Archive for the 'Health' Category

All Bound UP…. no more!

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

This week I wanted to share with you my journey through some natural remedies, what worked and why I began searching for something in the first place. On with my story…

Ever since I was born it seems I’ve been constipated. Whoops can I blog about this??? Anyway, I used to use all the common [...]

Malaria battle given $3bn boost

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

“World leaders and philanthropists have pledged nearly $3bn (£1.6bn) to fight malaria at a summit in New York.”

The meeting, at the UN, is looking at ways of meeting the Millennium Development Goals — targets on reducing global poverty by the year 2015.
Donors hope the money will be enough to eradicate malaria by that time.
Malaria still [...]

Crazy CFL Contamination

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Update on CFLs…
CFL Light Bulbs? Had a CFL energy efficient light bulb break the other day. Luckily it broke inside a glass fixture cover, everything was contained except a bit of the gas. None the less I did get a headache and begin to sweat as a result of breathing it. Went online to [...]

The Kimchi Struggle

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

My first encounter with “kimchi” was when my brother-in-law brought three containers of this dish from Manila ten years ago. Kimchi is actually this traditional Korean dish made of vegetables, like cabbage, that was fermented with a variety of seasoning. So the moment my brother-in-law opened the plastic containers, it nearly knocked me out [...]

2008 Health Fair Expo for Free Screenings

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

The American Cancer Society co-sponsored the annual Du Page Men’s Health Fair:  Score 1 for Men’s Health at the Yorktown Center and the Shops on Butterfield Road in the Village of Lombard, with Illinois State representative Sandy Pihos, for the 42nd Legislative House District, along with Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Central Du [...]

Medical Applications for Computer Models

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

Web-crawling program ID’s disease outbreaks

Scientists are searching within the virtual world and finding real viruses. Every hour, HealthMap, an infectious disease-tracking Web site, culls through news Web sites, public health list servs, the World Health Organization’s online pages, and other Web sites in six different languages to pinpoint outbreaks of disease that real-world doctors can [...]

The cruelity of the lives we live…….

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

I always sit and wonder why the world is just an unfair place…then something hit me…we were all born on a different day, time and way.
Some were born in the rural areas where even the talk of a dispensary is like a dream hence it is never mentioned, others while their mothers struggled to rush [...]

Cattle Cutting Cheese Catastrophe

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Cattle cutting cheese? What’s up with that? Most living creatures phoot. Why is that newsworthy? Just heard that cattle phooting is the second largest contributor to global warming.  Higher then transportation. It’s inconceivable!
Massive numbers of ‘em stockpiled. Force fed corn or soy. Hard to digest. Stomachs made for grass, so there’s massive upset. Creating [...]

Can ‘Blue Zones’ Help Turn Back the Biological Clock?

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

I’m going to assume being part of the “Blue Zone” will be eating healthy.  Read this NPR article on what may lead you, my friends, to the fountain of youth!
- Rudy Carrera.