Big Purses Can Cause Big Problems to Your Health

Was a big purse on your wish list this holiday season? It’s one of the biggest fashion trends this season, but experts say those over-sized bags may leave you with back, neck and shoulder pain, headaches and possibly even arthritis. // 'I see so many women with neck pains and headaches and wh...

UC design innovation: New hope for the hated hospital gown

...ch for the small items they use and want, like a phone, chapstick and iPod. In hospitals, we found that nurses and patients were improvising with mini purses tied to the side of the bed for extra storage and were cutting up old socks for arm warmers. And a patient with a shawl doesn't have to call for a bla...

N.J.-Based Pest Control Company Using 'Tool of the Future' to Kill Bed Bugs - Instant Freeze Technology is Completely 'Green'

...ugs is to eliminate them in their hiding places, which these days, is more than just in mattresses Bed bugs harbor in cracks and crevices, suitcases, purses and briefcases and even in computers themselves. BES is known for its high quality of customer service. "In the twenty years or so since we've...

U.S. Rep. Connolly, Inova Health System Physicians, Public Health Groups Call for Congressional Action to Protect Kids from Tobacco

... girls, including Vogue, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire and In Style. Promotional giveaways included flavored lip balm, cell phone jewelry, tiny purses and wristbands, all in hot pink. These new marketing campaigns are the latest chapter in the tobacco industry's long history of targeti...

Faith Leaders Call on Iowa Members of Congress to Support Legislation to Protect Kids from Tobacco

...rls, including Vogue, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire and InStyle . Promotional giveaways included flavored lip balm, cell phone jewelry, tiny purses and wristbands, all in hot pink. The report shows, while overall cancer death rates are decreasing for both men and women, lung cancer ...

Health Groups Slam Tobacco Marketing to Women

.... Magazine ads for the cigarettes featured flowery imagery, vintage fashion and promotional giveaways that included lip balm, cell phone jewelry, tiny purses and wristbands, all in hot pink. "These new marketing campaigns by Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds show contempt for the health of women and girls,...

Deadly in Pink: New Report Warns Big Tobacco Has Stepped Up Targeting of Women and Girls

...rls, including Vogue, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire and InStyle . Promotional giveaways included flavored lip balm, cell phone jewelry, tiny purses and wristbands, all in hot pink. These new marketing campaigns are the latest chapter in the tobacco industry's long history of targeti...

Correct Shopping Posture: A Dozen Medical Stocking Stuffers to Get You Through the Holidays Pain-Free. Don't Let Shopping Put a Crimp in Your Christmas, or Your Back

...rsteadt, "and that's because people are loaded up with gifts, they've been walking for hours and hours, many women in high heels, and between the purses and the bags and the constant leaning to one side the chances of causing a (serious) misalignment are significant and greatly enhanced," says Obe...

Trimma(TM) Now Available in the United States for People Looking for a Delicious Way to Control Their Calories

...-tasting appetite suppressant that offers an alternative to just taking pills or capsules. The big benefit is that people can place it easily in their purses or computer bags. Consumers are more and more on the go and want a convenient, great- tasting supplement to take with them during the day that can sup...

Filters Fast Advocates Use of Filtered Water Bottles for Environmental and Personal Health

...e bottle and removes chlorine, bad tastes and odors, as well as heavy metals such as lead, mercury and copper. The 16-ounce bottle can easily fit into purses or bags while the larger sized bottle fits bicycle racks and standard car cup holders. Users can easily take the bottles along to the gym, on biking o...

Purses in Biological News

World shark attacks dipped in 2005, part of long-term trend

...s," Burgess said. "A person who is under attack should act aggressively toward the shark and not follow the advice given to women who are having their purses snatched in New York City, which is to lie on the ground, play dead and give up the purse." Despite the worldwide decline, the number of attacks in...

Purses in Biological Technology

Plastics that convert light to electricity could have a big impact

...proach that threshold, nanostructured plastic solar cells could be put into use on a broad scale, he said. As a start, they could be incorporated into purses or backpacks to charge cellular phones or mp3 players, but eventually they could make in important contribution to the electrical power supply. Mo...