Cancer scare: Could your liquid hand gel be harming your health?

LIQUID hand soaps could be causing harmful liver damage and even cancer, new research has found .Researchers found that a chemical found in everyday household products from soaps and shampoos to toothpastes causes liver fibrosis and cancer in animals.

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Forget door handles and toilet seats - the most germ-infested objects in your home are your TOWELS

• Main problem is that towels retain moisture,allowing bacteria to breed 
• And they are used in the most germ-ridden areas of the house 
• Researchers analysed tea towels for bacteria that causes food-poisoning
• Sickness-causing bacteria detected in 90% of towels and E. coli in 26%
• Hygiene experts warned bacteria can also transfer from bathroom towels
• Diseases like athlete's foot can be passed on to different family members 
• Washing at 90c is the best way to get rid of the germs, say doctors.
•  Daily Mail

'I wouldn't buy them' Scientists blast 'waste of money' probiotics that do NOTHING

BRITONS are wasting millions of pounds a year on probiotic drinks and supplements that probably have no health benefits, experts said yesterday. Studies have suggested probiotics could help with irritable bowel syndrome – thought to affect up to one in five people – as well as coughs and colds in children and even high blood pressure. Read more

Smoking cannabis every day 'warps your brain and shrinks grey matter', scientists warn

People who smoked an average of three times a day had smaller average volumes of grey matter, say scientists at the universities of Texas and New Mexico.
'White matter' that connects different parts of the brain, grows to compensate but also breaks down impairing ability to react to information
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Woman catches HIV after having her nails done using shared manicure equipment

The woman in the 'extremely rare' case had been sharing equipment with her cousin, who it later turned out had HIV, according to the report in the journal AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. DailyMail

Motivational quote

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” – Mark Twain

Food for Thought

Get to know yourself better!

Step 1- Uncover your strengths: Ask yourself, what roles do you play in life…  Are you a wife, manager, student, mother, father? Next, think about why these roles are important to you and what it is that you give to each of them… Ask yourself, what it is that you offer to the world that is unique?

Step 2- Uncover your weaknesses: The first step to uncovering your weaknesses is to acknowledge that we allhave them. Once you accept this, it’s important to then identify what they are. 
Here are two very effective questions that you can ask yourself to uncover what your weaknesses are: What are the things that I usually avoid doing? What activities do I often procrastinate on?