Qatar to make big push for organ donations

It’s amazing to me how we hear all the side effects of the drugs that the pharmaceutical...Dude had me at my breaking point today.  We had to run between the Main Street and Broadway bridges,...

because when it comes down to it, I’ve always had a problem with my eating. Although, a lot of the time I choose a healthier option than most people I know, I overeat, and I binge eat. I’ve mastered my fitness, now I need to get my eating in check, by eating the proper amount of calories per day, according to my BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate). I’m on day 4… and I feel really great, and I’m continuing to reach my next weight goal of 125lbs… Here is a picture of my 310 calorie breakfast! Over 10 grams of protein. :) I used to eat 2 eggs and 2 slices of whole grain toast every day. Now I’ve cut it to 1 and 1, and I like it much better this way. Less calories, more opportunities for healthy calories throughout the day.

Price cuts on vaccines now may help get the drugs to more children. Several makers of children’s vaccines, including GlaxoKlineSmith and Merck, announced they would lower prices on the drugs in the poorest countries, which could save billions of donor dollars.

Read More from the New York Times Here.

If you want to measure your bodyfat accurately and you aren’t satisfied with the results you are getting from your bodyfat scale (using the electrical impedance method), you might want to get your bodyfat measured using the Bod Pod.

The Bod Pod is an Air Displacement Plethysmograph which uses whole-body densitometry to determine body composition (fat and fat-free mass).  It utilizes the same principles as hydrostatic (or underwater) weighing, without having to get wet. 

It takes about 5 minutes for the Bod Pod to measure your body composition.  You can find Bod Pod test sites near you at this link.  Bod Pod testing costs $35-$65, depending on location. 

You can also measure your bodyfat very accurately with a DEXA (dual-emission X-ray absorptiometry) scan, which is often used to measure bone density, but this involves a dose of radiation and costs about $250.

If you use a bodyfat scale, it’s a good idea to check your scale’s bodyfat reading against the results from the Bod Pod to help calibrate your scale.

Have you used the Bod Pod?  What were your results?  Tell me in the comments.

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The dietician thinks have an eating disorder because I’m so into health.

Can’t wait to bring up a good rant on how much I hate people cause of their greedyness.

God forbid if your 17 and eat a vegan, gluten-free(for the most part), sometimes raw lifestyle and like to stay away from soy, GMOs, etc.. Ha. C’YA!

Are sports drinks better than water? : Y no one listen to me?

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After shoring up its facilities and educating its medical community, Qatar is gearing up for a nationwide promotion on organ donation, portraying it as a heroic act that saves lives.

The need for organ donation in Qatar is growing. Currently, some 500 patients here are on dialysis, 60 of which are on a waiting list for kidney transplants. About 80 people have liver failure, and a dozen of these patients are awaiting transplants.

To address the demand, Qatar is setting up a registry with the names of people who have donated or are willing to donate their organs after death. Residents will also soon be able to document their desire to donate on their personal ID cards and drivers licenses, the Gulf Times reports.

Qatar is the the only country in the world where both nationals and expatriates are put on the same waiting list and on a turn-by-turn basis, Hamad Medical Corporation’s Urology and Transplant Surgery professor Dr Riadh Fadhil said.

Gulf Times reports:

We are the only country that does not discriminate against anyone once an organ is available as we give it to the next person in line,” he said.

He added that the country has also scored a first in sponsoring all the transplant activities offering for free operation for both donor and the recipient.

“We are ensuring equality and justice in our organ transplantation processes and I believe the communities should be willing to pay back by choosing to donate their organs after death,” he noted.

Read more about organ donation in Qatar here and here.

dude not to sound upfront or rude but your super healthy for a druggie..... or to put it more nicely a person who uses drugs.

You’re stereotyping.. Anyway, it’s the least I can do for my body if I’m still going to be smoking, drinking, and taking drugs. 

This is so true.

This is so true.

FDA: No Link Between Common High Blood-Pressure Pill and Cancer

The FDA ended a safety review of a class of drugs used to control high blood-pressure by concluding that the angiotensin receptor blockers don’t increase the risk of cancer.

Read More from the Wall Street Journal Here.

Jennifer Aniston to strip in new film

Jennifer Aniston to strip in new film

Jennifer Aniston plays the part of sex-driven orthodentist Julia Harris in new film Horrible Bosses, and she wasn't shy about getting into character.

Jennifer, 42 - who often goes for cute rom-com films like Just Go With It and Marley & Me - was happy to bare her boobs for the cameras.

'She shot a topless scene, but production sources aren't sure if they'll use it,' reports US Weekly.

Jen's character Julia is a monster boss who her employee wants to murder.

Reallsing she's being watched but not why, she stands at her window in her underwear seductively sucking on an iced lolly, then provocatively eating a banana and a hot dog.

Irish actor Colin Farrell and Casino Jack's Kevin Spacey star alongside Jennifer in the raunchy movie.

Source: Nowmag

Martin Sheen Calls Charlie "Emotionally Crippled"

Martin Sheen with his sons Charlie (left) and Emilo (right)

Martin Sheen has finally talked openly about his disturbed but absolutely famous son - Charlie Sheen. Charlie had gone through a lot recently. He was the main highlight of media in the past few weeks. Now that Charlie has been officially fired from "Two and a Half Men", Martin spoke a bit on his son.

Martin Sheen, who is now 70 years old talked to UK newspaper - The Telegraph while promoting his film "The Way" with his other son Emilo Estevez . He said that he knew what "hell" Charlie Sheen is living in.

CBS, Warner Bros fired Charlie from the famous show on the basis of his dangerously self-destructive conduct and ill behavior. Charlie sued the company and the creator of the show because he thought he was wrongfully terminated. He made many public remarks against them also.

Martin Sheen, however talked candidly, "Charlie's 45 years old. He's not a kid. Emotionally he still is. Because when you're addicted, you don't grow emotionally. So when you get clean and sober you're starting at the moment you started using drugs or alcohol. You're emotionally crippled."

He went on to say, "But I know what hell he's living in. I've had psychotic episodes in public. One of them was on camera - the opening scene of 'Apocalypse Now.' So I know what Charlie is going through. And when you do something like that, that is out of control, that's the most difficult thing. You have to courage."

I think Martin Sheen really knows how to talk. He really spelled it out clearly to the media and at the same time spoke honestly about his son's behavior. I always liked Martin Sheen for his coolness.

Meanwhile, nothing stops Charlie Sheen. He is going on a tour to perform a series of unscripted live shows. Audiences are all excited about his tour already. No matter how messed up he is, his fans love him!

Lindsay Lohan is Drinking Again

Lindsay Lohan left her alcohol ed class witch a Kombucha tea bottle, which contains alcohol.

Lindsay Lohan seems terribly lost and miserable as of the latest reports today when she was seen drinking Kombucha tea, which contains alcohol.

Thus now the LA County Probation Department has one more thing added to the list of reasons why the judge should violate her probation and send her to jail. Her plea bargain keeps getting better and better with her reckless behavior. Or perhaps she is disturbed and needs attention. She is getting attention for sure but this is not positive in anyway.

I guess she has absolutely lost it. She actually left one of her alcohol education classes while holding a bottle of Kombucha tea. This is madness. She knows she is going through her trial for stealing a necklace. She already has a crazy past record based on her drugs and alcohol addiction. Now she had to show off her Kombucha tea bottle too at this time only! This girl is not thinking. She has no idea what she is doing!

Alec Baldwin Tries To Put Some Sense Into Charlie Sheen

Alec Baldwin

Charlie Sheen

I know there is too much of talk on Charlie Sheen going on these days but what can we do, it seems the world does want to know about him quite as of now. I did hear something like this before that Alec Baldwin is angry with Charlie Sheen due to his behavioral problems lately. Well, now I read exactly what did Alec Baldwin say to Sheen. He doesn't seem angry rather he is being honest to Sheen and trying to put some sense into the guy.

Now that Sheen has been fired from Two and a Half Men by CBS after he made many abusive remarks about CBS and Chuck Lorre, Alec Baldwin is trying to tell him what he needs to do to get back into business. His advice came when Sheen's house was raided, as was reported here earlier, and a few bullets along with an antique gun were confiscated from his Beverly Hills mansion.

It was observed that Charlie Sheen gave many television interviews and made various public appearances in which he looked rather unstable but he repeatedly insisted that is "winning".

In an open letter to Sheen, whom he described as a "drug-addled, porn star-squiring, near-Joycean internet ranter," Baldwin advised him to seek help and apologise to his former bosses.

"Sober up, Charlie. And get back on TV, if it's not too late," Baldwin wrote on The Huffington Post.

"Beg for America's forgiveness. They will give it to you. And then go back. You are a great television star."

"Take a nap. Get a shower. Call Chuck," Baldwin wrote.

"Go on Letterman and make an apology".

He also advised Sheen to "write a huge cheque to the B'Nai Brith," a group that tackles anti-Semitism.

Well, I don't know if Alec Baldwin and Charlie Sheen are that great friends or not but Alec Baldwin has given his piece of advice. The media has often talked about how similar these two actors looked and can easily be passed as brothers due to their similar face cut and hair styles. I don't quite think that Sheen is really interested or is in a condition where he wants to listen to anybody. I don't really see him as a winner. He has lost out on a big show. Eventually people will forget him and remember him as a messed up mad man. So, he should buckle up if he really cares for a better life.

I Am An Addict

I have read and heard this many times that internet and virtual world is contributing greatly in isolating people from the real life to a virtual life. People who spend too much time on the internet and social networking sites  don't really have real friends and groups to hang out with nor do they spend healthy time in out door physical activities. 

Thus now a study conducted by University of Maryland's International Center for Media and the Public Agenda and the Salzburf Global Seminar's Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change has proved the fact that people who use social media frequently are displaying symptoms similar to alcohol and drug addicts. They end up having physical and mental anxiety.

Now, the real issue is with social media entrepreneurs, marketers and those who have a job that requires them to work on social networking sites to share large amounts of information are the real target of becoming addicts. More on the article goes on to say that such people will have no friends when they will retire.

This is not a shocker...some people have such jobs and some people do it for fun. One is essential and the other can be controlled. Some people like to do hard core corporate jobs that can be really painful and stressful as well on the other hand and can be the cause of early grey hair, baldness, back problems and heart attacks. 

But yes, the important thing is to be aware of such news. I say there have always been people who are introverts, recluse and who don't like to socially interact, much before the social media arrival. Such people are just never accepted ever.

Ok I am an addict too, I will take their words. I worked the same way when I wasn't into social media too. The choice is between working in peace and having fun at the same time and guess what I have friends too :) 

Is it worth all the trouble?

My dear imaginary friend,

There was a time when I used to think about ending my life almost every day. In fact, I used to try hard to finish it. I never succeeded & I’m not in love with life. It’s just that I don’t try to commit suicide anymore.

My alter ego once said to me: if you could save one life, it’s more than enough. Funny, isn’t it? My alter ego talking about saving a life when I’m dead! She also talks about neurotransmitters & how the level goes down & a person is not responsible for the chemicals in his body. She is ever ready to convince me that I’m not mad as the world depicts me. She has the nerves to say all this.

I think I saw my spirit once...flying in the air. I thought it was the end, but it wasn’t. It was the beginning; although I used to die by inches every day. I still do. The nightmare comes back every now & then. I don’t sleep & yet I see that nightmare with eyes wide open.

I’ve never liked the sight of blood. I never once tried to cut my wrist. I can’t see blood; it drives me nuts. I used to take sedatives & tranquilizers. I used take drugs. I was a big time addict. I was an escapist. I didn’t want to face anything. I was fucked up to the core. I wanted to run away from misery by inflicting it on myself.

My problem is...I can’t forgive & I don’t forget. Yeah I have a very good memory. Nemesis – I like this word. I want to know if there’s such a thing as nature’s retribution or poetic justice. I just can’t end my life. I need to have some answers. That’s why it doesn’t hurt as it used to. I may sound freaky, but I am not. And yes, it’s worth all the trouble.

Eternally yours,
The Living Corpse

Nadira Rahman