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SOME women spend money on anti-aging products and apply it everyday yet still forget to apply sunscreen, thus exposing their skin to the sun. The reason is partly because sunscreen products feel uncomfortable on the skin.
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- Easier
living
EIGHTEEN
foreign nationals, some of them ethnic Chinese, were awarded
permanent residence permits on April 12 in Shanghai.
- Jazz
veterans
SWEDISH jazz
band "Peoria" might be from another generation, but they still
wooed the young chic Shanghai audience with their jazz golden
oldies at Three on the Bund.
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- Smoking, extra weight decrease odds of IVF success
LONDON - Smoking reduces the chances that women undergoing in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment will have a baby - equivalent to ageing them 10 years.
- Ageing puts vision at risk
AGE-RELATED macular degeneration (AMD) has become the leading cause of blindness among people over 50 in Shanghai - an increasingly serious health problem threatening the ageing city.
- Pfizer suspends painkiller sales on safety grounds
PFIZER Inc on April 7 agreed to suspend sales of its arthritis drug Bextra after US and European regulators said the risk of serious side effects, including a potentially fatal skin allergy, outweighs the benefits.
- Briefs
TV toughs
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- Taste if old Yunnan
IF the guidebooks are to be believed, among China's infinite destinations, South China's Yunnan Province is a "must-see". If the travel agents are to be believed, the southern region is as rich in cultural diversity as it is easy on the wallet. If local officials are to be believed, Yunnan is one of the most naturally beautiful places in this vast country, perfect for the budget-minded backpacker and the well-heeled traveller.
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- Clues to alien life
WITH cobalt waters harbouring eerie, coral-like formations, this archipelago of lakes in Mexico's searing Chihuahuan Desert has always had an other-worldly appearance.
- Chinatown development controversy
MORE than a century after immigrants from China first arrived in London, members of the city's Chinese community say they are being driven out of business by property developers.
- Elderly ladies group up to have fun
THE days of elderly women doing nothing but cooking huge meals on holidays and knitting themselves slowly into senility are gone.
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- Events
History reflected
- Stage
Shanghai Grand Theatre
- Creative constructions
GERMAN philosopher Walter Benjamin has discussed the possibility of artists becoming a craftsmen or craftsmen becoming artiste in his works written in the last century. The veiled relationship between craftsmen and artists has always inspired both to wonderful creations in the sense of practical use and artistry. On April 9, an exhibition titled "Interval" which illustrates this relationship was opened to the public in the Hi-Shanghai Creation Loft in the Yangpu District.
- Fiddler on the move
AN authentic US country music band called the "Byron Berline Band" will cheer audiences with its simple but moving old-time numbers this weekend.
- Ink as precious as gold
JIANG Qigu was an avant-garde artist experimenting with installation and video projects in the early 1980s, before he turned to traditional Chinese culture, while living in the West.
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