January, 2009
Food Pushers
Posted on January 28, 2009 |
Ordinarily, you eat healthy, but it’s hard to refuse well-meaning, festive
family and friends who offer you holiday treats, sending your weight into the
danger zone.
• It’s not about food; it’s about love. When Aunt Martha says, “You’ve got to try my pecan pie,” what she means is “Tell me you appreciate my efforts and love me.” So have a bite and tell her how good it is and how much you appreciate the love that came with it.
• Avoid the kitchen. When you’re around food, you’re more likely to overeat. Solution: Spend more time in the living room or den, away from the goodies.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Posted on January 15, 2009 |
If you have a history of smoking and breathing problems, it could be COPD
(chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). COPD includes chronic bronchitis
and emphysema.
Ask your doctor about SPIRIVA, because it:
Is the only once-daily, inhaled maintenance prescription treatment for COPD
Helps you breathe better for a full 24 hours by keeping airways open
Is not a steroid
SPIRIVA does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. Do not
swallow the SPIRIVA capsule. The most common side effect of SPIRIVA is dry mouth. Others include constipation and problems passing urine. Tell your doctor about your medicines, including eye drops, and illnesses like glaucoma and urinary or prostate problems. These may worsen with SPIRIVA. If you have vision changes, eye pain, your breathing suddenly worsens, you get hives, or your throat or tongue swells, stop taking SPIRIVA and contact your doctor.
SPIRIVA is one of many treatment options to consider with your doctor.
For more information, call 1.877. SPIRIV
Apple iPod
Posted on January 5, 2009 |
iPod is a brand of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple Inc. and launched on October 23, 2001 (2001-10-23). The product line-up includes the hard drive-based iPod Classic, the touchscreen iPod Touch, the video-capable iPod Nano, and the compact iPod Shuffle. The iPhone can function as an iPod but is generally treated as a separate product. Former iPod models include the iPod Mini and the spin-off iPod Photo (since reintegrated into the main iPod Classic line). Apple’s iTunes software can be used to transfer music to the devices from computers using certain versions of Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows operating systems.
The iPod line came from Apple’s “digital hub” category, when the company began creating software for the growing market of personal digital devices. Digital cameras, camcorders and organizers had well-established mainstream markets, but the company found existing digital music players “big and clunky or small and useless” with user interfaces that were “unbelievably awful,” so Apple decided to develop its own. The name iPod was proposed by Vinnie Chieco, a freelance copywriter, who (with others) was called by Apple to figure out how to introduce the new player to the public.