Archive for August 2006

Yoga for drooping shoulders — I

Aug 31st, 2006 | By admin | Category: Health News

As a person grows old his/her age reflects in their shoulders. They tend to droop and hang forward creating an unattractive look. Even a young person sometimes develops this problem due to lack of exercise, low self -confidence or depression. These simple exercises done over a period of time will slowly straighten your shoulders and [...]



iJournals

Aug 29th, 2006 | By admin | Category: Health News

or…Britney Spears sings the classic: “Degradation of Sperm Mitochondria”
As the world has changed so dramatically with the internet, I find it unfortunate that modern scientific journals have lagged behind. Still, in this day of instant real-time blogs and transoceanic e-conferences, why do journals still insist on publishing articles 6 to 12 months after submission, using [...]



Chillin’ Out: Keeping Your Dog Cool in Hot Weather

Aug 29th, 2006 | By admin | Category: Health Articles

Sunny summer days seem to incite all sorts of fun activities with your dog: from playing fetch in the park to frisbee on the beach. Unfortunately, as temperatures soar, the hot weather also brings with it some very specific hazards such as sunburn, heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Good news, these threats to your pooch [...]



What Does a Yeast Infection Look Like?

Aug 28th, 2006 | By admin | Category: Wellness & Lifestyle Articles, Women's Health

Although most people when they hear the words yeast infection…readily associate it with vaginal infections…and the miserable itching, burning and discharges that go with it, these nuisance infections can erupt in other areas of the body as well.
What appears to be a “rash” is often yeast. These appear under the breasts, in the groin, in [...]



China reports first cases of new Bocavirus in babies

Aug 24th, 2006 | By admin | Category: Health Articles

What a joke.
The Department of Health reports on human bocavirus on their website, while the minister of health promotes garlic and beetroot for the treatment of HIV.
HIV affects more people than the number of beetroot she has eaten … bocavirus fades into the background relative to the impact of AIDS in this country.



Ultramontanist is a good word

Aug 23rd, 2006 | By admin | Category: Health Articles

Ultramontanist and ultramontanism seem to be good words for Googlewhacking.
Ultramontanist desynchronisation - no resultsUltramontanist desynchronization - no resultsUltramontanism desynchronisation - 1 result
The Americans can’t spell.



Googlewhacking

Aug 23rd, 2006 | By admin | Category: Health Articles

The two words ultramontanist and exhaler together produce zero results on Google … at the moment anyway.  Reporting things like that tends to change them.  The Heisenberg principle, or something like that.



Unethical experimentation on AIDS patients

Aug 19th, 2006 | By admin | Category: Health Articles

At the 2006 XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto that has just ended, researchers presented a study done on AIDS patients in Zambia, where a group of patients was given antiretroviral drugs, and half the group was given extra food.  The half not given extra food was left to starve - to remain “food insecure“.
The [...]



Medicine, Hope & Adventure - Salvador Carlucci’s big trip

Aug 18th, 2006 | By admin | Category: Health News

Good folk
Salvador Carlucci (http://www.omidyar.net/user/u220375340/) is a fantastic bloke who has just kicked off his big motorcycle trip to investigate bottom of the pyramid health care access in latin america, and to build the network he will require for later work in this field.
Inspired by C.K. Prahalad’s "The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating [...]



FDA outlaws vitamin D, seeks to destroy sun to protect Americans from sunlight (satire)

Aug 18th, 2006 | By admin | Category: Health News

In a surprising move, the FDA has now banned the manufacture and use of vitamin D, citing studies that show vitamin D to be a powerful physiological substance that needs to undergo FDA approval before individuals are allowed to use it. Since sunlight exposure causes vitamin D production in the human…



Yoga for Women - Taking time out for yourself

Aug 17th, 2006 | By admin | Category: Wellness & Lifestyle Articles, Women's Health

In these modern times, women are expected to look after both their homes and work hard at the office, often without a single break. This of course is not possible as every human being requires time and space for themselves. The following re-energising techniques should help. Exercise 1• Sit with the left leg stretched out• [...]



Time for retirement

Aug 10th, 2006 | By admin | Category: Health Articles, Healthy Aging

Medical Informatics Insider is sadly retiring after over two years of operation. During that time Weblogs, Inc. has gradually refocused its priorities from business content to consumer content. If you’re interested in medical content, you might want to check out our Life Sciences blogs:
The Cancer BlogThe Cardio BlogThe Diabetes Blog
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