30th June 2006
Not too long ago a consumer interested in life insurance would have to call on a bunch of agents to get quotes and compare prices (or have agents come see them). Twenty plus years ago an agent would look up the cost for someone in a rate book or rate manu...
30th June 2006
Many women, and some men, have stretch marks. They usually occur during periods of rapid growth – puberty, pregnancy or simple weight gain. The expectation is that, although they may fade somewhat with time, once you have them you've got them for life. Ho...
29th June 2006
Advocators of natural pain remedies are delighted with the recent Medical Students' reaction to pharmaceutical manufacturers' gifts. A group called PharmFree is the initiative of the 60,000-strong American Medical Student Association. Their efforts so far...
29th June 2006
Stress has now become a common phrase in our everyday vocabulary. Numerous surveys and studies confirm that occupational pressures and fears are far and away the leading source of stress for American adults and that these have steadily increased over the ...
28th June 2006
The federal government on June 8 arrested Edwin Andrew Pena, 23, owner of Fortes Telecom Inc. and Miami Tech & Consulting Inc., for hacking into other VoIP providers' networks, routing his own customers' calls onto those platforms, then billing those comp...
28th June 2006
Eczema usually responds best to a combination of internal and external treatment. We hear a lot about the "pH factor". Some medical and health professionals think it is so basic to health that remedying it could cure all disease. That may or may not be tr...
28th June 2006
Some 2,000 years ago, Hippocrates used salt liberally to heal a number of conditions and diseases – milk and salt water were combined as an early morning drink to heal diseases of the spleen, steam from salt water was inhaled to cure respiratory ailments,...
28th June 2006
It has long been known that mercury in high concentration is toxic to humans, but until 50 years ago, it was not really too much of a problem for most of us. However, the prevalence of mercury in our food and environment has now reached global proportions...
16th June 2006
Technology is advancing at such a rapid rate, that it is sometimes difficult for the laws to keep up with the capabilities of employee monitoring tools, like call accounting and call detail records.
Add to it the boundary between work and home is disap...
16th June 2006
Knowing that many diseases are related to bacteria, it seems to be logical and safe to use anti-bacterial soaps. However, the ingredients in these soaps dry your skin, and are highly toxic. Their accumulation in the body and the environment can cause many...
16th June 2006
Chasing youth is a national pastime. Underdeveloped pencil-thin Supermodels, barely of age, walk runways setting the standard of youth for all the 30-somethings and beyond. Something doesn't quite add up. What happened to the culture of aging gracefully? ...
16th June 2006
Eczema in many people is an adverse reaction to specific substances. If those substances are environmental, a good shielding lotion should be used to protect your skin and help it heal. But if the culprits are food, you have to eliminate the offenders – s...
16th June 2006
Once a pain relief drug is approved and out there for you to buy over the counter or for your doctor to prescribe, that's it, right? Wrong! Even after drugs are approved, they continue to be studied. Data continues to be gathered about side effects people...
28th May 2006
Moisturizers have long been the preferred treatment for dry skin, but when you wash them off, your skin it is still dry. Month after month, year after year, you keep using the same type of product and you get the same result – the dry skin continues, and ...
28th May 2006
It isn't enough that psoriasis sufferers have to endure the chronic itching, burning and scaly dry skin plaques that are associated with psoriasis, or that few psoriasis options will give them relief. Add to it all, the public stigma attached to such a ...
