World AIDS Day

On 1 December, people around the world celebrate World AIDS Day. This year, World AIDS Day focuses on ‘leadership’, the theme set by the World AIDS Campaign under the five-year slogan “Stop AIDS, Keep the Promise”. Marking the day, the United Nations Secretary General, the Executive Director of UNAIDS and UNAIDS cosponsors and key partners speak out in special World AIDS Day statements.

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Even grandma had premarital sex

NEW YORK - More than nine out of 10 Americans, men and women alike, have had premarital sex, according to a new study. The high rates extend even to women born in the 1940s, challenging perceptions that people were more chaste in the past.
“This is reality-check research,” said the study’s author, Lawrence Finer. “Premarital sex is normal behavior for the vast majority of Americans, and has been for decades.”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16287113/

*No I am not advocating for premarital sex

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Health Tip: Trim Your Tree With Care

Health Tip: Trim Your Tree With Care
(HealthDay News) -- While decorating for the holiday season, keep in mind that a live tree, electric lights, and some ornaments can pose safety hazards.
Here are suggestions from the National Safety Council on how to enjoy a safe holiday:
Reduce the risk of fire by checking all light strands for broken bulbs or exposed wires.
Never plug more than three sets of lights into one extension cord, and never leave Christmas lights turned on when you're asleep or away from the home.
Don't place lighted candles near trees or other holiday decorations.
Keep breakable ornaments high up on the tree, out of reach of curious children and pets.
-- Diana Kohnle

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Senator Suffers from Brain Bleed: Learn the Warning Signs

Senator Suffers from Brain Bleed: Learn the Warning Signs
By: Karen Barrow
Medically Reviewed On: December 14, 2006
December 14, 2006—Senator Tim Johnson of South Dakota is in critical condition after suffering from a brain hemorrhage yesterday.
Johnson’s condition was caused by a congenital arteriovenous malformation, which is an abnormal cluster of blood vessels that can form in the brain before birth. A person with this condition is at an increased risk of suffering from a hemorrhage, or bleeding inside the brain. It is estimated that one in every 200 to 500 people have this condition and more than 50 percent will cause a brain hemorrhage. Read Article

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Want to Quit Smoking?

Ways to Quit Smoking If you’re tired of playing the “kick the habit game” and want to stop smoking once and for all, this article is for you. 1,559 words of eye-opening statistics, documented evidence and words to the wise will offer you hope, and provide you with the key to beat nicotine addiction.

Statistically, addiction to smoking increases the user’s chance of having their life end prematurely by as much as 50%, due to risks associated to smoking. That is a staggering realization. Add to that, many users of tobacco products had knowledge that there was a health risk at the time they picked up the habit Read more…

Video: So You Want to Quit Smoking?

If you smoke, you've probably thought about quitting — now it's time to put your plan into action.
Learn how to prepare yourself for the first day without cigarettes.

http://www.everydayhealth.com/PublicSite/Healthology/VideoPage.aspx?category=healthyaging&cvalue=healthy_nosmoke

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Docs Have Ties to Drug Industry

Many Study Review Board Docs Have Ties to Drug Industry
Published: 11/29/06
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 29 (HealthDay News) --
More than a third of doctors who sit on the review boards that oversee the integrity of clinical trials have financial ties with companies whose drugs are being tested in those trials.
That's the finding of a new study in the Nov. 30 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The researchers also found that the vast majority of review board members surveyed -- 85.5 percent -- believed that industry ties do not affect members' decisions in any inappropriate way.
http://www.everydayhealth.com/publicsite/ShowArticle.aspx?IsP=news/536/news536320.xml&cen=News
Yeah right!! Who are they trying to kid.Are we supposed to be so ignorant that we don't know about payoffs? Come on, give me a break!

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MEDICAL KNOW IT ALL
Here's something for all you medical know-it-alls . . .Did you know that in the human body there is a nerve that connects the eyeball to the anus?
It is called the "anal optic nerve". It's responsible for giving people a "shitty outlook" on life.
If you don't believe it, pull a hair from your ass, and see if it doesn't bring a tear to your eye.

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(Arizona Dust Storm)

The fungus that causes Valley Fever is regulated by the federal government in the Anti terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996. In accordance with this law, anyone possessing, using, transferring, or receiving any of the select agents (including C. immitis) must notify the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, or is otherwise committing a federal crime. To culture C. immitis in a laboratory setting, one must adhere to Biosafety Level 3 Regulations. However, you are allowed to live in, work in, and visit areas where it grows. You can even expose your children to this biohazard without penalty.

I happen to live in Arizona and have had this terrible cough since moving here six years ago. Over this period of time the cough has gotten much worse, to the point of actually waking me from a sound sleep. A friend of mine gave me the link for this information about Valley Fever...I am calling my Doctor in the morning after having read this...I hope you all will take the time to read it also.

http://www.valleyfeversurvivor.com/facts.html

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