Tag Archives: medical

Reason #87 why you are fat: you’re scared of the dark

By web gangsta | Published: October 14, 2010



GloMate Nightlight
GloMate Night Light

Web Watch has yet another reason why you’re fat: YOU’RE SCARED OF THE DARK.

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Today’s Game: Match the Celebrity with their STD

By web gangsta | Published: October 11, 2010



This is a Video about Herpes!
This is a video about HERPES!

Today, Web Watch would like to play a little game with you.  We’re going to provide you a list of celebrities along with a list of sexually-transmitted diseases, and challenge you to GUESS WHICH CELEBRITY (allegedly) HAS WHICH STD?

First, here are our contestants!

  • Paris Hilton
  • Robin Williams
  • Michael Vick
  • Jessica Alba
  • Al Capone
  • David Hasselhoff
  • Magic Johnson
  • Julia Sweeney
  • Pamela Anderson
  • Naomi Judd
  • Kristanna Loken
  • Evel Knievel
  • Steven Tyler
  • Linda Lovelace

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Women poop less when they wear underwire bras

By web gangsta | Published: October 1, 2010


Underwire Bra Pattern
Underwire Bra Pattern

Researchers at Nara Women’s University’s Department of Environmental Health held a study to determine IF WEARING AN UNDERWIRE BRA EFFECTED A WOMAN’S ABILITY TO POOP.  The theory was that the bra exerted pressure on the body; does this added pressure have an effect?

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Processed food is not the only reason girls are entering puberty at younger ages

By web gangsta | Published: September 22, 2010



Early Puberty in Girls: The Essential Guide to Coping with This Common Problem
Early Puberty in Girls: The Essential Guide to Coping with This Common Problem

The news has been filled with all sorts of reasons and explanations for why young girls are entering puberty at younger and younger ages these days.

CNN reported that “Early development in girls has been linked with poor self-esteem, eating disorders, and depression, as well as cigarette and alcohol use and earlier sexual activity,” with other news reports stating that girls are entering puberty before they reach the ages of 9 or 10.  Sometimes, puberty can be triggered from an injury or a brain tumor that kickstarts the body’s processing.

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The Desirable Armpit – making armpits more pleasant for all

By web gangsta | Published: September 20, 2010


The Armpit of Desire
The Armpit of Desire

Armpits are stinky, moist places that can be rather unpleasant, both for the armpit owner as well as those who encounter someone else’s armpit.

But that’s why ODEGON is hoping that people think that all armpits are nasty, because they sell a new ARMPIT DEODORANT PAD that is designed specifically to absorb all that stink from your pit.

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If you use it wrong, your toilet may kill you

By web gangsta | Published: September 11, 2010


Remodeling Bathrooms
Remodeling Bathrooms
 

A study has concluded that THE WAY YOU USE THE TOILET CAN AFFECT YOUR HEALTH.

This really isn’t anything new, as proper toilet use has been studied since the 1960′s at least.  At question is whether the upright, “European-style” toilets where one properly sits as if on their own personal throne, is good for you or not versus the time-worn method of evacuating by squatting over a convenient hole in the ground.

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How to tell what bad plastic surgery looks like

By web gangsta | Published: September 9, 2010



I'm saving up for Plastic Surgery
I’m saving up for Plastic Surgery

After laughing at celebrities’ AWFUL PLASTIC SURGERY and trying not to stare too much at 10 PLASTIC SURGERY DISASTERS, Web Watch thought that it was time to let you know THESE FIVE SIGNS YOU’VE HAD BAD PLASTIC SURGERY.

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For healthier student lunches, schools are banning everything from peanuts to chicken nuggets

By web gangsta | Published: September 7, 2010



All lunchboxes are subject to inspection
All lunchboxes are subject to inspection

Now that it’s back-to-school time again, Web Watch would like to take a look at what SCHOOLS ARE BANNING FROM THE LUNCH ROOM:

Yes, it’s all about ensuring that today’s kids are eating healthy foods in the school cafeteria.

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Gilpin Family Whiskey – it’s whiskey, made from pee!

By web gangsta | Published: September 2, 2010


Whiskey Companion
The Whiskey Companion

“Whiskey,” to paraphrase Homer Simpson. “…is there nothing you can’t do?”

Apparently not, if you take James Gilpin as an example.

James Gilpin knows a bit of science behind the making and distilling of whiskey, and he knows that all he needs is some good sugar water to make the stuff.  So, being a type-1 diabetic, Gilpin turned to one resource that he had readily available to him.

Introducing GILPIN FAMILY WHISKEY. It’s WHISKEY MADE FROM PEE.  More specifically, the whiskey is made from the pee from diabetics, whose urine often contains high levels of sugar.

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Do you suffer from “Hourglass Syndrome” when using computers? You’re not alone…

By web gangsta | Published: August 28, 2010



Windows Hourglass
Windows Hourglass

Do you suffer from “Hourglass Syndrome“?

That’s what computer chip manufacturer Intel has called the stress that waiting on slow computers to do their work causes.  Sure, it seems to be entirely a marketing gimmick, as Intel is focused on upselling to newer and faster computer chips – but there does appear to be some basis in fact as a general observation.  Who could blame Intel for taking advantage of the situation for their own profit and gain?

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10 Vices that are Good for You: Wine, Chocolate, Sleeping…and more

By web gangsta | Published: August 22, 2010


When one thinks about “vice”, they usually think of one of the following:

  • MIAMI VICE – the classic 80′s NBC TV show that glorified cops and crime in Miami with neon, pastel t-shirts, and loafers with no socks
  • VICE – the alternative magazine
  • The VICE SQUAD at your local police department – busting criminals focused on sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll
  • Or the sinfully-delicious habits that some of us partake in when we believe nobody is looking

Being sinful is sometimes just in one’s own mind.  And because of that, there are 10 SINFUL VICES THAT ARE ACTUALLY HEALTHY FOR YOU.  Because when we think “vices”, we don’t often think about why we enjoy these so much:

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Given unlimited money for plastic surgery, most people would get their teeth whitened

By web gangsta | Published: July 27, 2010



Exercise: Poor Man's Plastic Surgery

Just like many of you, Web Watch knows plenty of people who have gone under the knife for elective plastic surgery.

Sometimes the results turn out well and better than the original, other times… not so much.  Sometimes the reasons behind why the person went and got the plastic surgery are obvious, and sometimes we will never know the true motivation behind why someone decides to do what they do to their bodies.

Whether you’re for or against plastic surgery on others, you may want to be aware of the MOST POPULAR PLASTIC SURGERY REQUESTS made in 2010.  This survey asked over 2000 people about their opinion of getting plastic surgery — 69% responded that they had no issue with having work done if money were no object.  So while the actual number of surgeries being performed is down — mainly due to the current economic situation — interest in plastic surgery continues to be on the rise.

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Want to raise your metabolic rate? Try butchering animals.

By web gangsta | Published: July 18, 2010



The Resting Metabolic Rate Debate
The Resting Metabolic Rate Debate

Do you know what your METABOLIC RATE is when doing various activities around the house?

Better yet – do you know which day-to-day functions offer the best (or worst) exercise based on the amount of metabolic activity they provide?

A number of doctors and researchers have updated the COMPENDIUM OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES that lists and allows you to compare the MET of each activity you select, and it’s been published in the Official Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine.  The MET is a standard ”metabolic intensity level” metric that allows different studies that look at health-related data to all be based on the same overall measurement standard. 

In other words, two different studies on running can use the same MET value associated with running when working out their math.

If it helps, 1 MET is the standard intensity level when a person is resting and just sitting down, relaxing.  Sleeping offers the lowest MET of 0.9.  The highest MET is 18, and can be obtained by running 10.9 MPH.

Now that we know what the range is, here is a list of MET intensity levels for doing various other activities:

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Top Ten Foods To Get You High

By web gangsta | Published: July 15, 2010



Afroman - Because I Got High
Afroman – Because I Got High

Some people eat for energy, like athletes do.

Some people eat for stress relief.

Most people eat  just to survive until the next day, since food is important.

Then there are those people who eat just to get high.  A little buzz.  Anything to take the edge off of one’s head, if you know what we mean.

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Study: men over 40 who use Viagra (or similar drugs) are twice as likely to also have an STD

By web gangsta | Published: July 11, 2010



Real Men Don't Need Viagra

Remember how WEB WATCH TOLD YOU ABOUT HOW OLDER WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE SEX? 

Well, you know how all those Viagra and other male enhancement drug commercials all say that the product “does not protect the user from sexually transmitted diseases”?  It ends up that there’s a reason for this disclaimer to exist, aside from the standard insistance from the legal department.

The ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE is reporting that OLDER MEN WHO USE ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION DRUGS ARE TWICE AS LIKELY TO HAVE AN STD THAN THOSE WHO DON’T USE THOSE DRUGS.

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