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No Dying Allowed…
You’ve got to love this. There is no room in the cemetery so the Mayor of Sarpourenx, a small village in southwest France, has posted an ordinance in the council offices stating that “all persons not having a plot in the cemetery and wishing to be buried in Sarpourenx are forbidden from dying […]
If you think that Alzheimer’s is a disease that only attacks older people, then think again. It seems that you can get it at any age, even as a child.
I first learned about this last month when I read about Leah Garfitt, a six year old child who has Niemann-Pick Type C disease (NPC), a […]
Okay, so it’s not something any of us ever thought we’d see in our life time.
Especially not in the United States.
But here they are - marijuana dispensing vending machines.
In California.
To be more specific, in Los Angeles.
To be exact, at a Herbal Nutrition Center in Los Angeles.
Not that you or I are ever going to be able […]
Rehabilitation therapy is an integral part of recovery for those suffering from accident injuries, combat wounds, and medical conditions such as strokes. But it involves routine, repetitive, and boring exercises such as stretching, lifting, and balancing - physical tasks that many patients find stressful and tedious.
Nintendo’s Wii video game system is changing all that. Using […]
I am not a disciple of yoga but I’ve taken to humming ‘om’ at the strangest times - like now as I type this post.
Why ?
Because I read an article recently that said humming can help keep my sinuses healthy and clear.
As someone who suffers from allergic rhinitis (hay fever) that occassionally develops […]
I found this interesting post over at Medgadget…
“The National Museum of Health and Medicine has been uploading pictures to Flickr since September 2006. We’ve transcribed, of course, all information that we have for each picture, but have also been posting some for which we have relatively little information, such as Library of Congress is doing, […]
Anyone ever see Baghdad ER, the award winning HBO documentary that focused on a American military hospital treating wounded soldiers. Raw and often graphic, it exposed us to the reality of war.
Well, HBO is about to air a new documentary, only this time the focus is on a Iraqi hospital treating civilian Iraqis wounded by […]
Medical Googler - a person who researches their symptoms, illness, and doctors on the internet before seeking treatment. Time magazine recently highlighted one doctor’s distaste for such a practice. The article, written by Scott Haig, Clinical Professor in Orthopedic Surgery at Columbia University of Physicians and Surgeons, focused on his experience with one such ‘medical googler’. […]
Bet you didn’t know that there was an award show for pharmaceutical product and promotion advertising. Neither did I until I ran across this Street Anatomy post.
So I course I had to go and investigate. What I found was a treasure trove of advertising posters for all things health. Turns out that the RX Club […]
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Step aside, Viagra. Science is getting ever-closer to a version just for the ladies. LibiGel, a testosterone-laden ointment which is intended to boost the libidos of women, will be tested at the University of Virginia (among 99 other institutions) in coming months. Fantastic news, considering hypoactive sexual desire disorder (lack of sexual interest) affects […]
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