Web Designed Routes for Running
	Ever wondered if you could combine the internet with some healthy practice? Not as in "I should lose some weight, let me just check some diets online. Cabbage? Carrots? Apples? What do they think I am, a rabbit? Err…NO! Bring forth the cheese cake!", but rather in "I really want to be doing something". If you did (and also if you didn’t, Google doesn’t really care …it just provides), there are sites especi ... [read more >>]
	31 October 2007, 11:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

13 Reasons Why Chocolate Is Good for Your Health and Sexuality
	Since you were a child you’ve been told that chocolate destroys your teeth and makes you fat; well, now, scientists in fact recommend chocolate as being even more efficient than many drugs in preventing and treating various conditions. On one condition, though: it must have as much cocoa as possible, even 60-75%. A chocolate's quality is determined by the properties of the cocoa seeds it’s made of, especially the amount of flavono ... [read more >>]
	17 October 2007, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Yahoo Shyly Steps Into The Health Info Industry
	Yahoo and WebMD proudly announced today they have reached an agreement for a multi-year deal which would bring Yahoo's advertising platform straight on the WebMD websites. This network includes several names such as WebMD Health, MedicineNet, eMedicine Health and RxList. In case you didn't know, WebMD is one of the companies which are focused on the web health information which places Yahoo among the first that get invo ... [read more >>]
	17 October 2007, 13:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

High-Tech Health Phone Still Looks Cool
	Japanese mobile phones come in a diversity which is as great as people's personality, bringing solutions for all the issues they might have, even if not telecom related. A new handset will be introduced in NTT DoCoMo's lineup, along with its great ta ... [read more >>]
	04 October 2007, 05:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

10 Rules for ...Ecological Sex
	Do you want to save the planet? Do you want to lead a healthy life in a healthy environment? In this case, you must know that the way you have sex can ruin all these things. The answer: ecological sex! 1. Lights off! If all sex magazines tell you to do this, ecological sex rules recommend you to do quite the opposite. By decreasing the energy bill, you will also ‘work’ against global warming. Get rid of inhibitions by having sex in the ... [read more >>]
	20 September 2007, 15:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Top 14 Strangest Diseases
	1. Elephant people. Elephantiasis is a parasite disease caused by worms called filariasis, that block the lymphatic vessels. When the lymph vessels cannot be drained, the accumulated liquid induces changes into the surrounding tissues translated into grossly enlarged or swollen arms, legs, breasts and genitalia. There are three related nematode parasitic worms causing the disease: Wuchereria bancrofti (Africa and South America), Brugia mal ... [read more >>]
	15 September 2007, 13:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Can Obese People Be Healthy?
	A recent research has showed that skinny people can have a lot of visceral fat, the kind that is stored inside the abdomen, and which is the most dangerous, causing diabetes and other diseases. In 2005, Katherine M. Flegal, a researcher at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, made a statistical analysis of national survey data on obesity to find an amazing result: mildly overweight adults had a decreased risk of dying, compa ... [read more >>]
	15 September 2007, 04:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Top 11 Healthy Food Turned Unhealthy
	Nutritionists promote a large array of basic food as the key to a strong health. So you think you eat good stuff and no wonder that you're surprised to experience various diseases, from cancer to diabetes, and so on. That's because on the way from the farm to the shelves of the supermarket, food experiences transformations made by manufacturers, that makes it cheaper, more attractive and ...extremely unhealthy. 1. Fish is pro ... [read more >>]
	08 September 2007, 04:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

10 Reasons Why Sun Is Good for Our Health
	Even the Stone Age people knew the Sun brought life on Earth and that is why they used to worship it. But the sun waves can heal and destroy, they can be the kiss of life or death. It depends on the way we use them. 1. The sunlight kills microbes. That's why it is important to put out in the sun carpets, blankets and eiderdowns that cannot be washed regularly. Exposure to the sun confers the skin a bright, healthy look and increas ... [read more >>]
	01 September 2007, 04:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Top 12 Most Frequent Issues That Kill Men
	Death comes a little bit differently if you're a man or a woman. Besides hormonal and anatomical causes, it’s the careless behavior of men what makes them live 7 years less than women. In the West, 70 % of men aged 30-50 are overweight and 40 % are too stressed. Race also counts: in the US, Blacks are more likely to die in an altercation or of HIV, Latinos in accidents, Native Americans of cirrhosis and other liver issues, while W ... [read more >>]
	17 August 2007, 15:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The New Oldest Person in the World: 114 Years 3 Months and 25 Days Old
	The oldest person in the world, the Japanese Yone Minagawa, died on Monday evening, at the age of 114, according to AFP. She was the holder of the Guiness Book Record as the oldest living human. Now her title is attributed to the American woman Edna Parker, younger than Minagawa by 3 months and 16 days, born on 20 of April, 1893. The Japanese agency Kyodo has announced that Yone Minagawa, born on the 4 of January 1893, died o ... [read more >>]
	15 August 2007, 13:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

MySpace: Advertising Drugs Or Informing Users?
	MySpace can be easily placed among the most popular social websites on the Internet because it owns a really huge number of registered members of all ages. Because this service has a strong impact over the teenagers, Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals created a new website hosted by MySpace that sustains it informs users about prescription painkillers (oxycodone, hydrocodone, morphine and methadone) and heroin, TechCrunch reports. The new p ... [read more >>]
	15 August 2007, 04:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

First Hidden Pics with the Hottest Google Product!
	Since the Mountain View company provided valuable evidence about an upcoming health system to be built by Google, everybody was talking about this potential technology. The time went by and the search giant was getting even closer to a health product that might change the US health care system. Today, Google Blogoscoped published the first pictures with Google's upcoming technology, codename Weaver that is going to be released soon. B ... [read more >>]
	15 August 2007, 04:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

HP Denies That Its Printers Are Unhealthy
	After the Queensland study linking laser printer particles to potential health issues, the response of the main laser printer manufacturer attacked, HP, came as a no big surprise. The Queensland University study tested 62 laser printers made by various companies like Canon, HP and Toshiba and found that no less than 17 of them are emitting high amounts of "potentially dangerous, ultra-fine toner particles". So, HP issued a formal ... [read more >>]
	03 August 2007, 10:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fish Oil Better Than Vegetable Oil
	Do you think that olive oil in the Mediterranean diet is the best? Well, it appears that you are wrong. A new research has found that fish oil, rather than vegetable oil in the diet, reduces the formation of chemicals called prostanoids, which in big amounts cause inflammation in many tissues and organs. "Prostanoids help control blood pressure, fight allergies, and modulate inflammation, but too much of them – especially those ma ... [read more >>]
	30 July 2007, 03:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Study Shows No Health Risks from Mobile Phone Masts
	Mobile phones have been considered for some time now to be responsible for health discomforts and even illnesses, due to radiation. Telecommunication masts are even more feared, as the signal is even greater in these areas. Results of several studies ... [read more >>]
	26 July 2007, 05:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Your Sleeping Position Betrays Your Personality
	After finding five different types of snoring, Professor Chris Idzikowski, director of the Sleep Assessment and Advisory Service, has come with an analysis linking the personality of each other with the sleeping position s/he’s got. His analysis encompasses six common sleeping positions, connected each other to a particular personality type. "We are all aware of our body language when we are awake but this is the first time we hav ... [read more >>]
	16 July 2007, 14:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Michael Moore Out of Ideas?
	In most people's opinion, Michael Moore is both controversial and talented. Nowadays, everyone seems to either hate him or adore his works, or at least that was the case a few years ago. All in all, his political satires and painful truths seem to get a little old for the public, as is his constant hunt for convenient scape-goats. His new documentary, "Sicko", about USA's health-care system, doesn't lo ... [read more >>]
	13 July 2007, 09:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Erection Pills Do Not Solve Impotence
	Does an erection solve a man's sexual problems? Apparently, it doesn’t, as found by a research made by Dr. Hayley Matic from Deakin's School of Psychology under the supervision of Professor Marita McCabe. It appears that oral drugs, known as PDE5 inhibitors, can bring back a man's "sexual function", but not his "sexual health" too. "As well as the obvious physiological aspects, men with ... [read more >>]
	12 July 2007, 13:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Personal Health Records Can Now be Accessed From Mobile Devices
	CapMed, a leading provider of interactive personal health management solutions, recently acquired a patent-pending technology from Juke Systems Inc, technology called ICE First. This new technology enables healthcare consumers to have PHRs (personal health records) on their handhelds and access valuable medical, health and insurance information. A large number of mobile devices will be supported, including handhelds from ... [read more >>]
	10 July 2007, 09:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google: Do You Want Drugs? We Have Them!
	The rumors are almost confirmed: Google has formed a special advisory council to help them with their health plans. Although the Google representatives didn't confirm the speculations, the Mountain View company seems to be really interested in a health system able to conquer the market. And if we look at the chairman of this advisory council (Dean Ornish, M.D., Founder and President, Preventive Medicine Research Institute, Clinical [A ... [read more >>]
	28 June 2007, 04:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google: OK, OK, It's True, We Want a Health System!
	Last week, the first signs of an upcoming health system prepared by the Mountain View company appeared on the Internet although Google refused to offer detailed information about its plans. However, the search giant introduced a health advertising blog that keeps the customers up-to-date with the latest information about health and the Internet. Today, a new post on this blog reveals a new important part of the company's str ... [read more >>]
	19 June 2007, 15:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google to Microsoft: Our Health System Is On Its Way!
	Some time ago, it was rumored that Google might prepare a health search engine that can bring useful information for all the interested Internet users. The Mountain View company didn't comment on the speculations, refusing to admit or to deny them. Today, a new sign of a health system prepared by the search giant Google is officially released by the company after it rolled out the Health Advertising Blog. Basically, this new ... [read more >>]
	15 June 2007, 14:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The First 8 Health Issues That Kill Men
	This is the way men are: they take care of their car more than of their health. That's why men die earlier than women: their lifespan is 7 years lower than that of the females. In the western world, 70 % of men aged 30-50 are overweight and 40 % are stressed. These are the 8 factors threatening men's life in the western countries: 1.Prostate cancer. It is not linked to diseases, lifestyles, or alimentation, but to age and ... [read more >>]
	09 June 2007, 07:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Low Testosterone Levels Shorten Men's Life
	Women definitely know why they want a macho: because they live longer! A new research suggests that men with low levels of testosterone are 33 % more predisposed to a premature death than men with high levels of the male sex hormone. It seems that "testosterone replacement therapy", the male equivalent of hormone replacement therapy in women, is effective. "We are very excited by these findings which have important ... [read more >>]
	06 June 2007, 16:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Birth Weight, Linked to Adult Health and Income
	Size does matter! Especially when it's about birth weight, with significant and lasting effects. A new study shows that weighing less than 5.5 pounds (2.5 kg) at birth enhances the probability of quitting high-school by one-third, decreases yearly gains by about 15 % and induces in people in their 30s and 40s the health of a 12 years old person. The research, the first of its kind, analyzed data gathered in over 35 years on ove ... [read more >>]
	06 June 2007, 05:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Beer, Found Healthier Than Wine
	"The beer belly" is a misnomer as the beer per se does contain many calories. But beer is indeed an appetite stimulant and its consume can lead to storing pounds. Beer also has high levels of purines, which boost the levels of uric acid in the joints, aggravating the gout. Black beer was once promoted as a rich source of iron, but just like the spinach, proved to contain only 1.1mgm of iron in every pint. So, we should[ ... [read more >>]
	28 May 2007, 14:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

More Coffee, More Meat
	You may not be able to leave home without your daily morning coffee and it is estimated that in US over 50 % of the population consumes, on average, 2 cups daily. That's why this beverage is widely investigated for its health effects, from breast cancer to heart disease. Still, coffee was found to have some health effects, from lowering insulin and uric acid levels to easing muscle pain on short term. Based on this discoveries, co ... [read more >>]
	25 May 2007, 06:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google Might Prepare a Search Engine to Save Our Lives
	Adam Bosworth, Vice President, gave a speech at the 2007 American Medical Association of Informatics offering some obvious signs that Google prepares new and revolutionary technology. Adam Bosworth sustained that all the customers should profit from a health system based on three aspects: discovery, action and community. First of all, the customers must be allowed to find any required health information with ease just like typing a single ... [read more >>]
	24 May 2007, 02:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Skinny Persons Can be Obese Inside
	If you think skinny means healthy, you're wrong. Many experts now believe that the internal fat around vital organs like the heart, liver or pancreas, which cannot be seen, is more dangerous than the obvious external fat that stores underneath the skin. "Being thin doesn't automatically mean you're not fat," said Dr. Jimmy Bell, a professor of molecular imaging at Imperial College, London. A team has sc ... [read more >>]
	11 May 2007, 09:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Which Are the Health Benefits of the Sex/Orgasm?
	Sex is more than a hormonal discharge and momentary pleasure. Increasingly more researches point the health benefit brought by sex. And it's not about mental and emotional health, whose balance is obviously tuned by sex. The lack of sex is known to induce from anxiety to paranoia and depression... A 10 year research made on 1,000 middle-aged men at Queens University in Belfast, Ireland, revealed that sex on a regular bas ... [read more >>]
	02 May 2007, 09:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Monica Healthcare AN 24: Portable Fetal Monitoring Device
	Researchers at the University of Nottingham have developed a device that will help pregnant women worry less about their unborn child’s health. Monica Healthcare's AN 24 electrophysiological monitor allows pregnant women and their doctors to check on an unborn baby's health. It's actually the first device that allows future moms and doctors to monitor a baby's health status outside the hospital. The fetal ... [read more >>]
	30 April 2007, 07:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Amora, The Academy of Sex and Relationships
	There may be a Penis Museum in Iceland, or Sex Museums in New York, Amsterdam, Paris, Barcelona, Shanghai, Bombay and other cities. But now a new type of museum opened its doors this week in London: Amora, The Academy of Sex and Relationships, dedicated to looking at love in a new light. Rather than emphasizing erotica and pornography, Amore focuses on educational exhibits on subjects such as orgasms, sexual chemistry an ... [read more >>]
	21 April 2007, 05:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Chernobyl Incident, Found Less Risky for Health 20 Years After
	On April 26, 1986, the fourth reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded at 01:23 AM local time. It is till now the worst nuclear accident ever. A plume of radioactive cloud fell over parts of the Western Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Northern Europe and Eastern North America. Large zones of Ukraine, Belarus and Russia were severely contaminated, and over 336,000 people were resettled from the Chernob ... [read more >>]
	10 April 2007, 06:14GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Smokers Work Less Than Non-Smoker Colleagues
	A new research made amongst the US navy female service members revealed that smokers perform worse at work than non-smokers. Smokers had a higher probability to display a less than honorable discharge, to be demoted, to desert, and to earn less than their non-smoking mates. Historically, the smoking incidence among US military personnel was higher than among civilians, but after a decline, recently smoking rates have once again ri ... [read more >>]
	29 March 2007, 08:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Sex Problems and Resuming Sex after Birth, Linked to Race
	A new research made at Birmingham, UK, found that about 33 % of women still experience painful sexual intercourse a year after they gave birth and less than 15 % were completely recovered. The research was made on 482 women, aged over 16 and from all ethnic groups, who followed a self-administered questionnaire at least a year after their most recent birth and the baby had no congenital abnormalities. "87 % complained of at least ... [read more >>]
	29 March 2007, 07:25GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

MacBreakZ, Healthy Break Schedule
	An increasing amount of jobs involve working with a computer, and a lot of others get done exclusively from behind a computer screen. The amount of time spend in front of a computer has grown dramatically over the past ten years, and so has the number of computer related ailments. Whether caused by improper use of the computer or simply prolonged exposure, problems can arise, and their effects are often felt only later. Unfortunately, prop ... [read more >>]
	28 March 2007, 11:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

NicStic Kit, a Battery Powered Smokeless Cigarette
	With tobacco restrictions or bans taking effect in 33 countries (and rising), smokers face the truth: to “make” smoke, or not to “make” smoke. Nicotine patches or nicotine gums are products that are trying to help smokers quit. Well, what if you can smoke without actually polluting the atmosphere? Here's a smoking trend you may or may not reel in: puffing vapors. I'm sure you remember this phrase from the movie “Thank y ... [read more >>]
	18 March 2007, 03:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia