An insight into physiotherapy
By TANJA RAI health@algarveresident.com Tanja Rai is qualified as a physiotherapist in Germany. She has specialised in orthopaedic rehabilitation and sports injuries and has been living and practiSing in the
Safety in the garden
By DR THOMAS KAISER drsnotes@algarveresident.com Dr Thomas Kaiser is the Medical Director of the Vale do Lobo Medical Centre and is a specialist in traditional General Practice for the whole
Mankind’s future revealed
Science fiction novelist Vladimir Streletsky has made a list of the future achievements of mankind based on predictions from renowned futurologists, prophets and scientists. According to the list, android robots
Guard dog
An infant boy under the age of two has been married to his neighbour’s dog in a village in eastern India to stop him from being killed by wild animals.
No kissing, please!
A train station in the northwest of England has put up a no kissing sign at the drop off point to stop commuters from wasting time with over-amorous farewells. The
Nail biters rehab
The world’s first treatment centre for nail biters is to open in the Netherlands in March. Alain-Raymond van Abbe, the new director of the centre, has said that he and
DIY dentistry
Three million people have resorted to DIY dentistry according to research conducted by the consumer watchdog Which? The study, which questioned 2,631 adults in England, revealed that around 25 per
Smells of England
A group of scientists in the UK have isolated the chip smells, including butterscotch, onion and ironing boards, which tempt in passers-by. Researchers at Leeds University used a process called
Online
By Infosourcerer Infosourcerer hangs out on the fringes of cyberspace, digging out snippets of information that (either accidentally or by design) don’t hit the mainstream headlines. Those poor bankers What
Break-in backfire
A thief in Australia was caught by police when he was forced to call an ambulance after cutting his wrist on a frozen chicken, which he was using as a