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Some actors love to enjoy the lightness and pampering experience of the buzz cut. Will Smith wore this short hairstyle in his movie I Am Legend (2007). Some also celebrates this pure baldness in their own movies. Jeff Bridges sported it in Iron Man (2008). Patrick Stewart looks great with it as Professor X in the X-Men trilogy and Star Treks' Jean-Luc Picard. Bruce Willis too have an on-and-off affair with it. You also have Vin Diesel (XXX ) , The Rock, Michael Chiklis (The Shield ) , Samuel L. Jackson, and Bill Zane. Even Sigourney Weaver, Grace Jones had their own past romance with very short hairs or what was left of it after a good clean shave. "Proponents of the look," wrote Stacey Smith of Netscape Celebrity, "insist that baldness bespeaks power, confidence, machismo, even a compelling hint of danger." ( Click here to read this article. )

ZOSIMO T. LITERATUS, RMT The word "halitosis" first came out in 1874 from a Latin root word halitus (breath). The prefix -osis means "diseased" or "sick." Halitosis literally means "sick breath." Scientific studies since 2002 noted that halitosis starts in the mouth itself. Researcher Morris Rosenberg wrote in his article "The Science of Bad Breath" in the April 2002 issue of the Scientific American that "85 to 90%" of halitosis came from the mouth itself. And this is mostly seated in the tongue. For more information about halitosis and how to stop it, check The Bad Breath Bible written by Dr. Harold Kayz, dentist and founder of The California Breath Clinics. He is a recognized expert in the fields of bad breath, sour/bitter taste and dry mouth. To get a copy, click here .

ZOSIMO T. LITERATUS, RMT Harvard obstetrician-gynecologist Nawal Nour reported to the Reviews in Obstetrics & Gynecology (2008 issue): “The origins of FGC are a mystery.” The World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA) jointly issued in 1997 a statement defining female genital cutting (FGC) or female circumcision as “all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs whether for cultural or other non-therapeutic reasons.” [1] Amnesty International estimated in October 1997 that more than 130 million women worldwide had FGC, with over 2 million procedures being performed each year. According to a UNICEF report [2] in 2005, 80% or more women in Africa had FGC including such countries as at the top: Guinea (99%), Egypt (97%), Mali (92%), Sudan north (90%), Eritrea (89%), and Ethiopia (80%). Ranked below Ethiopia in FGC prevalence are B

Microsoft Corporation founder turned philanthropist Bill Gates released, during his keynote address at the Technology, Entertainment, and Design Conference in Long Beach, California, a swarm of "malaria-carrying" mosquitoes before an elite group of technology tycoons, politicians and Hollywood stars in an attempt to send a wake up call for the rich to take an active role in help irradicate malaria around the world, especially among impoverished countries. He shortly informed the panic-stricken audience that the mosquitoes are malaria-free. ( Click here for more detail. )

Breakthroughs 2009 June 24 Turning Back the Weight Dial June 17 Anticipating Swine Flu War June 10 Best Places to Live Up to 100 Years June 3 Scales of Pandemia May 27 Swine Flu Facts May 20 Living 100 Years Anywhere Article users-- Cebu Informer (newslink); The Global Filipino (newslink) May 13 The Widow-Maker May 5 Disease of Passion April 29 The Curse of Polygamy April 23 A Way of Ending April 15 The Buzz Cut Article users-- Hugh Pages (newslink); Aywoh BizCentral ; April 8 Threats to a Healthy Faith Article users-- Hello Davenport, Local Davenport Crime News ; Hugh Pages (newslink) April 1 Celebrating Truths and Pranks Article users-- Spas Listings, Garden of Eden News sidebar ; Wow Cebu, Sunstar News Feeds ; March 25 The Function of Spiritual Unity Article users-- The Global Filipino ; Spiritual Healing ; March 18 Looking for Happiness March 11 Taming the Accursed Breath March 4 The Art of Movement February 25 Female Circumcision Article users-- Bellwave,

By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Published as "CDC Warns of Drug-Resistant Flu Bug Tamiflu-Resistant Flu Bug Spreading in U.S." A flu strain now spreading in the U.S. is resistant to the flu drug Tamiflu, the CDC today warned in an official health advisory to doctors. Flu is a dangerous and sometimes deadly disease. But the Tamiflu-resistant strain isn't any more or less dangerous than other flu strains. The Tamiflu-resistant virus is the flu bug most commonly seen so far this year. It's been detected in 12 states so far, mostly in Hawaii and Texas. Tamiflu resistance wasn't unexpected. What was surprising was the rapid rise of Tamiflu resistance in this particular flu bug. Last year, about 11% of type A H1N1 flu bugs were resistant. So far this year, 49 out of 50 H1N1 viruses have been resistant. Even so, it's still very early in the flu season. There's no way to know whether the Tamiflu-resistant flu bug will be this year's predominant cause o

Varmus Christopher Forbes.com 12/29/08 14:00:05 GMT The sex industry traces back to 500 B.C., when traders from the Greek port of Miletus sold olisbos, an early version of the dildo. Today, the business of sex (including pornography) now runs into the tens of billions of dollars. (No official estimates are available; Wall Street analysts don't tend to track this stuff.) And while print and video sales are ebbing, as more free adult content has become available online, sales of un-reproducible sexual aids are still healthy. "Of course, there's concern about the economy, but right now our sales are growing," says Michael Trygstad, founder of Wet, a lubricant manufacturer in Van Nuys, Calif. "We've grown 30% this year alone. We've had to completely automate our factories to meet the tremendous demand. People are deciding to stay at home and engage in inexpensive entertainment.'' Slick marketing--and the ability to shop anonymously online--helps, too