July 2008 is Cord Blood Awareness Month

Cord Blood (also known as placental blood) - is the blood that remains in the umbilical cord and placenta following birth & after the cord is cut. Cord blood is routinely discarded with the placenta and umbilical cord. Your baby’s umbilical Cord Blood is a valuable source of stem cells, which are genetically unique to your baby & your family.

Did you know that the umbilical cord stem cells are known to treat 70 diseases, that includes leukemia, anemia, lymphoma, diabetes & cerebral palsy? And about 30 thousand people a year in the US are diagnosed with a disease that can be treated with these very helpful cord blood stem cells. And by the year 2015, there will be 10 thousand cord blood transplants worldwide per year using these publicly banked cord blood. Cryo-Cell is one of the world’s largest and & established family cord blood banks with over 150,000 clients around the world, so if you want to ‘banked’ those precious cord bloods you know where to go to.

Be sure to check-out these articles: The Value of Cord Blood & Treating Diseases with Stem Cells, to understand more what Cord Blood is all about and how it can help people including your loved ones.

The Dark Knight Breaks Spider-Man’s Box-Office Records

It’s official, BatMan beats Spider-Man. This new Batman movie is now the biggest debut ever in U.S. box office history, especially impressive for an opening on a non-holiday weekend. The Dark Knight took in $155.34 million Friday to Sunday, that beats Spider-Man 3’s 151.1 million back in 2007.

Full Time Carpal Tunnel Relief

Some of you may think that Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a new condition of the IT age, which born from spending long hours in the PC’s keyboard. But Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is not new at all, people already got the same problem back in the 20th century.Mostly Carpal Tunnel Syndrome sufferers are those who always in the front of their PC such as office secretaries and the ever growing number of bloggers.

The carpal tunnel is actually defined as a narrow passageway, located on the palm side of our wrist. This tunnel protects a main nerve to our hand & nine tendons that bend our fingers. Pressure placed on the nerve produces the numbness, pain and, eventually, hand weakness that characterize carpal tunnel syndrome. Most cases of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome are idiopathic or without known cause. Repetitive activities are often blamed for the development of this syndrome along with several other possible causes.

Fortunately, there is a solution for most people who develop this kind of “ailment”. IMAKProducts.com offers a carpal tunnel relief in their wide variety of products. Such as SmartGlove - this patented products helps you prevent & relieve wrist pain associated with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, arthritis and tendinitis by encouraging proper hand & wrist position. It also work for pregnancy-related Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.