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West country company vows to make communication easier and cheaper for UK doctors’ surgeries… A Somerset company has vowed to save GP practices time and money in getting their vulnerable patients into the surgery for flu jabs this winter. CFH Total Document Management has offered to make its Docmail letter system available to surgeries across […]
Continue ReadingSome over-tweezed. Others simply want a bushier brow. Across the country, women (and some men) are discovering a new solution to their eyebrow woes: transplants. The doctor injected a local anesthetic above Norma Ostraco’s brow and behind her ear. Ostraco was awake and excited during the two-hour surgery. Follicle by follicle, Dr. Robert Bernstein harvested […]
Continue ReadingThousands of pregnant women are making plaster belly casts to have keepsake sculptures of their expecting bodies. Some use them as art; others want to remember that very special time in their lives. Four years ago, when she was nine months pregnant with her first son, Gibby, Jessica Rivera-Caicedo got plastered in her backyard. Literally. […]
Continue ReadingInspired by a popular reality television show, company employees, gyms, even entire towns are holding weight loss competitions of their own. Prizes and teammates are motivating even the chronically obese to give exercise and dieting another shot. When Erika Leckie’s 3-year-old daughter asked her if she was pregnant again, she knew something had to change. […]
Continue ReadingMore Americans are tossing toothpaste aside for a mouth-cleansing throw back: soap. Entrepreneurs are adding flavors so it doesn’t taste so much like, uh, soap. But some dental experts aren’t convinced that soap is best for that clean, fresh feeling. Whenever she gets the chance, Dawn Light washes her 7-year-old daughter’s mouth out with soap. […]
Continue ReadingSleeping on the job has never been regarded as a very productive work habit, but new research suggests that a daytime catnap might be just what workers need to improve their output. Companies like Google, Pizza Hut and Nike have instituted pro-nap policies, and the national holiday called Sleep at Work Day (March 10th this […]
Continue ReadingNinety years after tens of millions died during the Spanish Flu, scientists say the world is due for another killer influenza pandemic and countries are not equipped to handle it. It began with a cough. Then came the sniffles, and then a terrible fever. No one thought it was anything more than the flu. And, […]
Continue ReadingThe flesh-eating bacteria called the superbug is more common than once thought, and the likelihood of getting it may depend on where you live. A superbug may be loitering in your nose and you don’t even know it’s there. Scientists say MRSA, a strain of flesh-eating bacteria known as the superbug because it is resistant […]
Continue ReadingParents are turning to specially trained dogs to help autistic children… Children who are uninterested in human friendships sometimes form close bonds with dogs, though parents should exercise caution when purchasing an autism dog, because the temperament and training of a dog needs to be closely matched to the reactions of an autistic child. After […]
Continue ReadingAs consumers become more conscious of chemicals, many are paying more attention to what they’re using to brush their teeth… Just as consumers are eating more organic foods, they’re looking for personal-care products made with natural ingredients too, and the health and beauty industry is going greener. So it’s only natural that interest in natural […]
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