Know your health policy.

Advantages: Better safe...
Disadvantages: ...than sorry!

...Although nobody wants to think of something happening when they travel for business or vacation, one must expect the unexpected. In the US some health insurance policy are null and void in the next county or State. One must plan for the 'What If?', or be prepared to pay a price. A niece once broke her arm in another State. Her parent's insurance policy covered some, but not all the expense. A friend was ill in Italy and was sent to a Free Clinic that gives limited care. Without insurance some places will ignore you. A friend had a heart attack and almost died in Memphis, because his insurance was rejected. Health should be the main focus when travelling. One should seek the best health facilities in the area they will be travelling. Check with your insurance to make sure you will be covered if the unexpected happens. Nobody...

signals 12.10.2003 · Read review
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HEALTH-FUL ADVICE

Advantages: a wealth of information for the consumer
Disadvantages: none can think of

...can be found here. The site also deals with many health issues and concerns by offering another link on the home pages which opens to give you more medical details on things like childrens colic. It offers product that can help the different illnesses or conditions. The list is like having your own medical dictionary. There is a wealth of readable information to be had here. I found the site load up fast and very easy to navigate with no broken links. Overall this site is of use to every parent or adult....

linda01865 21.08.2001 · Read review
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Review of hollandandbarrett.com

Swine Flu Advice

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Everything

...Now you will probably here a lot of stories in the news about the widespread outbreak of Swine Flu also known as the influenza A virus subtype H1N1, which has caused mass media hysteria for some months now. Now many people may have or may be in the process of writing a review about Swine Flu, but for me i feel as if i should be compelled to write a review, because i am currently at the end cycle of suffering from swine flu, something which i have been suffering for nearly two weeks now. I hope to provide as much information as physically possible, as well as share my experiences regarding the flu. Why? Well because i no just how powerful this nasty flu can be, and my aim is to try and help people currently suffering from it, to try and give some advice and what people should do, and perhaps just make people more aware of what symptoms...

jaygami1986 24.08.2009 · Read review
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Greens Health & Fitness Club

Advantages: Fairly cheap membership fee, decent enough facilities
Disadvantages: A lot of niggling problems

...I have been a member at Greens Health & Fitness club in Stoke for around about three years now, as it is convenient for me to use and close enough to work to use at lunchtime. I was previously a member at Total Fitness Gym but left as the membership fees were getting too high. Greens has a good gym, with decent quality cardio machines (we have treadmills, exercise bikes, cross trainers, rowing machines, step machines and what we call 'wave' machines which give a similar motion to skiing), a weight room, two rooms for organised classes and a room with spinning bikes. There is a 25 metre pool with three jacuzzi's, a sauna and steam room, as well as an infra red sauna cabin, loungers and showers around the pool area. There is a large car park with plenty of space, with entrance and exit controlled by a barrier. This is useful as...

tor0908 22.10.2009 · Read review
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Your Health - with a twist

Advantages: Good graphic descriptions/inexpensive/clear to use
Disadvantages: sexist/heavy marketing of food supplements and associated diet books

...,weight loss and weight gain programmes. All of the programmes have a different trainer who you can write to for advice. The trainers are all introduced to you with a short biography also. Fitness Wisdom is a section full of articles from the magazine on subjects of health and nutrition. There are articles from past magazines and advice from the coaches. Community is a section for you to use to stay in touch with the coaches and other users. You can find a "Buddy" to e-mail or just chat to other users. My own experience of using the site is that a lot of committment is required to use it properly. Still I am a big fan and intend to use it for the forseeable future. The only thing I have to complain about is the mail order system of special offers for books which you have to be wary of. These come on 30 day free trial offers that can...

damien.gallery 20.10.2007 · Read review
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Shopping and Health Advice From Boots

Advantages: see opinoin
Disadvantages: see opinion

...Wellbeing.com is joint venture between Boots and Granada Media. It’s a whole lot more than a store though with lots of useful information related to your "wellbeing". I've already ordered goods from this site and I was very impressed. I've also returned for a bit of medical advice which has been a great help too. The home page is easy to navigate and has links to all the different types of information available. ~~~~ Shop ~~~~ I'll start with a quick review of the online shopping experience. The Shop contains the following categories, Beauty, Health, Fitness, Men, Nutrition, Mother & baby, Gifts and personal care. Within these categories you will find all of the goods you would see in your local Boots shop. There is a Safe Shopping Guarantee clearly displayed on the main shop page to ease your worries over online shopping...

KathrynE 20.03.2001 (26.08.2001) · Read review
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Saftey in the Air Wulise style!

Advantages: Great tips
Disadvantages: Not suitable for everyone.

...Well, with the summer well and truly here many people will be making their yearly pilgrimage to the sun, usually travelling by air. I would like to offer some helpful yet simple tips and exercises, which are suitable for most air travel passengers. This advice is designed to provide a comfortable, relaxing and in some ways also to enhance your flight. They are used to help reduce the effects of travelling both during and after the flight. 1) Drink plenty of water during and after the flight to limit dehydration. The air-conditioning on the aeroplane has a drying effect on the skin and the body. 2) Avoid sitting or sleeping in the same position for too long. Try moving your legs and feet regularly to prevent getting your body getting stiff. 3) Limit the intake of alcohol, coffee, heavy food and tea. These can all upset...

wulise 20.07.2003 · Read review
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Relieving the DVTedium

Advantages: A little forethought pays big dividends
Disadvantages: Quick, call the fashion police!

...Now here’s a first for me. I’m posting this opinion whilst in Australia on holiday – the wonders of science, and the Internet Café/Boozer eh? As for our experiences in OZ, I’ll get onto those when I get back in September What I want to deal with here is the issue of “economy flight syndrome”, with the possible end result of a potentially dangerous DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis). Having read all the opinions and other medical advice on the problem here is what we did. FIRSTLY, THE ADVICE. Well, OK I admit it, I’m over 50, so that is a DVT risk factor in its own right, but I’m no couch potato, despite the hours spent on the internet. I have no known cardio-vascular or other circulation problems and I am not overweight – not at the moment anyway! Whether I will be...

BNibbles 30.07.2001 · Read review
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STAY SAFE IN THE SUN

Advantages: protect your skin from harmful rays of the sun
Disadvantages: if you do not follow a few simple guidelines for sunbathing, you will be putting yourself at risk

...sunbathing will cause more damage to your skin. The symptoms of simple sunburn need no description; when sunburn is severe symptoms of nausea, chills and fever may be mixed with those of heat stroke and heat exhaustion. Sunburn may also bring on other conditions notably cold sores on the lips and a variety of skin disorders. Treatment in mild cases can take the form of cold compresses to the skin and the administration of soothing lotions to counteract dryness and painkilling drugs to relieve discomfort. In severe cases, medical advice should be sought. You should also consult your doctor if you notice any changes to your skin. Remember that the key to safe sunbathing is gradual exposure using sunscreen lotions that will help provide some degree of protection by helping to obstruct the sun’s harmful rays. Sunbathe safely...

janna 22.05.2002 · Read review
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Ciao - Advice to Help You Get Started

Advantages: hopefully it will give you a good idea about site etiquette
Disadvantages: you don't have to take advice given here or anywhere else on the site or do you?

...Ciao is a consumer review site. Potential consumers come here to get advice on products such as cameras, TVs, mobile phones, laptops that they want to buy, books they might want to read, films they want to see, countries they want to visit, restaurants they might want to eat at, etc. The more people that come to the site, the more they will click on adverts and banners on the site, the more revenue is generated for the company and the better it is all for all who write here. The more coherently and informatively a review is written; the more reads it will generate as highly rated reviews go to the top of the list when someone does a search. I've been writing on consumer reviews for over five years now, mostly on UK based sites as that's where I live. I enjoy writing reviews and I hope I have learnt over the years to accept...

anonymili 30.06.2009 (05.10.2009) · Read review
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Review of Advice for New Members