(PeopleDailyNews-Michael D.LIN)In South Africa, you have to be 18 before you can buy alcohol in a liquor store or in a bar. In certain US states, it is 21. But despite these restrictions, alcohol is still the most easily obtained mind-altering substance available, and there are many teens who have severe drinking problems.
Having a drink with your folks at lunch is fine, but drinking until you fall down at a party, should make the alarm bells ring.
South Africans consume vast quantities of alcohol. The figures tell the story: there are about 230 000 liquor outlets in South Africa; and we consume over 5 billion litres of alcoholic beverages per year, according a report by the Medical Research Council (MRC). This equates to 120 litres per person per year, very high considering the number of people who do not drink at all. |
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(PeopleDailyNews-Nancy Young)Losing weight is never easy. But now, you've got Health24 on your side. If you follow the steps below, we will be there beside you, kilo for kilo. |
(PeopleDailyNews-Nancy Young)The pill? IUD? Condoms? Vasectomy for my husband? Point is, you have lots more choices than women did a hundred years ago, when the only way to prevent pregnancy was to go into solitary confinement.
But deciding on which is the right one for you may not be easy. But before you go to ask your doctor, it may be an idea to read through the following extensive section on contraception.
If you still feel uncertain, it may be an idea to post a question to GynaeDoc's Forum to get an answer to your specific query. |
(PeopleDailyNews-Nancy Young)Sometimes fate has just decided that it is your time to go – such as when a rock or tree falls on your car when you drive along a pass or you escape from the World Trade Centre only to be killed six weeks later in an airline crash.
Some things are obvious and come naturally to people, such as checking the traffic before crossing the road and not picking up hitchhikers next to the N1. But there are lots of things, which many people do every day without thinking, that could kill them or those around them. |
(PeopleDailyNews-Michelle Young)Most women spend inordinate amounts of time and money chasing good hair days. We scan magazines for useful tips, try out every new product on the shelf, and pass on useful snippets of hair care info to eager friends and family members.
We also base many of our haircare dos and don’ts on popular wisdom. Yet much of this “wisdom” is nothing more than old-wives’ tales. In fact, hair care myths are sometimes downright harmful. |
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(PeopleDailyNews-Sophie Chou)Summer in South Africa is no laughing matter. Everyone knows that sinking feeling when the weather report contains those red patches which indicate temperatures in the 30+ region. So what is there you can do, besides waiting for winter with bated breath? Quite a lot actually.
Avoid the sun. It sounds so simple, but clearly not everyone's doing this: stay out of the direct sun as far as possible between 10 am and 5 pm. Not only will you be cooler, but you will also not be suffering from the very unpleasant effects of sunburn. Seek out the shade or stay indoors. |
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(PeopleDailyNews-Michael Steve)An under-the-skin plastic sling can provide long-term improvement for the sagging neckline commonly known as turkey neck.
The sling, running from earlobe to earlobe, got a nod of approval from better than 90% of patients who lived with it for three years or more, says a report by Drs Wallace Dyer II and Arvind Prabhat in the November/December issue of the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery.
And the surgeon can go in months or years later to tighten the sling if necessary, adds Prabhat. He began working on the sling technique as a fellow at Emory University School of Medicine in the US under the supervision of Dyer, who pioneered the technique. Prabhat now is in private practice in New Jersey. |
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(ScoopNews,New York-Sophie Ann)Ricky Gervais says that despite the acrimony over his job hosting the Golden Globes, he was asked to consider returning next year. In a diary of his experience hosting the Globes for Heat magazine, Gervais said that organisers asked him to "consider a third year". Gervais said he was inclined to turn it down. "I don't think I should," he wrote. "I don't know what I could do better. I certainly couldn't get more press for them, that's for sure." |
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(ScoopNews,Los Angeles-Danel Blackry)The Help leads the nominations for the 2012 Screen Actors' Guild (SAG) Awards. The Deep South drama will contend for Best Ensemble Cast with The Artist, Bridesmaids, The Descendants and Midnight in Paris, while its stars Viola Davis, Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer are individually nominated for awards. Viola will contest for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role against Albert Nobbs star Glenn Close, The Iron Lady's Meryl Streep, Tilda Swinton for her role in We Need To Talk About Kevin and My Week With Marilyn actress Michelle Williams. Silent movie The Artist had three nominations, with its other two nods coming in the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role category - where its star Jean Dujardin finds himself up against Hollywood heavyweights George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Leonardo DiCaprio, as well as A Better Life actor Demian Bichir - and Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, which saw Berenice Bejo recognised for her part in the film. Dick Van Dyke will present a Lifetime Achievement Award to Mary Tyler Moor in recognition for her carer achievement and humanitarian accomplishments at the ceremony, which takes place on January 29 at Los Angeles' Shrine. |
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(ScoopNews,Los Angeles-Danel Blackry)Ricky Gervais only agreed to host the Golden Globe Awards again to annoy people. The British comedian received an avalanche of criticism when he presented the annual ceremony last year after insulting several celebrities in the audience, and he thought he would never be asked back for a third year running. So when he was approached by producers once more, he said yes because he knew it would shock Hollywood. |
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