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What do you get in a blood test?

Friday, 22 June 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 25 By Dr. Iain Corness
Patients do seem to get a little confused about “blood tests”.  Your ‘usual’ blood tests do not test for “everything”.  The reason for this is simple.  There are so many…

All the colors of the rainbow

Friday, 22 June 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 25 By Harry Flashman
Photography is often called “painting with light”, and in many ways that is true.  However, “Light” comes in many different colors.  This is well understood by those in the optical…

Rellies from Hell

Friday, 01 April 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 13 By Hillary
Dear Hillary, Like many British expat pensioners I am living off the small pension I get from the old country.  This is enough for me and my lady as we…

Better late than never

Friday, 15 June 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 24 By Graham Macdonald
Despite the most recent bailouts, the peripheral European economies should still leave the EuroZone as they should have done three years ago and why the ECB’s LTRO funding mechanism, while…

Back pains recently?

Friday, 15 June 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 24 By Dr. Iain Corness
Back pain is one of the most common reasons for a visit to the doctor.  I am sure you have had back pain yourself at some time or other.  Would…

Showing speed

Friday, 15 June 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 24 By Harry Flashman
Look at the first and second shots with this week’s column.  The first is of a bongo drummer photographed at a function. It is a pleasant enough sharp shot of…

Unchained melody

Friday, 01 April 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 13 By Hillary
Dear Hillary, When you read my letter (email) please don’t just discount it as being another of “those” letters from bilked foreigners, but please read it through as this one…
There wasn’t a great deal of joy for expatriate Australians in the 2012/2013 Australian Federal Budget handed down on May 8th.

Dengue Fever - it’s here again!

Friday, 08 June 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 23 By Dr. Iain Corness
The female Aedes aegypti mosquito, which carries the Dengue virus, is here again.  With a vengeance.  Dengue fever is at epidemic proportions locally and the change in the weather is…
There is an unfortunate idea in many people’s minds that somehow “digital” photography is different from all previous types of photography, and a completely different set of laws now prevail.…

How to make millions overnight

Friday, 01 April 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 13 By Hillary
Dear Hillary, Right now I just made $25 million, and all it will cost me is a fax.  Three separate emails in one day from people all over the world…

China in your hands, part 3

Friday, 01 June 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 22 By Graham Macdonald
Economies like Japan and China have come to resemble huge currency hedge funds. This is a real worry!

Is the medicine “natural” doctor?

Friday, 01 June 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 22 By Dr. Iain Corness
I have touched on this before, but it needs to be looked at again.  More and more, we are being asked about the medication we prescribe.  Will it mix with…

The ideal camera kit

Friday, 01 June 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 22 By Harry Flashman
As photography for fun begins to open up for you, it will become obvious that you need to expand your kit.  However, camera gear of good quality is never cheap,…

Thai boyfriends

Friday, 25 March 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 12 By Hillary
Dear Hillary, I have been told by someone who has been here a long time that all the girls from the bars have Thai boyfriends who live off their earnings.…
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