I have brought an OMRON Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator (TENS) sometime ago but only started using it recently. Basically the OMRON F128 TENS was to relieve my neck pain (at the cervical neck vertebrae region) arising from a motorcycle skidding accident back in 2001. The TENS (Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) therapy uses [...]
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As I was also looking for possible introduction of the neurotoxin “Methylisothiazolinone” that is increasingly found in almost all shampoos except for some old trusted brands, I browsed through the shelves at the supermarket.
What really surprises me was that there were not ingredients labels on all the dishwashing detergent products sold at the supermarket. [...]
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Yeah, I have just reverted and bought a popular brand of shampoo and body wash used mostly for infant. I think that brand is reputable and trusted for ages for body and infant care products. It is free from Methylisothiazolinone and Formaldehyde. Of course adults could use those products too.
I am [...]
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Posted in Health, Ideas, Unwise, tagged escalator on May 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Whenever, I am with my kids moving up any escalator, I would be particular mindful if the hand railing is flushed against or very close to the adjoining escalator or wall. This is because I do not want their heads to be hit against or worst still, be “chopped” by the adjacent escalator or wall. [...]
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I applaud Straits Times article (24 May 208, page 2 entitled “Don’t Outlive your Muscle, How to keep muscle healthy”. It provided good information about muscle atrophy by getting a 60-year old marathoner who happens to be also a chief cardiologist to espouse the importance of having muscle to lift your frail skeletal [...]
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Because of this formaldehyde thing or rather the increasing use of formaldehyde in Shampoos especially in our tropical environment to “preserve” the additive milk, tomato, avocado additives that somehow allow for overly extended shelf lives, I began to have a more discerning look at other compounds added to our shampoos and even dish-washing liquids. Anyway [...]
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I came across this book at a library near my home about three weeks ago out of curiosity as I wander along the bookshelves. I do not subscribe to the age-old belief that “curiosity kills the cat” as I thought it was a really bad idiom that was a sure fire to stifle our [...]
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I just want to write a few lines today. I was just wondering if Beijing would be the next victim of untenable exploitation of geothermal energy. This so-called green energy is in fact fraught with danger since it heats up the upper earth crust when the vents are not managed properly. So [...]
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Posted in Unwise, tagged taffic lights on May 15, 2008 | No Comments »
I think traffic lights here really have a mind of their own or am I going bonkers?
Just this morning I was riding my faithful rusting motorbike to meet my wife who had just sent our youngest son off to a camping trip, to have breakfast at the Admiralty MRT station coffee shop.
It was supposed to [...]
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I have been looking at earthquake data for sometime since the “2004 Indian Ocean earthquake” (wikipedia link) and trying to make sense of the voluminous data of the other quakes from various quake monitoring agencies.
The latest tidal surge which was pinned on Cyclone Nargis however led me to look at other possible contributing factors. [...]
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