You have a hundred trillion of these guys in you right now. Before you were born, you had hardly any. Back then, you were floating in amniotic fluid, protected, sanitized. Bacteria kept their distance. Until you slipped down that birth canal, you were pretty much spic-and-span. Then came your birthday, and all of a sudden, [...]
Amazing Pictures, Pollution in China October 14, 2009, the 30th annual awards ceremony of the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund took place at the Asia Society in New York City. Lu Guang (卢广) from People’s Republic of China won the $30,000 W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography for his documentary project “Pollution in China.” [...]
A 6-year-old locked in a nightmare realm of schizophrenia. She is among the rarest of the rare: a child seemingly born mentally ill. (tags: interesting health psychology children kids brain sad schizophrenia hallucinations healthcare …)
How To Wash Your Hands Wash your hands before and after preparing food, after using the toilet, and any time they are grossly contaminated. Here’s how: 1) Turn on the water and get it to a temperature you like. 2) Lather up using soap. (Soap does not kill germs in the time that the germs [...]
Just Bento – a healthy meal in a box: great bento recipes, tips, and more Just Bento is dedicated to the subject of healthy, simple bento lunches, some traditionally Japanese, some not so traditional. The focus is on bentos for health and weight-conscious adults, but many of the recipes and methods are applicable to bentos [...]
one hundred push ups If you're serious about increasing your strength, follow this six week training program and you'll soon be on your way to completing 100 consecutive push ups! Think there's no way you could do this? I think you can! All you need is a good plan, plenty of discipline and about 30 [...]
The 11 Best Foods You Arent Eating Easy to find healthful foods. Beets, cabbage, Swiss chard, cinnamon, pomegranate juice, dried plums, pumpkin seeds, sardines, turmeric, frozen blueberries, canned pumpkin. (tags: Cooking FOOD Nutrition TIPS beets blueberries cabbage canned chard cinnamon diet dried foods frozen health juice plums pomegranate pumpkin recipes sardines seeds turmeric vegetables …)
How We Are Wrecking Our Feet With Every Step We Take Shoes are bad. I don’t just mean stiletto heels, or cowboy boots, or tottering espadrilles, or any of the other fairly obvious foot-torture devices into which we wincingly jam our feet. I mean all shoes. Shoes hurt your feet. They change how you walk. [...]