If you’ve never had a pedicure, you are missing out on one of life’s best pampering treats. A pedicure is one of my all time favorite treats. Going all the way back to beauty school, I never minded getting or giving them (OK, getting them was way better than giving them). But it seems so… Continue reading
Day: July 19, 2010
Basic cholesterol tests may not be correct in all situations
The National Cholesterol Education Program maintains guidelines to assess the accuracy of methods for measuring cholesterol levels in patients. A recent study published in the journal Clinical Chemistry found that seven leading commercial methods produce results of mixed accuracy when compared to well-established techniques. In 2008, there were several different commercial homogeneous direct measurement methods… Continue reading
Dental care: oral cancer
About Oral Cancer The term oral cancer includes cancers of the mouth and the pharynx, part of the throat. About two-thirds of oral cancers occur in the mouth and about one-third are found in the pharynx. Oral cancer will be diagnosed in an estimated 35,000 Americans this year and will cause approximately 7,500 deaths. Oral… Continue reading
Healthy food for male fitness? No, it isn’t
Take a moment and consider this logic: Fat-free foods are healthy. Poppins are fat-free. Therefore, poppins are healthy. Make sense? Of course not. But it’s exactly the type of reasoning that food manufacturers want you to use. You see, in our example, we started with a false premise. That’s because the term “fatfree” is often… Continue reading