Sound Relief Smarter

for Morning Office

Sickness Snacking
Stomach growling midday? Make

G ood news for expecta. nt

moms: The anti nausea
drug metoclopramide
is safe for women and fetuses,
healthy choices at the vending
machine with these suggestions
from American Dietetic
Association spokesperson
The
according to a new study in Angela Ginn-Meadow, R.D.
New England Journal of Medicine.
Researchers found no significant
increase in birth defects or low
birthweight in more than 3,000
II
· .
Youskipped
breakfast.
YOUR BEST BET A breakfast bar,
babies whose mothers had a granola bar, or whole-wheat
peanut-butter crackers. The fiber
taken the medication. "Some
will keep you full until lunch.
women have been reluctant
to use prescription anti nausea
drugs d~e to scares with
thalidomide and Bendectin,
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· .
You're dreaming
of chocolate.
YOUR BEST BET Trail mix. The
which are no longer used to treat
high-protein nuts and fiber-rich
morning sickness in the U.s.:' says
fruit will be satisfying-and even
Sharon Mass, M.D., an ob-gyn at a brand with chocolate chips is
New Jersey Medical School, in healthier than a candy bar.
Safe nonprescription
Newark, "but now women can
nausea remedies
feel okay when asking their
doctor about metoclopramide."
include vitamin B.
and acupressure. II
· .
You've got chips
on the brain.
YOUR BEST BET Something
baked-like Goldfish crackers or
whole-wheat pretzels. You'll curb

WRITE ON! your desire for salt with minimal

saturated fat and cholesterol.
Sketching during a ·boring
presentation may help you recall
more of what your boss has to say.
II
· .
It's 4 P.M. and
you're dragging.
YOUR BEST BET Peanuts.
A new study found that people who The protein will give you lasting
energy, plus they contain
doodled while listening to a phone monounsaturated fats, which
message remembered the most info. are good for your heart.

X-ray Caution
Dental X-rays pose a greater cancer risk
than previously thought. Some X-ray
machines emit four times more radiation
than earlier estimates, reveals a study
published inThe Journal of the American
Dental Association. But don't cancel
your next cleaning just yet. Instead, ask
your dentist (and your child's) if he uses
digital technology or newer E- or
F-speed film, not D-speed, and
rectangular collimation instead of round,
which reduce radiation exposure without
sacrificing quality of imaging, says study
author John Ludlow, D.D.S., professor
of diagnostic sciences at the University
of North Carolina School of Dentistry, .
in Chapel Hill. If yours doesn't, consider
switching dentists.
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