Keep Your Leather Items As Good As New
You just bought the perfect leather briefcase, and oops, a co-worker spills their morning coffee on it. What to do. Leather accessories are an investment in style and panache. Leather communicates your commitment to quality and eye for detail. But, you don t want taking care of your leather items to be a job in itself. Here s a quick round-up of how to keep your leather goods looking like they just came off the shelf. When Your Leather Item Is Brand New As soon as you get your leather item home, use a high-quality water and stain repellent to help prevent water stains and soiling. Re-apply every two or three months to keep your item at its best. Note: It s a good idea to test any protection and cleaning products on a hidden area of the leather before you get started. Keep your item supple and crack resistant with...
New Medicine Helps Smokers Quit
There are 45 million adult smokers in the U.S. Close to 70 percent of them say they want to quit. But it is tough for most people to quit. This is largely because of nicotine-one of the main chemicals in cigarettes. It is very addictive. Now, there s a new drug called Chantix 8482; varenicline . Chantix was developed to help people quit smoking. In two studies, about 44 percent of patients who took Chantix 1 mg twice a day quit smoking by the end of the 12 weeks of treatment. About 30 percent of patients who took buproprion SR 150 mg twice a day quit after 12 weeks. And about 18 percent who took a sugar pill quit by the end of the same 12-week treatment period. It is tough to quit smoking. This is largely due to nicotine addiction. It often takes smokers a number of times before they re successful, says Mitchell...
Life And Stress
Did you know that just being alive is a source of stress. Everything that happens to you, whether it is good or bad, is a potential stressor. It has been shown by psychologists that even the good things in our lives cause us stress and can possibly lead to illness. Just think of all the things that can happen in a single lifetime. Every one of these events can cause stress, which can eventually lead to ill health. In 1967, two doctors, Holmes and Rahe, were the first to link life events to stress. By looking at a large number of patients they found that certain life events could be associated with stress and poor health. The ones that seemed to have the most profound effect on health were the ones that caused some kind of change in the person s life. Even positive events such as getting married were associated...
Sweet Memories
These days all you hear about is how to eat healthier, lose weight and get fit. It s all for the good, but sometimes it s fun to go back to when you were a kid. Remember all the games you used to play. Board games like Scrabble, Monopoly and Life. Running around, riding bikes, skating, rolling down grassy hills. Ok, I m getting a little idealized here. So let s have a little fun. Let s remember the candy. What were your favorites. I remember the delight of the days when I was first old enough to go to the store to buy candy on my own. No parents to tell me I couldn t have it. Lemonheads were always one of my favorites. My sisters and I no doubt spent way too much of our allowances on candy, but it was sooo much fun. We d hide it so that our mother wouldn t find it, but throw the wrappers straight into the trash...
The Inability To Use Cpap For The Entire Night
On many nights, new CPAP users begin their night with a good effort by using their CPAP. Sometimes, however, compliance is not continued throughout the night. The inability to use CPAP for the entire night is a great disservice to your health. The greater part of REM sleep, the most restful part of sleep, is toward the end of the night between the hours of 4 to 6 am. REM sleep is often referred to as Dream Sleep and is essential to getting a restful night s sleep. There are 5 stages of sleep beginning with stage 1 and ending with stage 5. Stage 1 lasts approximately 1-7 minutes at the onset of sleep. It is a transitional stage between wakefulness and sleep. Stage 2 takes up the largest portion of your Sleep time. While it is a bit deeper than stage 1, it is still considered to be a light shallow stage of sleep...