that can be completely eliminated by the press, teachers, parents and society. If we take the incentive of attention out of it, we can eliminate it,” forensic psychiatrist Dr. Michael Welner said today on “Good Morning America Weekend.” Kirkwood Killer Charles Lee “Cookie” Thornton, who shot five people at a city council meeting in Kirkwood, Mo., on Thursday, was described by friends as regular guy who battled the town over parking tickets and the right to speak at council meetings. “He wasn’t crazy. He knew what he was going to do,” said his mother, Annie Bell Thornton. “All these years, I just feel it had just taken a toll on him.” Seeking Notoriety “Rampage killings have an important common thread of someone seeking notoriety. Someone who feels they are a failure, who had high expectations for themselves, and sees the attention that these shooters get and says, ‘I can get that.Somebody will care about my manifesto. Somebody will care about my letter,’” Welner said. The media’s focus on the manifesto and the life of the criminal appeals to these killers who feel like failures that nobody notices, Welner said. “[Robert] Hawkins in Nebraska who said ‘I’ll be famous that’s why I did it.’ He taught us something, we made him famous. We should not be focusing on the manifesto. We should be focusing on the suffering,” Welner said, referring to t

he 19-year-old who opened fired in December in an Omaha mall, killing eight people before turning the gun on himself. Attention and Anger “We have to take the Paris Hilton attention-seeking out of crime, or strangers and innocent people will be killed,” Welner said. Not all of the recent mass killers have seemed like classic attention-seekers, though. For example, the suspect in the Lane Bryant killings shot six people while carrying out a robbery attempt, police said, and he is still on the run. And Thornton had a grudge over a specific battle with city hall. Welner, however, said that even in these cases the anger that led to the killings was ultimately fueled by the shooters’ perceptions that no one was noticing them. “It’s about anger in a person who has a sense of failure. What he says is, ‘My life is going nowhere, and I failed. But this is my ticket. I can undo all of my disappointments in an instant. Everybody will care about my grudge, everybody will care about whom I am,’” Welner said. If a person knows that no matter how many people he kills he will “be ignored or thought of as a pervert or pariah, it takes the incentive out.” Super Bowl Tragedy Averted Last Sunday, Kurt William Havelock drove to the site of the Super Bowl with an assault rifle and 200 rounds of ammunition, vowing to “shed the blood of the innocent,” as he wrote in a manifesto that he mailed to media outlets. For some reason Havelock changed his mind when he reached a parking lot near the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., where fans were enjoying pre-game celebrations. He called the police and turned himself in. “He thought about others, instead of thinking about himself,” Welner said. “The guy at the Super Bowl turned back because he focused on humanity of the victims.” “It’s a crime of indulgence, to say my fame is more important than your life, but if some spark of humanityac can kindle in someone %26 if we can make those people %26 connect to the suffering and humanity of it, then they will stop and they will see there’s no answer,” Welner said.

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Christina Applegate never runs out of surprises. As a fixture of the comic show, “Samantha Who?” it does not surprise anyone to see her deliver her comic act right on cue. Recently, however, she delivered one act that caught everyone in shock - she had both of her breasts removed. Good Morning America reported that Christina Applegate, 36, decided on double mastectomy to ensure that she won’t be bothered by breast cancer again in her lifetime. Although doctors do not totally eliminate the possibility of a recurrence, prophylactic mastectomy reduces the risk by about 95%. How far would you go to ensure your own survival? Oncologists described Ms. Applegate’s decision as a “courageous act”, while most women her age and stature may have opted otherwise to receive chemotherapy and radiation. Christina did not have much of an option, as the genetic testing which was performed on her, when she had a lumpectomy, showed a grim picture - BRCA1 positive. The presence of the genetic mutation, BRCA1, indicates a patient is more likely to develop cancer in her lifetime or have a recurrence, even if earlier efforts to halt cancer proved successful. Apparently, Ms. Applegate would not want to put up a comic act when her life is put on the line. A tough decision, it must have been for her, but she decided to tread the unbeaten path for most celebrities. But she only had cancer in one breast - did she over-react to treatment? Unfortunately for Christina, the presence of the BRCA1 gene runs in her family as her mother was also stricken with cancer. Perhaps this family history firmed up Christina’s decision not to think twice about a double mastectomy. Not everyone would have the courage to make this decision in such a short period of time like Christina did, but one thing is certain, there is more to life than having to worry about a pair of breasts. When forced to choose between keeping them or losing one’s life, most would surely - albeit grudgingly - put up a heroic act like Christina’s.