http://www.alex-ram.com Your Resource for Alternative Health Sun, 28 Aug 2011 09:34:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/medical-uses-of-silver-other-medical-uses http://www.alex-ram.com/article/medical-uses-of-silver-other-medical-uses#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 08:35:19 +0000 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/medical-uses-of-silver-other-medical-uses http://www.alex-ram.com/article/medical-uses-of-silver-other-medical-uses/feed 0 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/grapefruit-seed-extract-introduction http://www.alex-ram.com/article/grapefruit-seed-extract-introduction#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:34:55 +0000 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/grapefruit-seed-extract-introduction http://www.alex-ram.com/article/grapefruit-seed-extract-introduction/feed 0 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/grapefruit-seed-extract-history http://www.alex-ram.com/article/grapefruit-seed-extract-history#comments Sat, 09 Jul 2011 21:35:20 +0000 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/grapefruit-seed-extract-history The grapefruit is a subtropical citrus tree grown for its fruit which was originally named the “forbidden fruit” of Barbados. The fruit was first documented in 1750 by Rev. Griffith Hughes describing specimens from Barbados. All parts of the fruit have uses. The fruit is mainly consumed for a tangy juice. The peel is expressed [...]No related posts.]]> http://www.alex-ram.com/article/grapefruit-seed-extract-history/feed 0 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/qi-b-series-b-series-2004 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/qi-b-series-b-series-2004#comments Sat, 09 Jul 2011 20:34:21 +0000 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/qi-b-series-b-series-2004 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/qi-b-series-b-series-2004/feed 0 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/sound-of-silver-history http://www.alex-ram.com/article/sound-of-silver-history#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 23:35:46 +0000 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/sound-of-silver-history Songs in the new album, notably “Someone Great,” feature parts of the 2006 LCD Soundsystem release ”45:33”. For several weeks before and after the album’s release the entire album was available for streaming on the band’s MySpace page. The video for the track “North American Scum” was also posted to the band’s MySpace on February [...]No related posts.]]> http://www.alex-ram.com/article/sound-of-silver-history/feed 0 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/qi-f-series-f-series-2008 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/qi-f-series-f-series-2008#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:37:17 +0000 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/qi-f-series-f-series-2008 Whereas the previous series had seen only two new guests, series F featured new guests in most of the episodes. They were; Pam Ayres, Marcus Brigstocke, Hugh Dennis, Reginald D. Hunter, Dom Joly, Ben Miller, John Sergeant, Emma Thompson and Sir Terry Wogan. Wogan was the first guest in the show’s history to have previously [...]No related posts.]]> http://www.alex-ram.com/article/qi-f-series-f-series-2008/feed 0 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/timeline-of-united-states-inventions-18901991-cold-war-19461991 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/timeline-of-united-states-inventions-18901991-cold-war-19461991#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2011 01:36:15 +0000 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/timeline-of-united-states-inventions-18901991-cold-war-19461991 Post-war and the late Forties (1946–1949) 1946 Spoonplug * A spoonplug is a form of fishing lure. The spoonplug was invented by Elwood L. “Buck” Perry, then a physics and math teacher in Hickory, North Carolina. Elwood Perry combined science with a logical approach to fishing to create a “total fishing system.” He is credited [...]No related posts.]]> http://www.alex-ram.com/article/timeline-of-united-states-inventions-18901991-cold-war-19461991/feed 0 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/working-rat-domesticated-brown-rats-as-working-animals http://www.alex-ram.com/article/working-rat-domesticated-brown-rats-as-working-animals#comments Sun, 03 Jul 2011 23:34:57 +0000 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/working-rat-domesticated-brown-rats-as-working-animals Pet rats ”Rattus norvegicus”, such as fancy rats and lab rats, have been trained for various jobs: Entertainment Rats have been trained to appear in magic acts, music videos, movies, and television shows. Samantha Martin, a professional animal trainer, has claimed that rats are one of the easiest animals to train due to their adaptability, [...]No related posts.]]> http://www.alex-ram.com/article/working-rat-domesticated-brown-rats-as-working-animals/feed 0 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/virtual-reality-mass-media http://www.alex-ram.com/article/virtual-reality-mass-media#comments Sun, 26 Jun 2011 01:35:01 +0000 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/virtual-reality-mass-media Mass media has been a great advocate and perhaps a great hindrance to its development over the years. During the research “boom” of the late-1980s into the 1990s, the news media’s prognostication on the potential of VR, and potential overexposure in publishing the predictions of anyone who had one, built the expectations of the technology [...]No related posts.]]> http://www.alex-ram.com/article/virtual-reality-mass-media/feed 0 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/medical-uses-of-silver-biological-effects-and-risks-of-silver http://www.alex-ram.com/article/medical-uses-of-silver-biological-effects-and-risks-of-silver#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 01:36:23 +0000 http://www.alex-ram.com/article/medical-uses-of-silver-biological-effects-and-risks-of-silver Silver and silver compounds have an oligodynamic effect and are toxic for bacteria, algae, and fungi ”in vitro”. The oligodynamic effect is typical for heavy metals like lead and mercury, but, among the elements that have this effect, silver is the least toxic for humans. It is established that the antibacterial action of silver is [...]No related posts.]]> http://www.alex-ram.com/article/medical-uses-of-silver-biological-effects-and-risks-of-silver/feed 0