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Kaiser Health News has an article about how use of mobile technology
devices by the doctors may be endangering their patients at work.
The article quotes example of Beth
Israel Deaconess
Medical Center,
a teaching hospital for Harvard Medical
School. Beth Israel is considered
one of the most technically advanced hospitals in the country.
Cosmetic
surgery can be beneficial to an individual but it also exposes people to various
health risks.
Philippines
have passed a law that makes pregnancy testing mandatory for all women of childbearing
age who plan to undergo plastic surgery. Exception will apply to women who have
been medially found to be incapable to reproduce.
Brazil is known for its Rio Carnival, beautiful tanned women and warm climate. However, Brazil
also enjoys booming cosmetic surgery business for rich and poor alike. In fact, barely clad, samba dancers in Rio
Carnival are often a display of surgically enhanced breasts and buttons and
such results are not by accident.
Brazils
is considered a pioneer in plastic surgery and a destination of choice for
cosmetic surgery tourism. In fact, Brazil
performs over 11 million cosmetic surgery operations a year, second only to the
Untied States.
iPad3 is in the market and, all indications are, it is going
for record breaking sales.
A recent study published by the Consumer reports caused a
bit of concern when it claimed iPad can heat up to 116 degree Fahenheit. Is
heating really a concern and is iPad bad for your health and safety?
The study claimed that new iPad can get significantly hotter
than the earlier iPad2 model only when plugged in and continually running a action
game.
An Indian man, Manohar Aich, celebrated his 100th birthday in
March, 2012.
The man is only 4 foot 11 inches tall but he was a body
builder and won the title of Mr. Universe in 1952. At age 100, he still got
muscles but no teeth.
Manohar Aich credits his longevity to his ability to stay
tension free during difficult times. In addition, he maintains a simple diet of
vegetables, fruits, milk, fruits, rice, lentils and fish. He never smoked nor
drank alcohol.
Starbucks is opening its first Evolution Fresh juice store in
Bellevue, Wash.
The store is an extension of Starbucks’ $30 million purchase of Evolution Fresh
Inc., of California. Evolution
Fresh was founded by Jimmy Rosenberg after he sold his previous company, the Naked
Juice.
Starbucks claims Evolution Fresh has an advantage over other
juice brands because it uses high-pressure pasteurization instead of heating
Red Bull, in blue-silver cans, is as a popular energy drink and is sold in
about 70 countries. Red Bull is supposed to gives wings to people who want to
be mentally and physically active and have a zest for life.
Red Bull Energy Drink is claimed to be “for people who want to have a clear
and focused mind, perform physically, are dynamic and performance-oriented
whilst also balancing this with a fun and active lifestyle.”
The original drink was sold in Asian countries as a
"tonic drink" under the name Krating Daeng ("Red Bull").
The drink which kept
Study in mice indicates that exposure to radio frequency
radiation from cell phones during pregnancy may be detrimental for the offspring.
The researchers at the Yale School of Medicine conducted psychological
and behavioral tests on adult mice that were exposed to cellular radiation as
fetuses.
Mice exposed to cell phone radiation in the womb showed behavioral
problems resembling Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a
developmental disorder associated with brain.
Sultan Kosen, 29, from Turkey
is world’s tallest men at 8 feet, 3 inches. For the last three years in a row he has been named the
world's tallest living man by Guinness World Records. He appear to have
grown one inch taller each year.
His unusual growth is a result of a tumor in his pituitary
gland. That tumor is not cancerous or hereditary but it produced excess growth
hormones.
In 2010, he went under radiosurgery at the University of
Virginia Medical Center. Recently, it was announced that finally Sultan’s height
has stabilized as his tumor has stopped growing as well as the overproduction
of growth hormone.
Coke and Pepsi caramel coloring contains a chemical, 4-methylimidazole
(4-MEI), that is a potential carcinogen.
4-MEI has been known to cause
cancer in laboratory mice and rats and could be potentially risky to humans as
well.
State of California
has included this chemical, 4-MEI, in the list of carcinogens. California
Prop 65 law requires that a product label should warn consumers if it
contains a substance that is known to cause cancer. In January 2012, Brazilian
Blowout, a hair care products company, paid $600,000 in a settlement over
such labeling issues in California.
Arizona’s Maricopa
County sheriff Joe Arpaio is known
for a number of controversial actions, especially against immigrants and hispanics, by
detaining without crimes and punishing without conviction.
The U.S Justice Department has found that
Arpaio and his department has violated civil rights laws.
Sheriff Arpaio likes to show his toughnesss
by housing inmates in open air tent cities and, further, humiliates male inmates
by forcing them to wear pink underwear.
The sheriff was sued after 2001 death of a mentally ill man
who was forced to wear pink underwear.
Health and fitness enthusiast will find use for a new interesting
and handy camera. Lytro, introduced by Mountain View, California
based company.
Lytro is a small, compact camera, known as the first Light
Field Camera because it captures the entire light field as opposed to single light
field in the traditional cameras.
Brazilian Blowout is a popular hair straightening treatment
sold to stylists.
The product ran into controversy because it seems to emit
formaldehyde and there were complaints that it caused problems such as, eye
irritation, breathing discomfort and nosebleeds.
Japanese diet, rich in fish and vegetable, has been
responsible for keeping Japan
among the thinnest industrialized nations. However, now Japan
is concerned about too many young women getting too thin. According to the
Health Ministry, an estimated 29% of Japanese women in their 20s are
underweight which could have adverse effects on fertility rates.
The issue is considered a national health problem because Japan
has an aging population and it also happens to have one of the lowest birthrates
in the
A picture is worth a thousand words but a picture of words is definitely worth a lot more.
This post qualifies for a blog on sports, health and
wellness. The banner shown in the picture was found at a Children’s baseball
field in Westwood, West Los Angeles. The field is where
West LA Little League (www.wlalittleleague.org) plays baseball.
The picture tells the whole story of honest real estate and mortgage
broker, Mark Miller:
"If your mother,
father,
Brother, sister,
aunt,
Uncle, niece, nephew,
Cousin, grandparent
or
Friend isn’t a real
estate
or mortgage broker,
call me
Barcode Properties
Mark Miller – 310 860 7595"
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Also check out West LA Little League
www.wlalittleleague.org
Health and fitness enthusiasts can now have their ice cream bar and eat it guilt
free without worrying about excessive junk calories.
StrongBody Bars is a Health & Fitness ice cream product developed by Booozah
LLC, in partnership with Royal Ice Cream of Manchester CT. This product will
provide good calories and would appeal to people concerned about obesity, weight management, health and fitness.
StrongBody Bar has only about 130 calories and weighs 4 oz (82g) which
Now, there is a fitness exercise game with audio adventure
for people who are into tech, computers and cell phones.
Zombies Run, is an immersive cell phone game that will make
you exercise and stay fit by running. The game is for the iPhone, iPod Touch,
and Android where you help rebuild civilization after a zombie apocalypse.
The goal is to make running thrilling with a game and a
story delivered through your headphones and it can be done anywhere - in a
park, along a beach, in the city, even on treadmills.
On
February 17, 2012, Frenchman
Robert Marchand set a world record by cycling non-stop for one hour at the
Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) velodrome in Aigle,
Switzerland.
He
rode about 25 kilometers in an indoor track. There wasn’t a lot of competition
around as he was the first-ever and the only performer in 100-years-plus category. You can say, the competition was virtually dead in his category.
Marchand
spent about a week preparing for the event. After the event Merchand said that
he could have rode faster but he didn’t because he is not trying to be a
champion. He just wanted to celebrate his 100th birthday.
Apparently, he still rides but likes to keep it less than 100 kilometers a
day.
HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY to Robert Marchand
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Reference
Reuter:
Frenchman, 100, sets record for one hour cycle,
Plastic used in bottled water
is one of the biggest wastes created by humans. Despite efforts to recycle the
material, an enormous amount of plastic waste causes handling problems.
Our national parks are having their
own share of headaches due the plastic bottles brought and discarded by people
visiting these parks.
The
National Park Service (NPS) will ban sales
of bottle water in the Grand Canyon, Arizona,
starting March 10, 2010. NPS
has spent about
Groupon
style deals are being taken a step further by people offering cosmetic surgery.
A new website SociallySexyDeals.com, started March 1 in Toronto,
Canada, calls itself “The
world’s first Deal Site dedicated to Cosmetic Enhancement and Beauty where you
can Save up to 90%.”
The site negotiates discounts for a number of cosmetic
enhancement products and services from
Prescription drugs, especially pain killers, are addictive
and deadly killers. A number of Celebrity deaths have brought to light the danger of prescription drugs.
Most
recently, it was Whitney Houston and before that Michael Jackson who died
due to prescription drugs. Michael Jackson’s doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray, was
convicted of involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to four years in
prison.
Now, Los Angeles County
District Attorney has filed murder charges against a doctor for over
prescribing drugs like Xanax and OxyContin,
Iowa
legislation has passed a bill, House File (H.F.) 589, which would prevent
private citizens from documenting (filming or photographing) a farm without the
farmer’s consent.
The bill supported by the big agricultural concerns is aimed
at preventing undercover work that would expose animal abuses in the factory-farming
industry. The idea is to keep consumers from knowing abuses taking place in the
industry. In the past such exposure by animal rights activists has led to
conviction for abuse or neglect of factory-farmed animals.
National Nutrition Month (NNM) is a nutrition education and
information campaign sponsored annually in March by the Academy
of Nutrition and Dietetics to focus
attention on the importance of making informed food choices and developing
sound eating and physical activity habits.
The theme for March 2012 is "Get Your Plate in
Shape."
Our bodies are what we eat and what we eat depends on our
teeth and how well we chew. Therefore, good healthy teeth are an important
contributor to overall good health. Generally,
some foods that are good for general health are also good for teeth.
Acid is the cause of all the damage done to teeth. Acid may
come from acidic food and drink or produced from sugar by oral bacteria. This
acid acts on the enamel on teeth and causes decay. Therefore, it is important
to consume food and liquids that will suppress the affect of tooth-harming
acids, provide minerals and vitamins that will maintain healthy teeth and stimulate
the flow of saliva.
Amazon is not just for books anymore. It turns out, keeping
up with its name, Amazon has been selling a number of amazing things.
Recently,
it was reported by The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and the
International Humane Society that Amazon Japan has been selling
hundreds of products from whales, dolphins and porpoises (collectively known as
cetacean food products).
They called on Amazon to stop supporting commercial whaling
by immediately and permanently banning the sale of such products. This
At the annual meeting of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science in Vancouver,
it was announced that the scientists are working to produce meat in the
laboratory to, potentially, replace conventional farm-animal meat production.
The idea of “test tube” meat is to cope with the growing demand for meat but
limited land resources.
Animal meat, as a source of protein or simply for taste, is
an important part of diet for a large number of people. However, keeping the
health issue aside, the cost of producing meat is significantly higher compared
to
plain plant based food. It takes more than 2400 gallons of water to produce 1
pound of meat, while growing 1 pound of wheat only requires 25 gallons.
Los Angeles is known for Hollywood,
the home for billions of dollar in movie production. Lesser know is the fact
that Los Angeles area is also the top
producer of pornographic movies.
Most of
the adult film business is located in San Fernando Valley
area of Los Angeles county and
rivals regular movie business in revenue. Pornographic film business in Los
Angeles is estimated to generate over $4 billion a
year and employs over 20,000 people.
The US Adult movie business is unhappy with the new condom law
On
February 17, 2012, Frenchman
Robert Marchand set a world record by cycling non-stop for one hour at the
Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) velodrome in Aigle,
Switzerland.
