Filed under: Food and Nutrition You might have heard of a little site called ” This Is Why You’re Fat ,” a site that features the fattiest of the fatty foods you could ever imagine. Well, it’s fun and all, but I’ve got something better for you today. Let me introduce you...

Filed under: Natural Beauty Time was, when you needed an instant beauty boost, you slapped on a clay mask and a few cucumber slices and hoped for the best. But times have changed, and there’s an entire army of products out there that can get your skin glowing in one month, one week or even one...

Filed under: Fitness , Diet and Weight Loss Joan Pagano , author of ” 15 Minute Abs Workout ” Here, Pagano, a certified health and fitness instructor and author of “15-Minute Abs Workout” and “15-Minute Total Body Workout,” (each come with step-by-step companion DVDs)...

Filed under: Food and Nutrition You know that purple and green leafy stuff that sometimes decorates your dinner plate at restaurants? Yea, well, that’s kale, and “Love + Blueberries” says you should not just let it sit there and look pretty. You should eat kale , because it’s...

Filed under: Fitness , Diet and Weight Loss , Celebrities and Entertainment Week 13 at “The Biggest Loser Couples” wasn’t all bad luck on the ranch, but perhaps this week’s twist was unfair. Three contestants eliminated early in the game — Estella, David and Nicole —...

VisionCare Inc., now out of Saratoga, California, is reporting that the “FDA Ophthalmic Devices Advisory Panel unanimously recommended that the FDA approve, with conditions, the premarket application (PMA) for its implantable telescope for End-Stage AMD.” We have been reporting about this...

Deep Pocket Series , a small firm run by Dr. Harvey Castro, an Emergency Medicine physician in Dallas Texas, has released an iPhone application for paramedics, nurses, anesthesiologists, and oters, that calculates doses and rates for drip meds. The application contains over twenty-five of the most common...

Vision Technology out of St. Louis, Missouri has released a new image magnifier system for people with poor vision. Designed to be portable like a laptop, the unit folds into a flat package for easy transport. From the product page: Amazing from all sides, the ultrathin 15-inch LED backlit monitor with...

Stephen Myers, a Ph. D student in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, has invented a nifty RFID based system to help the elderly and people with bad hands dial the telephone without having to punch any keys. By swiping flashcards with pictures of contacts at the RFID receiver, the system...

Sony has produced what can only be described as a frighteningly awesome “mechanical heart” built for ads that will be aired during England’s World Cup qualifying campaign. The heart was created by the special effects group Artem and is built from Sony TVs, DVD players, cameras, and...

The Healthcare Human Factors Group , a research organisation affiliated with Canada’s University Health Network, has conducted a usability study assessing the intuitiveness of five different PDA’s and smartphones during four basic scenarios that nurses typically experience. This is all very...