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What use does Catherine Zeta Jones put castor oil to and what does Yana Gupta substitute for soap? We bring you the quirkiest beauty tips that celebrities follow.

A silver chain to control weight-gain

Yes, you read right. Sexy Bollywood siren Shilpa Shetty wears a silver chain around her waist. Why? It rides up when she puts on weight, she says. So you know what to use to stay slim, right? Only problem is, one end of the chain may have to be tied to something sturdy to prevent you from attacking any food in sight!

Crushed strawberries and castor oil

The lovely Catherine Zeta Jones brushes her teeth with crushed strawberries and combs castor oil into her hair.
Sounds crazy? Not so much. Strawberries have gentle bleaching and cleansing properties, so they remove plaque and whiten teeth. As for castor oil, it keeps the hair shining and prevents hair-loss.

Wonder if Catherine’s hubby Michael Douglas follows the same regime?

No soap allowed

Model Yana Gupta is absolutely against using soap. No, she does have a bath, but uses coconut paste instead. Coconuts are known to moisturise the skin and keep it soft and supple.

Leeches to detox

Brrr, this one gives us the heebie-jeebies! Hollywood hottie Demi Moore’s detoxifying regimen includes having her blood sucked by leeches as a cleansing procedure. So now we know just what lengths she goes to when it comes to giving toyboy hubby Ashton Kutcher competition in the looks department.

Below is a list of diseases for which autologous or allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant may be a treatment. The list includes diagnoses for which transplant is a standard treatment as well as diagnoses for which the role of transplant is a somewhat newer option. The current distribution of transplants performed by diagnosis follows.

Leukemias and lymphomas, including:
• Acute myelogenous leukemia
• Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
• Chronic myelogenous leukemia
• Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
• Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
• Hodgkin’s lymphoma
• Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Multiple myeloma and other plasma cell disordersLeukemias and lymphomas, including:
• Acute myelogenous leukemia
• Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
• Chronic myelogenous leukemia
• Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
• Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
• Hodgkin’s lymphoma
• Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Multiple myeloma and other plasma cell disorders

Severe aplastic anemia and other marrow failure states, including:
• Severe aplastic anemia
• Fanconi anemia
• Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH)
• Pure red cell aplasia
• Amegakaryocytosis / congenital thrombocytopenia

SCID and other inherited immune system disorders, including:
• Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID, all sub-types)
• Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome

Hemoglobinopathies, including:
• Beta thalassemia major
• Sickle cell disease

Hurler’s syndrome and other inherited metabolic disorders, including:
• Hurler’s syndrome (MPS-IH)
• Adrenoleukodystrophy
• Metachromatic leukodystrophy

Myelodysplastic and myeloproliferative disorders, including:
• Refractory anemia (all types)
• Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia
• Agnogenic myeloid metaplasia (myelofibrosis)
Familial erythrophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and other histiocytic disorders
Other malignancies

While there is general support in the medical community for public banking of cord blood, the question of private banking has raised objections from many governments and nonprofit organizations. The controversy centers on varying assessments of the current and future likelihood of successful uses of the stored blood. In March 2008, a paper was published by Nietfeld et al. in the journal Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation which computed the lifetime probability (up to age 70) that an individual in the US would undergo a stem cell transplant. The likelihood of an autologous transplant using your own stem cells is 1 in 435, the likelihood of an allogeneic transplant from a matched donor (such as a sibling) is 1 in 400, and the net likelihood of any type of stem cell transplant is 1 in 217.

The National Marrow Donor Program estimates that by the year 2015, there will be 10,000 cord blood transplants world-wide per year using publicly banked cord blood. It is therefore vitally important to build public repositories of cord blood donations throughout the world. In the United States, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the US Dept. of Health and Human Services is responsible for funding national programs to register marrow donors and bank cord blood donations.
The European Union Group on Ethics (EGE) has issued Opinion No.19 titled Ethical Aspects of Umbilical Cord Blood Banking. The EGE concluded that “[t]he legitimacy of commercial cord blood banks for autologous use should be questioned as they sell a service, which has presently, no real use regarding therapeutic options. Thus they promise more than they can deliver. The activities of such banks raise serious ethical criticisms.” However, in the final section 1.27 of their Opinion, the EGE admits that: “if in the future regenerative medicine developed in such a way that using autologous stem cells became possible, then the fact to have one’s own cord blood being stored at birth could increase the chance of having access to new therapies.”

In May 2006, The World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA) Policy Statement for the Utility of Autologous or Family Cord Blood Unit Storage stated that:
1. The use of autologous cord blood cells for the treatment of childhood leukemia is contra-indicated because pre-leukemic cells are present at birth. Autologous cord blood carries the same genetic defects as the donor and should not be used to treat genetic diseases.
2. There is at present no known protocol where autologous cord blood stem cells are used in therapy.
3. If autologous stem cell therapies should become reality in the future, these protocols will probably rely on easily accessible stem cells.
As of spring 2008, there are several known instances where autologous use of cord blood is indicated:
1. Whereas the WMDA cautioned against autologous transplant for diseases with a genetic signature, there are pediatric cancers (ex: neuroblastoma) and acquired conditions (ex: aplastic anemia) which can be treated by autologous transplant. There has even been one autologous transplant for leukemia
2. Type 1 Diabetes, also known as Juvenile Diabetes, has been shown to improve if treated shortly after onset with an infusion of autologous cord blood. The American Diabetes Association reports that 1 in 7000 children is diagnosed each year with Type 1 diabetes, and 1 in 600 children are living with it.
3. Cerebral Palsy and other forms of pediatric brain injury have responded well to infusions of autologous cord blood in a clinical trial conducted at Duke University. The Brain Injury Association of America estimates that the prevalence of Cerebral Palsy is about 1 in 300 among children up to age 10.

A cord blood bank may be a private commercial enterprise, or a public medical resource, used to store umbilical cord blood for future use.

Cord blood banking is controversial in the medical and parenting community. Blood collected this way takes up to 180mL from the neonate (sometimes up to half of the total blood volume) which is a highly controversial subject in perinatal medicine. Cord blood is rich in hematopoietic stem cells, however, The American Academy of Pediatrics 2007 Policy Statement on Cord Blood Banking states that:

“Physicians should be aware of the unsubstantiated claims of private cord blood banks made to future parents that promise to insure infants or family members against serious illnesses in the future by use of the stem cells contained in cord blood;”

Cord blood is stored by both public and private cord blood banks. Public cord blood banks store cord blood for the benefit of the general public, and most U.S. banks coordinate matching cord blood to patients through the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP). Private cord blood banks are for-profit organizations which store cord blood for the exclusive use of the donor or donor’s relatives.

Public cord blood banking is supported by the medical community. However, private cord blood banking is generally not recommended unless there is a family history of specific genetic diseases.

New parents have the option of storing their newborn’s cord blood at a private cord blood bank or donating it to a public cord blood bank. The cost of private cord blood banking is approximately $2000 for collection and approximately $125 per year for storage, as of 2007. Donation to a public cord blood bank is not possible everywhere, but availability is increasing. Several local cord blood banks across the United States are now accepting donations from within their own states. The cord blood bank will not charge the donor for the donation; the OB/GYN may still charge a collection fee, although many OB/GYNs choose to donate their time.

After the first sibling-donor cord blood transplant was performed in 1988, the National Institute of Health (NIH) awarded a grant to Dr. Pablo Rubinstein to develop the world’s first cord blood program at the New York Blood Center (NYBC), in order to establish the inventory of non embryonal stem cell units necessary to provide unrelated, matched grafts for patients.

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Research conducted at Newcastle University has found that the amount of sexual satisfaction derived by women from their partners is directly proportional to said partner’s wealth.

In other words, the wealthier a man is, the more often his woman is likely to have an orgasm!

Sounds ridiculous?

Well, scientists don’t think so. While women may be offended at being perceived as inherent gold diggers, the explanation behind this odd conclusion has its roots in evolutionary pysychology.

Evolutionary psychology suggests that both sexes are genetically programmed to exploit their partners in order to bring about the best conditions for breeding and passing on their genes. So, it is natural for a woman to choose a wealthy partner who is able to provide her with stability. Such a man becomes more desirable.

What do you think? Is the study accurate? Do you think sex and wealth are linked in this manner?

Is it true that wealthier men make better lovers?
Post your comments, opinions and experiences in this regard.

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• Prepare your mind to be a lifelong learner. / The more you learn, the more / you gain knowledge and / the more self confidence you have. /
• The quickest way to inspire self confidence / is to do exactly / what others are afraid to do. /
• The comfort zone is the number one / enemy of courage and confidence. /
• With the super confidence you are gaining, / the accomplishment must become an obsession / with you and your sheer tenacity / will drive and push you to the top. /
• Regain confidence by commanding over doubts. / In everybody’s mind some doubt will come / but a confident person / does not bother or worry, / he stands as a dictator over doubts. /
• Confident people always think / - ‘Possibility exists every morning of our lives.’ /
• According to JV Carney five important factors / that shatter confidence that you should / also take utmost care not to do, are: /
 Repeating the same mistakes. /
 Others beginning to express doubts. /
 Inability to do what you wanted to do. /
 Fear creeping through and revealing itself. /
 Doubting yourself and your capabilities. /

(To be continued……..)

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• Always remind yourself what is right and / remove what is wrong from your mind. /
• The key to success is for you / to make a habit throughout your life / of doing the things you fear, / if you donot do the thing / you fear, the fear controls your life. /
• Avoid negative minded people. / They always discourage you / and shatter your confidence. /
• Start your day with a happy smile / by seeing yourself in the mirror / to pass the day brightly. / Before going to bed at night also / do the same and fill up your / subconscious mind with positive thoughts. /
• NOW is the correct time that / you stick to the unshakable rule / that you cannot /
 Say you cannot do this work. /
 Pull yourself down. /
 Allow any negative thoughts to / give place in your mind. /
 You will never stop till you / accomplish the job or project successfully. /
 Hate or disrespect yourself / even if with failure. /
 Doubt about your capability. /
 Depressed or dejected to the extent / that you leave everything. /

(To be continued……..)

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• Confidence is of prime necessity / to achieve success in the work field / and to fulfill your / cherished dreams and goals. / ‘You are confident’ means you believe / in yourself and your vast potential / to accomplish anything which / you desperately want to do. /
• All powers are within you, / you can do anything and everything, / the most important thing for you / is to believe in it. /
• A person having confidence performs his / works much better and faster / without any concern for fear or failure. /
• Plan to develop confidence in such / a manner that you are not only / confident outwardly but your inner / self is dipped into confidence. /
• The difference between average and / confident people is that average / people may have lot if wishes / and desires but confident people / have goals and plans which / they try very hard to fulfill. /
• If you want to be more confident, / you fix up your mind to image / a picture of what you would like / to be and work hard accordingly. /

(To be continued…….)

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Every problem has an answer, / an answer within me right now. / Whatever the difficulty I will find / the blessing in it and / emerge a better, stronger person. / Nothing defeats me because I know / nothing defeats the power within me. / Calling upon the intelligence within me / I rechart my course for / a more productive life. / I release that which seems / to elude me and trust my / subconscious mind to give me / the answer I seek. /

I am completely, perfectly and wholly relaxed. / I am letting go right now / every muscle, every nerve, / every bone, every tissue in my body. / I rest in the knowledge that / there is within me an intelligence / which knows in the knowledge that / there is within me an intelligence / which knows how to make / my body function perfectly. / I let the intelligence within me / tell me what to do / and how to do it. / I move easily through life, / doing the right thing / at exactly the right time. / I am free from any irritation. / I am with perfect harmony with life, / nothing irritates me. / No person annoys me. / I donot condemn myself. / I surrender my every action, / my every demand, my every fear, / worry, anxiety and burden / to the perfect power within me. / I am completely relaxed. / I move forward calmly and confidently / into paths of right action. /

ALL IS WELL AND I AM THANKFUL”. /