What Is Vitiligo?

Vitiligo (vit-ill-EYE-go) is a pigmentation disorder in which melanocytes (the cells that make pigment) in the skin are destroyed. As a result, white patches appear on the skin in different parts of the body. Similar patches also appear on both the mucous membranes (tissues that line the inside of the mouth and nose), and the retina (inner layer of the eyeball). The hair that grows on areas affected by vitiligo sometimes turns white.

The cause of vitiligo is not known, but doctors and researchers have several different theories. There is strong evidence that people with vitiligo inherit a group of three genes that make them susceptible to depigmentation. The most widely accepted view is that the depigmentation occurs because vitiligo is an autoimmune disease—a disease in which a person’s immune system reacts against the body’s own organs or tissues.

As such, people’s bodies produce proteins called cytokines that alter their pigment-producing cells and cause these cells to die. Another theory is that melanocytes destroy themselves. Finally, some people have reported that a single event such as sunburn or emotional distress triggered vitiligo; however, these events have not been scientifically proven as causes of vitiligo.

About 0.5 to 1 percent of the world’s population, or as many as 65 million people, have vitiligo. In the United States, 1 to 2 million people have the disorder. Half the people who have vitiligo develop it before age 20; most develop it before their 40th birthday. The disorder affects both sexes and all races equally; however, it is more noticeable in people with dark skin.

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Which Vitamins

The Definition of Vitamins

"Vitamins are organic components in food that are needed in very small amounts for growth and the maintenance of good health"

This site was created to help explain some of the mystery surrounding vitamins. There seems to be so much confusion as well as misunderstanding about them which in turn creates worry followed by the inevitable doubts.

· We can get all the vitamins we need from food...can’t we?
· We don’t need to supplement…Do we?
· Will these vitamins really help my problem?
· How do I know if vitamins really work?
· How do I know which vitamins they need?
· Vitamins are rubbish… aren’t they?
· Vitamins don’t help… do they?
· I’m too young to need Vitamins…aren’t I?
· I’m too old to need Vitamins…aren’t I?


We have endeavoured to list each vitamin, mineral and other useful supplements and explain the function, benefit and any cautions that should be observed.

Everything known about vitamins is available on the public domain as well as from the many suppliers. Our information is also from a well known E-Book called Vitamins The Truth which, apart from explaining vitamins and minerals, also tells you which foods you can find that particular vitamin or mineral in including the daily values.

The E-Book tell you that, as with all knowledge, it can be used wisely or it can be wasted. You and your family’s long-term health depend on how you absorb the knowledge available to you in this Book. You can only decide when you know:

· IF you or your Family even need to bother taking any
· If you do need them, which to take
· You’ll also know why you should
· You’ll know how it works
· You’ll know how they affect you
· You’ll know the dangers, if any and you’ll know the benefits

A very interesting statement we got from the E-Book was:

"Mainstream medicine focuses on treating the symptoms with drugs"

The facts are said to be:

“the only differences between drugs and poisons are the dosage and the intent”.

It certainly make one think.

Editor
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Birthday Gift for HIM!

We all have that special day of the year.
It's called the birthday. Sure, you can
celebrate it any which way you please
but the fact is you can't avoid it.

While these special occasions are a blast
when we're little..........................

.........................they're not so desirable as we age past 29. Suddenly we're looking around and saying; what happened? Regardless of the date your big day falls on, you probably put more focus on your loved ones and their birthdays.This is where the dilemma begins. Ah, what to buy? Well, don't fret; there are plenty of gift ideas out there for anyone. These days I have no trouble locating that special something for my wife. The plethora of options has made this all too easy. So for all you ladies out there, let me give you some advice when buying birthday gifts for him. If you have a husband or simply a boyfriend, you may......Read on about Birthday Gifts for him

Pictures of Scarface!

We are happy to add this article on Pictures of Scarface in the interest of art. It's not often that we highlight a film but this great movie is a must. A convict expelled from Cuba in 1980 when emigration to the U.S. is briefly opened, he (Scarface) enters Miami's underworld with a lust for power and material wealth that we witness more in awe than in empathy.
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Since a quick rise and fall is assured from the start, our hope is that De Palma's skill at portraying the outrageous potential of human greed in the movie Scarface, will be enough to keep us hooked. On this count, for at least two thirds of its running time, even SCARFACE naysayers would have to admit it succeeds. Even the title Scarface has an effect.

Transferring the premise of Howard Hawks' 1932 classic from
Prohibition era Chicago to then contemporary South Florida, Oliver Stone's screenplay follows Tony's journey in a "matter of course" style that makes it clear just how he gets so far in such a short period of time. This method of storytelling is a perfect match for the cinematic "domino effect" De Palma had been developing since SISTERS, whereby characters move toward pivotal confrontations (i.e. Carrie from early humiliation to her disastrous prom) through a simple but inexorable flow of events.

Thus a mob hit set up by Tony's friend and partner Manny Rivera (Steven Bauer) leads to their early release from a refugee camp. This in turn brings them more work on the outside, and after surviving a drug pickup gone bad, they win the trust of local kingpin Frank Lopez (Robert Loggia).
Once Tony (scarface) has reached this stage, the rest seems natural. If he can establish himself as

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When we speak of Andy Warhol pictures we are speaking of not only two kinds of pictures but of a distinctive era........

......................in American culture, of artists, models, and of factories turned into the-place-to-be studios.



Of course, now, at our end, we have the collections, galleries, and museum shows featuring Andy Warhol pictures of the sixties/during the flower-power and pop art period ascension—those the unique genius created under the influence of.............Read about Andy Warhol