Health

By Carol Johnson Decades ago, a familiar sight in airports was a vending machine offering travel life insurance good for whatever flight you were about to board. Many people scoffed at those machines, but many actually bought the insurance, because it wasn’t too expensive and it offered a little bit of comfort to fearful travelers...
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Anti-aging is the hottest trend in health and beauty today. It is much more than good skin care, right eating habit, constant exercise, and proper health care. When it comes to anti-aging we always refer to spas, and anti- aging treatments and retail hinge on quality products. Good health and slow aging is of...
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AT THE BEGINNING of the millennium, the Sanex women’s tour was booming. Crowds were at record levels and television ratings soared. In 2001, nine new tournaments were added to the season as more than 1,000 women competed in 33 different countries for $50million in prize money. Frank L Meyerson, chairman of Sanex, wrote in...
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Obama have played nice for the most part – and why shouldn’t they, considering they play for the same team? – but the façade that the two have put up is starting to crumble as Pelosi is increasingly questioning the president in public forums. As Obama continues to...
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In today’s world, instant gratification seems to be the norm in almost all aspects of our lives. We are often attracted by whatever can satisfy our cravings fast. This is true when it comes to trying to lose unwanted pounds – we would sometimes gravitate towards fad diets that promise instant weight loss, or...
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With the grueling, bloody battle over the state of the nation’s healthcare drawing to a close, the Obama administration is changing its focus back to the economy and the country’s housing market. The proposal on the table is yet another loan modification program, designed to reduce mortgage payments for homeowners. Given the failure of...
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My bank and I have been in a long relationship: 21 years. We’ve had our ups and downs, but we managed to understand each other over time. My bank has some really admirable traits like the online banking platform and the prevalence of ATMs around the country. But lately something changed and it’s hard...
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With all the contradictory information out there about what exactly are healthy levels of LDL I thought it might be helpful to try to provide some clarity. As you may know LDL stands for low density lipoprotein which are tiny molecules responsible for carrying cholesterol through our arteries to our cells. The problem arises...
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The best wrinkle cream on the market today is one that contains Functional Keratin. The name brand doesn’t matter. Fancy packaging is not important. It all comes down to what’s inside of the package. Functional Keratin is a recently developed ingredient. Hydrolyzed keratin has been around for many years. The newer kind is called “functional”,...
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1492- Columbus Discovers Tobacco. In his journal, Columbus mentions tobacco for the first time. Rodrigo de Jerez and Luis de Torres first observe the native smoking ritual and try it themselves. Jerez becomes the first smoker of western decent. 1556- Tobacco use spreads to the old world through Spain and Portugal. The plant that...
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