“Take off your chador,” the police officer orders an Afghan cross-dresser in a video that has been shared endlessly on social networking websites.

“Take off your wig!” Beneath the shiny black locks, the head is revealed as male with receding, closely cropped hair.

He’s also wearing a scarlet short-sleeved shalwar kamiz – sexy but traditional female attire. The feminine look is accentuated by large sparkling bangles and see-through embroidery.

The victim’s ordeal goes on for what seems like eternity as he endures humiliating comments and laughter from the police officers.

“Please have mercy, don’t make fun of me,” he whispers.

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Every year, more than 400,000 people die because of smoking cigarettes. This is why more and more smokers today are starting to look for ways on how they can quit or, at least, how they can make their bad habit a little healthier as they get on the road towards quitting. One of the ways that many smokers find to be effective in helping them do this would be through the use of electronic cigarettes.

Also called e-cigarettes, electronic cigarettes are devices which are designed to offer a smoker the same pleasure and satisfaction that cigarette smoking provides without the harmful effects brought about by the dangerous toxins and chemicals found in cigarette smoke. Full Post…

EMRS stands for Electronic Medical Record System. EMRS is a computer based medical record system that allows just about any health care organization to access patient’s medical across the nation. This allows easy viewing since all records will be available for all doctors to see. It allows easy decision making because of integrated information. POC or point of data capture is one of the key components of EMRS, since it readily facilitates medical records, which helps practitioner know exactly the next steps to do. For example during medical emergencies and the patient is unconscious, the EMRS system will be able to provide all necessary information including allergies to certain mediation, health history of the patient and past laboratory results. T Full Post…

Have you heard news reports lately about a study that found that when very young children undergo operations serious enough to require general anesthesia, they are twice as likely to develop learning disabilities as are children who have never been exposed to anesthesia?

At least that’s what the media would have you believe—and you know how the news people love to fan the flames of readers’ panic.

But, please, don’t panic just yet! This latest alarm bell from the media involves a study that appeared in the latest edition (November 2011) of the journal Pediatrics, and was conducted through the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Th

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