| Why cold keys on neck can stop nosebleeds
When I was a kid, I would get very bad nosebleeds. If nothing else worked, my mother would get out her keys and drop them down the back of my neck. I wish I knew why it worked it so well. We have heard from many people who have had success stopping nosebleeds with keys or a cold butter knife against the back of the neck. We don't know why this trick works, but one reader offered the following from his experience as a medic doing water rescue: "The keys work because of the mammalian dive reflex. Cold hits the nerves in the neck, causing the blood vessels to constrict. You might notice your pulse slowing, too. "The dive reflex is why cold-water drowning victims are not usually pronounced dead until they are 'warm and dead.' Cold water only in the face/head area shunts blood to the organs and away from the skin and slows the metabolism for survival.
Battle of the Sexes: What about facial hair?
Facial hair gets a bad rap. It’s true and I won’t deny it. I’ve had some manner of whiskers on my face for a little more than two years, beginning with an admittedly dubious goatee in high school. In a way, I’m carrying on my father’s legacy: When he attended JMU in the 1970s, he rocked a rather impressive mustache. I doubt I’ll ever live up to my father’s mustachioed magnificence, yet I persevere and encourage my fellow men to do the same. Why, you ask? Because it’s about character. I can’t defend facial hair in the eyes of women. If they decide they like men who shy away from the slightest stubble, that’s their decision. (Though one wonders, because these are usually the same women who prefer furry boots.) But I can defend the beauteous beard, the mighty mustache, the charming chinstrap, spectacular sideburns and the grand goatee on their own merit.
Xenna Corporation Offers Solution to Dry, Cracked Heels and Hardened Skin on Feet with Use of Natural Exfoliating ...
Among the many products for dry feet, only Xenna's acid-free, diabetic-friendly CalleX® Ointment (www.callex.com) contains natural enzymes which have proven to be remarkably effective for softening and thinning thick skin on feet, exfoliating dry cracked heels and moisturizing dry, scaling skin. .
For some animals, the ideal mate is a brother, sister or cousin
In late March, as winter unclenches its frigid grip on upstate New York, a spotted salamander's thoughts turn fleetingly to love. After early spring rains soak the forests where the salamanders live, thousands of the slimy little creatures descend on small vernal pools for the amphibian equivalent of an orgy. .
Yes it's politically incorrect but race matters
American Presidential elections have been compared with reality TV series or game shows, in which a gaggle of jumped-up nonentities aspiring to be celebrities are ritually humiliated in public and offered entertaining opportunities to self-destruct, until only one survivor remains. But this time round, a much more elevated analogy is sadly apposite. The 2008 US election has all the makings of a Greek tragedy, in which noble heroes and heroines are forced to follow a course to catastrophe, divinely preordained as punishment for sins and blunders committed by their forefathers in the dim and distant past. In acting out their ineluctable doom, the eloquent protagonists do not just destroy themselves but also their cities, their nations and even their entire civilisations. If this description sounds too grandiose, consider yesterday's results from the Pennsylvania primary.
Data From Ortho Biotech Sponsored Studies To Be Presented At National Kidney Foundation 2008 Spring Clinical Meetings
Data from five studies sponsored by Ortho Biotech Products, L.P. will be presented at the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) 2008 Spring Clinical Meetings from April 2 - 6, 2008; three utilization studies involve PROCRIT® (Epoetin alfa).
The data include studies that compare drug utilization patterns and costs of PROCRIT® (EPO) and darbepoetin alfa (DARB), evaluate medical costs related to chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients with hypertension or diabetes, and show the impact on hemoglobin (Hb) control using a software-based management tool. These retrospective analyses used data from actual clinical practice.
Data on Drug Utilization Patterns and Costs of Epoetin Alfa and Darbepoetin Alfa
Abstract: Assessment of Drug Utilization Patterns and Costs for Erythropoietic Stimulating Agents in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Patrick Lefebvre, M.A., Groupe d'analyse, Ltée, Montréal, Québec, Canada
A retrospective analysis of medical claims was conducted using the Ingenix Impact National Managed Care Database to examine recent EPO and DARB treatment patterns and corresponding drug costs in newly-initiated CKD patients treated with EPO (n=1,110) or DARB (n=723) not receiving dialysis.bMean cumulative dose was used to calculate drug costs based on October 2007 wholesale acquisition unit prices.
Jamie Frevele: Real Klassy: Juvenile Attacks on Idol's Easy Targets
To be perfectly clear, I am in no way saying that American Idol is a blameless, holy creature that should be immune to criticism and jokes at its expense. Anyone involved in the show can easily provide fodder for days, only to refresh their invitation the following week. And if I'm wrong in my following assessment, I apologize ahead of time and stand corrected. But I have a serious beef with "comedy writer" Ken Levine this week. In two short paragraphs, he knocked Carly Smithson's heavily tattooed husband and David Archuleta's sexuality, clearly taking cues from bone-headed high school jocks who can't handle someone who doesn't fit their mold. But that is the cheapest form of comedy, isn't it? First, Carly Smithson: I loved Carly Smithson's version of Jesus Christ Superstar.
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