Message to ALL women: This is what happens when you talk to much

A builder bit off more than he could chew while he chatted to pals on a building site. The 38-year-old was so busy talking as he jumped into the building's foundations he didn't see this 5ft long steel bar sticking out. The inch wide support girder went straight...

Sit pretty to beat back pain

"August 28, 2009 So what is it now, you medical experts?We need to learn how to sit?Oh, puhleeze. We've been doing it all our lives.For many, sitting for eight hours straight is...

Human Brains Make Their Own 'Marijuana'

ScienceDaily (Apr. 20, 2009) — U.S. and Brazilian scientists have discovered that the brain manufactures proteins that act like marijuana at specific receptors in the brain itself. This discovery may lead to new marijuana-like drugs for managing pain, stimulating appetite,...

Pleasure and Pain - Accept Both Equally

Everything enters our brain as a pleasure or a pain. With this, one can control pleasure and pain to better understand nature, and bring more success to one’s life. Embracing both as equals in nature will enable one to use pleasure and pain as tools instead of obstacles.In...

Why Should We Take Painkillers And Be Addict To It?

Modernisation and advanced technologised robust life had given us many side effects. We in our routine life do very less physical work wether in home or office. Due to machines our physical work is reduced and...

Are You A Chronic Pain Sufferer?

Are you one of  the many millions of people who suffer from chronic pain? Long-term pain can be debilitating, depressing and affect your  family life.You're never going to get rid of it or are...

Medical Madoff: Data Faked in 21 Studies

"Over the past 12 years, anesthesiologist Scott Reuben revolutionized the way physicians provide pain relief to patients undergoing orthopedic surgery for everything from torn ligaments to worn-out hips. Now, the...

Obama has hinted at support for medical marijuana

" A major stumbling block for advocates of medical marijuana has been the federal government's refusal to countenance state laws that legalize it. Until now. Maybe. President Obama is on record for saying during...

Music can take the pain away, study finds

A recent study done at Glasgow Caledonian University found that people who were listening to their favourite music felt less pain and could stand pain for a longer period of time.  Pain researcher Laura...

It's Not Just About Getting High - Seven Marijuana Stocks

"On Thursday, January 22, CNBC will be presenting a program called Marijuana Inc., which goes into depth about the big business of marijuana. But besides the illegal uses of marijuana, there are many medical uses....

Our winter of discontent

BORN amidst bloodshed and raised in turmoil, it appears that this country’s has been marked out for unceasing pain and suffering. In fact, the year just ended has had more than its usual share of disappointments — though also the occasional triumph. "Our winter of...

People 'still willing to torture'

Basic mentality cannot be changed till the learning ground is changed, in recent times people are exposed to violence more frequently, intensely and at an early age.And the mass media particularly internet and video games are responsible for it.So the willingness to torture...

Is It A Crime To Give A Child Marijuana To Control Violent Outbursts?

Is It A Crime To Give A Child Marijuana To Control Violent Outbursts?Debbie Jeffries shows Correspondent Harold Dow the bag of marijuana she keeps in her freezer. (CBS) .hideit {display:none} (CBS) Debbie Jeffries of Rocklin, Calif., and her mother,...

Employers cut 533K jobs in Nov., most in 34 years

"Employers cut 533K jobs in Nov., most in 34 years Dec 5, 2008 Economy Dec 5, 3:22 PM (ET) By JEANNINE AVERSA WASHINGTON (AP) - Skittish employers slashed 533,000 jobs in November, the most in 34 years,...

Current restrictions on marijuana research are absurd

"The human brain naturally produces and processes compounds closely related to those found in Cannabis sativa, better known as marijuana [see "The Brain's Own Marijuana," by Roger A. Nicoll and Bradley E. Alger. These compounds are called endogenous cannabinoids or...

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