They’re some of the world’s deadliest viruses, but people are paying to see them.
Meet artist Luke Jerram. He lives in Bristol, United Kingdom, and he creates viruses out of glass. These detailed pieces are stunning to look at and are in great demand. The Smithfield Gallery, in London, UK, has an exhibit of both pieces and photographs of pieces created by Mr. Jerram.
Among the viruses he has created into glass are e. coli, HIV, and even the H1N1 virus, otherwise known as the swine flu.
Mr. Jerram has received quite a bit of coverage of his artwork, including photos published by …read more

Wow, my very own Healthbolt. Who’d have ever thought? Certainly not me when I began fooling around on the Internet back in the early 1990s.
When I came to write here at b5media.com, I was challenged with getting Help My Hurt off the ground. Its focus was on pain and I enjoyed it because I’m quite experienced in issues about pain because of my work as a nurse. I then began to write Womb Within, about pregnancy and finally, I took over Cancer Commentary. All the while, I was reading the very popular Healthbolt blog, wondering if I’d ever get to …read more

PETA’s at it again.
In an attempt to encourage people to go vegetarian, they have introduced a new billboard campaign featuring an obese bikini clad woman alongside this slogan “Save the Whales, Lose the Blubber: Go Vegetarian”.
Yet again, PETA has crossed the line and managed to create another tasteless, tacky, ignorant, and insulting campaign.
Do they really think that this sort of publicity stunt will encourage people to go vegetarian?
According to this Press Release, it seems they do…
A new PETA billboard campaign that was just launched in Jacksonville reminds people who are struggling to lose weight — and who want to have …read more

Surrounded by bugs…

Hopefully will be able to resume regular posting again tomorrow!!!
(image via newscom)

‘no one knows what goes on behind closed doors’.
- Behind Closed Doors, Charlie Rich, 1973
Okay, so it’s not something that we freely admit but let’s face it, we all have a little bit of curiosity as to what goes on in other people’s bedrooms. After all, we live in a world that seems to be obsessed with sex. But when it comes to talking about the intimate details of one’s sex life, it’s something that seldom happens, especially among women.
Writer and editor Paula Derrow thinks this is because of fear…
‘fear of being exposed as inadequate, or worse, of being boring. …read more

Gymbox owner Richard Hilton doesn’t see this as a gimmick. Instead, he calls it ‘ultimate embodiment of visualisation theory’.

Motivating or just plan bizarre?

Starting next week the Healthbolt Carnival
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Belinda
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Looking at the calendar this morning, I suddenly realized that it was one year ago today that I started blogging at Healthbolt. Wow, how time flies when you’re having fun. I know it’s a cliche, but it only seems like yesterday.
So in celebration of the day, I thought I’d share some of my favorite posts with you…
Nine Christmas Gifts for the Hypochondriac in Your Life was the second post I wrote for Healthbolt and it was probably the most fun. Exploring all the interesting and fun gifts you could buy for the ‘hypochondriac’ was a blast. After all, how could …read more

The cell phone saves the day…
…in the Congo when volunteering British surgeon uses text message instructions to perform a life-saving arm amputation on a young boy who was bitten by a hippopotamus. Seems while general and vascular surgeon David Nott knew that a forequarter amputation was required to save the 16-year-old boy, he’d never actually done one before. Aware that such an operation before was a huge risk, he decided to call in the ‘cavalry’ – that is, he text messaged Professor Meirion Thomas, one of the few British surgeons  experienced in such procedures and asked for help. Luckily, his …read more