http://ome7.blogsome.com Information For Us Sun, 31 May 2009 16:56:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en  Without a medical degree, sorting medical fact from fiction can be daunting: does reading in the dark actually hurt your vision? Do we really use only 10 percent of our brains? It turns out that even MDs have difficulty with widely held medical maxims like these. A study in the ... http://ome7.blogsome.com/2009/05/31/top-seven-health-myths/ Do you know that to get clear of acne you have to eat pumpkin seeds every day? Pumpkin is irreplaceable mean in skin care, because of great content of zinc salts and vitamins E and T. It helps to increase metabolic processes. Also facial masks from pumpkin and pumpkin seeds ... http://ome7.blogsome.com/2009/05/31/miraculous-pumpkin-against-acne-and-not-only/   National Safe Boating Week, May 16-22, is a good time for adults who boat to review safe and responsible practices for cruising our nation’s waterways. According to the U.S. Coast Guard, sponsor of National Safe Boating Week, some key safe practices include: Ensuring life jackets are within reach and always on ... http://ome7.blogsome.com/2009/05/27/be-safe-on-the-water-at-any-age/ If he says he’s positive – you know where you stand and can make an informed decision about what sex to have. If he says he’s negative – he may not be.  If he’s had unsafe sex since his last test he can’t be sure of his status.  He could be ... http://ome7.blogsome.com/2009/05/27/p11/   It only takes a few extra seconds to play it safe when you back up – and those seconds can make the difference between life and death. While hard to imagine, every year more than 100 children die and thousands more are injured by being backed over, sometimes in their ... http://ome7.blogsome.com/2009/05/27/traffic-safety-starts-at-home/ Under the ADA (Americans with Disabilites Act) HIV+ people are protected from health care discrimination. State and local laws may also protect HIV+ people from health care discrimination. Under the laws, your doctor or dentist cannot refuse to treat you because you have HIV. Additionally, you do not have to disclose your HIV ... http://ome7.blogsome.com/2009/05/27/can-dentistsdoctors-refuse-to-care-for-hiv-child/   Know your HIV status and talk about all the sex you have… It might come as a surprise that 25% of HIV infections in gay men  happen in relationships. HIV transmissions in relationships can occur for lots of reasons: Some couples stop using condoms early in the relationship before they’ve talked about HIV ... http://ome7.blogsome.com/2009/05/27/hiv-in-relationships/ The Nurses’ Health Studies are among the largest and longest running investigations of factors that influence women’s health. Started in 1976 and expanded in 1989, the information provided by the 238,000 dedicated nurse-participants has led to many new insights on health and disease. While the prevention of cancer is still ... http://ome7.blogsome.com/2009/05/27/working-nights-may-cause-cancer/   Get the sexual health checks you need… Lots of lesbians, especially young queer women, think that sexually transmitted infections (STIs) can’t happen to them.  According to Australian research, almost one in ten young women who are same sex attracted have been diagnosed with an STI. Sometimes, STIs will cause symptoms like itchiness or ... http://ome7.blogsome.com/2009/05/27/sexual-health-tests-for-women/ I just re-loaned money that was paid back to me from a businesswoman who applied for a micro-loan on Kiva. If you start out with $25 like I did you can continue to re-loan the money and help someone else. You can go to Kiva’s website and lend to someone across the ... http://ome7.blogsome.com/2009/05/27/giving-small-that-helps-people-big-time-2/