Day: February 23, 2012

Toxic make-up: Looks that can kill

Ask any toddler and they’ll tell you that their mother’s make-up drawer, filled with crimson lipsticks and bright shadows, is the most magical place they’ve ever seen. What, both, the toddler and the mother don’t realise is that whatever magical stuff is making one drop dead gorgeous could also make […]

Colonscopy test- first hand account

http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/cancer/article/1135310–i-passed-the-colonoscopy-test-but-my-prostate-s-misbehaving Aging with dignity? Don’t make me laugh! It may make me pee … One of the many downsides of getting into your mid-60s is the attention doctors start paying to your rear end. They keep wanting to insert things or even requiring you to insert something yourself. First up […]

Bill Maher: on Republican Debates

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-maher/republican-debate-review_b_1296036.html?ref=daily-brief?utm_source=DailyBrief&utm_campaign=022312&utm_medium=email&utm_content=BlogEntry&utm_term=Daily%20Brief The Republicans sure have the right symbol with the elephant. Republican debates are nothing but elephants in the room. The biggest of which must be: to someone out there who’s hurting, they spend the whole two hours yammering away about earmarks and illegal immigrants and contraception and every other […]

King (of Jordan) thanks EU for reform support

AMMAN –– His Majesty King Abdullah on Wednesday voiced appreciation for the EU’s continued support for programmes and plans Jordan is implementing to achieve sustainable development in all areas. During a meeting with EU’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, the King said Jordan seeks to become a “successful” model for reform […]