Nov 22 2008

Mainstream media health blogs held to a higher journalistic standard

Every major news organization now has a health blog, ranging from the Wall Street Journal to the New York Times.

As such, their entries take a more down the middle approach to stories, as opposed to a blog like this one, where I can feel free to inject bias and opinion as often as I’d like.

Recently, Tara Parker-Pope of the NY Times’ Well was taken to task (via Schwitzer) by an associate editor of Slate, over a blog entry on Read more »

Nov 22 2008

The Thing About Yoga Is…

There are many different types of yoga, and one of the most popular forms in the West is hatha yoga, which focuses on strengthening, toning and relaxation. Most yoga exercises focus on proper positioning of the body in various postures…

Yoga was developed in India at least three thousand years ago, and is a discipline that uses breath control, meditation and physical exercises. There are number of things about yoga that make it Read more »

Nov 22 2008

Health Supplements – Fulfill Your Nutrients Gap

Health Supplements – Fulfill Your Nutrients Gap

In the modern times people have become more health-conscious than before. For a search of healthy and better lifestyle, now they prefer towards health supplements. But the million dollar question is what health supplements are? Health supplement is a word that means the usable product which is made up of one or more fundamental nutrients like vitamins, minerals, amino acids, metabolites, herbs and other essential Read more »

Nov 22 2008

Fat Loss 4 Idiots

by Robert Kaufman

Lots of people both men and women take a lot of time to worry about their physical weight and the situation their health is in. Even people who are in what we all call great shape worry. These people allow weight loss to dominate theirs lives vacillating from one program to another just to be disappointed. They continually search for the magic pill – but in reality there is no quick fix.

Pharmaceutical companies Read more »

Nov 22 2008

NHS chief urges PCTs to ‘interfere less’ with PBC

Speaking at this week’s National Association of Primary Care conference in Liverpool, David Nicholson said that some trusts still saw PBC as ‘something PCTs give GPs to do’.

But PBC is ‘not something extra to make GPs happy’, he said. Rather, it is the key to ‘driving the change from being a nationalised industry to a much more diverse system’.

‘We still need to shift the Read more »

Nov 22 2008

Chlamydia- A Silent Epidemic

Chlamydia- A Silent Epidemic

What Is Chlamydia?

Chlamydia is the disease which is caused by the bacterium, Chlamydia trachomatis, and can damage the reproductive organ of a woman. The disease can also cause by the discharge from the penis of an infected man. The symptoms of this disease are often absent. So, proper Chlamydia test is very necessary for the person’s health.

How People Get Infected?

Any person Read more »

Nov 22 2008

Wine a day keeps the Doctors at bay..

Wine a day keeps the Doctors at bay..

People who do not normally drink alcohol may have a reason to start. Many recent survey’s have proved that casually drinking no more than one glass of wine a week is proved to help prevent heart disease. People who started drinking in middle age were 38% less likely to have a heart attack or other serious heart event than abstainers even if they were overweight, had disbetes, high blood pressure or other heart risks. Read more »

Nov 22 2008

Just know something about Golf Club

by Aleron

The Callaway Golf Club is one of the most famous and most
reliable types of golf courses in the market today. They are not as
many people (including the retirement of men) who are fascinated by
golf today, and it is not strange why “this is the time Callaway Golf Club
A success of the height in the world of golf clubs.

The Callaway Golf Club is headed by Ely Callaway. He told me comp Read more »

Nov 22 2008

Plastic Surgery gone wrong!

This is an example of how plastic surgery can go so wrong!!

example #1

Oh god. There are few words really to comment about this picture. This is acctress Jocelyn Wildenstein and she loves plastic surgery.

Plastic Surgery gone wrong!

example #2

This one is probably more funny than the first example of horrific cosmetic surgery. The thing that makes me laugh is that this girl is completely happy Read more »