Now Men Can Do Fertility Test at Home

Many couples have been waiting to have a baby for a long time. But they feel hesitate or lazy to do fertility test in the hospital or fertility clinic. Especially men, because they are less comfortable if may be the result is not fertile. Because even though such test results are confidential, but still needs to know by the doctor. In other side, without any test a couple would never have known who is infertile or must be treated.
Now the problem can be slightly resolved after Dr John Herr from the UK and his team found a tool to measure the fertility of men at home. The shape is almost similar to pregnancy check tool. If both negative strip, the man may be was infertile. The tool works by detecting a specific molecule on the sperm, which are antigen molecules on the surface of the sperm head, called the SP-10.
The measurement of sperm quality tool which is called Fertility Sperm Check is now still going through the licensing process by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The planned price is quite affordable, which is around US $ 25, much cheaper than full sperm tests to determine male fertility. This tool was developed during a year and has high accuracy of about 96% . It was tested on 225 male participants.
Just for your information, generally normal sperm count is 20 million milliliters or more. By using a tool to measure fertility, a man can know how the average number of sperm, if the above standards, or just below it so that he can decide as soon as possible in case he requires medical treatment.

Source: detikHealth

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Terrible Images of Chile Earthquake

Earth was shaking again. After Haiti, powerful earthquake now attack in Chile, North America. The SR 8,8 reported killed more than 300 people. The building burned, the others collapsed and bridges collapsed in central Chile.
Apartment blocks with 200 people inside collapsed in Concepcion, the nearest big city to the epicenter. The rescue workers said they were not sure how many people who had fled. Reportedly also, overturned cars scattered under the flyover in the capital Santiago. Telephone and electricity cables fell on a crowded city, making it difficult to assess the extent of damage and loss of life. Here some terrible images of the tragedy:

Sunken: A pickup truck sits in a hole caused by the earthquake

Trauma: A building in Santa Cruz, Chile, lies flattened

Emotional: A woman sits in front of a damaged house in Talca, Chile

Destroyed: A body is taken from a wrecked house 35 miles north-east of the epicentre

Devastation: A collapsed highway near Santiago, Chile, following the earthquake yesterday

Source: dailymail.co.uk

Robert Pattinson-Kristen Stewart Caught Making Out in the Pub

Twilight's stars couple Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, was never willing to admit that they are now dating. But a British politician caught them making out in a pub in London.

Nicolas Clark, a British parliamentarian who know intimacy Pattinson and Stewart.Incidentally at the time, Clark was also in the same pub with the actor Edward Cullen and Bella Swan is on Tuesday (23/2/2010).

We know there are a celebrity couple who were making out in the pub, Clark wrote in the Twitter account directly. In his first tweet, first he just wrote was in the pub The Marquis of Granby with Pattinson and Stewart.

But a few hours later, he returned to update his Twitter account. He said that they caught up do lip kissing for several times, reported by People, Saturday (27/2/2010).
This seemed to prove the rumors often circulate during this time that they are involved in a romance.

Online Breast Milk Selling

Breast milk is the best food for babies since it contains nutritious ingredient and also body immune that never could be gotten from formula. World Health Organization recommends giving exclusive breast feeding until the baby reaches 6 months. Breast feeding also can closer bonding attachment between mothers and babies. But some women can not produce enough milk or can not produce milk at all or mother has contagious disease which can transmit to baby by breast milk.
What you have to do? Of course formula is the only one choice. A mother from Canada named Sara Wiens has 100 % different condition with the case above. She has excessive breast milk supply so that she sells it online. Sara Wiens began selling breast milk online from 4-month-old baby because her child named Simon (4 months) sometimes can not consume milk.
Simon has an allergy to cow's milk proteins that can not consume milk produced during Sara still consume cow's milk.
But Simon still could consume mother's milk after the mother stopped taking cow's milk. Therefore, if cow's milk protein was not in Sara's body, then Simon can eat milk again.
Wiens first started offering milk through one of the classifieds website. She had never set a price for their milk, but he hopes the cost of these sales can cover the rent breast pump and some other costs.
But if it is compared with formula, the price for this mother's milk is much cheaper and can benefit much more for children later. Sara said that her milk is has not tested in laboratory due to germ or bacterial but she claimed that she is healthy women.
Actually some countries like the United States has had breast milk bank to help the women who struggle to give breast milk to her child. How about you moms? Do you want to get some for your baby?

Super Golfer Granny Still Swinging at 88

Age is not the reason to stop to do your best. Every minute of your life is a chance to make yourself to be what you want and become legend someday you have to leave this earth. That is maybe what is in Joyce Crowther’s mind. She is not young now, but still active in golf field. Super granny who was crowned Britain's longest serving female golfer this week, now was 88 years old, the age when some other people have to spend the time in wheelchair.
Mrs Crowther started playing golf in 1932 at the age of just 10, and joined her local golf club three years later. Then, every week since 1935 she has pounded the 6,213 yards of the course at the historic 18 hole Bolton Golf Club in Greater Manchester after she was persuaded to take up the sport by her father.
Now officials at the club - which opened in 1912, just 23 years before Mrs Crowther became its only female junior - have held a celebratory dinner in her honour to mark 75 years of membership.
Mrs Crowther had a handicap of 12 and in 1947 and 1956 she won the Best Scratch Score, then in 1949 and 1954 she won the President's Cup.
And in 1965 Joyce became Lady Captain and captaining the Bolton Golf Club Handicap Team to win the Lancashire Shield. Last year she went on a 'Golfing Cruise' and surprising everyone by coming home with another trophy for the Overall Lady Winner.
She is now a granny of 6 grandchildren who all playing golf also. They like playing together. So wonderful! Here, we can see that keep life quality is very important because being healthy in last age make time is joyful. Remember the granny DJ in Paris? She does the same. They are super granny! Do you want to be like them someday?

Source: dailymail.co.uk

Five-inch Wire Brush Found in McDonald's Burger

The 18 years old teenager was shocked when he found five inch wire brush in McDonald’s burger he was eating. Just imagine if he aware lately then swallow the wire. Of course he will get serious injury in the mouth or severely inside digestive tract. Brett Stephens, name of the teenager, was given the Chicken Legend sandwich by his mother who had earlier purchased the £3 snack from the fast food chain's Kidderminster branch. Then suddenly was shocked to discover the sharp object embedded in the meat part of the burger.

The mother, Janet Stephens, get furious. She just wonders what happen if she gives the burger to her 3 years old grandson. Of course it will be worse.

Ms Stephens claims McDonald's bosses simply laughed when she confronted them about the dangerous discovery and only offered an exchange.

'I called the store immediately but all they said to me was to bring the burger back and they would replace it for another one.'

The incident has since been reported to Wyre Forest District Council’s food safety team.

In other side, Mc Donald’s spokesman said that they are really sorry about the incident. ‘We are very sorry that our usual high standards were not met and we have launched an urgent investigation.

McDonald’s takes the safety and quality of its food very seriously indeed and we offer our unreserved apologies for this isolated incident.

'We asked for the item to be returned, to help our ongoing investigation and to resolve this complaint to the customer’s satisfaction.'

The case which is caused by careless service as this case may happen everywhere. Not only in Mc Donald. That is a part of human error. Are you remembering my last post about a baby who found used needle in Starbucks?

Source: dailymail.co.uk

New Low-Fat Chocolate Which Contain 60% Water

Many people especially women and children like eating chocolates. Candy, cake, bar, and everything made from chocolates are favorites. But people don’t want to be fat at the same time. Moreover today, when obesity becomes a serious problem for all ages, chocolate sometime should be kept away.

Recently, good news comes to make chocoholics happy! Scientists of University of Birmingham create low- fat chocolate bar. It sound like too good to be true right?

Researchers have revealed they have created a low-fat chocolate which is 60 per cent water - and they are insisting it tastes just as good as a normal bar.

The breakthrough involves replacing fat in foods with calorie-free substances such as water, air or gel. The low-fat chocolate bar, which melts at 32-34C, was created by bonding water particles with crystals of cocoa butter.

And a similar technique is being used to lower salt content in foods by up to 80 per cent.

The research now still in process. And if it is successful, the scientist will also do the same with mayonnaise and porridge. They will create a super porridge that will make us full for up to six hours. Those are really good news for everyone who in tight diet.

In the last, the new discoveries hoped can decrease obesity number in Britain the world generally. As we know that obesity is close with some problems like heart disease and diabetes mellitus.

Source: dailymail.co.uk