Spoiled Rotten: The Big 3 Reasons For Fitness Failure "I want it now, now, now!"Does this sound like the mind-numbing rant of a spoiled 7-year old in a toy store? Sure it does, and if you've ever heard a similar dialogue from a child, then you understand instinctively that the child in question is all too accustomed to getting their wayHowever, it may come as a surprise to you that adults of all ages and from all walks of life ...

Thalidomide Thalidomide is responsible for causing more than 10,000 children to be born with birth defectsA West German Pharmaceutical Company first introduced Thalidomide as a sedative or sleep aid in 1957, and scientific testing determined that Thalidomide was safe, before it was introducedThalidomide is dangerous (an understatement) and it is being prescribed even today Thalidomide is being tested and has been used as a part of a drug (cocktail) to treat ADHDThe Medical (North American Health Care Industry) presents itself ...

Heavy Metal Toxicity And Treatment Mercury Toxicity- Are you at risk?Heavy metals are ubiquitous substances, especially in industrialized countries There are 16 heavy metals physicians routinely test More than 1900 autoimmune diseases are now linked to heavy metal toxicity Autoimmune diseases, immune dysfunction syndromes and treatment resistant conditions are linked to this type of chronic poisoning A recent in a peer reviewed medical journal identifies men with mercury toxicity as being over two times as likely to have a heart ...

Watch Out For Misleading Pharmaceutical Advertising In 1997, the Food and Drug Administration relaxed the rules for drug advertising on television and radio Since that time, the airwaves have been flooded with commercials for all sorts of drugs Some of them are vague, with a simple “Ask your doctor if drug x is right for you”; others spell out what the drug is used for and devote the commercial to telling you how much you will appreciate your product Most ...

Online Pharmacy Watch: Dea Does Spring Cleaning Of Illegal Internet Pharmacies Since early 2004, it has become more apparent every day that the online pharmacy industry is being destroyed Who is doing such damage to bring the industry crashing down, you ask? So far, the people responsible are savvy businessmen who are using their skills to create temporary safety nets for black-hat operations using loopholes in international security Many pharmacy businesses were just shut down, and 20 people arrested during ...

Smokefree Policies In Europe wwwiwanttoquitsmoking com The Stop Smoking Hypnosis People On 1 January, Spain became the latest European country to ban smokers from public places Here we look at the current state of legislation in all 25 members of the EU Irish Republic Centuries of tradition were overturned in March 2004 when smoking in bars and all other workplaces was banned The measure was pushed through by a crusading health minister in the teeth of opposition from the politically powerful hospitality industry Although controversial to begin with, ...

Functional Fitness For 2006 The New Year has brought with it some drastic shifts in the fitness industry What was hot and trendy in 2005 isn’t necessarily still giving off the same steam in 2006 Fitness in 2006 is no-nonsense! Functional fitness marks the return of many tied and true fitness trends that are hardly worthy of the term "trend" at all Rather, these fitness tactics have proven themselves time and time again: Functional Workouts – You’re bound to hear a ...

Alcohol - Is There A Comparison With Hard Drugs? Alcohol is addictive You will find many people who will argue with this statement, but alcohol fits all the definitions of a harmful and addictive drug; 1 You need to take more and more of it to get the same effect 2 Your body becomes physically dependent on alcohol 3 People die from alcohol abuse An alcoholic is someone who has become physically dependent on alcohol Alcoholism is permanent, it can not be cured An ...

Drugs To Fight Drugs? A new theory to combat drug addition seems to be making progress lately Substituted synthetic drugs, which mimic the effects of hard core drugs but stimulate the mind and trick it into thinking it has covered the need for a fix There have been several such drugs in the past, but the newest drugs using this battle tactic on the war on drugs are blazing a trail in innovative medicine It could be another big win ...

So What Is Organic? With allergies on the increase we are looking for products which aren’t going to make us sneeze or break out in rashes or irritate our children’s sensitive skin We scan the supermarket and health food store shelves and find there is a huge range of products on our shelves that claim to be “all natural” and “organic”, but are they? When it comes to skin care or body products, the ingredients used are generally derived from plants We want to know that these plants ...