Hands up anyone who’s starting to feel the stress of the holiday season.
Mine hand is up. Is yours?
Well, you’ve shown up at Healthbolt at the right time because this next giveaway is aimed at not only relieving holiday stress but also helping you Achieve New Year’s Resolutions.
It’s a CD called Relieving Your Holiday Stress and Achieving Your New Yearʼs Resolutions.

Created by Ronald G. Nathan, Ph.D., a practicing psychologist, award-winning teacher, and co-author of three popular stress management books, this CD is a collection of simple and effective strategies to handle holiday stress more creatively.
It addresses ways to stay focused and …read more

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

Paul Newman, the legendary actor whose steely blue eyes, good-humored charm and advocacy of worthy causes made him one of the most renowned figures in American arts, has died of cancer at his home in Westport, Connecticut. He was 83.
(CNN, September 27, 2008)
Paul Newman – the man…

Paul Newman – the actor…

R.I.P.
Paul Newman
(1925-2008)

Have you heard about Damaged Care: The Musical Comedy about Health Care in America?
This medical musical comedy, written and performed by physicians Greg LaGana, M.D. and Barry Levy, M.D. has been performed in 27 states over the past 13 years.
Here’s just one of the many songs performed by this duo…

If you like these guys and want to see more, check out their other videos here…

Lists, lists, and more lists.
Whether you are looking for the informative or the bizarre, there’s a list here for you.
All About Sex…
27 Ways to Create a Greener, Healthier Sex Life
10 Surprising Health Benefits of Sex
All About Wellness…
Top 10 Nutritional Facts for Coffee
10 Foods that Build Healthy Bones
20 Common Cooking Ingrediets that Act Like Medicines
10 Natural Ways to Save Your Teeth
The Poison Ivy Cure…and 9 Oter Weird Uses for Vodka
8 Simple Strategies to Boost Your Brainpower
50 Habits of ‘Naturally Thin’ People
All About Diseases…
5 Crazy Diseases
10 Craziest Facts About the Human Body
Top 10 Bizarre Mental Disorders
Top 10 Weird Anomalies in Medicine
All about …read more

I suddenly realized that Liberty and I have just passed our 5 month anniversary as Healthbolt bloggers. Wow, how time flies when you’re having fun. And it is fun. Getting to research and post on all the interesting, informative, bizarre, and oddball health and medical things is like a dream come true…
I did some maths and five months working on ‘the Bolt’ equates to around 250 posts between us. That’s a whole lot of words.
My choice for Top 5 Posts…
Doing a Hasselhoff…new medical slang and it’s companion piece Pumpkin Positive – more medical slang would be my all time favorite …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

I seem to be running into lists everywhere I turn at the moment. So I thought I’d share some of them with you…
Stuck in the office with no time to get to the gym. Not to worry. LifeHack has thrown together a list of 29 Exercises You Can Do At (Or Near) Your Desk. You need no props. Just jump on in with a little enthusiasm and motivation and you’ll be keeping fit in no time at all.
Mark’s Daily Apple are also on a list kick, offering up ‘10 Ways to ‘Eat Green’ and reduce your carbon footprint and information …read more

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Another month has come and gone. But February was such an important month, as it focused on recognizing the severity of heart health issues and how to take steps to try and outsmart such an unforgiving and non-biased disease.
Here at Healthbolt, we aimed to give you plenty of ideas on how to keep your heart strong and healthy. Here, we’ve packaged up a month’s worth of tips, strategies and anecdotes for you, just in case you missed anything.
We’d also like to introduce you to a fantastic new site, Heart My …read more

More Nitpicking…
A few weeks ago The Sunday Sidebar highlighted the life of a professional lice nitpicker who made house calls. Turns out that she’s not the only one making a buck or two out the the hair lice invasion. The Hair Fairies is a franchise of upscale lice removal salons located along boutique restaurants, shops, and cafes in Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. No doubt there will be one opening near you soon. Finding lice, it seems, has become a lucrative business. (Salons Make Business of Head Lice Removal )
Brain surgery anyone ?
Apparently you can buy just about anything on …read more