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Prescription Ice Cream To ReCharge Your Appetite After Chemotherapy


A tasty, easy-to-digest food product that young and old adore, that would help limit the ravaging effects of chemotherapy on the stomach and intestines, is crying to be developed.  But just what might that food be?

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Mrs. Brady Turns Entrepreneur With The Flo Club, Teaching Seniors About Technology


Computer and internet use is no longer just for the younger generations; but for those who try to get online later in life, there are greater challenges since they haven't had the lifelong exposure that many that are part of the younger demographic have. An unlikely entrepreneur has stepped forward to provide a service that helps seniors overcome their challenges when using technology, and you know her best as Mrs. Brady.

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ScamVille? A New Online Game? Who's Up For The Challenge?


Scamville, the new online game
Michael Arrington from Techcrunch wrote a very insightful article titled "Scamville: The Social Gaming Ecosystem of Hell," exposing Zynga and its scam-laden lead gen-type offers devised for their ever-popular Facebook games of Farmville and Mafia Wars. I challenge one of the more ethical game developers to actually use Arrington's expose to develop the real thing - an actual Facebook game called "ScamVille!"

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Halloween Inspired By Our Scary Financial Woes!


This year in addition to influences from the movie industry's horror flicks, the financial decline in the US appears to be just as scary, if not more horrifying than "Paranormal Activity" and "Saw 2,3,4,5,etc." Let's take a look at how our current financial crisis might be affecting "All Hallows Eve" this year!

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The Bad Driving Gene: 30 Percent Of Americans Have It!


There is no commercially available test to determine if you have the BDNF gene variant.... But how's your driving?

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My(Separate)Space.com - Social Network For Lousy Spouses!


LousySpouse.com
For those familiar with the TV Show "Survivor," one knows you have to "outwit, outplay and outlast." And while that same philosophy is sometimes jokingly applied to failing marriages, LousySpouse.com's slogan of "endure, survive and prevail" plays it a little closer to the vest. Yes, there is a social network for those in the thralls of divorce, whether it be pre-, post or during.

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Top Ten Mad Men Parodies


Top Ten Mad Men Parodies
If impersonation is the sincerest form of flattery, parodies have to be its kissing cousin. When it comes to Mad Men, one of the most intelligent and entertaining dramas on the tube today, everyone seems to want a piece of Dan Draper and Peggy Olsen...and making fun of them is...well... the icing on the cake!

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"New Kids On The Block" Experiment With New Form of Payola!


Twayola for NKOTB
Remember the days, when record companies use to slip a radio station a few extra hundred bucks to promote their favorite artist's latest record? The term, "payola" derived from that practice. Today, those pay-offs are being replaced by a new 21st century social media updated version.

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Trendy Sex Industry: Surrogate Sex Workers Address Sexual Dysfunction


If you thought that surrogate motherhood was about as personal as it gets when it comes to lending your body to another person, think again, because there's another surrogacy trend that isn't exactly comparable, but also involves the most intimate parts of the body. Unlike surrogate motherhood, this either type of surrogacy is considered a form of therapy.

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Sexual Satisfaction Plays Major Role In Psychogical Well-Being Of Women


A study at the Women's Health Program at Monash University in Australia explored the links between sexual satisfaction and other aspects of mental health, particularly "well-being" and "vitality."  Don't shy off there, boomers... the research included women aged 20 to 65!

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Google Wave Wants You!


Google Wave Wants You
It's a little bit county! It's a little bit rock 'n roll! It's one over-sized network mash-up! Google Wave is part Outlook, IM, calendar, Twitter, wiki, spreadsheets/docs/presentation, picture sharing, social media, forums, maps and just about everything else on the web, but the kitchen sink! It's what some have called "email on steroids."

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Mucking Around In The Latest Muck Boot Fashions For Women


Add a saucy rubber apron to your outfit and you'll be the sexiest mucker around.

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007 Style Zippo Offers More Than Just A Light


James Bond would be proud to have this lighter in his arsenal of high-tech gadgets...

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Honda Electric Unicycle Concept Gets the Elderly Rolling


Honda Electric Unicycle Concept Gets the Elderly (and Everybody) Rolling
An aging population facing mobility issues is the intended target of the Honda U3-X electric unicycle, but the style, design and performance of this "personal mobility" device should appeal to those of ANY generation.

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Sleepless In Toothpaste Land? Try Pearly Dreams


"Sleepless in toothpaste land?" may sound like a weird title for a column about a toothpaste. But Pearly Dreams is a weird toothpaste. It's supposed to make you... sleep. There are all kinds of solutions for sleeplessness... tapes, meditation, sleeping pills, sex, supplements, drinking till you pass out.... why not one more?

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GPS Tracking Of Seniors, Kids, & Others With Special Needs: The eMed-Trac


eMedi-ID, a franchise business that provides personal medical information to first responders via USB devices on their customers' keyrings, has just come out with a new device capable of tracking a person's whereabouts via global positioning satellites (GPS)

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Immortality Industry: Secure Storage For Memories and DNA


 Believe it or not, there's an industry being built on our quest for immortality, and one bank is preserving lives with the security of a Swiss bank.

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Oh What Fun It Used To Be To Take A Shower


Remember how much you enjoyed Christmas, until you learned that Santa was really your parents?  Or how much you loved swimming in the ocean, until you saw the movie Jaws?  Well, this news may hit you in much the same way....

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"Heil Hitler Kanye West" Lambasted Via YouTube, Twitter & Obama!


Viral Vitrio by Kanye West at VMA Awards '09
When even Hitler disses Kanye West, its fairly obvious that his rabid outburst at MTV's Video Music Awards was as low rank as one could get. Getting chastised by the entire World Wide Web is not an easy task, but apparently a challenge Mr. West thought he was up for!

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Joe "You Lie" Wilson Under A DDoS Attack!


Joe Wilson and DDoS Attack
"Sticks and stones may break my bones," but will "name calling" define Joe Wilson? This South Carolina's congressman knows how to call presidents liars but does he know how to defend himself against a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack?

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