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/
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