Deciding what gift to buy can be very frustrating. It is one of the most daunting tasks of all because you can never really know what the celebrant likes or what suits them best. Many simply opt for an expensive pen or a tie because these items are the safest buy but these are the most boring gifts that one could ever receive. If you are looking for a perfect gift for a loved one who smokes tobacco, instead of buying a pen or a tie, you may want to buy them an e-cigarette kit. This will not just make them happy but utterly curious as well.

The truth is every smoker has this yearning to finally quit the habit but because it is extremely hard to do so, they just settle for what’s easy and that is to continue smoking. Full Article…

br /> Of concern was the finding that discontinuation of tenofovir didn’t reverse the signs of kidney disease—signs of kidney problems remained for at least a year after the drug was discontinued. “Among those who discontinued tenofovir use in our study,” Scherzer’s team writes, “time following cessation was not significantly associated with either higher or lower risks of proteinuria, or rapid decline, and appeared to be weakly associated with increased [chronic kidney disease] risk. Past users of tenofovir remained at increased risk of outcomes, compared to those never exposed to tenofovir.”  The authors concluded that “tenofovir is associated with increased risk of proteinuria, rapid decline [in kidney function] and [chronic kidney disease]. Clinicians treat Full Article…

Your tongue is a roadmap to the rest of your body. In both Ayurveda and Chinese Medicine the tongue is an important indicator of overall health.

While you may not give it much attention, you should, because like your fingernails, it tells you how youre doing health-wise and what you can do to improve. This is not a doctors advice.

In Ayurveda, the white coating present on the tongue is a build up of ama or toxins. It indicates that the digestive system isn’t working properly. Each morning, consider removing this toxic build up from the tongue so that its not ingested back into the body.

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Los Angeles Times: In Defense Of Family Planning The administration’s rule leaves the decision in the hands of patients, where it belongs, while respecting the rights of religions. It holds true to the original and wise idea that access to preventive medicine is a good idea for the nation’s physical and financial well-being (1/22).

The Washington Post: Respecting Religious Exemptions The best approach would have been for HHS to stick to its original conclusion that contraception coverage should generally be required but to expand the scope of its proposed exemption for religiously affiliated employers who claim covering contraception would violate their religious views.

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Are the years taking a toll on your face?

South Florida doctors have an ever-growing arsenal of youth-enhancing procedures to help turn back time for savvy patients.

Twenty years ago, there was only one remedy for facial aging, [facelifts] , said Dr. Stephan Baker, a Coral Gables plastic surgeon and spokesman for the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Today we have a whole spectrum of how we can approach aging.

Injectable dermal fillers like Restylane and Juvederm, as well as muscle relaxers like Botox and Dysport, have become the most popular methods today to add volume, smooth wrinkles and enhance youthfulness, doctors say.

But some South Florida plastic surgeons and dermatologists are expanding their repertoire to include new options, such as injecting fat or stem cells into the face, as well as using ultrasound technology to tighten sagging skin.

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to help people living with HIV and their care providers choose seizure drugs that do not interact negatively with antiretrovirals (ARVs).

Drug interactions between AEDs [antiepileptic drugs] and ARVs could result in progression to AIDS and/or reduced seizure control, said Gretchen Birbeck, MD, MPH, of Michigan State University and a lead author of the recommendations in an accompanying announcement. Providing guidelines that help physicians select appropriate therapies for their patients with epilepsy and HIV/AIDS will ultimately improve patient outcomes and possibly decrease the public health threat of the development of drug-resistant HIV.

Seizure disorders, such as epilepsy, are common among people living with HIV, Birbeck and her colleagues note.

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A post-holiday dinner walk is custom for lots of families. But a marathon? Before you serve yourself with several helpings of Christmas dinner, think about the amount of calories that are quickly adding up, and what the after-dinner repercussions will be.

Charles Stuart Platkin, author of The Diet Detectives Count Down breaks down each food items calorie and fat content, then equates it to the amount of time you will have to spend working it off!

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