It’s Healthbolt Carnival time again so grab a coffee, sit back, and start clicking..
Woman Tribune tells us to get in the Valentine’s Day spirit and Help Fight Ovarian Cancer with Cupcakes!, virtual cupcakes, that is.

Suzanne from Without Dash discusses electromagnetic exposure in Join the world’s largest biological experiment..

Tara Barnes from Health Care Today looks at whether Are Doctors and Drug Companies Getting too Cozy?.

Heather Johnson from U.S. PharmD provides 101 Easy Ways to Cut Your Cancer Risk.

Brittney from Adult Dyslexia looks at What Causes Dyslexia..

c.camino from Suicide rate up writes looks at suicide rates in Baby Boomers.

C. Myers from Mind …read more

Watching what’s happening on Wall Street and following the politicians as they try to bailout what they are calling a crisis that could have catastrophic results for all Americans and the world, I am starting to have a recurrent dream of living out my ‘golden years’ as a bag lady sleeping under an apple tree.
Retirement might just become a thing of the past. But for some, retirement has never been an option.
Why?
Because they love their jobs too much to give them up.
Case in point – Mildred Heath. She’s 100 years old and still working in a career that she started …read more

Sure hope you’ve got a little time on your hands this coming weekend because I found some fun brain tests that you don’t want to miss.
As part of the BBC Human Mind TV Series aired in 2003, the BBC website has a series of interesting and informative brain tests that you can do.
Get a brain sex profile and find out if you think like a man or a woman with the Sex ID Test
Find out if you can spot a fake smile with the Smile Test.
You can discover if you’re a Big Thinker, an Idealist or one of the 14 other personality …read more

Image details: Messy desk served by picapp.com
Some of the best news I’ve heard since drinking beer, wine, and hot cocoa, eating steak, and getting more sleep became practically medically necessary: Messy desks are da bomb! And yes, I just said “da bomb” in public. That’s how excited I am.
Though my desk borders on “catastrophic” rather than “messy”, I am encouraged by new research from Professor Eric Abrahamson, Ph. D., from the Columbia University Business School, which claims that most people work faster (and more efficiently!) when there is a bit of mess around. I wonder what he means by “bit …read more

“I find myself regarding existence as though from beyond the tomb, from another world; all is strange to me; I am, as it were, outside my own body and individuality; I am depersonalized, detached, cut adrift. Is this madness?”
(Henri Frédéric Amiel, Swiss Philosopher, July 8, 1880)
It hit a few film festivals, pretty much bypassed the mainstream theaters, and is now being released on DVD, but if you get a chance, check out Matthew Perry’s latest movie, Numb.
It’s a semi-autobiographical  dark comedy about mental health and romance by writer-director Harris Goldberg, a Hollywood screenwriter suffering from acute Depersonalisation Disorder (DPD).
DPD is …read more

Smile though your heart is aching
Smile even though its breaking
When there are clouds in the sky, you’ll get by
If you smile through your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
Youll see the sun come shining through for you
Smile by Nat King Cole
A beautiful song but prehaps not the best thing for your health according to German professor Professor Dieter Zapf. He conducted a two year study with 4,000 volunteers who were subjected to daily abuse in a fake call centre. Half of them were allowed to answer back and the other half had to ‘grin and bear it.’
Turns out that those who …read more

In case you missed it, the other day, we at Healthbolt heard from Tris Hussey, a b5 pal and long-time depression sufferer. Tris’s interview was surely enlightening and hopefully encouraging, but in addition to his story, there are many, many other ways to explore depression and mental health in general.
Thus, in honor of Mental Health Awareness month, the entire b5media Health & Wellness channel rallied together to bring you the best explorations of mental health we could. The awesome Alicia at Mental Health Notes was our gracious host for this month’s theme day, and compiled all of our post links …read more

Here is an April roundup from the Health and Wellness channel. Enjoy!

There is something for everyone (breastfeeding or not) in the mix of the Breastfeeding 1-2-3 highlights from April 2008:
Free Pattern for Sewing Your Own Crew Neck Over-the-Head Baby Bibs
Judge Denies FLDS Request to Keep Mothers with Nursing Babies
World Health Day 2008: Protecting Health from Climate Change
Breastfeeding Basics Checklist for a Good Breastfeeding Latch
Gentian Violet and Grapefruit Seed Extract as Thrush Remedies
Breastfeeding and International Travel
Top Five Breastfeeding Interviews
And from Kristen at Lively Women…
April is STD awareness month
Resources for organizing your office and your life
Tap water vs bottled water whats safer …read more