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Native Remedies Stop Smoking UltraPack, Contains Crave-Rx, Rx-Hale, Triple Complex NicoTonic

2011-12-03T16:25:00.001+07:00

Nobody can stop you from smoking except your self. As a help, medication probably needed.

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EatSmart Precision Digital Bathroom Scale Extra Large Backlit 3.5" Display and "Step-On" Technology

2011-12-03T16:07:00.001+07:00

By Zeugma
I am SO happy to finally have a bathroom scale that WORKS! My old Taylor scale was just crap. Seriously. I lost so much motivation because of that thing, it would give me different weights anywhere within a 5-pound "range" every time I stepped on it, so I never had any idea what I actually weighed, or whether or not my hard work was paying off. Drove me nuts!
Because of that, I put my new EatSmart scale through a lot of "tests" when I got it today. I stepped on it 5 times in a row, alternating between it and the old Taylor scale each time. The old scale gave me 5 completely different numbers, as usual, but the EatSmart stayed the same each time! I even tried putting the laundry basket on it in between weighs, to make sure it wasn't just "remembering" the last number. Nope! So then I tried drinking a big glass of water, and sure enough, the EatSmart registered a .6 pound increase. Fantastic! I'm so pleased with the consistency and accuracy of this scale. I'm feeling 100x more energized and motivated than I was yesterday, because I know now I'll be able to see the REAL results of my actions, good or otherwise. :)

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Anti Cancer Herbal Recipe

2010-01-23T14:13:00.000+07:00

Materials:

1. Star Fruit Leaf ...... 1/4 grasps

2. Young Papaya Leaf ....1/2 sheet

3. Young Malay Gooseberry Leaf .....1/4 grasps

4. Red Spinach Leaf.......1/4 grasps

5. Carrot ........ 1 ons

6. Honey .... 1 tablespoon

7. Plain Water ... 1/2 glass

How To?

- All material is washed out cleanly

- Adds 1/2 matured water glasses

- Smooth finite grind

- Filteri All material

- Adds Honey 1 spoon

- Drinks this ingredient 1 times a day counted 1 glass

Malay Gooseberry

Papaya Leaf

Red Spinach Leaf

Herbal Sex

2010-01-23T14:11:00.000+07:00

There is when certain where husbands or wife feels do not again enthusiastic in sex activities. What’s cause it? And, how overcoming it?
Of course, enthusiasm plays a part is important in normal coitus. Without enthusiasm, it would be insipid coitus. But, why at a period of certain of enthusiasm declines? "There is various reasons. First, physical. This also is influenced some factors, inter alias having the character of natural like age," said family consultant, Dr. Gerard Paat, MPH.
Generally, continuation of Gerard Paat, enthusiasm in sex every body starts declines at the age of 45-50 years. In that age, hormone that is supporting enthusiasm in sex of course declines. Its (the cause can many, including nonsexual problem, like fatness etc. It is not confuse, man who is entering age to start looked to be. "Besides enthusiasm declines, also because ability of its (the erection is also declines," he said. Explained it is also, enthusiasm in man many determined [by] men hormone (testosterone) which will start declines so(after man to step on age 30-an year.

PERMANENTLY DESIRE OF WOMAN

On the other side, enthusiasm in woman sex do not be influenced woman hormone ( estrogen and progesterone), but exactly is influenced men hormone. And hormone having responsibility at enthusiasm in this woman sex exactly non declines when old age woman.

Woman, said Gerard Paat, only had a few testosterones. " Whenever downwards, pittance," he said. So, at woman, lowering of enthusiasm in sex do not so(after apparent. Happened, woman losing of some femininity characters, like beauty fades or menopause, along the increasing of age. Whereas enthusiasm in its(the sex is permanent. " In consequence, if speaks sex atold woman, which proactive exactly woman," express this sexologist consultant.

Other physical cause is disease for example sugar diabetes, coroner heart, or lever. Can also because drugs. Don't know because too much consuming tranquilizer or narcotic. All the things above can become cause lowering of enthusiasm, " Even can cause impotence," accuses Gerard Paat.

Besides physical cause, enthusiasm in sex declines also able to be caused factor nonphsycist or psychological. Communications might possibly among a couple do not go well, so that the relation of they became less amicably and do not again interests one another.

Other cause is person factor, like low feeling appearance of theirselves to couple or assumption one of the couple that sex only simply obligation. Husband might possibly will of to the point, no " warm-up" in advance, so that wife do not feel satisfaction. As a result, sexual for wife only be considered to be an obligation.

KNOWS THE CAUSES

That need to be done to overcome lowering of enthusiasm in sex, either at wife and also husband, is know in advance its(the cause. Easiest, if its(the cause had the character of physical, for example because pain. Hence, if enthusiasm in sex declines whereas couple communications to go well, tries going to medical doctor. Unlucky lowering of enthusiasm in the sex because disease. " If its(the cause disease, this disease healed, minimum as a result is lessened," said Gerard Paat.

Much disease which able to cause lowering of enthusiasm in sex. For example, diabetic ( diabetes). " Diabetes of course cannot be healed, but as a result can be lessened. For example, by taking medicine anti diabetes, so that sugar rate in blood controlled and do not cause venous damage or nerve, so that enthusiasm in can defended for a period of certain," explains graduate from FKUI by 1962 is. Example of other disease of which able to cause lowering of enthusiasm in sex is high blood ( hypertension). " But its(the therapy must with drug which do not add sex weakness. The reason is, there is hypertension drug that is exactly lessens erection ability," his(its continuation.

Often happened, medical doctor feels enough experts to handle, for example by giving hormone adder drug. " Though, inspection of hormone only can show the hormone total in blood. He cannot differentiate between free testosterones and non free. Is having influence to enthusiasm in sex is free testosterone which the numbers very few and subjective," light Gerard Paat.

There is man who number of its(the hormones a few, but still having enthusiasm. There is also number of its(the hormones is quite a lot, but enthusiasm in his(its have been no, depended from condition of body influenced by many factors. For example just of descendant factor, gizi, psychological, climate, and health factor in general. Example of the problem of climate, said Gerard Paat, " Cool weather can make people pain, so that erection cannot. So, these all influencing condition of across the board body which able to influence quality of the hormone."

If lowering of enthusiasm is caused [by] disease factor, pertained its(the handling easy to. Do not that way the things of if caused [by] psychological factor. " Frequently concerning psychological cause is person. Possibly decline self regard before couple, possibly stress which its(the there is no connection with marriage, or stress in family," explains this marriage consultant.

If(when this happened, psycologist or marriage adviser is correct address to be visited. Couple which it’s problem, must talk the things felt [by] it, expected it, so that finally finds way out.

WHAT THE MATERIALS CAN DO?

* Yoga peace song, darkens lamp, and couple massage oil with aroma awakening enthusiasm like aroma rose, jasmine, or other according to appetite. Soft massage which you or husband gives, will generate vibrations specially can awaken enthusiasm.

* Does Athletics to be just of your body which will feel fresh, but enthusiasm also can increase. Regular athletics, said expert, increases energy. Athletics do not meaning run, jogging, or plays tennis. Treads a measure with couple also, including athletics. Does around 20 minutes. Doesn't forget doing also eye contact so that amicable situation is created.

* Tea with taste peppermint a cup of tea containing peppermint before leaving sleep, believe can increase enthusiasm in husband. Can also as of cacao beverage cup. If this, able to husband and wife.

* Vitamin and supplement mineral. This also to be able to return enthusiasm. Research mentions existence of chain between vitamin A deficiencies, C,E, B- complecs selenium plus and ferrum, with lowering of enthusiasm a man. It all is required husband to produce testosterone.

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Herbal For Better Sex

2010-01-23T13:54:00.000+07:00

Something else, what is your and your couple thought of besides having sex? Surely in your marrow was food, isn’t it? And now, how do you can be enjoy foods beside adding Libido and result which more ' spectacular ' in correlating sex? You can do it.

Following are Foods and Herbs which able to provide ' fuel ' which essential, according to research, to jack up enthusiasm in your sexual and your couple, and more important, increases your Libido !

1. Celery

Possibly this food is not first figure in your mind in the relation with sexual activity. But actually celery is food which fanciful as source of stimulate enthusiasm in sexual because containing androsterone, namely hormone type anti-smell what discharged through sweat gland which able to awaken enthusiasm in woman sexual. raw celery is very delicious to dine.

2. Raw Oyster

Oyster included in faction of food which a sexy food.Oyster has a lot of matter content zinc, which able to boost up produce of sperm and hormone testoterone. Oyster also contains matter dopamine, namely hormone to increase Iibido. You can add juice of fresh lemon above oyster flesh which has been opened its(the cochlea, before starting dines it. When dining with your couple, feels soft sensation, wet and smooth owned by it, which it is of course can become initial sensation of your foreplay.

3. Pineapple

Fruit of pineapple contains bromealine enzyme, what believe can increase man’s Iibido Besides, they also is including food source of potassium and some vitamins B, like riboflavine, which able to increase energy level of all body. You can be each other feed up pineapple, which has been pared it is of course, with your couple, as communications pre sexual activities.

4. Avocado

Aztec tribe calls avocado tree as ahuacatl alias ' tree fruit of penis'. That thing is because of besides form of alligator pear of course looks like vital part of man body, this fruit also has acid content folic which is high, which able to assist metabolism of protein to give energy which more at our body. Avocado also contains vitamin B6 ( nutrition which able to increase product hormone at man) as well as potassium ( what assists regulation of gland thyroid at woman), where two that thing can increase Iibido, both for the man and also woman.

5. Almond Bean ( bean type in general)

Almond Bean is source of oxygen, a real important for fluency of produce of various hormones at man. Besides, aroma from Almond can awaken ' mood ' to be in love for woman. Candle light flame which having Almond’ aroma is also to be able to increase the moody of sex.

6. Mango, Peach and Strawberry

Fruits which have sweet flavour , and sticky ' muccous ' will be able to pamper you and your couple before or at when doing the relation of sexual. Third above mentioned fruits, has form, texture as well as character ' haves water ' which able to give erotic autosuggestion and can give hobby is middle [by] your foreplay. Strip and extorts the fruits, then dripped to whole part of your body and your couple. Be each other lap part of body hit by its(the drop is a game of erotic sex. That thing also able to be exploited as mode you to do ' scanning ' beginning of to your couple body.

7. Egg

Although is not food type which sexy category, but rich egg vitamin B6 would and B5. Both this vitamins assists compensating of hormone production rate as well as reducing stress, two a real thing necessary for Iibido health. Egg is also as a symbol from fertility and life aura . Some people like eating raw egg yolk to increase Iibido as well as getting maximum body energy. All poultry eggs and fish contains vitamin B5 and B6.

8. Liver

Liver is source of glutamine and real good for body impenetrability system, a real action to boost up Iibido slowly. Of course, for some people, this food do not too liked. But if you will try it, you will feel its (the remarkable special quality. Ripe of liver by added [by] shallot slice, mace as well as olive, to make likely more scrumptious.

9. Date

Date Fruit has a real amino height, which also able to increase Iibido. They also be able to add stamina when correlating sexual. Besides, form of fruit of fresh date, the taste is sweet and muccous be two things which able to inspire our sensation.

10. Garlic

It cannot be denied again, eats more Garlic mean must eat more a breath refresher peppermint. But, non that is all important point. Garlic contains allicine which able to increase blood stream to your sex organs, is meaning also gives improvement of Iibido. If its (the aroma is hardly bothers you and your couple, it is of course unnecessary eats it is out of hand, not? You can consume the concentrate of garlic which has been tidy in the form of capsule.

11. Chocolate

For this last food type, of course more mans who is taking a fancy to it. Beside reality that Chocolate is way ' general ' to appeal woman, this food also contains theobromine, alkaloid type, a real looks like matter caffeine. Besides Cacao also contains matter phenylethylamine, chemistry compound having special quality to give taste ' love'. Black cacao Type has content anty-oxydant ' big the numbers, a real good for body health, especially for impenetrability system.
Now, You have known what which your body requires as your stamina supporter and also sensation in having sexual activity . So, be awaiting more than anything else?

Herbal Cure for Diabetes Mellitus

2010-01-23T13:48:00.001+07:00

Diabetes symptom is a disease resulted lacking of insulin or insulin which in yielding body to fall short requirement of body. Symptom diabetes inter alia that is many urines, appetite adds many, starving for always, blurry rotation eye and light, ant fingertip, weakens and body and ithcy

RECEIPE 1

Materials: 1.Avocado seed ………………… 1 pcs
2.Water …………………………. 1 glass

How To? :
- Bake Avocado seed out,
- Cut into small size
- Braises it with a glass of water until go to brown
- Get the water only for filtering
- Drink the water

RECEIPE 2

Materials : 1. Leaf fresh Comfrey /knit bone…….. 4 sheet
( Named Komfrey in Indonesia, Symphytum officinale L)
2. Water …………………………………… 4 glasses

How To?
- Braises leaf Comfrey in 4 glasses of water
- Remains 3 glass, then its in drinking 3 times 1 glass each day

RECEIPE 3

Materials : 1. Java Plum seed ……………………...15 seeds
( Named Duwet/ Jamblang in Indonesia, Syzygium cumini)
2. Water…………………………………… 2 glasses

How To? :
- Break in the seeds to smooth
- Braising in 2 glasses of water so remains 1 glass.
- After in filtering, make it becoming 3 parts and drinks 3 times one day each 1/3 glass.
- Repeats every day until your body felt fresh and no drawn again

Herbal Recepies for Asthma

2010-01-23T13:45:00.000+07:00

Asthma is a obstrupshy disease ( stricture) recurring road (canal with symptom clinical in the form of coughing and asphyxia). Some causes are matters of allergen or pollution and activity of abundant bodily or emotion.

RECIPE 1

Materials:
- Dry of Kenanga Flower ………….. 3 pcs
(Cananga odorata)
- Water ………………………………….. 200cc

How to :
- Dry kenanga flower poured with boiling water into 200cc water,
- Close it tighly,
- After its cool, filtering the water and drinking at the same time.
- Drinks this ingredient regularly.

CANANGA FLOWER

RECIPE 2

Materials :
- Cermai Fruit/Otaheite Gooseberry … 6 seed
(Phyllanthus Acidus)
- Shallot ………………………...….… 2 fangs
- Root Kara ……………………..... ¼ grasps
- Fruit of Longan ………………….. 8 fruits
(Dimocarpus longan)
- Water .......…………………….…. 2 glasses

How To :

-Washing out fruit of Longan
-All materials of its punched.
-Then, braised into 2 water glasses so remains 1 ½ glass.
- After chilling, the water filtered and drinked.

Longan Otaheite Gooseberry
( Euphoria Longana)

RECIPE 3

Materials :
- Centered of Sunflower ……………. 30-60 grams
(Helianthus annuus L.)
- Ginger …………………….………..….. 15 grams
(Zingiber Officinale)
- Water ………………………………… 500 grams

How to :
- Both material braised into 500cc water so remains 250cc.
- After rather cool, the water in filtering and in drinking.
- Does this therapy regularly.

Slimmer Using Traditional Recipe

2010-01-23T13:42:00.001+07:00

You have a problem with excess body weight? Do you feel offended by your weight? Perhaps this article can help you. I want to share some Indonesian traditional recipes who may be able to help your problem. Indonesian people recognize many ingredients that can remove the fat in the body, in fact each tribe in Indonesia has the definitive herb recipe for this problem. At this time I will describe two different kinds of herbal ingredients that are the most commonly used by the indonesian people.

RECIPE NO.1

Materials needed :
Two fingers temu giring, two fingers turmeric, two fingers kencur , one finger temu lawak, ten grains dried clove flower, one teaspoon fennel, two bars, cinnamon, lemon, honey, and a few palm sugar.

How to make :
Peeled all materials and wash until clean. Grind temu giring, turmeric, kencur, and temu lawak but not too fine. All materials are mixed into one and add two glasses of water, then boiled until there's only one glass left and filter it. Add lime juice, honey, and palm sugar.

How to use :
Drink this concoction once a day as much as a quarter of a glass in the afternoon.

RECIPE NO.2

Materials needed :
Half white pomegranate skin, one grain of majakan, ten grains of dried clove flower, ten grains of cubeb, one javanese chili, one teaspoon of fennel, two bars of cinnamon, two fingers of turmeric, two fingers of kencur, and two fingers of temu lawak.

How to make :
Grind turmeric, kencur, and temu lawak but not too fine. All materials are mixed into one and add two glasses of water, then boiled until there's only one glass left and filter it. Add lime juice, honey, and palm sugar.

How to use :
Drink this concoction once a day as much as a quarter of a glass.

Better Skin Using Herbal

2010-01-23T13:37:00.002+07:00

Every woman surely wants to have healthy, beautiful, and smooth skin. At this time there's a lot of beauty products that offer a way to refine the skin. And i am sure many of you are willing to pay a lot to get it. Who does not want to have healthy, beautiful, and smooth skin? Of course no one. Everyone wants it, especially the women.

In fact there is a cheap and simple way to get the skin a healthy, beautiful, and smooth. Of course this is also based on Indonesian traditional recipes.

Materials needed:

1. One small glass of lemon juice
2. Some stem cinnamon
3. Two tablespoon olive oil, and 1 / 4 cup milk.
If you do not like the smell of cinnamon, you can replace it with spices or flowers that you like.

How to make:
Mix all ingredients in one container. Then enter in the bathtub if you want to use it for bathing. Or in the small basin if you just want to soak your feet.

Scrub your skin with these ingredients for about 15 minutes. Then Rinse with clean water. Then you can bathe with regular soap. After doing this regularly for several weeks, your skin guaranteed will look healthy, beautiful, and smooth as silk.

Tea Benefits

2010-01-23T13:34:00.001+07:00

Indonesian people really like to drink tea, this habit has been since many centuries ago. They believe tea is good for health. Let's learn what the benefits and we can get with the tea.

Antioxidants in tea may protect the body from the effects pollution and anti aging.
Contains little caffeine. 1 / 8 cup of coffee contains 135 mg caffeine, while 1 cup of tea contains only 30-40 mg caffeine so it does not create headaches or trouble sleeping.
Reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke. Tea making blood circulation smooth and clean. Results of study in the Netherlands, people who drank 2-3 cups of black tea per day have less risk of heart attack than those that did not drink tea.
Make bones stronger. In fact not only milk calcium that makes your bones strong, people who drink tea regularly have a bone mass more compact.
Make teeth become more white. Statement which says tea can make teeth appear dull is not correct, because in fact tea contains flouride to remove tartar. Great if after polish your teeth, you rinse with non sugar tea.
Prevent infection. Substances contained in tea can strengthen the immune system attacks and prevent infection.
Prevent cancer. Antioxidants called Polyphenols contained in tea can fight cancer.
Calorie free. Without additional sweetener, sugar or milk, tea remains free of calories.

So, if you have a habit to drink tea, keep doing it. Especially for those who want to maintain body weight, tea is very good. Try to drink green tea for 4 cups per day, it can burn more than 80 calories in your body.

Herbal Tighten Vagina

2010-01-23T13:33:00.000+07:00

Indonesian traditional herbal medicine has a huge benefit for health. Almost all diseases can be cured with the herbal medicine. Moreover, for women's health and beauty, Indonesia have hundreds of herbal medicine recipes which is very effective. Now I will discuss the herbal medicine that can tighten vagina. This recipe is the ancient recipe which was normally used by the Javanese Princess.

Materials needed:
- 15 pieces of betel leaf
- Gambier fruit
- Young betel nuts skin
- Betel lime

How to Make:
Take some betel skin fiber, grind gambier fruit until smooth. Then mix all ingredients together in a boiling water. Leave a few hours to cool and settle.

Use this to wash the 'V' area in the morning, noon and night to get the quality of the vagina in a meeting such as the virgin all the time.

Take one of betel nuts, peeled and grind it. Put in the glass and pour hot water as much as half a glass. Wait until the water is warm before you drink. You can also add brown sugar or sugar to reduce the bitter taste. Drink 1 hour before you make, and you will feel the incredible sensation.

Mengkudu Fruit For the Body Health

2010-01-23T13:31:00.002+07:00

Initially, this fruit is not considered, because the disgusting smell and the ugly form. In addition, the fruit is also known as wild plants. But now is another story, the fruit is highly recognized and sought by the people. Not because it taste, but because of the benefits for the body health.

According to the Pacific Science Journal (1949), Mengkudu fruit (Morinda citrifolia L) allegedly came from Indonesia. This fruit is also known as Noni fruit or Pace. Shape of pear fruit, the color is green when young and change into yellowish white when if it is matured. The other characteristics is very sour taste with a very sharp aroma when the fruit is old and mature.

Various Benefits of Mengkudu

If you want to get the maximum benefit from the mengkudu, consumption of fruit that is old or mature. Research results showed that the more mature the fruit, the substances that are useful also more and more. Mengkudu fruit contains anthraquinone compound that act as anti-bacteria and fungi, turpentine work to rejuvenate the body cells, dammacanthel that can prevent cancer cell growth and the growth of abnormal cells in the pre-cancer stages. Fruits that have a 52% water content also contains various vitamins, including askorbat acid, kaproat acid, kaprik acid and kaprilat acid that able to prevent the free radicals that cause cancer.

Another benefit of the mengkudu fruit is can treat heart disease, stabilize blood pressure, treat digestive disturbances, treat diabetes, and reduce the risk of stroke.

So, why don't you try to consume mengkudu fruit from now.

Subur Kandungan Pill - Strengthening and Fertility Uterus

2010-01-23T13:28:00.002+07:00

Subur Kandungan pill is prepared from all natural herbal extracts supplement to strengthening and fertility of the uterus. It is better to take for 1 - 3 months regularly.

Effect and Usage:
Traditionally used to help making the uterus health, fertile and strengthen uterus.

Direction For Use:
Take 6 pills 3 times a day. It is better to take after menstruation.

Store in a cool and dry place.
Keep out of the reach of children.

Package:
One box (contains 100 pills).
Price : $4.7

Tomato for Your Health

2010-01-23T13:27:00.000+07:00

Contains protein, phosphorus, iron, sulfur, vitamin A, B1, and C.

To refine your face, take some tomatoes then slice it. Use this sliced tomatoes as a scrub on the face. Or, you can smear of tomato juice into your face every day. It will make your face feel fresh.

As a protector of the sun, take a few leaves of tomato. Blend it with some water, then paste it into your face.

Bibit Pill : Herbs To Promote Fertility

2010-01-23T13:25:00.000+07:00

Should be taken regularly by women who experience difficulties in becoming pregnant. These jamu herbs promotes fertility, however, they should not be taken if menstruation occurs irregularly.

Composition:
Languatis Rhizoma, Zingiberis Rhizoma, Kaempferiae Rhizoma, Zingiberis Aromaticae Rhizoma, and other ingredients.

Recommended Dosage:
Take 10 pills every morning and evening.

Package:
One box (contains 100 pills).
Price : $4/box

10 Must Have Items on Your Medicine Chest

2009-09-04T20:11:00.002+07:00

Headache, upset stomach, sinus problems, menstrual pain, athlete's foot, dandruff, lip conditions, dry skin and the common cold -- chances are you've had one if not more than one of them. They're the most common, everyday health complaints, and while you may not be able to prevent them with a little at-home preparation, you can knock each of them out for the count and just maybe avoid a visit to your doctor. The secret? A well-stocked medicine chest.
First things first: You've got to take stock of what's in there already -- and then clean and restock it annually. Toss out old supplies and anything that's damaged (damaged container, unreadable or missing labels, broken or discolored pills) or past its expiration date. This is also the time to get your prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medicines out of there, and not just because your guests might snoop. A "medicine" chest isn't actually for storing your medicines, however convoluted that may sound. The humidity in your bathroom isn't good for medicine, most of which can deteriorate quickly in moisture -- you may like a steamy shower, but your pills don't. Store them instead in a cool, dark and dry place in another room.
If medicine doesn't belong in a medicine chest, what does? We've compiled a list of the 10 essentials, from symptom relief to first aid, along with tips for homes with kids and pets.

10: Adhesive Bandages

Adhesive bandages come in a variety of shapes and colors, from clear to camouflage, and there should be a stash in your medicine chest.
Most scrapes do just fine uncovered, but if you cut or scrape yourself in a place where the wound could get dirty (such as a paper cut on your hand), or where your clothing will rub against it (such as a scraped knee), you're smart to cover it with an adhesive bandage.
Have a deep cut or can't stop the bleeding? See a doctor.

9: Nail Clippers

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Nail clippers help keep fingernails and toenails neat and healthy.

Adopting frequent nail maintenance habits keeps nails healthy and free from infection. Healthy fingernails and toenails are clean, dry and kept short. Nails should be cut straight across to prevent ingrown nails, rounded slightly at the tips and have smooth nail edges to prevent snagging and tearing.
A few helpful hints when performing your routine maintenance: Be sure not to cut nails below the nail bed or pull on hangnails, which should be clipped, not chewed -- either can open the door to bacterial, fungal and viral infections (warts). And don't dig out an ingrown toenail -- go to a dermatologist for treatment.

8: Antiseptic

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Antiseptic disinfects minor wounds.

When you have a minor cut or scrape, how do you clean it out? While soap and water can take care of cleaning most cuts and scrapes, an antiseptic may help reduce the risk of infection. There are many kinds on the market, some with mild anesthetics to reduce the pain. However, two common standbys are hydrogen peroxide and isopropyl alcohol, also known as rubbing alcohol, which kill bacteria on contact.
And having a bottle of isopropyl alcohol around comes in handy for other uses, too -- it'll clean your bathroom fixtures, tweezers and thermometers, remove hairspray from the bathroom mirror and even prevent ring around the collar.

7: Muscle Cream

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Muscle creams can help ease the pain of exercise and muscle strains.

Having a muscle cream, balm, self-heating wrap or heating pad on hand to soothe sore muscles or ease lower-back pain is a must. In a recent study, anti-inflammatory skin cream reduced soreness by 45 percent in the 48 hours after exercise over pain reliever pills [source: WebMD].
The ingredients in topical creams and adhesive patches like Icy Hot and Bengay are absorbed through your skin into your bloodstream, meaning you should be stingy with how frequently you apply them. Many contain an ingredient called methyl salicylate which is similar to aspirin, and just like aspirin, it can be toxic in high doses. Be safe -- use anti-inflammatory treatments in moderation. Or instead try remedies such as Tiger Balm or massage.

6: Tweezers

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Tweezers do more than keep you well-groomed. They also can help remove splinters and ticks.

A pair of fine-tipped tweezers will remove things lodged under your skin and keep you pretty -- quite a multitasker.
Tweezers can swiftly remove stray hairs and shape eyebrows. Tweezing excess facial hair, as opposed to shaving it, removes it from below the skin's surface so the results last several weeks longer.
More importantly, though, keeping tweezers in your at-home treatment kit allows you to remove foreign objects from your skin -- namely, splinters and ticks.
Most splinters have one end sticking out from your skin. Grab that end with your tweezers and pull it out slowly to be sure it doesn't leave any pieces behind.
Tick removal is a little more difficult. Take hold of the tick's head with your tweezers and pull away from your skin. Be slow and gentle to avoid crushing the tick. Ignore the myths about using nail polish, petroleum jelly or hot matches to get ticks out -- you need tweezers for this task.

5: Sterile Gauze and Medical Tape

Sterile gauze (in either pad or roll form) and medical tape are for injuries that require something bigger than an adhesive bandage. To dress a wound with the gauze and tape combination, first cut a piece of the material to fit the size of the wound or wrap gauze around it from the roll. Then secure the material in place with the tape.
Remember to change the bandage if the bandage gets wet or dirty -- and if the gauze sticks to a scab or part of the wound, soak the area in warm water to loosen things up.

4: Fungal Medicine

If you find yourself with athlete's foot, don't let it spread to jock itch. To help prevent it, give your groin first priority: After showing, dry your groin before drying your feet (don't let your towel pass it around).
Getting rid of fungal infections is a tricky business. Treatments can be time-consuming and often need to be continued after the symptoms have disappeared -- and chances of re-infection are high. Fungi overgrowth can cause infections in skin and nails, the vagina, the mouth and the sinuses. These should all be treated by your doctor. However, you can usually treat athlete's foot at home with nonprescription fungal medicines (which come in a variety of forms like cream, spray, gel and powders).

3: Dental Floss

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Dental floss is the easiest way to prevent gum disease.

If you brush but don't floss, you're not cleaning 100 percent of bacteria out of your mouth -- in fact, you're missing 40 percent of it [source: Family Gentle Dental Care]. Brushing alone sweeps away plaque but only from the surface of your teeth. Floss removes it from between teeth and from under the gum line and is the easiest way to prevent gingivitis -- an infection that does more than irritate your gums. It can increase your risk of heart attack and stroke.
Gum disease is preventable, yet it's the No. 1 reason adults lose their teeth [source: Lewis]. Keep your teeth: floss daily, after meals.

2: Calibrated Measuring Spoon

Taking a swig of cough suppressant straight from the bottle or with a soup spoon from your kitchen may not seem like a bad idea when your head is fuzzy from a cold. But it's always important to dispense and take the correct dose of medicine -- the results may not be the same at a different doses and you could run into serious health problems if you take more medicine than you should. Some medicines come packaged with a measuring cup, but since that's not standard practice, a calibrated measuring spoon (or calibrated measuring cup) makes it easy to administer the correct dose of medicine for adults and for kids every time.

1: Thermometer

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Thermometers allow you to check the severity of a fever.

Everyone should keep a thermometer on hand to check for fevers. What you may not know is what kind of thermometer to have.
Poison control centers around the country receive 15,000 phone calls each year due to broken glass mercury thermometers [source: Health Care Without Harm]. Mercury is a neurotoxin that poisons our nervous systems, damaging the brain, spinal cord, kidneys and liver. It also affects our hearing, speech and sight, as well as how we think and feel. Human health isn't the only concern about mercury: It's also bad for the health of our environment.
If you still have one, it's time to switch. Many states offer mercury thermometer exchange programs. Get yourself a safer alternative such as a digital electronic thermometer, a glass alcohol thermometer, a glass gallium-indium-tin (galinstan) thermometer, an ear canal thermometer, or a flexible forehead thermometer.

10 Tips to Avoid Heart Attack

2009-09-03T20:10:00.000+07:00

A sad event may leave you with a "heavy" heart. If you're a cold and callous person, you're described as having either a "hard" heart or no heart at all. The 1980s music group Quarterflash tried to harden their heart, and Bruce Springsteen says that everybody's heart is hungry. There are a lot of words you can attach to "heart" to describe a wide variety of human conditions and emotions. But here's a sobering thought -- the two words most often used to describe a real cardiac event are "arrest," "attack" and "failure."

Your ticker is a pretty simple organ. It brings blood in by way of arteries and then pumps it back out to the rest of the body. A waxy substance called plaque can build up on the inside of these arteries, which makes them narrower, and it becomes more difficult for the blood to take the ride into and out of the heart. Over time, the buildup of plaque deposits can rupture and cause total blockage of the blood flow to the heart. This is called a heart attack and it's the No. 1 killer of both men and women each year in the United States [source: American Heart Association].

The bad news about heart attacks is that there are many factors that play in to whether you'll have one, including your genes, what you eat and how much you exercise. The good news is that they're preventable. If you take steps now, you can greatly improve your chances of not having a heart attack. We've compiled a list of 10 things you can do to help you avoid being a heart attack statistic.

Heart Tip 10: Exercise

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This is a creative way to make your treadmill
experience more interesting.

This one is a no-brainer. When you lift weights, your muscles get stronger and healthier. Your heart is a muscle, so the same thing holds true for it. Doctors recommend 30 minutes of cardiovascular exercise three times a week at the bare minimum. If you want to really get yourself into shape, you should try and get that 30-minute workout in five to seven days a week. Not everyone loves to jog or go to the gym. This is why the key to any exercise plan is to make it something that you enjoy.
If you hate to jog, try a team sport or play some tennis. If tennis is too hard on your joints, try swimming. If you can't swim, take your dog for a brisk daily walk. Throw the Frisbee with friends in the park. Go rollerblading. If you love golf, ditch the cart and walk the 18 holes. Exercise doesn't have to mean plodding away on a treadmill. Find something you enjoy doing and do it with regularity to establish a routine. After about a month, that routine is ingrained as a habit. Before you know it, that habit has you on your way to avoiding a heart attack.

Heart Tip 9: Sleep

This tip is one most people can probably get behind. In today's hectic world, it seems like some of our basic needs aren't often met -- sleep is one of them. Although it varies for everyone, doctors suggest that you should get about 8 hours of sleep per night. Almost 60 percent of adults have problems sleeping, and only 37 percent get that recommended amount per night [source: National Sleep Foundation]. Not only does being tired all day hurt your performance, but research shows that too little or too much sleep can have some poor effects on your blood pressure and ticker, specifically.

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Thirty-minute power naps have been shown
to benefit the heart.

A 10-year-long Harvard University study tracked the sleep habits and health of more than 70,000 women between the ages of 45 and 65 who had no previous heart trouble. At the end of the 10-year period, 934 of these women suffered from coronary heart disease and 271 died from it. The 5 percent of the women who slept less than five hours per night were nearly 40 percent more likely to suffer from heart disease than women who slept an average of eight hours. On the flip side, the women who slept more than nine hours per night were 37 percent more likely to have heart trouble. Studies have returned similar results in men. So the key is to try and stay within that eight hour range, and you're doing your heart a favor.

Heart Tip 8: Aspirin

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Some 911 dispatchers will recommend an aspirin to heart attack victims.

In 1998, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advised people that have already had a heart attack to begin taking an aspirin a day to help prevent another one. The popular pain reliever, in low doses, works to help prevent clotting by thinning the blood. If your blood isn't clotting, you're less likely to have a heart attack. The American Heart Association (AHA) also suggests a daily dose of aspirin to help prevent a first and second heart attack.
However, many people haven't heeded the warning about taking too much aspirin, and nearly 250,000 adults are admitted to the hospital each year for internal bleeding as a result. The FDA and the AHA recommend that adults stick to the minimum daily dose, which is only 75 to 81 milligrams. This is the equivalent of a single baby aspirin. When you consider that a standard full dose of aspirin comes in at 325 milligrams, people who pop one of those per day are doing more harm than good. Before you start an aspirin regimen, you should consult your doctor. The requirements are different for men and women and not everyone is a good candidate for aspirin therapy. You also shouldn't drink alcohol if you're on a daily aspirin dose because it can increase your chances for internal bleeding.

Heart Tip 7: Lower Your Cholesterol

Cholesterol gets a bad rap. There are actually two kinds of cholesterol and one of them, high-density lipoprotein (HDL), is produced in the liver and plays a vital role in the functioning of your body's cells. The easiest way to say it is that HDL makes your cells waterproof. This ensures that the biochemistry of the inside of the cell is different from the outside. HDL also serves as a guard against cancer and aging and is necessary for proper neurological functioning.

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Delicious? Yes. Loaded with cholesterol? Also yes.

So why would you want to lower your cholesterol? Because the second kind, low-density lipoprotein (LDL), get smaller and smaller until they're tiny enough to enter the walls of your blood vessels and attach themselves like a bad houseguest. Once enough of the LDL sticks around, it's called plaque. Over time, the plaque can rupture and block the vessels altogether. Then it's heart attack time.
You can combat this in a couple of ways. There's the age-old advice to quit smoking, get on a healthy diet and exercise. Then there's a drug treatment called statins that can help lower your LDL levels. The American Heart Association recommends that fat not exceed 25 to 30 percent of your daily intake and your cholesterol from food not be more than 300 milligrams. You should also get 25 to 30 grams of fiber into your diet each day and see tip No. 1 for your exercise routine. Statins are the other option. If your doctor finds that your LDL levels are more than 130 grams per deciliter, he may decide to put you on one of the six brands of statin drugs on the market. Whether it's through diet and exercise, statins or both, lowering your cholesterol is a great way to help you avoid the dangers of a heart attack.

Heart Tip 6: Lower Your Blood Pressure

A lot of people may hear the words blood pressure and not even know what that actually means. It's pretty simple -- blood pressure is the measurement of the force of the blood against the walls of your blood vessels. When your blood pressure is measured, there are two readings -- systolic and diastolic. The systolic part refers to the pressure when your heart is expanded, and the diastolic reading is when your heart is at rest. They're given as systolic over diastolic, like a fraction.

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Having your blood pressure checked by a hot nurse is a good first step toward heart health.

The American Heart Association estimates that about one-third of all Americans have high blood pressure, or hypertension, and that a third of those people don't know it. This is because there really aren't any symptoms. It's called the "silent killer" because the only way to find out if your pressure is high is to check it. Some people sit down at the machines in pharmacies and grocery stores, but unless it's a new machine or you know that it's been maintained and recently recalibrated, you can't really trust those numbers.
If you get your pressure checked and it falls under 120/80, then you're doing fine. Anything between 120-139/80-89 is called prehypertension, and above this level is considered high. The first step in controlling your blood pressure is to have it checked on a regular basis. Once you find out you have high blood pressure, your doctor will ask you to eat less fatty foods, cut your salt intake, stop smoking if you're a smoker, exercise and limit the amount of alcohol you drink. If this isn't enough to get your pressure down, you may need to go on blood pressure medication like diuretics, which get rid of excess fluids and salts, and beta-blockers that actually reduce the amount of blood your heart pumps.

Heart Tip 5: Chill Out

Everyone knows that being stressed out isn't a good feeling. Turns out, it goes a little deeper than that -- stress can actually have some pretty severe effects on your body. Research scientists in Canada performed a study and found that people who had heart attacks and returned to a stressful career were twice as likely to have a second attack as those who held down reasonably stress-free jobs [source: Time Magazine]. University of London researchers found similar results for people who had stressful intimate relationships.

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This stressed-out businessman seems primed for a heart attack.

There's an area at the base of your brain called the hypothalamus that sets off an alarm whenever you get stressed. This alarm sends a signal to your adrenal glands to release a surge of stress hormones, including adrenaline and cortisol. This is also known as the fight-or-flight response. Your heart rate increases, which elevates your blood pressure and boosts energy supplies. If you're always stressed, then your body thinks it's in a constant state of threat -- not a good thing. Reducing your stress levels will lead to a reduced heart rate and ultimately help you to lower your blood pressure.
If you lead a stressful life, try to chill out by relaxing with friends after work. Take a walk or give meditation a try. Exercise and the right amount of sleep also go a long way toward combating your stress level. If none of these tricks work and you still find yourself stressed, see a professional counselor or psychotherapist. It can help your head and your heart.

Heart Tip 4: Stop Smoking

File this one under no-brainer as well. Every smoker on the planet knows that it's not good for them. The problem is that it's really difficult to quit. So difficult that nearly two-thirds of adults who want to quit aren't able to [source: Food and Drug Administration]. So hard that almost half of patients that undergo surgery for lung cancer continue to smoke. That's how tough it is. It's also extremely bad for your heart.

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Aside from hurting your heart, cigarettes do a number on your lungs and make you smell like a dirty ashtray.

When you smoke, the burning of the cigarette creates something called carbon monoxide (CO) -- the same stuff that's created when your car burns gasoline. The CO you inhale takes the place of the oxygen that's carried to and from your heart by your red blood cells. This basically poisons those cells and keeps them from carrying oxygen to the heart and from the heart to the rest of the body. This happens because CO is a master of disguise -- it's able to pass itself off as oxygen. So when you smoke, you're basically starving your heart of oxygen, the one thing it needs to function properly. If you smoke a pack of smokes a day, the CO level in your bloodstream will stay between 4 and 8 percent [source: The New York Times]. A normal amount of CO in your blood is extremely low -- zero to eight parts per million.
Whether or not you're at risk for a heart attack, you should probably try to quit smoking. It's tough, but people do it every day all over the world, so you can too. Try cutting down first. A review of smoking studies for people that had no desire to quit showed that cutting down often led to complete cessation [source: Science Daily]. It's also been proven that it's much easier to quit if you partner up with a fellow smoker who's kicking the habit. Nicotine replacement therapy can be effective for some, and there are other new drugs on the market like Chantix that are effective for some smokers.

Heart Tip 3: Undergo Preventive Screenings

Here's a novel idea -- preventive medicine. In other words, trying to stop a problem before it becomes one. Preventive health screenings can give you and your doctor a lot of information about how at risk you are for cardiovascular disease. The Department of Health and Human Services recommends that you start getting your blood pressure checked every two years starting at the age of 18. It also recommends having your cholesterol levels checked at age 18, and from then on, as often as your doctor thinks is necessary.

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Some routine blood work can tell you
how your cholesterol is doing.

The great thing about preventive screenings is that they don't take very long and are basically painless. Blood pressure checks involve a stethoscope and an aneroid monitor. You may not recognize the aneroid by its fancy name, but it's the arm cuff system that you've likely seen before. Your cholesterol levels are determined through a simple blood test, so you'll need to get your arm tapped for the red stuff. Aside from these standard checks, there are ultrasound tests that can detect arterial blockage, and you'll also likely have your body mass index (BMI) calculated so you'll know exactly how out of shape you are. Your BMI is your weight divided by the square of your height, and multiplied by 732.You may not want to hear some of these numbers, but getting information early on about your risk level can help you avoid a heart attack down the road.

Heart Tip 2: Know Your Family Medical History

This one isn't as easy as you might think. Some families never suffer through a divorce and are open and honest about everything that goes on. Other families are fractured and distant, with medical goings on swept under the rug for the sake of not worrying children. Because of divorce, death and parents giving their children up for adoption, many adults may not even be acquainted with one or both of their parents at all, much less their medical histories. Some people have genetic predispositions to certain diseases and illnesses -- heart disease is no exception. If your father died from a heart attack at the age of 50, then chances are you may be headed down that same road. Even the healthiest of individuals can't do anything about the genes they inherited.

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Merry Christmas, Dad! What's your disease history?

The first thing you should do to get your information is to interview your siblings and parents and record the information they give you. Your doctor will ask you these questions anyway, so you may as well have the information. From there, go on to interview other family members. Find out about chronic illnesses, disease and any major surgeries they've undergone. Ask your grandparents about their siblings and parents. Take down all the information in detailed notes, no matter how limited it is. Even knowing how and at what age your great-grandmother passed away can be important to your risk level. The last thing you should ask in your interviews is what kind of lifestyle your relatives lived. If your grandfather who died from a heart attack at 50 drank like a fish and smoked like a chimney while he stuffed his face with salt pork, then you should take that into consideration.

Heart Tip 1: Adopt a Heart-healthy Diet

You really are what you eat. If you dine on a steady flow of bacon and eggs, cheeseburgers, French fries and Twinkies, then you and your heart aren't going to be in the best condition. Adopting a heart-healthy diet is the most important thing you can do to benefit your ticker. It will help you to lower your blood pressure and cholesterol and limit the amount of bad fat you take in.

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Reach for that salmon to get a dose
of healthy omega-3 fatty acids.

As far as a broad approach goes, try to get as far away from processed foods as possible. The closer your four food groups are to their original, unprocessed form the better. It's called a whole foods lifestyle. Include plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables and eat fish at least twice a week. Salmon is your best bet for supplying your heart with healthy omega-3 fatty acids that will help you reduce arterial plaque. Whole grains like oatmeal and whole wheat bread are a must as well.
Legumes like beans and lentils are loaded with protein, fiber, iron and calcium and are free of fat and cholesterol. Nuts are packed with antioxidants, omega-3s, fiber and vitamin E, among other things. The important thing is to not think of it as a diet, but as a lifestyle change. Stay away from boxed food, head for the fruit and veggie aisle, and you're on your way to making sure there are no ambulances in your future.

ref:howstuffwork.com

Anesthesia Systems

2009-09-03T17:39:00.000+07:00

Venture Medical ReQuip is experienced in Supplying Hospitals, Surgical Centers and Office-Based Surgeons with quality, dependable Anesthesia Systems. We refurbish systems from North American Drager and Ohmeda, such as the Narkomed 2B, Ohmeda Excel 210, Excel 210SE, Modulus SE, and Modulus II Plus. For all of your anesthesia monitoring needs, please see our patient monitoring section on this site.Call us today for more information

15 Most Plastic Surgery Disasters

2009-09-03T16:04:00.000+07:00

Bad plastic surgery happens when someone feels pressure to look good and they have more money than brains. Which pretty much describes the majority of celebrities out there.
Some of the following don’t quite look like human beings anymore, which would be tragic (this is voluntary! they didn’t have to look like this) if it weren’t so stupid. Most of these people were genetically blessed to begin with, which makes you wonder why they would risk their good looks just to hold off from aging a tiny bit longer. And many of the younger celebs on this list have absolutely no excuse at all, as good diet, exercise, and a healthy lifestyle would have fixed most of any flaws they felt they had.
Here are the fifteen worst celebrity plastic surgery disasters we could dig up, some of which are pretty damn horrifying:

15: Tara Reid
Surgery botched: Boob Job and Stomach Lipo
Photographic Evidence:

Tara Reid’s stomach looks to be about forty years older than the rest of her.
14: Gary Busey
Surgery botched: Veneers
Photographic Evidence:

As the Awful Plastic Surgery site puts it, his teeth look like chiclets.
13: Lil Kim
Surgery botched: Boobs, face work, skin lightened
Photographic Evidence:
Before:

After:

Lil Kim is headed down a path forged by Michael Jackson. Can’t wait to see what she looks like in twenty years.
12: Janet Jackson
Surgery botched: Breast Implants
Photographic Evidence:

Never good when you have a giant dent in your boob. Janet needs to head to an autobody shop pronto, get that dent pounded right out.
11: Jessica Simpson
Surgery botched: Lips
Photographic Evidence:

Luckily for Jessica not all bad plastic surgery is permanent. She talked about her lip enhancement, saying “I had that Restylane stuff … It looked fake to me. I didn’t like that. But… it went away in, like, four months. My lips are back to what they were. Thank God!”
10: Kenny Rogers
Surgery botched: Facelift
Photographic Evidence:

Rogers is someone else who’s not thrilled about his surgery, telling People:

Last year I had so many lines coming in at the side of my eyes up here. So I went in and got my eyes done, and I’m not happy about it. (The surgeon) is going to go in and fix that for me. They’re too tight around the eyelids for me. It drives me crazy.

9: Tori Spelling
Surgery botched: Breast Implants
Photographic Evidence:

Not too often you see a “legit” (using that word a little loosely) actress get breast implants that look like giant beach balls, but Spelling was willing to buck the trend. The money probably could have been a little better spent elsewhere. I hear French doctors have made some real advancements with facial transplants.
8: Hilary Duff
Surgery botched: Veneers
Photographic Evidence:

Neeeeeeeeigh *snort*
7: Victoria Beckham
Surgery botched: Breast Implants
Photographic Evidence:

Fittingly, it looks as if she’s had a couple of soccer balls implanted into her chest.
6: Donatella Versace
Surgery botched: Lips, facelift
Photographic Evidence:

And now we are starting to get to the people who are losing all traces of humanity. Versace isn’t content to grow old in a graceful manner, instead making a mockery of herself.
5: Vivica Fox
Surgery botched: Breast Implants
Photographic Evidence:

Gotta agree with Perez Hilton on this one, that is pretty disgusting. Fox apparently shares a surgeon with Janet Jackson.
4: Melanie Griffith
Surgery botched: Face lift and god only knows what else
Photographic Evidence:

This definitely deserves a before shot, just in case you are forgetting how normal Melanie Griffith used to be:

She’s only fifty years old, and she’s pretty much ruined her face. If I didn’t know it was her I would have honestly pegged the person in the first picture as a woman in her sixties.
3: Pete Burns
Surgery botched: Lips
Photographic Evidence:

If you’re wondering who Pete Burns is, don’t feel bad, he’s a fairly obscure singer (he’s the You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) guy), but his plastic surgery sins are definitely egregious enough to be included this highly on the list. Now granted part of what you’re seeing there is intentional (this is a guy who has accused Boy George of ripping off his image), but those lips are absolutely frightening. Burns agreed and actually filmed a special in the UK called Pete Burns’ Cosmetic Surgery Nightmares.
2: Jocelyn Wildenstein
Surgery botched: Everything she has attempted has apparently turned out terribly
Photographic Evidence:
Before:

After:

This woman has spent $4 million on plastic surgery. I would want my money back.
Jocelyn is a wealthy socialite whose husband began cheating on her. To win him back she began undergoing plastic surgery to transform into a giant cat. Her husband likes big cats. Naturally.
Didn’t work however, and her husband said “She seems to think that you fix a face the same way you fix a house”.
1: Michael Jackson
Surgery botched: Skin lightening, nose jobs, face lifts, etc. etc. etc.
Photographic Evidence:

Could it really have been anyone else? It’s incredible to forget how absolutely normal Michael Jackson looked back in the 70’s and 80’s (attractive even!) before turning into the sideshow freak that he is today. The guy is absolutely looney tunes so it’s kind of a shame that he was always able to find a doctor to do what he wanted. Everyone should have told him no after a certain point, which was probably in about 1985.

source:http://www.topsocialite.com

Classic Cardiology Stethoscope

2009-06-21T01:03:00.001+07:00

Constructed from premium-grade stainless steel, MDF® Classic Cardiology Stethoscope is one of the finest in auditory diagnostics available for medical professionals on the shelves today. The Classic Cardiology Stethoscope provides accurate auscultation of heart, lung and blood pressure tones and ergonomically designed components provide extended usage comfort.

Chestpiece: The Dual-Head chestpiece and full-rotational Acoustic Valve Stem are machined and polished to the exact tolerance from the finest stainless steel. The Diaphragm is fitted with an ultra-sensitive Diaphragm sealed by the Diaphragm Retaining Ring to produce optimum amplification and high frequency transmission of heart and lung sounds at 100 to 1000Hz. The extra large and deep cone-shaped Bell detects acoustic sensitivity at low frequency sound transmission at 20-100 Hz. Diaphragm and Bell are crowned with a non-chill durable PVC Diaphragm Retaining Ring and Bell Ring to provide greater patient comfort.

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Accessories: Additional (2) ComfortSeal™ Eartips, (1) ultra-sensitive Diaphragm and (1) ID tag.

Medical Pump - PDA

2009-05-28T20:04:00.003+07:00

Medtronic’s Personal Therapy Manager. This is a device based on a Palm Handspring PDA that wirelessly controls a drug infusion system.

Abiomed's AB5000 ventricular-assist device - VAD

2009-05-28T19:44:00.003+07:00

Abiomed's AB5000 ventricular-assist device, or VAD, helps patients with weak hearts, but patients must remain in the hospital close to a power source.

By connecting a VAD to the company's new Portable Driver, an 18-pound device featuring new battery technology, a patient using a VAD can be discharged from the hospital, Abiomed said

Abiomed has submitted the Portable Driver to the Food and Drug Administration so the device can be marketed in the United States, but the FDA has asked the company for additional information, Abiomed said.

Physicians PDA

2009-05-28T19:32:00.004+07:00

Personal digital assistants are old hat to many physicians. But a new generation of mobile technology that integrates handheld devices with software and services honed for the medical mind-set now targets physicians more directly.

One reason for the change is because doctors are more actively involved in product development. Manufacturers consult with them on design elements, and in some cases, the physicians become entrepreneurs and develop products for their peers. Offerings range from hosted messaging systems to portable PCs.

The result is products and services built to accommodate physicians’ need for speed and mobility.

For most new technologies, response time and convenience are central concerns. A physician could spend time driving to a hospital to view a patient’s cerebral angiogram, for example, or view the image on a mobile device from wherever he or she happens to be. In stroke cases, a decision to administer clot-busting tissue plasminogen activator drugs must be made within three hours of the onset of symptoms — a decision physicians could make more quickly if they have the diagnostic test results at their fingertips

Charmr

2009-05-28T19:21:00.003+07:00

Challenged by an open letter that diabetes patient Amy Tenderich wrote to Steve Jobs, the American experience design consultancy Adaptive Path developed Charmr, an experience design concept to project how insulin pumps and glucose meters might work five years from now.

As reported in CNet News, Charmr is “a prototype for a sleeker, more functional blood glucose monitor and an insulin pump that users can apply directly to their bodies as an adhesive.”

“They researched extensively, interviewing diabetics and consulting with Tenderich, a valuable source of information and a link to the diabetes community.

While the Charmr vaguely resembles an iPod Nano, it has an appeal of its own. The device allows users to monitor the trends of their blood sugar levels, as well as administer insulin via a sweat-proof patch. Not to mention, the device allows for wear on the wrists, or as a keychain or necklace–all of which let the device simply appear to be another mysterious gadget, as opposed to a complex medical apparatus. Furthermore, the Charmr will triple as a USB drive that allows users to view daily trends and patterns of their condition, and other special features.”

Interaction designer Alexa Andrzejewski highlights that Charmr is not a product, but a vision of what the diabetic experience could look like in a few years if considered from a user-centered perspective, exemplifying a more human approach to medical device design, i.e. a device that looks and feels like it was designed with people in mind.

As explained by Dan Saffer, they spent three weeks just learning about diabetes and talking to patients and experts, then another week analyzing and taking in all the data they gathered. They spent another two weeks concepting; creating as many ideas as they could around the design principles they’d come up with. Once they narrowed down to an idea, they created the visual and interaction design to really flesh out that concept, then a movie to explain the vision.

Not surprisingly, they were overwhelmed by the positive feedback.

-www.experientia.com-