Aspirin in our lives After a long hard day, you come home and you are ready to relax. But beforehand, you want to alleviate you headache first. Naturally you pop up an aspirin. Aspirin is also known as acetylsalicylic acid and it is commonly used as a painkiller, anti-flammatory drug and antipyretic to reduce fever. […]

HAITI Most of us remember, back in January 2010, the devastating earthquake occurred in Haiti which caused over 250,000 deaths. Then came the outbreak of cholera, which is an infection of the small intestine that causes severe diarrhea and vomiting. This outbreak is due to lack of sanitation and clean water and has caused over […]

When you go into a typical fast food restaurant, you see workers busily cleaning the tables and washing the floors to make sure everything are sanitized. However, do you ever ponder how often and how well they clean the children’s playgrounds in the restaurant? Dr.Erin Carr-Jordan, a child development professor and a mother of four […]