Raja Ilya bakal berlakon dalam filem Hollywood Marvel, berpakaian seksi seperti watak Wonder Woman! Siapa bakal doktor Malaysia paling muda? @ SAYS.com

Pelakon Malaysia beragama Islam bakal membintangi filem Hollywood dari francais Marvel!

Adakah saya terkejut dengan berita ini? Sedikit terkejut sahaja.

Pada tahun 2012, saya amat terkejut baca berita tentang penerbit filem yang ada unsur lucah, The Wolf Of Wall Street, ialah anak Rosmah, Riza Aziz.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/red-granite-pictures-riza-aziz-327206

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/follow-money-wolf-wall-street-913395

@ SAYS.com

This 19-Year-Old Prodigy Is On Track To Becoming Malaysia's Youngest Doctor

http://says.com/my/news/this-19-year-old-medical-student-is-set-to-become-malaysia-s-youngest-doctor

Breast cancer #GrabItBeatIt @ GrabTaxi - Oktoberfest Inktober Rodney Carrington "Show Them to Me" @ SAYS.com

Hahaha. I just had to laugh.

#GrabItBeatIt was a hashtag used by GrabTaxi aka MyTeksi to spread the breast cancer awareness.

@ SAYS.com

MyTeksi's Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign Grabs Attention For All The Wrong Reasons

http://says.com/my/news/is-myteksi-grabitbeatit-breast-cancer-awareness-campaign-sexist

Did you know that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month? Yes, that's right...Breast Cancer Awareness month. The copy of The Sun yesterday had dedicated 3 pages to increase awareness of the disease. You can read all about it here:

http://thesun-epaper.com/fri/16102015/files/assets/common/downloads/page0027.pdf

http://thesun-epaper.com/fri/16102015/files/assets/common/downloads/page0028.pdf

http://thesun-epaper.com/fri/16102015/files/assets/common/downloads/page0030.pdf

While we are still on the topic of boobs, here's a funny song that will surely make you laugh!

What else in the month of October? Well, there's Oktoberfest, of course. Cheers!

What is Oktoberfest? It is traditional autumn festival held in Munich, Germany, every October that features beer-drinking and merrymaking.

Besides Oktoberfest, did you know that every October, artists all over the world take on the InkTober drawing challenge by doing one ink drawing a day the entire month?

@ SAYS.com

These #InkToberMalaysia Sketches Are TOO COOL, We Hope They Never Smudge!

http://says.com/my/lifestyle/inktober-malaysia-2015

Girl in Liberia single-handedly saves father, mother & sister from Ebola. Health worker is second Ebola victim in the US @ SAYS.com

22-Year-Old Single-Handedly Saves Father, Mother And Sister From Ebola In Her Home

http://says.com/my/news/22-year-old-single-handedly-saves-father-mother-and-sister-from-ebola-in-her-home

Health Worker Who Cared For The First Ebola Victim In The US, Tests Positive For Ebola

http://says.com/my/news/health-worker-who-cared-for-the-first-ebola-victim-in-the-us-tests-positive-for-ebola

Maria Kang, a TV fitness expert, sexy and fit after having three kids: See sexy body @ MariaKang.com - facebook.com/MariaMKang

No one person is the same. Oh, duh! That's stating the obvious.

I think Maria Kang, as a TV fitness expert, has no choice, so to speak, but to stay fit!

More stories @ SAYS.com
http://says.com/my/lifestyle/super-fit-mum-maria-kang-sparks-facebook-fury-by-asking-whats-your-excuse


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Cardiac screening heart scan @ IJN: RM555 only

Decided to go for heart screening at Institut Jantung Negara after being suspected of having TIA, otherwise known as "mini stroke".

 The heart screening program is called ESP, short for 'Executive Screening Program'.

I called on Monday morning to make an appointment after getting the contact information from the website of IJN:

http://www.ijn.com.my/index.php/medical-services/heart-screening-programmes/2-overview-medical-2

If you wish to go for the heart screening, call the IJN ESP Team at +603 2600 6421.

My first call to +603 2600 6421 was answered at the first ring. I was impressed.  The lady at the other line sounded very nice and professional. In a jiffy, my appointment was scheduled for the next morning.

Ok, enough of talking. I'll get the pictures do the talking. ;)

Lovely lantern at the entrance.

The directory says ESP on G.

The ESP Centre

 Executive Screening Program front desk

Comfortable seats at waiting area.

Help yourself with the drinks at the pantry.

The Executive Screening Program includes breakfast.

This breakfast box is like a shoe box.

To open it, just lift the cover upward.

 Mmm...which one? KFC or...

Inside the breakfast box, a plastic box.

Mmm...Salad & Sandwiches

The ESP flow: Stress test, lung function test, blood test, ECG, Chest X-ray

 TV in the waiting room...

Sit and wait...

Chest X-ray scan here...

No throwing stuff: Is this reminder necessary?

Patient's Charter: Know your rights.

Leaving IJN...

Some tips:

1. Park at Blok C

2. The ESP team should give you a sticker for your parking - it's a discount

3. When you leave, don't pay at the automated ticketing machine but go to the parking office next to the entry to Blok C parking

4. Pass your parking ticket and sticker to the parking attendant who will scan your sticker

5. Pay for your discounted parking

6. Exit the car park (duh, obviously)

Doomsday on 21.12.2012? Have sex will live longer!

Have sex will live longer? Who knows! It might just save your life if the end of the world happens today.

Hidden killers that you don’t know about

December 16, 2012

7 shocking things that shorten your life span

FEATURE

Living longer is something we all want to do, and most of us know to avoid the obvious vices that affect our vitality. But what about those hidden killers we don’t even know about? Here are seven things that could be shortening your lifespan without you even realising it.
No sense of humour

You know how people always say “laughter is the best medicine?” Turns out they’re telling the truth. A study carried out by Sven Svebak at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, which covered 54,000 subjects, found that people with a high capacity for humour were 35 per cent more likely to be live longer than people who ranked at the bottom of the humour scale. If you are planning to go through life keeping laughter to a minimum, you’ll be missing out on health benefits such as stress reduction, immune system improvement, and increased blood flow, which could reduce your life expectancy when compared to your chuckling peers.
Flying

It’s been proven that taking regular holidays is a stress busting health booster, but it seems the way we travel to those holidays isn’t quite as healthy. In fact, flying can be downright bad for you. It’s already been proven by the Association of Flight Attendants that people who have careers in the aviation industry are more at risk of dying from cancer, and now it’s become apparent why. According to physicist Robert Parish, when you reach the average cruising altitude of 39,000 feet in a plane you are subject to 64 times more radiation than at sea level due to cosmic rays, which over time can seriously affect your wellbeing.
Nasty co-workers

You know that person who you can’t stand at work? As if things weren’t bad enough already, they’re actually shortening your lifespan. Researchers at Tel Aviv University found that a person’s colleagues have a significant bearing on their wellbeing, with friendly and supportive co-workers leading to lowered stress levels and a reduction in blood pressure and cholesterol. People at work who cause arguments and don’t share the workload equally have the opposite effect, causing stress and subsequently a higher risk of dying amongst their colleagues. These negative effects were most obvious in subjects between the ages of 38 and 43, so if you fall into that bracket it might be time to bury the hatchet with your work enemies.
Retiring

Retiring is often the light at the end of the tunnel for stressed workers, especially for those who have saved all of their life so that they can do it earlier. Sadly, that lifetime of financial sacrifice is leading to a shorter lifespan according to research carried out by Shell Health Services. The study discovered that people who retire at 55 on average died younger than those who waited until they were 65. John Rother, chief lobbyist of the American Association of Retired Persons, explained it rather bluntly by saying “you use it or you lose it” – by retiring early, your body misses out on its daily dose of activity and you gradually become more unhealthy.
Not drinking alcohol

We’re always told to cut back on how much alcohol we drink, and rightly so – excessive alcohol consumption can severely damage your health. However, go to the opposite end of the drinking spectrum and you could be in even more trouble than heavy drinkers. A study at the University of Texas found that non-drinkers have a lower life expectancy than people who drink a moderate amount, and in some cases even lower than heavy drinkers. This is partly due to missing out on the health benefits associated with alcohol. Alcohol (in sensible amounts) helps to protect against heart disease, and decreases the likelihood of Alzheimer’s and dementia through improved neuron function in the brain.
Sleeping too much

Getting enough sleep is important when it comes to good health, so surely the more shut-eye you get the better, right? Wrong. Consistently going too far over the recommended eight hours can negatively affect your health according to a study conducted by RealAge.com. The findings showed that participants who slept for more than nine and a half hours a night suffered from a staggering 60 per cent increase in heart disease, and a higher mortality rate when compared to people who stick to the recommended amount. As well as heart disease, over-sleeping has also been linked with a whole host of health issues, including obesity, diabetes, headaches and depression.
Not having sex

Sex is good for you. Is anyone still here? For those of you who haven’t frantically run off to tell a significant other the good news, we’ll explain why. The British Medical Journal conducted a sex survey and found that men who didn’t have sex at least once a month experienced twice the mortality rate of those who were getting lucky once a week. It’s not hard to see why this is the case – having sex burns kilojoules, lowers blood pressure, boosts the immune system, and much, much more. A study at Duke University also backed this up, finding that women who had enjoyable sex lives lived eight years longer than those who didn’t.

 
In the meantime...

Some believe Friday is doomsday on the Mayan calendar; the Mayans don't

By Ben Brumfield and Nick Parker, CNN

December 20, 2012 -- Updated 2114 GMT (0514 HKT)

New virus from SARS family in Qatar, Saudi Arabia!

WHO issues guidance on new virus, gears up for haj

September 27, 2012

A Kashmiris Haj pilgrim hugs a relative as other pilgrims rest inside Haj House before departing for the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, in Srinagar September 17, 2012. — Reuters pic

 

GENEVA, Sept 27 — The World Health Organisation yesterday urged health workers everywhere to report patients with acute respiratory infection who may have been in Saudi Arabia or Qatar, following the discovery of a new virus from the same family as SARS.

 

Saudi Arabia said it had taken precautions to prevent disease spreading next month, when it expects over 2 million Muslims to flock to the annual haj pilgrimage, than return home.

WHO put out a global alert on Sunday saying a new virus had infected a 49-year-old Qatari who had recently travelled to Saudi Arabia, where another man with an almost identical virus had died.

The Qatari remained critically ill in hospital in Britain as of Tuesday, but the WHO said yesterday no new case of the new virus had been reported.

“We’ve got things in place should things change, should the behaviour of the virus change,” spokesman Gregory Hartl said.

Tests showed that six people with respiratory infections in two hospitals in Denmark did not have the new coronavirus, and at least five of them had flu, Danish health officials said.

The new virus shares some of the symptoms of SARS, another coronavirus, which emerged in China in 2002 and killed around a tenth of 8,000 people it infected worldwide.

So far, scientists do not know how contagious the new virus is, or whether or not it spreads by contact between people.

WHO’s clinical guidance to its 194 member states said health workers should be alert to anyone with acute respiratory syndrome and requiring hospitalisation who had been in the area where the virus was found or in contact with a suspected or confirmed case within the previous 10 days.

WHO has not recommended any travel restrictions in connection with the new virus, but said it was working closely with Saudi authorities on health measures for the haj.

WHO said it was identifying a network of laboratories that could provide countries with expertise on coronaviruses.

“Though it is a very different virus from SARS, given the severity of the two confirmed cases so far, WHO is engaged in further characterising the novel coronavirus,” it said.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control in Stockholm said that, based on the available information, “ECDC assesses the current risk as low”. —  Reuters

Live Worm Removed From India Man's Eye

A doctor in India has pulled a live five-inch long worm from the eye of an elderly patient who was complaining of persistent pain in an operation reminiscent of a far-fetched alien movie plot.

When Dr V. Seetharaman examined 75-year-old patient P.K. Krishnamurthy at Mumbai's Fortis Hospital this week, the eye expert was shocked by the highly unusual sight of the writhing parasite and had to operate speedily to remove it before serious damage was caused.

"It was wriggling there under the conjunctiva," Seetharaman told AFP, referring to the thin membrane lining the eye. "It was the first time in my career of 30 years that I had seen such a case."

Krishnamurthy had been suffering for more than two weeks with redness and irritation before the doctor pin-pointed the threadlike creature under a microscope on Wednesday.

"He was also confused and very much disturbed," said Seetharaman.

The specialist removed the five-inch worm by making a small opening in the conjunctiva -- a 15-minute operation that was observed by the patient's horrified wife, Saraswati.

"It just kept moving and jumping; it was scary for a bit," she told the Mumbai Mirror.

The patient was relieved of his symptoms while the worm, which was alive for another 30 minutes after surgery, was sent to the hospital's microbiologists to be identified.

Seetharaman had previously only heard of worms of about two to three centimeters being removed. "Probably this is a record," he said.

He suggested the creature could have entered the patient from a cut in his foot or from eating raw or improperly cooked food, before entering the bloodstream and travelling to the eye.

"If the worm was not removed it could have gone into the layers of the eye and caused visual loss," he said. "It could have entered the brain and caused major neurological problems."

Dr S. Narayani, the hospital's medical director, agreed it was an extremely rare case. "We have a very active ophthalmology department and we have not come across a case like this in the last 10 years," she said.

Read more: http://india.nydailynews.com/newsarticle/4fede24bb1e35dec3300001e/doctor-pulls-5-inch-live-worm-from-man-s-eye-in-india#ixzz1zwIDIJDD

Study: Men who lose love handles rev up SEX drive!

Men who lose love handles rev up sex drive, study shows

 

June 28, 2012

No, that is not something for the ladies to grab on to. — ©zwola fasola/shutterstock.com

NEW YORK, June 28 — Gents, if you have been less randy of late and think it is just a consequence of getting older, you may want to consider losing those love handles to get the fire going again.

According to a new study out of St Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin, Ireland, overweight and pre-diabetic men who went on a weight loss programme were able to reduce the prevalence of low testosterone levels by almost 50 per cent.

Men who carry extra weight have been shown to have lower levels of testosterone, the hormone responsible for men’s sex drives. Low levels of testosterone can also cause conditions like erectile dysfunction.

For the study, presented this week at the The Endocrine Society’s 94th annual meeting in Boston, researchers observed about 900 pre-diabetic men who were also overweight, with an average age of 54.

Men were divided into three groups who received a prescription for either 150 minutes of exercise a week plus a low-calorie, low-fat diet, the diabetes drug metformin, or a placebo pill.

With exercise and a sensible eating plan, the prevalence of low testosterone decreased 46 per cent throughout the year. The same couldn’t be said for participants who were put on the diabetes drug or the placebo groups, as their levels of testosterone remained largely unchanged.

Men put on the lifestyle modification treatment lost an average of about 8 kg over the year, which not only increased their body’s production of testosterone but also reduced the risk of diabetic progression.

Another study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism found that older men with higher levels of testosterone have a reduced risk of losing muscle mass and lower body strength. Loss of muscle mass and strength are associated with falls, mobility limitations and fractures. — AFP/Relaxnews

Haze situation worsens: 1997 worst haze until 2012

Today, the headline of the printed newspaper, The Star, reads, 'Haze in the air'.

As at news published on 10:08:00 AM:

Haze situation worsens

So, what's new? Annually, without fail, the haze comes to visit.

From the '1997 Southeast Asian haze' to the year 2005 when Abdullah Badawi, then PM of Malaysia, asked Muslims in the country to pray for rain to clear the smog, nothing much has changed.

Click here to read the news entitled 'Malaysians told to pray for rain', published by BBC in 2005. 

It clearly tells us of the yearly hazy situation.

Environmentalists accuse big palm oil producers in Sumatra, Indonesia, of using the cheap but dangerous slash-and-burn method to clear land for their plantations - a method they need official permits to use. 

Oh, by the way, many of the large palm oil firms are actually owned by businessmen from Malaysia.

Get fit the Djokovic way: Gluten-free diet! Nadal lost

Get fit the Djokovic way

9:59 AM Wednesday Feb 1, 2012

Four years ago, Andy Roddick publicly mocked Novak Djokovic's physical frailty. Here, suggested the American to a chuckling audience of tennis reporters in New York, was a fine tennis player but one too ready to raise the white flag when the going got tough.

Roddick was voicing what had been whispered in the locker rooms across the tennis circuit, that the Serb's tendency to call for the trainer was a telling sign of a talented young man who lacked the steel to break up the Roger Federer/Rafael Nadal duopoly. Now Djokovic looks down on the rest, with Roddick one voice among many scrambling to laud his durability in the wake of six hours of high-octane tennis that strengthened Djokovic's grip on the game.

"Absolute war," tweeted Roddick after the final of the Australian Open in Melbourne in which Djokovic defeated Nadal in a match that lasted five hours and 53 minutes, a record for a Grand Slam final.

"Physicality of tennis has been taken to another level in the last five years."

Djokovic greeted his victory by ripping off his shirt, an astonishing gesture that captured the moment of a triumph that was as much physical as it was one of sporting prowess.

Read more @ nzherald.co.nz

Boost sperm quality with sushi dinner

Boost sperm quality with sushi dinner

January 11, 2012

Healthy sperm needs a certain omega-3 fatty acid found in fish sources like salmon and tuna, a study has found. – shutterstock.com

LOS ANGELES, Jan 11 – Gents, if you want your swimmers to get some tail action, best tuck into a plate of fish.

To understand the importance of omega-3 fatty acids in male fertility, it’s important to understand the anatomy of sperm.

As researchers from the University of Illinois explain it, normal sperm are composed of a cap-like structure that surrounds the anterior end of the sperm head called the acrosome.

It’s here, in the cap, where the enzymes needed to successfully penetrate an egg are housed and concentrated.

But in order for the sperm to develop this arch or cap-like structure and the rest of the building blocks needed to fuse the rest of the sperm together – pointy head and extra long tail – sperm need a certain omega-3 fatty acid called docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), the study, announced Monday, found.

“Without DHA, this vital structure doesn’t form and sperm cells don’t work,” said Timothy Abbott, study co-author.

Marine fish like salmon and tuna are excellent sources of DHA.

The scientist began to investigate the importance of DHA in male fertility after finding that mice which lacked the fatty acid were basically infertile.

When DHA was introduced into the mice’s diet, however, fertility was completely restored.

Because DHA is also abundant in tissues like the brain, retina and the testes, authors of the study say their research could have implications relating to brain function and cognitive illnesses like dementia and vision.

Meanwhile, another study out of Harvard University last year also found that poor nutrition can damage sperm quality, as those who consumed diets high in saturated fats including deep-fried and processed foods had poor-quality swimmers compared to men who ate whole grains, vegetables and fish regularly.

Foods that have been shown to boost male fertility include eggs, salmon, natural yogurt, nuts, seeds, berries, sweet potatoes, broccoli and asparagus. – AFP

Speedy recovery after febrile seizure: Praise to God

i extracted tooth 45 at iSmile - www.ismile.com.my!

.

 Finally, I had my tooth removed by a dentist last month.

It was my first extraction after so many years.

  Well, I always had Odontophobia until the dentist extracted this tooth 45 of mine.

I would say that she did a good job. ;)

Man no insurance, no job died from a tooth infection

Man Dies From Toothache, Couldn't Afford Meds

By CARRIE GANN (@carrie_gann) , ABC News Medical Unit

Sept. 2, 2011

A 24-year-old Cincinnati father died from a tooth infection this week because he couldn't afford his medication, offering a sobering reminder of the importance of oral health and the number of people without access to dental or health care. 

According to NBC affiliate WLWT, Kyle Willis' wisdom tooth started hurting two weeks ago. When dentists told him it needed to be pulled, he decided to forgo the procedure, because he was unemployed and had no health insurance. 

When his face started swelling and his head began to ache, Willis went to the emergency room, where he received prescriptions for antibiotics and pain medications. Willis couldn't afford both, so he chose the pain medications. 

The tooth infection spread, causing his brain to swell. He died Tuesday. 

Calls to Willis' family were not immediately returned. University Hospital in Cincinnati, where Willis was admitted, did not comment, citing federal privacy laws. 

"People don't realize that dental disease can cause serious illness," said Dr. Irvin Silverstein, a dentist at the University of California at San Diego. "The problems are not just cosmetic. Many people die from dental disease." 

Willis' story is not unique. In 2007, 12-year-old Deamonte Driver also died when a tooth infection spread to his brain. The Maryland boy underwent two operations and six weeks of hospital care, totaling $250,000. Doctors said a routine $80 tooth extraction could have saved his life. His family was uninsured and had recently lost its Medicaid benefits, keeping Deamonte from having dental surgery.

"When people are unemployed or don't have insurance, where do they go? What do they do?" Silverstein said. "People end up dying, and these are the most treatable, preventable diseases in the world." 

Getting access to dental care is particularly tough for low-income adults and children, and it's getting tougher as the economy worsens. In April, the Kaiser Family Foundation reported that 33 percent of people surveyed skipped dental care or dental checkups because they couldn't afford them. A 2003 report by the U.S. Surgeon General found that 108 million Americans had no dental insurance, nearly 2.5 times the number who had no health insurance. 

Trips to the dentist aren't the only expenses hard-up Americans are skipping. An August report by the Commonwealth Fund found that 72 percent of people who lost their health insurance when they lost their jobs said they skipped needed health care or did not fill prescriptions because of cost. 

"People want to believe there's a safety net that catches all of these people, and there isn't," said Dr. Glenn Stream, president-elect of the American Academy of Family Physicians. He noted that it is often young men who are the most likely to lack health coverage. 

Dr. Jim Jirjis, director of general internal medicine at Vanderbilt University, said people, like Willis, without access to care often die of conditions that were much more common decades ago. 

"He [Willis] might as well have been living in 1927," Jirjis said. "All of the advances we've made in medicine today and are proud of, for people who don't have coverage, you might as well never have developed those." 

There are a number of free dental clinics in operation around the country, where dentists volunteer to provide care to those without health insurance. But even if Willis had access to a free dental clinic, Stream said he still may not have been able to get the care he needed for his infection. "The wait is often months at these clinics, and this young man died within two weeks of his problem," Stream said. 

Silverstein operates three free dental clinics in the San Diego area. "We're overwhelmed right now," he said. "We can't take any new patients."

Thank God that here in Malaysia, we still can generally get decent dental health care.

Well, I think our dental health care here is much more accessible and affordable here than in America simply because so far there has been no report of anyone dying from a tooth infection unless

I just had my tooth 45 removed for RM120 yesterday . Cheap.

Herbs good for health but must be taken cautiously

Published: Sunday September 4, 2011 MYT 12:16:00 PM

Herbs are good for health but must be taken cautiously

KUALA LUMPUR: Herbs and food supplements have become multi-billion ringgit business worldwide as more people take to improving personal health and well-being.

In fact, it is ironical that countries manufacturing such products are not as well endowed with herbal plants as Malaysia with its renowned tropical rainforest.

Prof Dr Suhaila Mohamed from the Bioscience Institute of Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) said the goodness of local herbs had long been recognised in the past but it was not proven scientifically due to lack of equipment then.

Being a Senior Research Fellow of the UPM-MAKNA Cancer Research Laboratory she said the role of herbs should never be taken lightly as they could strengthen the body's immunity system and prevent diseases.

"Today we can choose to take either the herbs raw from the forest such as Tongkat Ali, Kacip Fatimah, Misai Kucing or in capsule forms using extracts of the herbs," she told Bernama here.

Nonetheless, she said the compounds of herbs may not be stable and as a result the effects of its goodness takes a long time, thus requiring the product to be mixed with chemicals which maybe harmful to consumers.

"We can use herbs purely 100 percent but some unstable herbal compounds would take a long time to show its effects and as such a little bit of chemicals are added to expedite its effects," she said.

Suhaila said the concern and awareness of the community towards personal health currently, has opened up vast opportunities for local entrepreneurs to explore commercialization of herbs and its derivatives.

She said among types of herbs frequently used as food were pennywort, turmeric, ginger, cloves, cinnamon and caraway.

Turmeric has many benefits, including preventing diseases, detoxify and improve metabolism of the body while polyphenol from green tea can help reduce sugar in the blood. 

One popular local herbal product manufacturing company in the country is Herba Penawar Al-Wahida (HPA), founded by Ismail Ahmad, a 100 per cent Bumiputra owned company that has been in the herbal industry for more than 20 years.

According to the HPA website, the objective of the company was to provide traditional herbs as an alternative to the community to enjoy better health.

Among HPA products are organic brown rice, Roselle jam, Roselle capsules, herbal tea and Noni.

In traditional Malay medicine, the usage of plants for treatment has long been in practice even though it has not gone through scientific laboratory tests to document its content or research to analyse its safety and effectiveness.

Now, there are several Bumiputra entrepreneurs generating traditional products with scientific studies which has been gaining popularity. Among them is Noni juice which can be used to treat fever, pain, asthma, sinus, high blood pressure, gastric, diabetes and sore throat.

A traditional medicine practitioner, Rosli, 50 was confident that extract from local herbs could treat and prevent a number of diseases, including AIDS which has no cure in modern medicine.

Rosli who is from Kuang, Selangor is an Orang Asli dukun and is aware of the potential of traditional herbs.

"Even though herbs are generally good for health, consumers are advised not to mix modern with traditional medicine as it could result in negative side effects," he told Bernama here.

However, for modern medicine practitioner Dr Fuziah Ali, not all herbal medicine are good and suitable for human consumption.

As an example, Tongkat Ali she said if taken without proper control could hurt kidneys as the herb has two elements, one which heals and one which kills.

"To ensure the safety of herbal medicine, check for its registration with the Ministry of Health," she told Bernama.

Acute gastroenteritis? What's that? Stomach flu loh

Apparently, now is the season for people to be easily infected by acute gastroenteritis aka stomach flu.

My kid got it yesterday and the symptoms started late last night when he said stomach ache.

Later, close to midnight, when he was asleep, he suddenly cried and vomitted. After that, he vomitted a few more times until this morning.

He seemed to be fine when he woke up at 10 o'clock this morning but again, he vomitted after drinking some water.

Then only my wife and I knew something was really wrong and took him to see the paediatrician at Pantai.

As we related to paediatrician what happened, the paediatrician checked his temperature, tapped on his stomach and 'looked into' his nose.

I asked if my kid had food poisoining. The doctor said not food poisoining but acute gastroenteritis.

He also said many patients had been diagnosed and warded for it.

Acute gastroenteritis sounds like a big word but in layman's term, it's called 'stomach flu'. 8-)

Thank God that my kid is now on the road to recovery. Hallelujah!

Click here to find out more about acute gastroenteritis or bacterial gastroenteritis.

The National Enquirer gives Steve Jobs, Apple founder, 6 weeks to live. 8(

The National Enquirer gives Steve Jobs 6 weeks to live

Andrew Couts February 17, 2011

Apple's ailing CEO Steve Jobs has been give a dire diagnosis — six weeks to live — based on photographs taken by the National Enquirer.

The tech world runs on rumors. But this is one we’d rather not have to report: Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs, who is on indefinite medical leave from his company due to undisclosed health complications, has a mere six weeks to live, according to the National Enquirer.

The best beverage to have after a workout or hard race is...chocolate milk!

The Best Post-Exercise Drink: Chocolate Milk

Forget sports drinks, the best beverage to have after a workout or hard race is chocolate milk, studies say.

Some Lifehacker readers have mentioned this tip before in our tips box and related posts about what to drink when exercising, and these two new studies provide further confirmation that chocolate milk—particularly low-fat chocolate milk—is an ideal recovery drink to have after exercise.

In the cited University of Texas at Austin study, athletes who drank low-fat chocolate milk after a hard workout (as opposed to those who drank sports beverages with just carbohydrates) developed more muscle and less fat, as well as improved workout times. Another study published in The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research found cyclists who drank chocolate milk had twice the maximal oxygen uptake (the most amount of oxygen an individual can use during intense exercise, an indicator of your cardiovascular fitness) as those who drank calorie-free beverages or carbohydrate sports drinks.

Click here to read more.

Monroe or Einstein: Check If You Need Glasses at Your Computer

You probably know whether or not you're near-sighted, but some people get so used to seeing things a certain way that they ignore a vision problem, squint a lot, and end up with unnecessary eye strain at the computer. The double-image above cuts straight to the point: If you see Albert Einstein while sitting a normal distance from your computer, you're seeing things as you should. If you see Marilyn Monroe, you should probably be wearing glasses or contacts.

Click here to read more.