Dear students,
I want you to watch this YouTube video, The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch who had pancreatic cancer. He talks about his childhood dreams and human values. Please spend 76 minutes of your life to watch this wonderful video. It will teach you to respect yourself and others, in attaining your own dreams. You do not lose anything by thinking about others and doing things for others; you stand to benefit more by helping others. Those others you help, will come back next time with better things for you. You never know when a good thing comes until it's really gone for good.
Prof Faridah
Saturday 26 November 2011
Monday 21 November 2011
Red Yeast Rice
It is sometimes written as Red Rice Yeast.
From NPR:
WHAT IS IT?
A dietary supplement called red rice yeast, combined with fish oil and healthy lifestyle changes, can help reduce "bad" cholesterol as effectively as the statin drug Zocor, new research suggests.
FOR WHOM?
"This might be an alternative for some people," says cardiologist David Becker, lead author of the study, published Tuesday in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
AND WHOM?
It might work particularly for those patients who can't tolerate side effects such as muscle cramps that sometimes come with statins, a class of drugs used to lower cholesterol.
HOW TO TAKE IT?
The combination of supplements, a modified Mediterranean-type diet and moderate exercise has helped Barry Baron, 59, an engineer who lives outside Philadelphia. These days, he tries to get to the gym several times a week and takes extra walks in his neighborhood.
From Wikipedia:
WHAT IS IT?
Red yeast rice (simplified Chinese: 红曲米; traditional Chinese: 紅麴米); pinyin: hóng qú mǐ; literally "red yeast rice"), red fermented rice, red kojic rice, red koji rice, anka, or ang-kak, is a bright reddish purple fermented rice, which acquires its colour from being cultivated with the mold Monascus purpureus.
ADULTERATION OF FOOD
Due to the low cost of chemical dyes, some producers of red yeast rice have tried to modify their products with red dye #2 Sudan Red G.
HOW DO THE CHINESE USE IT?
In addition to its culinary use, red yeast rice is also used in traditional Chinese herbology and traditional Chinese medicine. Its use has been documented as far back as the Tang Dynasty in China in 800 AD. It is taken internally to invigorate the body, aid in digestion, and revitalize the blood. A more complete description is in the traditional Chinese pharmacopoeia, Ben Cao Gang Mu-Dan Shi Bu Yi, from the Ming Dynasty (1378-1644).
More at MedicineNet
From NPR:
WHAT IS IT?
A dietary supplement called red rice yeast, combined with fish oil and healthy lifestyle changes, can help reduce "bad" cholesterol as effectively as the statin drug Zocor, new research suggests.
FOR WHOM?
"This might be an alternative for some people," says cardiologist David Becker, lead author of the study, published Tuesday in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
AND WHOM?
It might work particularly for those patients who can't tolerate side effects such as muscle cramps that sometimes come with statins, a class of drugs used to lower cholesterol.
HOW TO TAKE IT?
The combination of supplements, a modified Mediterranean-type diet and moderate exercise has helped Barry Baron, 59, an engineer who lives outside Philadelphia. These days, he tries to get to the gym several times a week and takes extra walks in his neighborhood.
From Wikipedia:
WHAT IS IT?
Red yeast rice (simplified Chinese: 红曲米; traditional Chinese: 紅麴米); pinyin: hóng qú mǐ; literally "red yeast rice"), red fermented rice, red kojic rice, red koji rice, anka, or ang-kak, is a bright reddish purple fermented rice, which acquires its colour from being cultivated with the mold Monascus purpureus.
ADULTERATION OF FOOD
Due to the low cost of chemical dyes, some producers of red yeast rice have tried to modify their products with red dye #2 Sudan Red G.
HOW DO THE CHINESE USE IT?
In addition to its culinary use, red yeast rice is also used in traditional Chinese herbology and traditional Chinese medicine. Its use has been documented as far back as the Tang Dynasty in China in 800 AD. It is taken internally to invigorate the body, aid in digestion, and revitalize the blood. A more complete description is in the traditional Chinese pharmacopoeia, Ben Cao Gang Mu-Dan Shi Bu Yi, from the Ming Dynasty (1378-1644).
More at MedicineNet
Sunday 20 November 2011
Cruelty or Humane?
Please watch this YouTube video. There is no real execution but the text helps you to understand what the execution process is about. You can be the judge. Please do not watch it if you are scared.
Execution by lethal injection
Execution by lethal injection
Soaps and Baths
We need soap for bathing and cleaning ourselves. How do we make our own soap? How do we bathe?
History of soapmaking (sejarah pembuatan sabun)
DayBreak Lavender Farm
The Egyptians bathed regularly. How often did they bathe? Where did they bathe? Where did they get water to bathe?
Egyptian bath
The Romans don't bathe like we do - mandi simbah. How then did the Romans bathe? They used hot steaming pools with metal sheets or blocks built into their swimming pools. The most famous Roman bath is in the city of Bath in UK.
Roman bath
How did the Turkish bathe? They used Hamam.
Turkish hamam
History of soapmaking (sejarah pembuatan sabun)
DayBreak Lavender Farm
The Egyptians bathed regularly. How often did they bathe? Where did they bathe? Where did they get water to bathe?
Egyptian bath
The Romans don't bathe like we do - mandi simbah. How then did the Romans bathe? They used hot steaming pools with metal sheets or blocks built into their swimming pools. The most famous Roman bath is in the city of Bath in UK.
Roman bath
How did the Turkish bathe? They used Hamam.
Turkish hamam
Neroli Essential Oil
WHAT IS IT?
A virtual orange grove under glass, and preserved to this day, this elegant, formal and serene refuge became my inspiration as I blended a constellation of essential oils - Neroli, Bitter Orange, Mandarin Red, Rose Otto and Rose Geranium Zdravetz -- to recreate the incredible perfume of that 18th century crystal palace. Wildly popular in the 1920's, and rapidly being rediscovered today, this orange flower distillation is known as Neroli essential oil.
HOW IS IT OBTAINED?
Neroli Essential Oil - Citrus Aurantium -- Tunisia Steam Distilled ...
WHAT ARE ITS BENEFITS?
Health care practitioners and aromatherapists in Europe use it to bring quick relief for anxiety attacks and to treat chronic anxiety. Neroli essential oil is said to subdue stress and tension. Its hypnotic effect helps to induce sleep. It encourages confidence, courage, joy, peace and sensuality. Neroli essential oil can provide the strength and support to get through difficult or trying times.
Updates:
The web page that hosted Neroli essential oil is no longer there.
GenF20 Plus Review is about Human Growth Hormone (HGH).
A virtual orange grove under glass, and preserved to this day, this elegant, formal and serene refuge became my inspiration as I blended a constellation of essential oils - Neroli, Bitter Orange, Mandarin Red, Rose Otto and Rose Geranium Zdravetz -- to recreate the incredible perfume of that 18th century crystal palace. Wildly popular in the 1920's, and rapidly being rediscovered today, this orange flower distillation is known as Neroli essential oil.
HOW IS IT OBTAINED?
Neroli Essential Oil - Citrus Aurantium -- Tunisia Steam Distilled ...
WHAT ARE ITS BENEFITS?
Health care practitioners and aromatherapists in Europe use it to bring quick relief for anxiety attacks and to treat chronic anxiety. Neroli essential oil is said to subdue stress and tension. Its hypnotic effect helps to induce sleep. It encourages confidence, courage, joy, peace and sensuality. Neroli essential oil can provide the strength and support to get through difficult or trying times.
Updates:
The web page that hosted Neroli essential oil is no longer there.
GenF20 Plus Review is about Human Growth Hormone (HGH).
Rhassoul
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
The word "Rhassoul" comes from the Arabic word "ghassala" which means "to wash."
WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?
From deep beneath the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, comes a remarkable all natural cosmetic Rhassoul Lava Clay, an ancient health and beauty remedy! Since 700 A.D., Rhassoul has been mined and used by the people of Morocco who place high value on The Rhassoul's beautifying, healthful, healing and pacifying effects. So, the endurance of treatments as old as the Rhassoul is proof that interest in such therapies is not merely a passing trend.
More at: DayBreak Lavender Farm
The word "Rhassoul" comes from the Arabic word "ghassala" which means "to wash."
WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?
From deep beneath the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, comes a remarkable all natural cosmetic Rhassoul Lava Clay, an ancient health and beauty remedy! Since 700 A.D., Rhassoul has been mined and used by the people of Morocco who place high value on The Rhassoul's beautifying, healthful, healing and pacifying effects. So, the endurance of treatments as old as the Rhassoul is proof that interest in such therapies is not merely a passing trend.
More at: DayBreak Lavender Farm
Monday 14 November 2011
iMedicalApps
If you have a smartphone, then you may want to try some of the mobile phone medical applications at iMedicalApps.
Source: http://www.imedicalapps.com/
Source: http://www.imedicalapps.com/
Friday 11 November 2011
Tibb-i-Nabi
Application of Tibb-i-Nabi to Modern Medical Practice
Hakim Moinuddin Chishti (Robert Thomson, N.D.)
Medical practice in the United States is facing its most serious challenge in the past 100 years. While no medical system can be expected to have a monopoly on cures, to day allopathic medicine is facing an ever- growing number of unorthodox assaults, on top of the malpractice increase. And, these charges are being lodged despite the outstanding advances and cures which can be attributed to scientific medicine.
More at: http://www.imamreza.net/eng/imamreza.php?id=723
Download The Book of Sufi Healing by Shaykh Hakim Moinuddin Chishti at Scribd: http://scr.bi/8Z1VRp
Hakim Moinuddin Chishti (Robert Thomson, N.D.)
Medical practice in the United States is facing its most serious challenge in the past 100 years. While no medical system can be expected to have a monopoly on cures, to day allopathic medicine is facing an ever- growing number of unorthodox assaults, on top of the malpractice increase. And, these charges are being lodged despite the outstanding advances and cures which can be attributed to scientific medicine.
More at: http://www.imamreza.net/eng/imamreza.php?id=723
Download The Book of Sufi Healing by Shaykh Hakim Moinuddin Chishti at Scribd: http://scr.bi/8Z1VRp
Thursday 10 November 2011
First Cousin Marriages
Why are first cousin marriages not favoured?
What are the dangers of first cousin marriages?
Is it true that first cousin marriages result in higher chances of getting any genetic disease?
Is it true that first cousin marriages result in higher chances of getting heart disease?
Do first cousin marriages lend themselves to pediatric or adult heart disease?
Are first cousin marriages healthy or not?
How can we study first cousin marriages properly and see that they link/do not link to genetic diseases, especially heart disease, specifically congenital heart disease in babies/pediatrics and ischaemic heart disease in adults?
Sources:
What are the dangers of first cousin marriages?
Is it true that first cousin marriages result in higher chances of getting any genetic disease?
Is it true that first cousin marriages result in higher chances of getting heart disease?
Do first cousin marriages lend themselves to pediatric or adult heart disease?
Are first cousin marriages healthy or not?
How can we study first cousin marriages properly and see that they link/do not link to genetic diseases, especially heart disease, specifically congenital heart disease in babies/pediatrics and ischaemic heart disease in adults?
Sources:
Ann Pediatr Cardiol. 2011 Jul;4(2):111-6.
Assessing the influence of consanguinity on congenital heart disease.
Centre for Comparative Genomics, Murdoch University, and School of Medical Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia.
Community Genet. 2007;10(1):27-31.
Influence of consanguinity on the pattern of familial aggregation of congenital cardiovascular anomalies in an outpatient population: studies from the eastern province of Saudi Arabia.
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Dhahran Health Center, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Seliem@email.chop.edu
Uses of Genetics
Genetics have more uses than just tracing lineages and pin-pointing carriers of diseases. Now they are used for many other purposes such as:
Genes have been used to determine origins of people:
The basis of genetics is to ask people where they came from - oral tradition about origins.
Source:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11898125
- To find genetic signatures
- To determine geographical proximity
- To determine linguistic affinity
- To study human migrations
Genes have been used to determine origins of people:
- Parsis --> Iran
- Hazaras --> Genghis Khan's army
- Negroid Makrani --> Africa
The basis of genetics is to ask people where they came from - oral tradition about origins.
Source:
Am J Hum Genet. 2002 May;70(5):1107-24. Epub 2002 Mar 15.
Y-chromosomal DNA variation in Pakistan.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11898125
Thursday 3 November 2011
The truth, nothing but the truth
There is no democracy
There is no love
There are very rich people who live on the poor
There are poor nations whose people toil day and night to live
There are rich nations who ROB and STEAL from good humans
They are robbers and bandits
We live in the REAL world where looters wear masks
They run practically everything that has to do with LIFE
They control our lives with WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
They control our lives with NATO
They control our lives via CIA and AL-JAZEERA
There is evil everywhere
Imperialism is here to stay to make us worst slaves
Our slaves masters want us to fight and kill
They want us to become animals while they themselves are BEASTS!!
Just look around you ... are there more rich people than poor ones?
Where did our country's wealth go?
Who STOLE all our wealth?
The IMPERIALS, the IMPERIALISTS
Who are the IMPERIALS/IMPERIALISTS?
The rich nations who used the wealth of the poor nations by robbing, stealing
We are poor and they are rich, so very rich!!
There is poverty everywhere
Civilians are killed by the thousands!!
Entire villages have vanished within hours!!
We live in a cruel world where USA, UK and Europe enjoy our wealth!!
STOP the imperial forces from opening air force bases & harbours in our countries
Tell them we DON'T need them and their WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
Don't come here
Go back where you came
We don't need imperial bastards!!
Shame on YOU!!
Please watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3SU9qUAkSg
There is no love
There are very rich people who live on the poor
There are poor nations whose people toil day and night to live
There are rich nations who ROB and STEAL from good humans
They are robbers and bandits
We live in the REAL world where looters wear masks
They run practically everything that has to do with LIFE
They control our lives with WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
They control our lives with NATO
They control our lives via CIA and AL-JAZEERA
There is evil everywhere
Imperialism is here to stay to make us worst slaves
Our slaves masters want us to fight and kill
They want us to become animals while they themselves are BEASTS!!
Just look around you ... are there more rich people than poor ones?
Where did our country's wealth go?
Who STOLE all our wealth?
The IMPERIALS, the IMPERIALISTS
Who are the IMPERIALS/IMPERIALISTS?
The rich nations who used the wealth of the poor nations by robbing, stealing
We are poor and they are rich, so very rich!!
There is poverty everywhere
Civilians are killed by the thousands!!
Entire villages have vanished within hours!!
We live in a cruel world where USA, UK and Europe enjoy our wealth!!
STOP the imperial forces from opening air force bases & harbours in our countries
Tell them we DON'T need them and their WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
Don't come here
Go back where you came
We don't need imperial bastards!!
Shame on YOU!!
Please watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3SU9qUAkSg
Weight loss
This is a case of attempted weight loss with fatal consequences.
In the early morning of February 25, 1990 Terri collapsed in a hallway of her St. Petersburg, Florida, apartment. Firefighters and paramedics arriving in response to Michael's 9-1-1 call found her face-down and unconscious. She was not breathing and had no pulse. They attempted to resuscitate her and she was transported to the Humana Northside Hospital. There, she was intubated and ventilated....
Read her full story at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terri_Schiavo_case
In the early morning of February 25, 1990 Terri collapsed in a hallway of her St. Petersburg, Florida, apartment. Firefighters and paramedics arriving in response to Michael's 9-1-1 call found her face-down and unconscious. She was not breathing and had no pulse. They attempted to resuscitate her and she was transported to the Humana Northside Hospital. There, she was intubated and ventilated....
Read her full story at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terri_Schiavo_case
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