Although some people are concerned with being overweight, it is not the only aspect of their health that they are concerned with. On the contrary, people these days are not content with being thin, as almost everyone tends to desire shapely muscles. Since it is not easy to gain a lot of weight, most people just want to have a proper proportion of bulk in their body. (more…)

Great video! Hey smokers….Look this: (more…)

A dramatic experiment using a cigarette and two napkins, If you think the results are fake, go ahead and try it yourself. Quit Smoking now! (more…)

How one man sought an impotence cure–and found one

This is a report from Viagra’s front lines. It is from a married man in his early 50s–a friend of this writer who has tried out Pfizer’s new impotence drug. Call him X; he does not want his name used. And call him grateful; Viagra worked for him. Is it a wonder drug? The 75,000 prescriptions written for Viagra in the first two weeks after it came to market in late March suggest that many hope it could be–and the potential market numbers as many as 30 million American men, a significant share in their 40s or even younger. (more…)

Viagra facts. U.S. News health writer Mary Brophy Marcus looked into these common questions about Viagra (more…)

Baby boomers who want to stay young forever–and who desires anything less these days?–are giving the pharmaceutical industry something that very few consumer-products makers have: a growing, demand-driven market. American companies will spend more than $20 billion this year to develop pills and potions for everything from wrinkles and baldness to the prevention of strokes and heart attacks. More boomer selfishness? Maybe not. If science insists on getting more mileage out of the engine and prolonging our lives–thus allowing us to work into our 70s–what’s wrong with maintaining the chrome and fenders? “We expect medicine to deliver that,” says Susan Coleman, president of NCI Consulting, a New Jersey adviser to drug companies. (more…)

Around the world, approved or not, the little blue pin is a social phenomenon: the hottest new drug in history. Is this a good thing? RASHID GABDULLIN IS ONLY 32 years old, and he claims he’s never had any complaints about his sexual performance. So when Gabdullin, a reporter for a Russian newspaper, tried the new anti-impotence drug Viagra, it was as a service to his readers. One dose did nothing for him, apart from inspiring “warm romantic feelings and a desire to meet a nice girl and take her to dinner,” he wrote in the daily Komsomolskaya Pravda, which employs him as a correspondent in Central America. (more…)

Viagra is being used by young people in British nightclubs in potentially lethal combination with cocaine, Ecstasy, and other illegal drugs, researchers said.

“The recreational use of Viagra by apparently healthy women and men is now occurring in Britain,” Judith Aldridge and Fiona Measham, senior researchers at the University of Manchester, said in a letter posted on The British Medical Journal Internet site.

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If you have tried to quit smoking, you know how hard it can be. It is hard because nicotine is a very addictive drug. For some people, it can be as addictive as heroin or cocaine.

Quitting is hard. Usually people make 2 or 3 tries, or more, before finally being able to quit. Each time you try to quit, you can learn about what helps and what hurts.

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The advent of Penicillin at the turn of the 20th century ushered in a new era of health care, eradicating diseases that once proved deadly However,millions of bacteria are still all around us,and even thriving inside our bodies.

Good and Bad Bacteria.
Bacteria can be separated into two categories— those that harm and those that heal. Harmful, invading bacteria are responsible for making us ill with yeast infections and other chronic illnesses like acne and psoriasis; these conditions are generally treated with a strong course of antibiotics, meant to kill off the bacteria in your body. Antibiotics, however, can’t discriminate against the bacteria that are invading your body and those that are protecting it. Bacteria such as Lactobacillus Acidophilus live in your intestines, mucous membranes and other areas of the body, where they promote digestion and defend their “territory” against invading harmful bacteria. (more…)