Added July 28, 2011, Under: Children's Health, Health, Technology
The use of cell phones or mobile phones (different names for different countries) has become so widespread that it is said that the majority of the total world's population now use one. And no one is denying how useful this tool for communication can be.
The cell phone is a comparatively recent innovation so the long term studies differ as to the extent of the danger to you from these items of convenience but do you want to hang around ...
Added April 8, 2011, Under: Diseases, Doctors, Health, Technology
Many people today dread having to go to a hospital. This is not because of the treatment or the operation but because they fear they will pick up a Superbug.
This problem with runaway bacteria has been going on for some years now but it seems to be getting worse and not better. It has got so bad that doctors in the media are suggesting to patients that they actually question a doctor or other medical staff before they even touch ...
Added February 12, 2011, Under: Children's Health, Environment, Health, Technology
VOC stands for volatile organic compounds. These are organic chemical compounds that have high enough vapor pressures under normal conditions to significantly vaporize and enter the earth's atmosphere. That means you and me get to breathe them in.
Volatile organic compounds can occur both naturally and from synthetic materials.
VOCs are solvents used in paint, adhesives, paint strippers, cleaning supplies, pesticides, building materials, home furnishings, office equipment such as copiers and printers, correction fluids and even the ubiquitous craft materials such as ...
Added February 7, 2011, Under: Diets, Health, Nutrition, Technology
While there are no bar codes on individual fruit and vegetables sold at your local supermarket, there are little stickers. The number on this sticker is a PLU – price look up – for the benefit of the guy or girl at the check out. But the sticker is also useful for you the consumer.
The PLU gives you a clue about the fruit or vegetable you're purchasing. Most PLUs are only four digits long but some are five. When the ...
Added February 4, 2011, Under: Environment, Nutrition, Technology
This cousin of the marijuana plant - hemp - is an eco friendly, environmentally sustainable, crop. Being naturally resistant, it requires no fungicides or pesticides; it needs less water than other plants; it grows quickly (taking just 3 to 4 months to mature); and it even revitalises the soil at the same time.
Hemp sounds to me like a wonder crop.
And yet it is illegal to grow hemp in the United States.
Hemp can be used to manufacture a wide variety of ...
Added January 11, 2011, Under: Diseases, Health, Technology
The whole subject of flu vaccines has caused much heated debate between those for and against ever since the outbreak of H1N1 or swine flu in 2009.
When the outbreak first occurred, there was a lot of panic and the WHO declared it a pandemic. Everyone was fighting over stocks of flu vaccine and then it all died down just as quickly as it started, so that various health authorities were left with a huge stockpile of vaccine which they had ...
Added December 31, 2010, Under: Environment, Health, Technology
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What do you feel about tanning beds? Are you for or against?
According to a BBC news report, Russian health authorities confirmed that a Russian prison will soon be fitted out with various health-promoting amenities, including tanning beds, which officials say will help to change the nation's reputation for having poor quality prison facilities. The Russian officials say the tanning beds will help improve prisoner health.
We have all been hearing a lot about the benefits of Vitamin D lately ...
Added November 29, 2010, Under: Exercise, Men's Health, Technology, Women's Health
There is a product from Sweden that is being marketed world wide. Called the Swedish Acupressure Spike Mat, it is a backache healer which is currently undergoing scientific study at Karlstad University in Sweden. Apparently, these studies have shown promising results so far, as volunteer participants are claiming that they are noticing reduced pain since using the mats.
Although the final results of the study will only be available in another year, some 80 000 of these mats have been sold ...
Added November 18, 2010, Under: Environment, Technology
There are 3 new Rs out there to replace Reading, wRiting and aRithmetic and of course they are Reduce, Recycle and Re-use. Wherever you live, you need to be aware of what you can and cannot re-cycle as putting something into a reycling bin that then contaminates the whole load can mean that much of your carefully separated waste ends up on landfill anyway.
Most of the time I live in South Africa but over the past few months ...
Added November 5, 2010, Under: Diseases, Doctors, Health, Parents, Technology
This week is Vaccine Awareness Week and a good opportunity for us all to find out more about vaccines - the good, the bad and the ugly. There is plenty of all three.
One of the most controversial vaccines has been the HPV and you will find many convincing arguments both for and against this one on the internet.
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