Monday, October 20, 2008

Perodua Myvi SE


The new updated Perodua Myvi SE has been launched in the Malaysian market, so let’s have a look through what’s new with this Special Edition model compared to the recently unveiled Perodua Myvi facelift.
This Perodua Myvi SE is essentially an easy way to accessorize our Perodua Myvi with all the costs of making it look different from the run of the mill Myvi factored into the hire purchase loan for us and installed straight from the factory.
Basically, the enhancements are all aesthetics. The engine is still the same that is 1.3 liter unit producing 86 horsepower at 6,000rpm and 116Nm of torque at 3,200rpm, and the brakes are still discs at the front and drums at the rear.
This new updated Perodua Myvi SE is very nice and special. It is more beautiful model than the recently unveiled Perodua Myvi facelift.

Article ~ Perodua Myvi SE





What you get is a new bodykit featuring a different front bumper and a different rear bumper, a spoiler, and different 14″ alloy wheels. The new rear bumper features a diffuser-like design which looks so much better than the pre-facelift Myvi SE’s rear bumper. The taillamps are also now of a clear design and keep the LED lighting units inside while the headlamps are of a blacked out design.

On the interior you get leather upholstery on the seats as well as the steering wheel. The head unit is no longer integrated but of a 2-DIN type and comes standard with CD, MP3 and WMA capability. It can also load your music files from a USB drive, and it has Bluetooth capabilities. The instrument panel follows the facelifted Myvi’s three-gauge design but instead of being blue and white, it lights up in amber.

Interestingly the cute yellow Myvi that we saw in the spyshots is missing from the line-up of both the standard facelifted Myvi and this new Myvi SE. You do get one new colour - Tangerine Orange. Other colour options for the SE include Ivory White, Ebony Black, Glittering Siver or Pearl White. Pearl White is designated a “special metallic” colour that costs more than your normal metalic.

Acer Ferrari 3000

The Ferrari 3000 has mobile AMD Athlon XP-M 2500. It also has 512MB of DDR SDRAM and it's hard drive is 60GB. Beside that, it also has DVD RW drive, 128MB of ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 graphics, 15-inch of SXGA LCD, 10/100 of Ethernet and Microsoft Windows XP Home. It is very special because it has 802.11g wireless and bluetooth.



What about it's bottom line? This is a fine notebook for those who want to turn heads in a wireless environment, but the strong multimedia hardware needs commensurate multimedia performance and software. And the hefty charger combined with short battery life limit this Ferrari to short road trips.



It's performance is adequate. We won't find many other notebooks with rewriteable multiformat DVD drives for $1,900 street and we won't find any others with that glorious Ferrari color and sound. Furthermore, it's battery life are up to the levels of systems built around Intel's best Pentium CPUs.



As the conclusion, the Acer Ferrari 3000 is very special and better than others. This is because it has many benefit and functions.

Article ~ Acer Ferrari 3000







Acer adds a new shade to the familiar notebook colors of black, silver, titanium, gray, and silver-blue: Rosso Corso—Ferrari's racing red. Those who want a portable computer that stands out can do far worse than the Acer Ferrari 3000 with its bright red cover displaying a gold-and-black prancing stallion—a logo instantly familiar to fans of the Italian sports car.

The Ferrari 3000 pushes the boundaries of thin and light—it's 1.2 inches thick and, if you have to carry the transformer, 7.8 pounds. Leave the grounded 1.2-pound AC adapter at home, though, and your shoulder will regard the 6.6-pound PC as a relatively light burden. Still, at 13.0 by 10.7 inches (WD), this sportster is a little bulky, even for a system with a 15-inch screen.

The SXGA display and multiformat DVD-rewritable drive lay the groundwork for a fine multimedia notebook. The footwork, however, is up to you—the only significant piece of bundled software is an OEM edition of NTI CD & DVD Maker for ripping, adjusting, and burning CDs and DVDs. That leaves you with the task of downloading a free music player, like MusicMatch Jukebox, and installing your own imaging software. The minimalist bundle drops the system down in our multimedia ratings. The Ferrari 3000 is bursting with connectivity, though—Bluetooth, 802.11g, and 10/100 Ethernet.

The case provides some nice touches: four USB 2.0 ports, a single slot that can handle Memory Stick, Smart Media, and SD/MMC cards (you'll have to purchase an adapter, preferably a PC Card one, for Compact Flash), one Type II PC Card slot, and even an ID card holder on the bottom. The keyboard deck has Acer's signature happy-face look—QWERTY keys sculpted into a slight upward smile. To clean fingerprints off the case—and people will want to touch it—there's even a bright red microfiber polishing cloth.

The AMD mobile Athlon XP-M 2500 and 512MB of RAM provided quite good mainstream performance (as measured by Business Winstone 2004), especially for a system with SXGA graphics. (SXGA moves almost twice the number of pixels as XGA—1,470,000 versus 786,432, or 187 percent as many.) Multimedia performance was less stellar, however, and may have been adversely affected by the ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 graphics. Battery life was so-so, at 1 hour 36 minutes for a 65-watt-hour, 0.9 pound battery. Wi-Fi throughput was good, showing little falloff up to a distance of 120 feet.

The textured silver-gray keyboard deck and bottom, small optical mouse (in matching red), and startup sound—a Ferrari Formula One engine roaring across the speakers from right to left—certainly don't dampen this system's unique character. Nor does the clearcoat sealer that protects the brilliant red livery and gives it the same sense of depth you'd see in the paint job on a $200,000 Ferrari.

Performance is adequate, but neither it nor battery life are up to the levels of systems built around Intel's best Pentium CPUs. At the same time, you won't find many other notebooks with rewriteable multiformat DVD drives for $1,900 street. And you won't find any others with that glorious Ferrari color and sound.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Friendship Forever




I have a best friend. Her name is Nor Solehah binti Md Akhir and I call her 'Leare'. We befriend about one year and three months since we registered at Penang Matriculation College. She is very kind person and always cares about me. She is also my classmate at matriculation. We were in Phisycal Science's subject. Our class is F3P7. I love this class so much and always miss all of my classmates.

We always go to the class together. I will wait for her at the cafe before go to the class. If we having time, we will take a breakfast first before start the classes while if we do not having time, we will having our breakfast during rest. Rarely, I will expense her and same with her. If we needed to buy something, we will outing together and also invite our roomates.

On my birthday last year, she had surprised me when she brought a chocolate cake to my room for me to celebrate my birthday. I'm really happy and aggrieved on that time. She is really a true friend. Many people said that her face like me but we don't think so and some of people thought that we are sibling. I don't know how to say about us but I'm really miss her.
Now, she is studying at UTHM in Johor Bharu but we still contact in friendster and phone even we are not close to each other. There are only about my best friend. I love her so much. I will always remember her and her kindness.

My Family is My Soul


I have a big family which is 10 siblings, that is balance, 5 boys and 5 girls. I have 3 brothers, 2 sisters, 2 younger brothers and 2 younger sisters. My father is Che Hamid bin Salleh. He is 71 years old and is a pensioner of TNB while my mum is Nik Salma binti Nik Mat, who is 50 years old and is a housewife.
My father is a creative person. During his free time, he will create something that special like congkak, rehal, circle table and so on. He also likes to eat during his free time. He still strong, healthy and did not has any diseases until now. I'm so glad about this. I love him so much. About my mum, she is very hardworking wife and mum. She always does her responsibility with good. She also loves to listen to music when doing her work at home. She likes to go to my grandma's house and chats with my aunts during her free time. I love my mum very much.

My elder brother, who is 26 years old, is working in Kuala Lumpur. He likes to eat 'singgan ikan' with 'budu'. While my second brother, who is a planning engineer at TNB in Pulau Pinang, is 25 years old. He is a good brother and always cares for me. He will contact me every week and asks me about studies and health. My third brother, who is 22 years old, is a technician at TNB in Kuala Lumpur.He always invites me when he want to go to somewhere.

My elder sister, who is a clerk at one of plastic factory in Pulau Pinang, is 24 years old. She lives in Pulau Pinang with her husband and mother-in-law. She likes to help people. My second sister is 21 years old. She loves children so much. She also is a very hardworking sister.

My first younger brother is 18 years old. He likes to repair something like motorcycles, bicycles and so on while my second younger brother, who is 16 years old and studying at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Penambang. He loves to play guitar during his free time and when he had problems to release tension.
My first younger sister, who is 14 years old, is also studying at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Penambang. She will be a hardworking person if get fee. My last younger sister is 10 years old and now studying at Sekolah Kebangsaan Redang, which is near of our full house. She is a stubborn girls and loves to eat chocolates.
There are all about my family that I want to share with you all.


Festivals and Celebrations in Malaysia


There are many festivals and celebrations in Malaysia such as Hari Raya Puasa, Chinese New Year, Wesak Day, Birthday of Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Deepavali, National Day and Christmas.


Each tribe has their festive and celebration. For Muslim, they are celebrated Hari Raya Puasa and Hari Raya Korban. For Malay Chinese, they are celebrated Chinese New Year. Deepavali is celebrated by Hindu, Wesak Day is the Buddha’s birthday which is celebrated by Buddhists and Christmas is celebrated by Christians.

However, during the festives, there are many open house and all of tribes are attend to the houses and celebrate together, so it can make the linkage of each other be more tighten.

There are also celebrations that are celebrated by all of Malaysian such as National Day that is celebrated at August 31 in every year and the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s birthday. The 31st August is the history and important date for Malaysian because of that day, they got independent from colonization.

As the conclusion, all of tribes can celebrated each festive.

Article ~ Malaysia's Festival and Celebration

There are many festivals and holidays observed in Malaysia. The diverse cultural and racial mix is evident the variety of observances, of which a few are listed below.

Hari Raya Puasa (Aidilfitri) is a joyous and important Muslim holiday that is celebrated throughout the Muslim world. It is the end of a month month of fasting and each day is started with children asking their parents forgiveness for anything they have done wrong, before they go to prayers. It is a time for special food, visiting friends and relatives and the children are given gifts of money.

Chinese New Year is a very festive time for Malay Chinese and is observed on the first day of the first moon on the Chinese calendar. The date of this celebration will vary from year to year depending on when this time falls on the lunar calendar and usually lasts for about 15 days. Sometimes this event is in January, other times in February, since it follows the lunar calendar, not the solar calendar. It is celebrated with a traditional dinner on New Year's Eve and subsequently continues with visits to family, friends and the honoring of the elderly. Packets of money called ang pow are given away at this time as well.

Wesak Day, in May, is Buddha's Birthday and is considered to be the most important day of the year for Buddhists. This day is celebrated with prayers and incense at the temples with the main celebration being a lantern procession at night.

The birthday of the Yang di-Pertuang Agong, Supreme Head of State, is celebrated on the first Saturday in June and is obeserved as a public holiday. On this day, awards and titles are given by His Majesty to those people who have set themselves apart from other Malays with their service to Malaysia.

Independence Day (now known as National Day) is August 31 and marks the time of Malaysia's independence. It is observed with parades, exhibitions, shows and free film admission for children. Those less fortunate in Malaysia (the poor) are presented gifts of money and food.

Deepavali is an important Hindu festival that celebrates the victory of good over evil, particularly that of Lord Kirshna over a demon king (mythological). It is observed with prayers in the morning, followed with visits to friends and relatives with delicacies served. In the evening, lanterns are lit.

Christmas is celebrated by the Christians in Malaysia usually with the attendance of a church service on Christmas Eve. There are also carolers who sing at various places (children's homes, retirement homes, hotels, etc) and bring Christmas joy. The exchange of gifts is practiced as well in celebration of Christ's birth.

To Be A Good Web Designer

Most people have a favourite colour and most people will have their own ideas how colour should be used. Young or old, colours can have both positive and negative effects on our moods and feelings. The eleven basic colours, regardless of shade, tone or tint, have fundamental psychological properties that are universal.

To be a good web designer, we need to know how colours can affect people. People react to colours and we must associate them with differents feelings and emotions.

There are colours that affect people :
  • Red - suitable with strength, fire, blood and lust
  • Blue - can denote confidence, loyalty and royalty. It is often used on business website
  • Blue's darker shades - mean strength whilst the lighter end can be used to express fantasy and dream
  • Green - to represent feelings of durability, safety and harmony
  • Yellow - to emphasise areas of a site. Although it is not as popular, it can be overpowering if it is used too much
  • Brown - to express honesty and trust in a design. It can be linked to ageing, warmth and comfort
  • Orange - associated with enthusiasm, creativity and stimulation. It is used in designing for web to portray friendliness.
  • Purple's darker shades - can be truly deep and luscious. It is associated with royalty, spirituality, arrogance and luxury. It is also not used very often on sites

In conclusion, the role of colour in web design is not just to make the website look nice, it can provoke feelings and emotions in the web user. Choosing colours that agitate the site user can have detrimental effects on your web site, whereas cleverly picking the correct colours may mean that the web site lives up to the user's expectations. If our site meets these expectations, there is more chance that our user will return to our website again and again.

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Articles ~ What Impact Can Colours Have On Your Site?

Web design involves numerous skilled disciplines from type to layout & colour. Colour is especially important because it provides the first impression to the user. The correct colours can create a good user experience, whereas inappropriate colours can have a negative impact.

To make a good website, the web designer needs to know how colours affect people. Subconsciously, people react to colours and associate them with different feelings and emotions.
Colours do not only bring up emotions and feelings that could influence how a site is received but they can also be cleverly used to direct users to specific bits of your web site.

Each colour imaginable can be used on the web now, so picking the correct colours can be a huge task. Here’s a swift summary of how some colours can evoke certain reactions.

Red is associated with strength, fire, blood & lust. If it is used sparingly on a light background, it can be used to make the most of & highlight certain points.

Blue is the most frequently used colour for websites & it can denote confidence, loyalty & royalty. The darker shades of blue often mean strength whilst the lighter end can be used to express fantasy & dream. Blue is a very popular corporate colour, so it is often used on business websites.

The colour green can be used to represent feelings of durability, safety & harmony. It is also a striking colour to use to emphasise calm & relaxation.

Standing for joy, happiness, warning and energy, yellow has a similar effect to red, although it's not as popular. It can be used to emphasise areas of a site. However, if it's used too much, it can be overpowering.

Brown can express honesty and trust in a design. It can be linked to ageing, warmth & comfort.

Orange is associated with enthusiasm, creativity & stimulation. It is used in designing for the web to portray friendliness.

Purple's darker shades can be truly deep & luscious. It is associated with royalty, spirituality, arrogance & luxury. The lighter end of the purple spectrum can stand for romance & delicacy. However, it's a colour that is not used very often on sites.

Pyramid Scheme

What is Pyramid Scheme? Pyramid scheme or comission for a distribution or sales of commodities where an individual receives gratuity, or an opportunity to receive an interest in money in which does not depend on the total or quantity of products, nor the services sold or distributed, but which is based on sponsorship or introduction of an individual or a participant in the scheme.

The features of this scheme :
  • to set the number of sponsorship
  • commission or bonus paid based on the sponsorship of fixed number of members, not based on the total sales made
  • the promise of high income in the shortest time based on the number of sponsored members
  • sponsored training or seminarswhich do not emphasise on the quality of products or how to market the product, but more on the way of recruitingnew members in this scheme
  • the price of product or the service which is expensive and does not reflect the realvalue of the product or service mentioned

The government banned this scheme because it leans towards the get-rich quick scheme that offers returns only to the very few participants who belong to the top level, and not to the large number of participants who are still at the base level.

This pyramid scheme give negative aspects to the participants. There is only the first few participants or top level will get big commissions or great returns, and a large number of participants at the bottom level are made contributors so that the top level participants will enjoy the benefits.

What should we do if a scheme sponsor approaches us? First, we should check if the company they represent has a legal license that has been issued by any of the authorized government bodies. If the company turns out to be a direct selling company, please refer to the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Condumer Affairs to check if the company owns an authorized direct selling license. An authorized license number start with AJL 93xxxxx. Thorough checks can also be made through the government's homepage : http://www.kpdnhep.gov.my

Article ~ Get-Rich Quick Schemes

If you're trying to earn money online, you may be tempted by opportunities that promise quick payouts and huge returns. Like most things in life, things don't usually happen that easy. If you see opportunities like this, they may use unethical methods of making money...or worse yet, be completely illegal.
In many of these schemes, only a few people make money and everyone else loses their entire investment. Getting involved in these schemes is never a long-term plan for financial success online.
There is one simple rule to spotting get rich quick scams, no matter whether they are sales oriented, money investing, or other things. That is, the proposal seems too good to be real. Believe your instincts, because they are right.
Pyramid schemes first appeared in the latter half of the twentieth century, starting with chain letters. Basically, a pyramid scheme involves the selling of the possibility to earn money, and does not usually involve any tangible goods.
Probably the oldest, and most familiar pyramid scheme, is the chain mail. This is seldom seen today, mostly because there are cheaper ways to bilk people than using the U.S. mail, and it's also illegal.
The first schemes were pitched in terms of receiving an impossible sum of thousands of dollars, all from sending X dollars to the first person on the list included with the letter. You would then remove that person's name, add yours to the bottom, and send out ten (or more) copies to people who also wanted to become rich.
Naturally, not everyone who got one of these letters, participated. But the success rate was big enough to make it worth the effort, because the more letters sent out, the bigger the returns, even if your success rate was only 2-3%. Depending on how long the chain had been going, there could be several hundred or thousands of letters out there with the same list of people you got, and the first person on that list was going to make out like a bandit.
As a money making scheme, it's pretty much a dinosaur these days. Chain mails do still make the rounds occasionally, usually amongst friends, but for the purpose of sharing things like recipes, or gathering squares of material to make pillows.

Comparison of NOKIA N90 and NOKIA N93

We might think that choosing between the N90 and the brand new N93 is a no-brainer - but a careful study of the attributes above should reveal that they are slightly different beasts and each have their strongpoints. Nokia N90 has pretty good 2mp focussed images, perhaps a little lacking in colour and with only average handling of extremes of light and dark while N93 has better 3mp focussed and optically zoomed image, though still arguably lacking a little in terms of colour and automatic exposure.Beside that, N90 has the biggest free RAM for application that is 20MB than N93 only has 18MB. In comms, N93 is better than N90 because it has many functions. Furthermore, N93 has Wi-Fi and UPnP make it something of a cosummate communicator. How about their video photography? N90 has a reasonably sharp VideoCD resolution (352 by 288 pixel) video at 15 frames per second, working out to around 4MB of disk space needed per minute of footage while N93 has a superior video capture at 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, with optional image stabilisation, working out to around 20MB of disk space needed per minute of footage. N90 has 173g in weigs but N93 has 180g, so, N90 has the smallest weight than other one. However, each of them have their own advantages and scarcities. Although they have many difference in functions and features, they still have the similarity in on-device video editing of video editor, integrated into Gallery, with cut, colour effect and slow motion.

Article ~ NOKIA N90 versus NOKIA N93

















The N90 scores with its smaller size, the more flexible cover display, the more flexible camera module, greater free RAM and better third party application compatibility.
The N93 mainly scores with its VGA video recording facility and slightly superior optics, with higher resolution, better hardware camera controls and flexible, brighter display with UPnP or direct cable piping to a TV or similar if needed. Plus Wi-Fi, of course. There's far more of a focus on the camera with the N93 though - the high-spec video recording and its playback is the whole point of the device.
The typical buyer of the N93 won't be that interested in running games or web browsing or listening to music. He or she will buy it to split duties between phone, camera and camcorder, and I'd expect them to use a 2GB card for maximum recording time, with no other files on the card. The N90 buyer, on the other hand, wants a good camera, it's true, but knows there's more to a smartphone than being a makeshift digital camera, and will be using office and PIM applications, games, music players and so on. It's a very different scenario for a very different device.
More thoughts on the N93 in full review, coming shortly.

Monday, October 6, 2008

What is anemia?



Anemia is a condition characterized by a reduction in the red blood cell count or a reduction in the concentration of hemoglobin.Anemia is not a diseases but it is a manifestation of various diseases and pathologic condition.
The symptoms if we had anemia are extreme weakness and tiredness, confusion or loss of concentration, rapid pulse, headache, lack of attention and so on.

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Article ~ Anemia

Anemia (AmE) or anæmia/anaemia (BrE) (from the Ancient Greek Ἀναιμία anaîmia, meaning “without blood”) is defined as a qualitative or quantitative deficiency of hemoglobin, a molecule found inside red blood cells (RBCs). Since hemoglobin normally carries oxygen from the lungs to the tissues, anemia leads to hypoxia (lack of oxygen) in organs. Since all human cells depend on oxygen for survival, varying degrees of anemia can have a wide range of clinical consequences.
The three main classes of anemia include excessive blood loss (acutely such as a hemorrhage or chronically through low-volume loss), excessive blood cell destruction (hemolysis) or deficient red blood cell production (ineffective hematopoiesis).
Anemia is the most common disorder of the blood. There are several kinds of anemia, produced by a variety of underlying causes. Anemia can be classified in a variety of ways, based on the morphology of RBCs, underlying etiologic mechanisms, and discernible clinical spectra, to mention a few.
There are two major approaches of classifying anemias, the "kinetic" approach which involves evaluating production, destruction and loss, and the "morphologic" approach which groups anemia by red blood cell size. The morphologic approach uses a quickly available and cheap lab test as its starting point (the MCV). On the other hand, focusing early on the question of production may allow the clinician more rapidly to expose cases where multiple causes of anemia coexist.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Air Pollution

There are many types of pollution that occur in the earth such as air pollution, water pollution, sound pollution and soil pollution. Nowadays, air pollution problems in our country become more serious. The sources of air pollution refer to the various locations,activities or factors which are responsible for the releasing of pollutants in the atmosphere. As we know, air pollution give more effects for us such as diseases which can cause death. Direct causes of air pollution related deaths include aggravated asthma, bronchitis, emphysema, lung and heart diseases and respiratory allergies. Beside that, the ozone layer at atmosphere will thinned because of air pollution,so the ultra violet will directly enter into the surface of the earth. Because of this, the temperature of the earth will increase quickly. So, many death will happen because human can not live at high temperature. So,we need control the pollution because without control the pollution, the waste products from consumption, heating, agriculture, mining, manufacturing, transportation and other human activities, whether they accumulate or disperse, will degrade the environment. As the conclusion, we should decrease the pollution by recycling, use public transports such as LRT, prevent illegal logging and so on.

Article ~ Air Pollution


Air pollution is the human introduction into the atmosphere of chemicals, particulate matter, or biological materials that cause harm or discomfort to humans or other living organisms, or damages the environment. Air pollution causes deaths and respiratory disease. Air pollution is often identified with major stationary sources, but the greatest source of emissions is mobile sources, mainly automobiles. Gases such as carbon dioxide, which contribute to global warming, have recently gained recognition as pollutants by climate scientists, while they also recognize that carbon dioxide is essential for plant life through photosynthesis.
The atmosphere is a complex, dynamic natural gaseous system that is essential to support life on planet Earth. Stratospheric ozone depletion due to air pollution has long been recognized as a threat to human health as well as to the Earth's ecosystems.

Friday, September 12, 2008

Aspirin

Randomly, aspirin have been used as pain and fever reducers. In a big cases, aspirin can prevent strokes and heart attacks. Aspirin give effects differently in women and men in a given dose. Maybe this happen because of hormons. This also happen because women may metabolise aspirin differently than men. Aspirin reduce heart attacks among men but not women because it gives nothing effect among women. It also can reduce strokes among women but gives nothing effect among men. As a conclusion, both sexes can benefits from the aspirin therapy.

Article ~ Aspirin protects men's hearts and women's brains

Aspirin prevents cardiovascular events in both women and men — but in different ways, a new meta-study suggests.
In women, aspirin reduces strokes, and in men it cuts down on heart attacks. But there are no statistically significant benefits the other way round, according to the analysis.
“It appears that women respond differently to a given dose of aspirin than men,’ says David Brown, a cardiologist at the Stony Brook School of Medicine in New York, US, and one of the authors. “Everything about the study is telling us that there’s a gender difference and we don´t understand it.’
In people who already have cardiovascular disease, the benefits of low-dose aspirin are well-established — in both sexes. Aspirin’s cardiovascular effects are exerted by blocking the synthesis of thromboxane A2, a substance that causes the blood to clot. Even a single 100 milligram dose can be effective.
But in people with moderate risk, the picture is less clear. Studies seem to indicate a reduction in coronary events, but most studies included few, if any, women. Brown and colleagues were interested in knowing if moderate-risk women would benefit to the same degree as men.

Biological difference
Their analysis of six prospective, randomised, controlled studies, with a total of 95,456 subjects - 51,342 being women - showed that aspirin therapy reduced cardiovascular events in both men and women.
But there was an odd discrepancy. Among men, the risk of heart attack was down by 32% in aspirin-takers, but in women, aspirin had no effect on heart attacks at all. Rather, it worked primarily by cutting their risk of stroke by 17%. But aspirin did nothing to reduce stroke in men.
The researchers point out that, whereas men tend to have more heart attacks than strokes, women have slightly more strokes than heart attacks. But there is likely to be a biological difference as well, they say, speculating that women may metabolise aspirin differently than men. Brown says the findings underscore how important it is to include a large cross-section of populations in clinical drug trials.
Currently, the American Heart Association recommends that both men and women at moderate risk of cardiovascular problems take low-dose aspirin on a daily basis, but Brown says the European Society of Cardiology only recommends aspirin to the men of the moderate risk group.
“The AHA guidelines were written without data,’ Brown claims, and adds that his study now supports that idea that both sexes can benefit from aspirin therapy — though not in the way that was presumed.
He cautions that individuals start aspirin therapy only after consulting a doctor — in asymptomatic people the benefits only slightly outweigh the dangers of excessive bleeding.

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Entry 1


My idol is Dr. Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Al Masrie bin Sheikh Mustapha. As we know,he is a first Malaysian astronaut. I choose him as my idol because I had ever dreams to reach at space once upon a time. Beside that,I also like him because he expert in given a motivation for student especially. He had given a motivational talk at MRSM Muar,Johor (his previous high school) and at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Dato' Haji Mohd Redza. He also had support parents to build a reading culture towards their children. Moreover, I like his style. He is a low profile and flexible person. He can involve in many domain in his career such as he is an orthopedic surgeon,a university medical officer in medicine at UKM and also as a part-time model. As a conclusion,he is the best person.