Notice how the ads saying to wash the hands is done with a male model. Could you imagine a similar advertisment with a female image? It would start a revolution!
In a new book, ''Pathologies of Power'' (University of California), Dr. Farmer, who has worked and lived in Haiti for the past 20 years, criticizes human rights advocates and bioethicists for giving short shrift to the health problems of the poor.
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Most geeks know who Ray Kurzweil is. Most musicians do too, and so do many blind people. Kurzweil has invented so many things in so many different fields,
101 Dumbest Moments in Business. Ah, what a dumb year it was! Fortune chose the absolutely dumbest of the dumb that the gods of fate and humor delivered into our laps - and yours - this past year.
Babies born by elective caesarean are almost 2½ times more likely to die within their first month than babies born vaginally, researchers have found, adding weight to the argument that caesareans should only be carried out in emergencies. The study, which involved more than 8 million births in the US over four years, is the first of its kind to focus on full-term babies born to women with no medical reason for choosing a caesarean over a vaginal delivery, an increasingly common phenomenon in Australia. One in three babies is now born by caesarean section, up from about one in five 10 years ago, but those born before the onset of labour are often unresponsive and unable to breathe without help.
Exercise can protect against everything from heart attacks and cancer to depression and erectile dysfunction, but the New York Times focuses on how working out also helps with ailments you're
Science has given us some amazing inventions over the centuries. Personally I'm a big fan of the light bulb (thanks Thomas) and the Wright brothers were
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Staring at a computer screen all day isn't easy on your peepers. So while your computer's rebooting or taking its time copying files or compiling code? Use the downtime to help out your eyeballs.
We all know how important it is to keep our bodies fit by doing things like going to the gym, jogging, and swimming. But, did you know that you can exercise your eyes as well? While eye exercising won't improve your vision, it will keep your eyes healthy
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Computers make us more productive. Yeah, right. Lifehacker recommends the software downloads and web sites that actually save time. Don't live to geek; geek to live.
I’ve found a way to save the bees and save your itchy, watery, allergy eyes. And, no, it doesn’t come in an orange prescription bottle or costly over-the-counter remedy. It comes from my favorite source –- nature. Yesterday I
Health Articles from PETER THOMAS - Chaste Tree The dried fruit or berry of the chaste tree is often referred to as Monk's pepper or chasteberry; it was historically thought to reduce libido or promote chast
The popular anti-wrinkle drug Botox and a competitor have been linked to dangerous botulism symptoms in some users, cases so bad that a few children given the drugs for muscle spasms have died, the government warned Friday.