Blog Giveaway : Jetheads™ Disposable Airplane Pillowcases

Let me start off by saying that airplanes completely gross me out. I’ve flown a bunch of times in my life, my son (at three years old) ... are resting your heads on! It’s been confirmed by airlines (and their cleaning staff) that the pillow cases ... company (which was created to provide the “health conscious traveler” with awesome products to keep them [more...]

Date: 2008-10-19 11:15:39

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Layoffs expected to reach 1998, 2001 levels

Layoffs expected to reach 1998, 2001 levels But 30,000 new jobs will be created in construction, health care, ... , as more companies restructure their operations to respond to the economic downturn,’ Mr Gan told ... by companies show that 4,800 workers were retrenched in the fourth quarter of 2008, he said. And another [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:04:43

"De-Listing" Dilapidated Homes

$30,000 Houses: Smarter to Raze than RestoreWhen the share price of a company traded on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") falls below $1, it faces the prospect of being dropped from trading ("delisted").Presumably, the rationale is that such companies are in extremis, and, for the health of the broader market as well as more viable concerns, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 14:27:00

Health Insurance Is Too Expensive

by Ethan Kalvin Many individuals have become increasingly aware that health insurance is completely out of their reach ... companies seem to make more and more money while we feel blindsided by the onslaught of new medications [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:07:52

Expense Makes Health Insurance Unaffordable

by Ethan Kalvin Many individuals have become increasingly aware that health insurance is completely out of their reach ... companies seem to make more and more money while we feel blindsided by the onslaught of new medications [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:07:58

Bubblehead and the Twits

I recently mentioned that hours have been cut for most of the site directors who work for the same company I do. They cut everyone's hours just enough to avoid paying their health benefits. People are not accruing vacation time or sick leave when they work fewer than 40 hours a week, either.Nice, huh? [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 14:00:00

A Privacy Framework for Personal Health Records

When I lecture about the new generation of personal health records such as Google Health and Microsoft Healthvault, ... policies.These policies are good, but they are self developed by the companies. Ideally we would [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 11:00:00

Eco Store December 6, 2008

Posted by Mistress B in Blogging stuff, Health, Housekeeping. Tags: cleaning products, Eco Store, product testing, soaptrackback A little while ago ... -based company that produces household cleaning and body products that contain no nasty chemicals” [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 00:29:25

59-year-old man survives plunge into icy river after truck slides over an embankment

Moe Lachapelle gets a hug from his wife Cindy while resting Thursday at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre ... from his home in Englehart, Ont., to his job with an industrial cleaning company in Terrace Bay, Ont [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 23:13:00

Eco-Me Home Kit

When Robin Kay Levin's then 36-year-old sister was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005-without any family history of the disease-Levin began wondering just how toxic to our health the chemicals we use to clean our homes are. One year later she founded Eco-Me, a company the makes 100-percent natural, do-it-yourself cleaning kits. [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 18:49:22

7 Quick Takes- The For Shame Edition

And now for Seven Quick Takes Friday, published on a Thursday night but WHATEVER. 1. I've started drinking coffee again. As in, I brew it in my own house, even when I don't have company. I haven't done that in years. Phillip doesn't drink coffee and I gave it up when a Mental Health Professional insinuated that my coffee consumption may have [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 05:55:18

Tested: POM Wonderful Pomegranate Juice

Even if you have absolutely no interest in health and nutrition, I’m betting you’ve heard of acai berry, goji berry, ... for us, there are a number of reputable companies making products with these juices. The biggest name is POM Wonderful ... lists the ingredients as: Pomegranate juice from concentrate and natural flavors. And [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:05:25

Cancer in USA and other health issues

Two kind on unrelated articles, but I strongly encourage you to read the whole first article from the link I provided ... price of cancer drugs. Imagine how happy will be pharmacy companies if even that ridiculous profit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 14:08:00

Health Insurance More Important For Humans Than Pets

“Are we legislating stiffer requirements for pets than humans? ... say, the proposed legislation seems like it might possibly have been influenced by companies that sell [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 06:22:35

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