How Does Gastric Bypass Surgery Cause Fat Loss?

Gastric bypass surgery is an operation that causes food to bypass part of the digestive tract.  In the most common surgery, Roux-en-Y bypass...

Windows Curtains Design Ideas 2011 Photo Gallery

The curtains or blinds of a window can make or break the interior design of any site, whether home, office or even a restaurant. Curtains...

Lyme disease: What everyone should know

Today’s guest blog is by Monica Gaidhane, MD, MPH, who is associate editor of the International Journal of Collaborative Research on Interna...

Socialism In a Caring/Uncaring Society

In spite of the incessant commercial breaks that used to drive me to distraction, I used to listen, years ago, to Thom Hartmann on the radio...

John Pilger is Pissed

It might be unfair of me to infer that John Pilger wrote this piece solely as a vehicle to expose his recent snub from the Lannan Foundation...

Rupert Murdoch News of the World Hackgate For Beginners

This sorry saga has been bubbling away for years, and if you have not been following its unfolding, or are new to these insidious goings on,...

Americans Hunger Strike Over Basic Human Rights

Forgive my generic use of the word, Americans, but it gives geographical context to the story. It appears that prisoners have woken up to th...

luxury living room curtains photo gallery 2011

Your living room is likely the first room that your guests will see when they come to visit, so it's great to have a good idea of what ...

Favorite Bedrooms Decorating Ideas 2011 that I Love

Flea Market Chic With mix-and-match (well, mostly mix) flea market treasures, this room exudes a level of sophistication well beyond its ...