Public Health Law Center Lies to Public About Tobacco Companies Marketing of Flavored E-Cigarettes
According to a new legal update from the Public Health Law Center, tobacco companies are marketing electronic cigarettes to kids with kid-friendly flavors that include watermelon, Son of a Beach, vanilla malt, popcorn, s’mores, kettle corn, colas, Pizza Pia, chocolate ice cream, and pink lemonade.The document claims as follows:"Summer is finally upon us. If you don’t have time to picnic, visit the beach, or go camping, no problem. You can buy your fill of vacation flavors at your nearest tobacco or e-cigarette store — either at a brick and mortar establishment or online. In fact, no matter the season, tobacco product...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - July 2, 2015 Category: Addiction Source Type: blogs
Cool Foods for Warm Weather
Me mind on fire. Me soul on fire. Feelin’ Hot. Hot. Hot
You too? Last thing you want to do is turn on the oven. I feel ya. That’s why I I’m keeping mine off and making these easy foods and recipes instead. No oven necessary.
Go ahead and store your winter sweaters and other things you don’t need in there. Pour a nice cold glass of ice water and get inspired to keep it cool (and healthy) when it’s hot outside.
Disclosure: The brands and organizations included in the TV segments and blog are clients of mine.
ABC Newschannel 8 Let’s Talk Live DC
Watch my appearance on NBC WBAL Baltimor...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - May 19, 2015 Category: Nutrition Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: cooking eating healthy food recipes TV segments best cereal canned peaches chicken wraps chocolate milk smoothies healthy deviled eggs Kind Bars lamb sliders memorial day recipes picnic foods slow cooker recipes Source Type: blogs
To your own Vulcan self: Be true
“What would Spock think about the ‘husky’ designation?” That’s what I was pondering. I was wondering how the master of logic would justify and make sense of the clearly derogatory way I was feeling about myself.
“Fascinating,” I imagined him saying, and he would raise that patented eyebrow.
Then I looked in the mirror, furrowed my brow, took note of the barely present peach fuzz growing under my nose, and with all the power of a Vulcan mind meld, I imagined that my right eyebrow was being pulled by a thread towards the stars. That one eyebrow was to boldly go where no eyebrow of mine had ever gone before.
And...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 18, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Steven Schlozman, MD Tags: Physician Source Type: blogs
Parents and Taxpayers Want More Educational Choice
Jason Bedrick
Ever since Georgia enacted a scholarship tax credit law in 2008, individual and corporate taxpayers in the Peach State could receive dollar-for-dollar tax credits in return for contributions to nonprofit scholarship organizations—at least until the $58 million cap is reached.
Donors are eligible to receive credits starting on January 1st of each year. In 2012, the last of the credits were claimed in mid-August. The following year, donors hit the cap in May. Last year, they hit it in just three weeks. This year, all the credits were claimed within hours of becoming available on January 1st. In fact, taxpaye...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 16, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Jason Bedrick Source Type: blogs
Viroids, infectious agents that encode no proteins
Genomes of non-defective viruses range in size from 2,400,000 bp of dsDNA (Pandoravirus salinus) to 1,759 bp of ssDNA (porcine circovirus). Are even smaller viral genomes possible? The subviral agents called viroids provide an answer to this question.
Viroids, the smallest known pathogens, are naked, circular, single-stranded RNA molecules that do not encode protein yet replicate autonomously when introduced into host plants. Potato spindle tuber viroid, discovered in 1971, is the prototype; 29 other viroids have since been discovered ranging in length from 120 to 475 nucleotides. Viroids only infect plants; some cause ec...
Source: virology blog - January 14, 2015 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Basic virology Information DNA dependent RNA polymerase noncoding RNA plant potato spindle tuber viroid ribozyme siRNA viral virus Source Type: blogs
In Memoriam: Lost to Addiction and Mental Illness
As 2014 comes to a close, we’d like to remember the following actors and musicians whom we lost to drug addiction or related mental illness this past year.
Philip Seymour Hoffman—Widely considered one of the best dramatic actors of all time, Hoffman was found dead in his New York apartment on February 2 from a heroin overdose. The 46-year-old Academy Award-winning actor was in recovery from substance abuse for 23 years before relapsing. He was known for his roles in The Hunger Games, Almost Famous, Moneyball, The Big Lebowski, and Twister. He is survived by a son and two daughters.
Peaches Geldof—Geldof was a Briti...
Source: NIDA Drugs and Health Blog - December 20, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: The NIDA Blog Team Source Type: blogs
Should your vagina smell like peaches? The Beauty Brains Show episode 60
Would you take a dietary supplement to change the way you smell “down there?” That’s only one of the hot topics we discuss in this week’s show. Also, we play a toothpaste-themed version of Improbable Products.
Click below to play Episode 60 or click “download” to save the MP3 file to your computer.
Show notes
Improbable Products
This is the game where I tell Perry about three unlikely beauty products and he has to guess which one is fake. Today’s theme is toothpaste. Which of these is NOT a real toothpaste ingredient?
Caviar
Urine
Wasabi
The answer will surprise you! Tune into the show t...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - December 9, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Randy SchuellerThe Beauty Brains Tags: Beauty Biz Podcast Source Type: blogs
Carbon Dioxide Enrichment of Peach Trees: How Sweet It Is!
Craig D. Idso
In our all-too-politically-correct world, carbon dioxide (CO2) frequently gets a bad rap, demonized for its potential and unverified effects on climate. However, if the truth be told, carbon dioxide is a magnificent molecule, essential to nearly all life on Earth. It is the primary raw material from which plants construct their tissues and grow during the process of photosynthesis. Perhaps it should come as no surprise, therefore, that plants perform this essential function ever better as atmospheric CO2 levels climb ever higher, a fact demonstrated in literally thousands of laboratory and field studies (see...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 2, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Craig D. Idso Source Type: blogs
34 Ways to Encourage Positive Thinking
The brain is a powerful organ; it controls the entire body. But your thought process is much more influential. Your thoughts dictate who you become, what you do, and the success you’ll have.
Take some time to really analyze your thoughts. Which direction do they point you?
Buddha said, “The mind is everything. What you think you become.” If an inventory of your thought process yields more negative thinking than positive, it’s time to make some changes.
Here are 34 things you can do to encourage positive thinking.
Stop saying, “I can’t.” If you hear it too often, you’ll convince yourself it’s true. In...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - August 7, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: jessica.lee Tags: featured motivation self improvement pickthebrain positive thinking power of positive thinking self improvement tips unconventional actions Source Type: blogs
TV star Ashley James throws open the doors to her battle with depression and anxiety in her Metro blog
Originally posted on Metro:
Made In Chelsea star Ashley James blogs about overcoming her anxiety and depression (Picture: AshleyJames)
Ashley James is best known for starring in E4’s hit show Made In Chelsea when she joined the cast for a whirlwind two series, leaving in 2013. Aside from Chelsea, she’s also a model, TV presenter and blogger. Here, Ashley throws the doors open to her personal life as she reveals all on her battle with depression and anxiety for the very first time.
‘I first wrote this in January, and decided against posting it in fear of what people might think. I revisited it following the tra...
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - July 28, 2014 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Quinonostante Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs
Divergent Trilogy Tackles Genetic Engineering and Genetic Discrimination
Warning! Spoilers Ahead!!Divergent is the latest of the teen dystopian future trilogies to hit the big screen. I have read all three books, Divergent, Insurgent, and Allegiant. Is it not my favorite trilogy in this growing genre, but I know that teens everywhere love it.I do appreciate that Veronica Roth has tackled some of the most difficult issues that will face the younger generation. The third book, Allegiant, takes human genetic engineering and genetic discrimination head on.Here is a little background. The trilogy begins in a walled city where everyone lives in 5 factions depending on their personal qualities. The Am...
Source: Mary Meets Dolly - July 18, 2014 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Tags: Genetic Engineering Source Type: blogs
How Do Senator Jay Rockefeller and his Commerce Committee Colleagues (Barbara Boxer and Richard Blumenthal) Sleep at Night?
Last Wednesday, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Technology held a hearing on the marketing of electronic cigarettes. Several senators, including Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) harshly attacked the two electronic cigarette company executives who testified before the committee, calling them liars who are doing harm to the public and comparing them to the Big Tobacco executives of the past.According to an article at Time.com: "In a hearing Wednesday afternoon that harkened back to the famous congressional Big Tobacco hearings two decades ago, Senators on the Commer...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - June 23, 2014 Category: Addiction Source Type: blogs
CancerSlayer Happy Hour & Book Launch for "Secrets"
My CancerSlayer fundraising team and the UVA Club of Washington Book Club are co-sponsoring Cancer-Slayer Happy Hour to support the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) and to officially launch my new book, Secrets of the Cancer-Slaying Superman!WHEN: Tuesday, May 13, 2014, 5-8 p.m. WHERE: Guarapo Lounge2039 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201 (closest Metro station is Court House on the orange line) We have the upstairs reserved, free appetizers, and drink specials including Blood Orange Margaritas and Super Sugar-Slaying Peach (sugarfree Red Bull and Absolut Peach). I will read from the book and be available to autogr...
Source: I've Still Got Both My Nuts: A True Cancer Blog - May 6, 2014 Category: Cancer Tags: man of the year Source Type: blogs
Why Chopping Sugar From The Diet Will Allow You To Be Healthy
A concentrate on positive nourishment should be the purpose of everybody. In creating a balanced food plan as Alexander Simring will significantly benefit you, analysis will be key. Just utilize the guidance in the post below, and you should be nourishing the body with good nutrition very quickly. Girls who are pregnant or lactating have critical dietary requirements. Expectant mothers require a lot of protein, and getting hired down due to lack of hunger can be a pain. To get an adequate amount of protein in her diet, an expecting mom can put eggwhites to her breakfast smoothie. Eggwhites include a large amount of protein...
Source: aids-write.org - April 4, 2014 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: nutrition tips Source Type: blogs
The Hunger Fix: Managing Your Addiction to Food
There’s a scene in an episode of “Sex and the City,” where Miranda Hobbes has shamelessly salvaged a cupcake from the trash and, half of the thing in her mouth, leaves a voicemail with Carrie admitting her weak moment in case her friend needs that evidence when she admits her into the Betty Ford clinic. Katie Couric played the clip before introducing her guest, Dr. Pam Peeke, internationally recognized expert, physician, and author in the fields of nutrition, stress, fitness, and public health, on the “Katie” show.
Peeke’s latest book, The Hunger Fix (a New York Times bestseller), lays out the science to prove...
Source: World of Psychology - March 14, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Addiction Disorders Eating Disorders General Research Substance Abuse Crack Cocaine Dopamine Dr. Pam Peeke Drug Addiction Food Addiction Genetics health Katie Couric Miranda Hobbes Nutrition Source Type: blogs
