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Whoa whoa whoa, hold up.

You mean to tell us that Wal-mart is doing something good?? As in 'not selfish'?

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We imagine vasectomy's are pretty terrifying for a man, but one Massachusetts medical group believes nothing can calm the nerves better than a greasy slice of pizza and college basketball.

Urology Associates of Cape Cod is suggesting that men take the time to sterilize themselves during one of their favorite sporting events of the year — March Madness!

One doctor told sources that this is the perfect time to get that procedure done because it gives guys an excuse to lay around on the couch and watch television for a day or two. They are also giving away free pizza to men who decide to take advantage of "easy and less stressful" form of birth control during the promotion.

Who are U rooting for this year? To get a vasectomy, we mean. Ha!

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Although we shouldn't NEED to give another reason for the argument in favor of same-sex marriage, a recent study published in the American Journal of Public Health has found one!

The study, called Effect of Same-​Sex Marriage Laws on Health Care Use and Expenditures in Sexual Minority Men: A Quasi-​Natural Experiment, has found that gay men living in states allowing same-sex marriage are actually healthier!

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We were happy to hear in June that big chain restaurants across the country are being required by the FDA to to post a calorie count for every menu item they sell.

Now, however, we're disappointed to hear that nearly 19% of items on restaurant menus have 100 or more additional calories than the amount posted!

Needless to say, that's gotta get fixed!

On a more positive note, when researchers ordered 269 different food items from 42 different sit-down and fast-food national chain restaurants across Massachusetts, Arkansas and Indiana, most were within 10 or so calories of the information listed.

Unfortunately, the most inaccurate listings happened to be paired along with food displaying the lowest calorie counts.

The study's senior author Susan B. Roberts, PhD, said in a statement:

"We were pleased to see that average calorie listings are accurate, but we think it is very important that lower calorie foods not contain more calories than listed because such foods are purchased by people trying to control their weight. They will find that harder to do if they are eating more than they think."

We totally agree!

This is exactly why nutritionists and trainers will recommend calorie counters to OVER-ESTIMATE just how many they are ingesting in order for their weight loss efforts to be most effective.

It sounds like it's a good idea to tack on an extra hundred calories on any restaurant meal you're eating in order to successfully stay within your daily calorie allowance.

It's better to be safe than sorry, right?

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