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Does the Circulation Booster Work?

September 28, 2011 Uncategorized

The Circulation Booster is marketed as a product for those with poor circulation, but does it work? Short answer: NO Long answer: It might help the venous return circulation, but it will not help the arterial circulation (ie how much blood that gets down to the foot). The Circulation Booster is heavily promoted by testimonials [...]

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What not to call your child

January 29, 2010 Uncategorized

A recent paper in the Journal of Paediatric and Child Health, titled: Children’s Nomenclatural Adventurism and Medical Evaluation looked at if there was an association between a child’s first name and the likelihood of being admitted to hospital after presenting to a paediatric emergency department. They found that there was an increased risk for hospital [...]

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Cartoons on TV for Education

December 28, 2009 Uncategorized

When I grew up some of the cartoons we got to watch on what limited television there was, was things like Secret Squirrel, Atom Ant and Scooby Doo. There was absolutely no educational component to those shows, they were just pure entertainment and fun. At that time there were no do gooders around then trying to [...]

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