Archive for August 2008
More than skin deep
Many unsuspecting consumers make the same mistake of buying laminate flooring without checking the quality of raw materials used in the finished product. While all laminated flooring look almost similar, they aren’t exactly the same, for example, quality beyond the surface or design. It is not easy to be discerning if you are unfamiliar with…
Read MoreEvery minute you walk can exten d your life by 2 minutes
Keep walking! Every minute you walk can exten d your life by 2 minutes. Most of us can walk – from the end of the parking lot, around the mall through the building at work, on the local high school track – but we don’t. The average Americanwalks 1.4 miles a week. That’s barely 1,000…
Read MoreHow prepared are airlines?
Airline crew should have basic medical knowledge and training. There should he some form of medical kits. The following British airline provide examples: Virgin – cabin crew with first-aid training; senior cabin crew are trained to use defibrillators. Access to MedLink. BA – medical kits contain a “delivery pack” for births. Access to MedLink. easyJet…
Read MoreDoctor in the air
Doctor in the airIs there a doctor on board? If you’re feeling ill, recovering from an operation or pregnant, think before you fly. Boarding a giant metal structure that flies can seem precarious at the best of times. But to need urgent medical attention suddenly at 35,000ft above the ground can be a terrifying experience.…
Read MoreLotus your way to good health
Lotus your way to good health Choose the right food sanitiser There are many food sanitisers in the market today. As consumers, it is important to make the correct choice. Many sanitissrs claim to be able to infuse ozone into water. However, how effective the infusion process is rather debatable, as water and gas do…
Read MoreSightings of hornbills in the forest are no longer as common as before.
Rare Sight In what minght deceivingly seem like an encouraging indicator to the casual bird watcher, hornbills nave oeen spotted flying in clusters over certain areas in Malaysia. But don’t be fooled. Those familiar with the bebavioural tendencies of this enigmatic bird know that the unusual sightings may be a sign of disturbances in the…
Read MoreIndonesian homemakers turn trash into fashion frills.
Flash from trash USED detergent labels and toothpaste tubes from Indonesia are going from landfills to fashion frills on bags and wallets sold in Singapore, Australia and the United States. The fad known as “trashion” has gained mainstream acceptance with chic, urban designers worldwide now posting big profits by using leftover, discarded and found materials…
Read MoreProduce a chemical present – to a series of chronic diseases
Missing element our inability to produce a chemical present in every other primate may be linked to a series of chronic diseases. What does it mean to be human? For most people, it all comes down to that extraordinary object between our ears, and how it blesses us with language, laughter and logic. But not…
Read MoreThe ‘brain fitness’ programme market is booming, but does it work?
Chester Santos has been training his brain for seven years. At 32, he’s not worried about losing his memory. He’s taking advantage of a growing market in “brain fitness” spurred by ageing baby boomers. Teenagers cramming for tests and people worried about “senior moments” can now turn to an explosion of brain-assisting video games such…
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