Nappy Rash Cream As Cheap Alternative to Expensive Face Creams?

You may laugh but this hilariously named nappy rash (sorry, diaper rash) cream is now being used by ladies (mainly) as a face cream. It recession hit times it seems that people are turning away from the expensive 'miracle pots' and looking for cheaper alternatives...to the...

Latest Anti-Pot Quack Science: 'Marijuana Makes Your Teeth Fall Out'

"Recent weeks have seen a rash of new studies of marijuana hitting the mass media, generating scary headlines like "Smoking Pot Rots Your Gums," "Cannabis Bigger Cancer Risk Than Cigarettes" and "Pot Withdrawal Similar to Quitting Cigarettes. Most of this coverage can be...

Daughter of the West

" * LRB * 13 December 2007 * Tariq Ali more detail icon * printer icon print layout * mail icon tell a friend Daughter of the West Tariq Ali Arranged marriages can be a messy business. Designed principally as a means of accumulating wealth, circumventing...

Championship Game Could Be a Farewell Party of Sorts

"ATLANTA, April 1 -- Corey Brewer, Joakim Noah and Al Horford stunned the college basketball world last season when, after winning the national championship, they all decided to return to Florida for their junior seasons. The surprising decisions set up Florida's return to...

Town Sees Rash Of House Fires: Firefighters Kept Busy

" March 21, 2007 North Carolina - Carrboro firefighters have battled five house fires in less than a week. The fires are not thought to be related, according to a Carrboro Fire-Rescue Department news release. Two were determined to be the result of electrical shorts, one was...

Web Startups Reboot 'London 2.0'

Any of you guys in on this? One of my friends is a partner in a music software company, and another lays fibre-optic cables.One thing I really liked about living in London was that the city was years ahead of North America in mobile technology but still had hot and cold water...

Attack on Iran could bring devastation to Arab world�

" ALTHOUGH peering into the future is a hazardous business, it would not be rash to say that of all the potential man-made catastrophes that might afflict the world this coming year, for sheer destructiveness none would surpass a US or Israeli attack on Iran. Is such an...

Spears Falls Asleep in Vegas Nightclub

"Rudolph denied reports circulating on gossip Web sites that Spears, 25, collapsed shortly after midnight and was carried out by bodyguards. The star was hired to host the festivities at Ceasars Palace's PURE nightclub."

Tips for living with allergy

"Allergy is a very wide-spread disease these days. More and more people suffer from symptoms such as sneezing, stuffed or running nose, red and itchy eyes, skin irritation, rash or eczema."

syphilis - a sexually transmitted infection

"Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI). Symptoms may go away without treatment, but the disease will progress. It is usually spread when an infected person has anal, vaginal or oral sex without a condom. Babies born to mothers infected with syphilis may have...