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A huge state-owned Chinese pharmaceutical company that exports to dozens of countries, including the United States, is at the center of a nationwide drug scandal after nearly 200 Chinese cancer patients were paralyzed or otherwise harmed last summer by contaminated leukemia drugs. Read more
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Today's Top Story
Iran proclaims nuclear victory!!!!
 We are moving towards the summit of our nuclear path. The political issue of our nuclear programme - which was our biggest political challenge since the revolution - is about to end in favour of the Iranian nation  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Today's Top Story
Putin's candidate Medvedev says 'nyet' to TV debates
MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin's chosen successor, Dmitry Medvedev, has refused to meet his rivals for the presidency in live television debates ahead of the March 2 election. Read more
To read about Russian presidential race
Bird flu has now killed 100 Indonesians!!
Since the H5N1 virus emerged in late 2003, 222 people have died worldwide, with nearly half of those fatalities in Indonesia. It is also one of the only countries to log human deaths year-round, as bird flu typically flares in the winter months. Read more
Monday, January 28, 2008
Today's Top Story
Karzai interview: "We have to end extremism"The Taliban's violent ways remain a strong force against progress in Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai warns in this interview with Newsweek. The international community, including Pakistan, must succeed in cracking down on extremism or the two neighbors will both face a future of "doom and gloom," he says. Newsweek
Double amputee walks again due to Bluetooth!!!
Bleill, 30, is one of two Iraq war veterans, both double leg amputees, to use the Bluetooth prosthetics. Computer chips in each leg send signals to motors in the artificial joints so the knees and ankles move in a coordinated fashion.The Bluetooth device on each leg tells the other leg what it's doing, how it's moving, whether walking, standing or climbing steps. Read more
Sunday, January 27, 2008
What’s a Heart Patient to Do?
Two new studies answer important questions
about drug-eluting stents. But the biggest debate in cardiology isn't over yet. Read more
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Are you really obese according to medical ruler(BMI)?? You wanna know how much calorie should be consumed to get your target body weight??
You just need to know your body weight & height. Then just enter them here to know your body status. Although you feel yourself getting fat, it'll yet ok for you according to BMI (Body Mass Index).
Are you still feeling yourself fat? Yep! But I 'm sure you're wondering how to lose your weight blindly. Don't worry! Calorie Calculator will help you to be clear of how much calorie you should take a day to get your target body weight in target time. Try here.
Are you still feeling yourself fat? Yep! But I 'm sure you're wondering how to lose your weight blindly. Don't worry! Calorie Calculator will help you to be clear of how much calorie you should take a day to get your target body weight in target time. Try here.
Are you a loser to maintain good balance?? Let's test right now & come up with exercise plan!!!
Scott McCredie, a Seattle-based health and science writer, learned that the sense of balance begins to degrade in one’s 20s and that it is downhill — literally and figuratively — from there unless steps are taken to preserve or restore this delicate and critically important ability to maintain equilibrium.
Dr. Moffat and Dr. Lewis suggest starting with a simple assessment of your current ability to maintain good balance. With a counter or sturdy furniture near enough to steady you if needed, perform this test:
1. Stand straight, wearing flat, closed shoes, with your arms folded across your chest. Raise one leg, bending the knee about 45 degrees, start a stopwatch and close your eyes.
2. Remain on one leg, stopping the watch immediately if you uncross your arms, tilt sideways more than 45 degrees, move the leg you are standing on or touch the raised leg to the floor.
3. Repeat this test with the other leg.
Now, compare your performance to the norms for various ages:
¶ 20 to 49 years old: 24 to 28 seconds.
¶ 50 to 59 years: 21 seconds.
¶ 60 to 69 years: 10 seconds.
¶ 70 to 79 years: 4 seconds.
¶ 80 and older: most cannot do it at all.
If you are wise, whatever your age, you will want to strive for the norm of those younger than 50. To increase stability and strengthen the legs, stand with feet shoulder-width apart and arms straight out in front. Lift one foot behind, bending the knee at 45 degrees. Hold that position for five seconds or longer, if possible.
Repeat this exercise five times. Then switch legs. As you improve, try one-leg stands with your eyes closed.
You can also incorporate one-leg stands into daily routines — while on the telephone, for example, brushing your teeth, waiting in line or for a bus, or cooking and washing dishes.
Corpse Wheeled to Check-Cashing Store Leads to 2 Arrests
Two men were arrested on Tuesday after pushing a corpse, seated in an office chair, along the sidewalk to a check-cashing store to cash the dead man’s Social Security check, the police said.
When Virgilio Cintron, 66, died at his apartment at 436 West 52nd Street recently, his roommate and a friend saw an opportunity to cash his $355 check, the police said. Read more
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Top 7 Medical Misconceptions
According to a new study, even doctors fall prey to common medical misconceptions.
By Sarah Kliff | Newsweek Web Exclusive
A study in the British Medical Journal's December issue looked at seven medical myths that doctors often accept as truth. "The problem is that a lot of people take what [doctors] say as gospel, but sometimes it's not backed up by science," says Aaron Carroll, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Regenstrief Institute in Indianapolis and co-author of the study.
1. Reading in dim light ruins your eyesight.
2. Using cell phones in hospitals is dangerous.
3. Fingernails and hair grow after death.
4. We use only 10 percent of our brains.
5. You should drink at least eight glasses of water a day.
6. Shaved hair grows back faster and coarser.
7. Tainted candy from strangers is a Halloween threat.
Read more
Monday, January 7, 2008
A poem of a non-professional poet !
Today unexpectedly I'm let to read a poem. It's recently written by my teacher , my best russian friend, Katya Vasiliy. I really like this poem because here I can find out & feel what the author feels. It's in Russian. But I don't like to change it's taste by translating to my second language. So, it's only for ones who know Russian language. And... I've got her permission to post it.
Не все ль равно, какая я и кто я?
Лишь облака на небе и на воле,
Лишь дух от Света сам бывает Светом.
А я-то где?А я пока что где-то.
В цветах, в огне, и в искрах звезд и капель
Плывет мой человеческий корабль.
Он хочет отыскать святые гроты.
А для чего? Наверно, для чего-то!
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Let's test our emotional intelligence(EQ)!!!!!!!!
Research suggests that a person's emotional intelligence (EQ) might be a greater predictor of success than his or her intellectual intelligence (IQ), despite an assumption that people with high IQs will naturally accomplish more in life. So , now you can test HERE.
Just a thought on shadows.....
Hello.. my buddies! Let's consider ourselves as shadows. May be it's fine-looking or not. Who/what is most responsible for creation of that shadow?? Yep, the most responsible person is himself/herself. But it's still remained multifactorial. But what I'd like to emphasize now is how important role parents' idea in raising their children plays. But I never like to persuade others to follow my way of thinking. So I recommend you to read " They're No Baby Einsteins" written by Kathleen Deveny, assistant managing editor of The Newsweek & former assistant editor in The Wall Street Journal. She enlightens current concepts of parents regarding raising their children.
And let's consider about us!
Thursday, January 3, 2008
I'm still a traditional buddhist!! And you???
These days 're so cold to go out. Meanwhile my mood's inclined to find more about my religion "Buddhism". Actually I 've found myself just as a traditional buddhist up to now. I haven't yet realised in depth about ways of Buddha. As a pitfall of eventual change of our myanmar families' lifestyle, we new generations are swaying from all the soures of Buddhism knowledge. But now I don't like to discuss how it happened. Just wanna share essentials of Buddhism. Please try to catch every word & match each with your knowledge in own language. Ok?
Essentials of Buddhism
Four Noble Truths1. Suffering exists
2. Suffering arises from attachment to desires
3. Suffering ceases when attachment to desire ceases
4. Freedom from suffering is possible by practicing the Eightfold Path
Noble Eightfold Path
| Three Qualities | Eightfold Path |
| Wisdom (panna) | Right View |
| Right Thought | |
| Morality (sila) | Right Speech |
| Right Action | |
| Right Livelihood | |
| Meditation (samadhi) | Right Effort |
| Right Mindfulness | |
| Right Contemplation |
Three Characteristics of Existence
1. Transiency (anicca)
2. Sorrow (dukkha)
3. Selflessness (anatta)
Hindrances
1. Sensuous lust
2. Aversion and ill will
3. Sloth and torpor
4. Restlessness and worry
5. Sceptical doubt
Factors of Enlightenment
1. Mindfulness
2. Investigation
3. Energy
4. Rapture
5. Tranquillity
6. Concentration
7. Equanimity
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