Stephen Hawking A moving account of how a human being can make the most of his life despite illness. SubhanAllah, it reminds me of how ungrateful I am.
Wednesday, September 29, 2004
Thursday, September 23, 2004
Miswak Literature & Free Miswak Offer
"MiracleBrush.com came to be by the constant reminder from scholars of Islam and from the outlook of the general community, specifically in the UK, were a lot of people are falling behind of using this great gift that we have. The miracle brush is called the miswak. Its an ancient brush which has been used by many cultures throughout the ages."
"MiracleBrush.com came to be by the constant reminder from scholars of Islam and from the outlook of the general community, specifically in the UK, were a lot of people are falling behind of using this great gift that we have. The miracle brush is called the miswak. Its an ancient brush which has been used by many cultures throughout the ages."
Monday, September 13, 2004
Wednesday, September 08, 2004
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
Been really busy moving house and city. I thought this was interesting...
UK health officials launch five in one vaccine for babies
No more nasty tasting polio drops for babies.
UK health officials launch five in one vaccine for babies
No more nasty tasting polio drops for babies.
Saturday, July 10, 2004
Evidence of the Harmfulness of Smoking
Grows and grows.
But yet, Annual tobacco deaths in poor countries to reach 7 million by 2030.
"Awareness of the health hazards of tobacco is also low. In 1996 two thirds of adult Chinese smokers believed that cigarettes did little or no harm. Low levels of education in many developing countries also make it harder for people to understand the hazards."
Unfortunately it doesn't seem uncommon for Muslims to be amongst this group. Why is the ignorance so commonplace? One of the original studies which showed the cause of the sharp increase in lung cancer rates that begun in the last century, was referred to, in relation to the fiqh ruling on smoking, in the Reliance of the Traveller. [w41.2; Evidence of the Harmfulness of Smoking. Reliance of the Traveller, Ahmad ibn Naqib al Misri, trans.Nuh Ha Mim Keller].
A more accurate picture has now emerged due to the original study having continued to 2001...
The Mortality in relation to smoking: 50 years' observations on 34 439 male British doctors study just published, leaves even less room for ignorance or dispute regarding the hazards of smoking:
"Among the particular generation of men born around 1920, cigarette smoking tripled the age specific mortality rates
Among British men born 1900-1909, cigarette smoking approximately doubled the age specific mortality rates in both middle and old age
Longevity has been improving rapidly for non-smokers, but not for men who continued smoking cigarettes
Cessation at age 50 halved the hazard; cessation at 30 avoided almost all of it
On average, cigarette smokers die about 10 years younger than non-smokers
Stopping at age 60, 50, 40, or 30 gains, respectively, about 3, 6, 9, or 10 years of life expectancy"
So let the 60 year old smoker in the family know that even they could gain at least three years of life expectancy by quitting.
Grows and grows.
But yet, Annual tobacco deaths in poor countries to reach 7 million by 2030.
"Awareness of the health hazards of tobacco is also low. In 1996 two thirds of adult Chinese smokers believed that cigarettes did little or no harm. Low levels of education in many developing countries also make it harder for people to understand the hazards."
Unfortunately it doesn't seem uncommon for Muslims to be amongst this group. Why is the ignorance so commonplace? One of the original studies which showed the cause of the sharp increase in lung cancer rates that begun in the last century, was referred to, in relation to the fiqh ruling on smoking, in the Reliance of the Traveller. [w41.2; Evidence of the Harmfulness of Smoking. Reliance of the Traveller, Ahmad ibn Naqib al Misri, trans.Nuh Ha Mim Keller].
A more accurate picture has now emerged due to the original study having continued to 2001...
The Mortality in relation to smoking: 50 years' observations on 34 439 male British doctors study just published, leaves even less room for ignorance or dispute regarding the hazards of smoking:
"Among the particular generation of men born around 1920, cigarette smoking tripled the age specific mortality rates
Among British men born 1900-1909, cigarette smoking approximately doubled the age specific mortality rates in both middle and old age
Longevity has been improving rapidly for non-smokers, but not for men who continued smoking cigarettes
Cessation at age 50 halved the hazard; cessation at 30 avoided almost all of it
On average, cigarette smokers die about 10 years younger than non-smokers
Stopping at age 60, 50, 40, or 30 gains, respectively, about 3, 6, 9, or 10 years of life expectancy"
So let the 60 year old smoker in the family know that even they could gain at least three years of life expectancy by quitting.
Thursday, July 08, 2004
BestTreatments :: Home
See where your doctor's decisions are coming from...
"Why do we focus on the evidence?
Some research studies are better than others. And it's important to use the best evidence when you're trying to decide which treatment to have...
See where your doctor's decisions are coming from...
"Why do we focus on the evidence?
Some research studies are better than others. And it's important to use the best evidence when you're trying to decide which treatment to have...
Tuesday, June 29, 2004
Being Bilingual Protects Against Some Age-Related Cognitive Changes
"WASHINGTON — Most will agree that two heads are better than one in solving problems. The same logic may be true for language and retaining cognitive processes as we age. Being fluent in two languages seems to prevent some of the cognitive decline seen in same-age monolingual speaking persons, according to the findings of a study appearing in this month’s journal of Psychology and Aging."
Reading this brought to mind the blessed Prophet, upon him be Allah's peace and blessings, who was "given mastery of language"
"He learned the dialects of the Arabs and would speak to each of their communities in their own dialect and converse with them in their own idiom." From Ash-Shifa of Qadi 'Iyad, tras.by Aisha Bewley. Section 5, Chapter 2.
"WASHINGTON — Most will agree that two heads are better than one in solving problems. The same logic may be true for language and retaining cognitive processes as we age. Being fluent in two languages seems to prevent some of the cognitive decline seen in same-age monolingual speaking persons, according to the findings of a study appearing in this month’s journal of Psychology and Aging."
Reading this brought to mind the blessed Prophet, upon him be Allah's peace and blessings, who was "given mastery of language"
"He learned the dialects of the Arabs and would speak to each of their communities in their own dialect and converse with them in their own idiom." From Ash-Shifa of Qadi 'Iyad, tras.by Aisha Bewley. Section 5, Chapter 2.
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