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"Do you like to ski? I do, for sure--even though I am not the picture of grace on the slopes. (Case in point: a friend and I took lessons together, and when it was time for us to finally go down the mountain on our own, I couldn&amp;#x27;t control which direction I was going and ran right into my friend--and got tangled up in her skis. The worst part was that we both then slid into our instructor and knocked him over.) I ask because there&amp;#x27;s some interesting discussion going on these days about skiers and helmets... and how much you&amp;#x27;re willing to risk.A recent study pointed out that head injuries are reduced by 35% when skiers wear helmets. Which makes sense--you&amp;#x27;re hurtling down a slippery mountain that&amp;#x27;s covered with trees, rocks, and other people. Running into any one of those things could--and, sadly, occasionally does--result in harm. But helmets aren&amp;#x27;t required ski equipment right now, so it&amp;#x27;s up to the skier. And there are lots of choices like that in life, which directly impact your health and safety: you could eat the mayo you left unrefrigerated for two days, or not. You could stand next to the door that doesn&amp;#x27;t quite close when riding the subway, or not. You could get health insurance, or not (I know this one is not always a choice, but there are people who make a conscious decision to forgo insurance). Are you a risk taker? Would you wear the helmet to ski (and I mean this both literally and metaphorically)? What kinds of risks do you take, daily? What kinds of risks are you willing to take? More on safety: * Your Safety: Do You Carry Mace? * Your Safety: New Warnings About Flirting Behind the Wheel--Do You Do it? * Your Safety: Have You Ever Done Your Makeup, Gulp, While Driving? More Ways to Get Glamour Visit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter Add us to your iGoogle homepage Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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