on 1/8/2009
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According to WebMD, John Travolta's son (Jett Travolta), probably did not have seizures due to a childhood disease known as Kawasaki disease.
Now that the media has been reporting on the previously unheard of Kawasaki disease, the masses are starting to finally get word of this very deadly disease (Kawasaki). Personally, before hearing about Jett Travolta's death, I had thought Kawasaki was nothing more than a motorcycle company that tries to get in on the car-making market (probably doing better than GM).
So did Kawasaki Disease Kill Jett Travolta?
Big names in the medical industry (I could throw a name out there, but do you really care about some random name with MD after it?) say that Kawasaki Disease did not cause the death of Jett Travolta, the son of the ever-so famous John Travolta.
So what caused Jett Travolta's Seizure?
Despite being rejected by Tom Cruise's "Scientology" - Jett suffered from se... read more
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on 4/20/2008
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A new study argues that vitamin supplementation does not increase life expectancy. In fact, the study shows that you may be more likely to suffer premature death as a result of vitamin supplementation.
The study, conducted by Cochrane Collaboration, was based on 47 trials with over 180,000 people. According to the study, "antioxidant supplements significantly increased mortality". They specifically picked out Vitamin A, Vitamin E, and beta-carotene as making you more likely to die before your scheduled trip to the afterworld.
Apparently, Vitamin A was linked to 16% increased risk of dying, Vitamin E increased risk by 4%, and beta-carotene increased risk by 7%. Vitamin C and selenium showed no risk, but also showed no benefit in longevity.
Since these vitamins are commonly referred to as "antioxidants" - research has suggested these chemicals underlie some of the beneficial effects of eating fruit and vegetables because they soak up h... read more
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wacky finds, health watch, vitamins, nutrition, antioxidants
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on 3/24/2008
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Despite researching health and fitness thoroughly, when a girl mentioned that I should try to pull some girls away from proana sites and get them to join FitConnect. “They need some serious help, they’d probably like FitConnect.” Serious help? What are you talking about?
“They’re support sites for weight loss, you should advertise on them”
Well that makes sense, we’re always trying to get more weight loss oriented individuals to our site, but I was confused why she first made it seem almost like a rescue operation. She told me to just google it and I’ll find out.
So after googling for a few minutes I soon realized that Pro-Ana is slang for Pro-Anorexia – the sites are forums and blogs where anorexics (mostly female) post extreme weight loss tips, moral (or, immoral) support, and write rants of frustration. Commonly I came across message boards stating “I gained 5 lbs back and I hate myself.”
I also found many proanas that claimed, “I ... read more
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on 3/17/2008
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If you watch any television at all, I’m sure you’ve seen one of the many Valtrex commercials. Actually, you’ve probably seen a lot of them – they’re on all of the time lately. And… If you are at all familiar with target marketing, you understand that those advertisements are not just there for us non-herpes having individuals to giggle and make jokes to the person sitting next to us. Valtrex paid good money for those ads, and they’re expecting a return on their investment.
So what does that mean? It means that they have statistical data (not just guessing) that is telling them that there’s a large audience out there with Herpes. Not just a large general audience, but a large audience that fits into your demographic area/type. For example, if you’re a girl from New York that likes watching those stupid Sex and the City re-runs and you see a lot of herpes commercials, then marketing companies must have gathered some info that girls form New York in your age range are likely ... read more
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