Category: Health

Secondary Traumatization & Taking Care of Self in Traumatic Times

Posted on by Daniela

This is really a draft post that I have been meaning to complete for a long time. It seems that a post on secondary traumatization is always needed given that disasters and tragedies are a constant presence in this world. …

Posted in Activism, Health | 2 Comments

Damn AIDS

Posted on by Lord Kavi

Have you ever had concern about the infection with HIV? That’s terrible. Suppose you find someone in virtual social communities, e.g. Facebook. You date an attractive person and you both are into each other. You have no backgrounds about the …

Posted in Awareness, Education, Health, Sex | 2 Comments

Circumcision or Genital Mutilation

Posted on by Jahanshah Rashidian (Iran/Germany)

Circumcision, or for non-believers “genital mutilation”, is one of the most ancient rituals still practised in some societies. Historical background of this old ritual, as to when, who, and why it started is not precisely known. The practice varies from …

Posted in Foreign Affairs, Health, Religion | 36 Comments

Iran's Clean Air Day

Posted on by Shahrazad (Iran)

Yesterday was celebrated as Iran’s Clean Air, Blue Sky Day. Air pollution is a major issue in mega cities like Tehran. Most days, Tehran is clouded by a thick layer of smog making it difficult to breath especially for children …

Posted in Awareness, Culture, Environment, Gender, Health, Iran, Media, Photos, Politics, Society, Taboos, Women | Tagged , , | 7 Comments

2010; Year Of Protecting The Earth

Posted on by Shahrazad (Iran)

2009 was a chaotic year. The Gaza war just ended on January 18, 2009 , leaving many people around the world in grief and concerned about the result: Around 1500 Palestinians murdered-many of them women and children- , more than …

Posted in Current Events, Environment, General, Health, Iran, Media, Politics, Science | Tagged , | 4 Comments

The evil curiosity of pharma/drug industries

Posted on by Beisan (Bahrain)

Consider the pharma and drug industries lovely work! from the 1950′s until the 1990′s, and these are just my favorite ones, just hand-picked from thousands of pages of facts from Articles of Health: Death by Vaccines. Please read: 1) 1955- …

Posted in Awareness, Health, Science | 5 Comments

Interview with Reem Al-Khalifa, Young Bahraini Entrepreneur, Founder of Green Bar

Posted on by Esra'a (Bahrain)

I recently got a chance to interview a young Bahraini entrepreneur Reem Al-Khalifa, who founded her own company, Green Bar Inc. in 2006. Green Bar products include oils and moisturizers, all made from natural ingredients. Reem makes sure to use …

Posted in Bahrain, Environment, Health, Interviews, Youth | 4 Comments

My Condolence

Posted on by Shahrazad (Iran)

الذين اذا أصابتهم مصيبة قالوا انا لله وانا أليه راجعون who say, when afflicted with calamity: “to allah we belong, and to him is our return” (2:156) In memory of 168 victims of tragic Tehran-Yerevan plane crash including members of …

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Oprah, What Are You Thinking With Free KFC?

Posted on by Green Prophet

Ever since American talk show host Oprah Winfrey announced that her website www.oprah.com would be giving away coupons for free chicken dinners, KFC restaurants around America have been literally inundated with people coming with coupons in hand for a free …

Posted in Activism, Egypt, Environment, General, Health, Israel, Middle East, Palestine/Israel, Qatar, Saudi Arabia | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

The Swine Pandemic In The Middle East!

Posted on by Techabia

Here’s a post on Techabia which will link you to the article on HealthMap, who supply the info. techabia.com

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