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Why are some people born dwarfs, while others grow into giants? With resources from the National Geographic Channel, we report on the science behind giants and dwarfs. It is a firsthand view of how the world looks from where they stand, and how the world looks at them. .
The A-level is fighting back
The A-level results will be arriving, and these 18-year-olds will find out whether they have achieved the grades they need to take up their university offers. For students hoping to go to top universities and whose places are contingent upon getting three As, the chances are very high that those envelopes will bring good news. Last year, almost half of all A-levels taken by students at independent schools received an A grade, and the proportion of A grades nationally was 24.1% – twice what it was in 1990. But their younger brothers and sisters who enter the sixth form in September 2008 or later will have more cause for anxiety. That’s when reforms to the exam system introducing a new A* grade for the brightest will come into effect.
UNC testing herbal healing
Marjorie Hinsdale could have gone to any Triangle vitamin store and chosen a half dozen herbal supplements to treat her 83-year-old mother's memory and cognitive problems.She would be just one of millions of consumers who experiment with largely unproven alternative therapies for everything from varicose veins to hot flashes.Instead, Hinsdale and her mother, Marion Hinsdale, decided to be part of a different kind of experiment -- this one funded by the government. Marion Hinsdale, who lives with her daughter and son-in-law in Chapel Hill, signed up at UNC Hospitals to participate in a national clinical trial that hopes to determine whether an extract of a plant called Chinese club moss is a safe and effective treatment for Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia.The remedy, widely used in China as a treatment for cognitive disorders, is already on the shelves of many stores that sell nutritional supplements."Both my mother and I are interested in anything that would be considered homeopathic," said Marjorie Hinsdale, who has taken ginseng and ginger supplements for years to alleviate back pain.
Bio Life Remedies, Inc. Joins LinkConnector to Boost Online sales.
Bio Life Remedies, Inc. Joins LinkConnector to Boost Online sales. Bio Life Remedies, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has joined LinkConnector's Affiliate Marketing Network to increase online sales and revenue. Vancouver, BC and Guangzhou, China (PRWEB) July 17, 2007 -- BioLife Remedies, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: BLRS) Bio Life Remedies, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has joined LinkConnector's Affiliate Marketing Network to increase online sales and revenue. "I am very pleased to be working with LinkConnector. Their proven technologies and unique approach to affiliate marketing will help Bio Life promote its natural herbal products online", said Jack Guo, CEO of Bio Life Remedies. "Our company is moving forward with its plan of increasing sales and revenue and our LinkConnector Merchant Campaign is a step towards achieving our objectives".
How Islamic inventors changed the world
From coffee to cheques and the three-course meal, the Muslim world has given us many innovations that we take for granted in daily life. 1 The story goes that an Arab named Khalid was tending his goats in the Kaffa region of southern Ethiopia, when he noticed his animals became livelier after eating a certain berry. He boiled the berries to make the first coffee. Certainly the first record of the drink is of beans exported from Ethiopia to Yemen where people drank it to stay awake all night to pray on special occasions. By the late 15th century it had arrived in Mecca and Turkey from where it made its way to Venice in 1645. It was brought to England in 1650 by a Turk named Pasqua Rosee who opened the first coffee house in Lombard Street in the City of London.
Fortify your diet with nature’s heart healers
Make room in your pantry for a new batch of disease-fighting products: foods fortified with sterols and stanols, plant compounds proven to protect your heart. Sterols and stanols are found naturally in fruits, vegetables, nuts, and oils. Adding 2g of either to your daily diet can help lower your total cholesterol by about 10% — often within 2 weeks, according to numerous studies published in both American and European medical journals. That may not sound like a substantial reduction, but it could translate to a 20% lower risk of heart disease — which is the number one killer in the United States, says Joseph Keenan, MD, a professor of family medicine and a joint professor of food science and nutrition at the University of Minnesota. Our primer will help you better understand how these unique compounds work, how they can protect your health, and the easiest way to incorporate them into your diet.
Herbal Essences: Hoschton's Dr. Cool finds a place for Eastern ...
Or perhaps he'll examine your fingernails, a sign of good or bad nutrition, or your eyes, for possible symptoms of poor liver function. He may even ask you to stick out your tongue. Dr. Cool isn't the kind of doctor many would expect to find in a small town. But he doesn't see it that way. Instead, he sees Hoschton as the perfect place to live and practice, its farmland bursting with natural resources and a climate that helps them thrive. "In this town we have a lot of native treasures," Cool said. His patients are getting relief and results from those "treasures" Cool prescribes, and they're sending others to his little shop in Towne Center off Ga. 53. Dr. James Liang (whose last name translates to "cool") and his wife, Shirley, stumbled on Hoschton by chance and decided they had to make it home.
Exercise class puts the ‘fit' into ‘fight'
"Disco Dojo" sounds more like an exotic recipe than a fitness class, blending "a medley of martial arts with dance for the ultimate cardio workout." This, according to a fitness convention brochure, is "where ninja meets funk, tae kwon do meets salsa, and kickboxing meets jazz." First there was cardio fusion. Then spinning fusion and yoga fusion. Now meet martial arts fusion. Sparked by a growing infatuation with competitive mixed martial arts (featuring different fighting styles) and a desire for more athletically challenging classes, fitness instructors are blending traditional fighting moves with aerobic routines, dance steps -- even yoga. The lure of finessing a roundhouse kick or reverse punch is apparently hard to deny. "The younger generation coming into fitness," says Kathie Davis, executive director of San Diego-based IDEA Health & Fitness Association, "is the one more interested in other things," such as the mentally and physically demanding martial arts.
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