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How books can change a child’s life
by Grace at Kids Health Notes
I can personally tell you that books were a huge influence in my life. My love for reading began at a very young age, and I owe this first to my grandparents. My paternal grandmother, an elementary school teacher, taught me to read, literally by candlelight, because the town I...
Veggie Links for 12-May-2008
by Jul at Veggie Chic
A McDonald’s meal, 4 years later. We vegetarians are so normal! Well, some of us, anyway. Veggie pride parade coming up in NYC Share This...
Mother’s Day Give-away: 15 "Popcap" video games and grand prize of Platinum pack - winners
by Grace at Kids Health Notes
Thanks to everyone who participated in the Mother’s Day Give-away: 15 “Popcap” video games and the grand prize of Platinum pack. I hope you had fun playing the online games. I did! I would love to see you come back often for great content and cool contests. And now for the...
Happy Mother’s Day to Alzheimer’s Patients & Caregivers
by Mary Emma Allen at Alzheimer's Notes
AlzheimersNotes.com Happy Mother’s Day from us at Alzheimer’s Notes to all the moms, grandmothers, and those who play a mom role in someone’s life. I hope you had a lovely day. I didn’t get a chance to write a lengthy Mother’s Day post because I was visiting a family member in the...
Top 5 posts from last week
by Marijke Durning, RN at Help My Hurt
Here at the Health and Wellness Channel, we’re developing a regular tradition of weekly post round ups. Here are my top 5 posts for the past week: Physical activity may help reduce arthritis pain Flyers All-Star defenseman Kimmo Timonen knocked out of playoffs by blood clot Author of How-To Marijuana, Step-by-Step Guide to...
Mommies Less Likely to Have Eating Disorders?
by angelique at breakingthemirror.com
Guess what? I have a great news story that’s perfect for Mother’s Day! A recent Reuters article linked being a mom to fewer eating problems. Cool, huh? As the article claims: “Women have fewer eating problems after having children…largely because they stop drinking as much and behave less impulsively, according to new findings...
Bald Men On Parade
by Laura at Baldiness
Image details: Los Angeles Galaxy v Toronto FC served by picapp.com One of the best things that I have ever heard of being done in a concert, is when BNL (aka the barenaked ladies) performed “Bald Men on Parade”, and introduced all of the baldies on their crew. This happened...
Ask the Baldy
by Laura at Baldiness
I am guessing that you have heard a bald person say this at least once, “lack of hair, can only mean that the brain is busy with more important functions”. In my opinion this means that bald people are smarter than people who have a full head of hair. I have...
New Poll- Inquiring Minds Want to Know
by Laura at Baldiness
It has come to my attention, that baldies discriminate against other bald people. I am not sure why this is, since we are all in the same boat. Some may have more hair than others…but sooner or later, we are all going to end up with very little or no...
The I’m Bald Quote of the Day
by Laura at Baldiness
Image details: German World War II Bomber Pilot Apologises To City served by picapp.com Gray hairs are death’s blossoms. ~ English Proverb So what do you think “no hair” represents? Tags: baldness, blossoms, death, english proverbs, graveyard, gray hair, no hair, the i'm bald quote of the dayShare This...
Boobs vs. Baldness
by Laura at Baldiness
Image details: The White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner served by picapp.com Did you know that for every hair transplant being performed in the United States, there are 5 breast augmentation surgeries being performed. Now I know a lot of men, from all walks of life. White collar professionals, blue collar workers,...
You Know What This Means……Vaccine Court Again
by Kristina Chew, PhD at Autism Vox
Tomorrow brings yet another chapter in the annals of the U.S. “Vaccine Court.” Nearly 4900 families have filed claims with the U.S. Court of Claims alleging that vaccines caused autism and/or other neurological problems in their children. Two 10-year-old autistic boys, William Mead and Jordan King, from Portland, Oregon,...
Baldness Brings Success to Fortune 500 CEOs
by Laura at Baldiness
Image details: Group Applauding Businessman served by picapp.com If you asked your “average” CEO of a Fortune 500 company, if he/she would rather be short or bald. The majority of the answers would be “I would rather grow a few inches” (they are not talking hair length). There you...
What it means to be a blogger mom…
by Grace at Kids Health Notes
What does a blogger-mama have to deal with? blogs at the breakfast table with sticky strawberry jelly fingers, and a baby on her lap blogs in the afternoon, on the big king bed, with a sleeping toddler by her side and a baby on her lap blogs at 2 am, on the...
The Perfect Gift for Mother’s Day
by Kristina Chew, PhD at Autism Vox
Hope you got the perfect gift for Mother’s Day—-Margaret Lenahan has. Her 16-year-old son, James, was diagnosed with autism around the time that he turned two; today, he is a junior in the Ryken program for special needs students at Xaverian High School in Brooklyn, and a member of the...
Don’t forget: book on medicinal marijuana
by Marijke Durning, RN at Help My Hurt
Don’t forget to read my interview with Carol S. Bott, RN, author of How-to Marijuana, A Step-by-Step Guide to Medical Marijuana. In the book, Carol writes about the use of cannabis to manage disease symptoms and chronic pain, and how best to use it. Click on the book cover below to...
Women can reduce their risk for heart disease significantly by stopping their smoking habit
by Kendra James, RN at A Hearty Life
Here is further proof to stop smoking…Women who quit smoking significantly reduce their risk of dying from heart disease and cancers very soon after. There was a 47% reduction in risk for coronary heart disease within the first five years of quitting and a 21% reduction in lung cancer death within...
2nd annual Diabetes Mine Design Challenge- Go Make a difference
by Kendra James, RN at Diabetes Notes
Please join in and help make a difference. Go check out Amy at Diabetes Mine as she announces the 2nd Annual Diabetes Mine Design Challenge… 2nd Annual DiabetesMine™ Design Challenge * a competition designed to foster innovation in diabetes design and encourage creative new tools that will improve life with diabetes *...
Intrauterine growth retardation linked to diabetes later in life
by Kendra James, RN at Diabetes Notes
I have to admit that this is the first I have seen of this subject matter… Intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR), which results in a baby having a low weight at birth, has been linked to the development of type 2 diabetes in adulthood. It has been suggested that this is because...
Alzheimer’s Personal Stories from Around the World.
by Liz Lewis at Alzheimer's Notes
Sports: Legendary coach, Frank Broyles, helped wife with Alzheimer’s battle - “Over the decades, the game changed, but one thing remained the same: The love always was there…” (more) Boy, 2, Suffers From Rare Children’s Alzheimer’s Condition - “A 2-year-old boy in England suffers from a rare genetic disease sometimes referred...
Happy Mother’s Day
by Kendra James, RN at Diabetes Notes
Have a wonderful Mother’s Day! Image details: Yellow Tulips served by picapp.com Share This...
Ana couldn’t eclipse my son
by angelique at breakingthemirror.com
December 14, 2002, I received a delicious surprise. It came in the form of a positive pregnancy test. I was elated. I was amazed. I was scared poopless. As someone who had anorexia and EDNOS problems for over a decade, I just knew that being “with child” would open the door for Ana to...
Long time no see- diabetic and food journal
by Kendra James, RN at Diabetes Notes
Oh boy, it has been a while since I journaled on here. First, the big change. I have now started checking my blood sugars twice a day- in the morning and before bed. My sugars have been so good as of the last few months that I feel confident in...
StepMom: A Must See Cancer-Mothers’ Day-Related Movie
by Gloria Gamat at Cancer Commentary | Cancer Treatments, Cancer News, Cancer Stories, Cancer Research.
First of all, today is Mothers’ day. Earlier today I watched the movie StepMom, it was on at HBO and I accidentally saw it while channel surfing. I’ve seen this movie several times when I was younger (during my pre-mom days). Motherhood changes a woman life is an understatement. You just...
Laugh It Up | The Best Of
by Scott at Health and Men
Laugh it up has ben a pretty big hit here, but I can’t really take any credit for the jokes. As I state in just about every post, most of them come from Amazingjokes.com. Here are links to some of my favorites since I started this feature. Check back every...
The Best Cool Mom Blogs (According to Me)
by Gabrielle at Fertility Notes- a fertility blog with all the news your womb can use
Just because I’m not a fan of Mother’s Day doesn’t mean I don’t love the moms. I loves the moms. I love the mom bloggers - especially those that remind me that I can still have a life after (hopefully) popping one or two out. When Cheryl Miller interviewed me...
MIRZA surgery for carpal tunnel
by Marijke Durning, RN at Help My Hurt
Carpal tunnel syndrome affects over 8 million people in the United States; women are affected three times more often than men. The chronic pain from carpal tunnel syndrome can cause difficulties sleeping, as well as with doing your every day activities. If medications and bracing doesn’t help, surgery may be the...
Health And Men’s Top Sexual Health Posts
by Scott at Health and Men
I had all intentions to get this one done yesterday but it was a very busy day. So with a quick search through the blog ere, I have chosen 5 of my favorite Sexual Health posts that I think you will find most interesting or helpful. Dysfunctional Family Jewels deal with...
Top 5 Posts By Readership
by Gloria Gamat at Cancer Commentary | Cancer Treatments, Cancer News, Cancer Stories, Cancer Research.
The channel is gathering the top five post series in each blog. It’s really up to the blogger where to base the top post from on a certain time period reference. I have to confess that I never scrutinize the stats of any of my blogs, I just look at the...
The Sunday Sidebar…Dealing with the Dead.
by Liz at Healthbolt
There are only two things that are guaranteed in this world - you are born and you will die. Just how long you have between the two events depends on a multitude of factors. Longevity is possible, and for most of us highly probable (so says the Vitality Compass). Death and...

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How books can change a child’s life

Veggie Links for 12-May-2008

Mother’s Day Give-away: 15 "Popcap" video games and grand prize of Platinum pack - winners

Happy Mother’s Day to Alzheimer’s Patients & Caregivers

Top 5 posts from last week

Mommies Less Likely to Have Eating Disorders?

Bald Men On Parade

Ask the Baldy

New Poll- Inquiring Minds Want to Know

The I’m Bald Quote of the Day

Boobs vs. Baldness

You Know What This Means……Vaccine Court Again

Baldness Brings Success to Fortune 500 CEOs

What it means to be a blogger mom…

The Perfect Gift for Mother’s Day

Don’t forget: book on medicinal marijuana

Women can reduce their risk for heart disease significantly by stopping their smoking habit

2nd annual Diabetes Mine Design Challenge- Go Make a difference

Intrauterine growth retardation linked to diabetes later in life

Alzheimer’s Personal Stories from Around the World.

Happy Mother’s Day

Ana couldn’t eclipse my son

Long time no see- diabetic and food journal

StepMom: A Must See Cancer-Mothers’ Day-Related Movie

Laugh It Up | The Best Of

The Best Cool Mom Blogs (According to Me)

MIRZA surgery for carpal tunnel

Health And Men’s Top Sexual Health Posts

Top 5 Posts By Readership

The Sunday Sidebar…Dealing with the Dead.

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