Medicated Society: Are We Too Dependent On Prescription Drugs?

(PCM) It sometimes seems that everywhere we look these days we are being shown some kind of advertising urging us to purchase various products and explaining to us just how these particular products will better our lives. One of the major players in this advertising game is the pharmaceutical industry. You can not look through […]

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Could Some Chronic Diseases Be Linked To Your Birth Month? Science Says Yes!

(PCM) Some of us are big followers of astrology and others not so much, but did you know that according to some recently conducted research your birth month could be linked to certain chronic diseases, putting you at a potentially higher risk. The research study was recently published in Science Direct via the Medicina Clinica […]

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Women! Please Do Not Put A Wasp Nest Any Where Near Your Private Parts!

(PCM) We truly feel like this is a sentence we should never have to write, but please, ladies, stop putting wasps nests in your vaginas! This should really go without saying, however a new trend is picking up that urges women to place ground up wasps nests into their va jay jay’s as a way […]

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CVS Moves Ahead With Name Change And Stops Tobacco Sales A Month Early

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(PCM) It was announced yesterday that CVS executives made the decision to transition the company into both a new name and out of the sale of tobacco/tobacco related products.

About seven or eight months ago the company first revealed their plans for the big change, however those changes were not set to take place until October 1st. There was no specific reason given for the why the switch over has taken place almost a month earlier than expected.

CVS Caremark will now be known as CVS Health and the sale of tobacco products in stores has ceased. It is reported that tobacco sales accounted for nearly 2 billion in annual profits for the company.… Full Story

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Can You Fight Illness With Fist Bumps Over Hand Shakes?

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(PCM) According to several doctors the latest way to combat illness, especially those that are spread via hand contact, is to fist bump rather than handshake as a greeting. While the handshake is one of the oldest and most cherished greetings invented by mankind, it is also a way to spread sickness from person to person when their palms are touching.

Majority of the time a handshake is looked at as a common courtesy when meeting new people and some even say you can take the measure of a person’s personality based on the strength of their handshake. However, more and more studies in the medical field are showing that by healthcare workers shaking hands with patients they are transmitting both organisms and disease when can then spread from patient to patient.… Full Story

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Is Sitting Around Killing Us?

 (PCM) It seems like every other day a new list of once accepted practices and products are now found to be detrimental to our health. Things we once thought were healthy, like artificial sweeteners due to their low calorie content, are now in the middle of nutrition and health debates … Continue reading

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