http://www.pinkfridge.com/tips Pink Fridge Online Magazine for Women Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:24:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've discovered recently that I am on the horns of a dilemma faced by many hundreds of thousands of parents. One of my children has been recently assessed as "suffering" from dyslexia. We always knew he had some difficulties getting his thoughts on paper, and he never seems to get the same ... http://www.pinkfridge.com/tips/archives/112 I sometimes wonder whether the pressure from pharmaceutical companies to get cancer drugs subsidised by the NHS is necessarily in the best interests of patients. A family member recently died after a long struggle with breast cancer, but before she succumbed she managed to get three years off her death sentence ... http://www.pinkfridge.com/tips/archives/111 If you are looking for self improvement sometimes it’s a good idea to ask other people what they think. I am doing a review on this site RepVine. This is a site that invites you to give references of other people and lets you invite other people to ... http://www.pinkfridge.com/tips/archives/107 With Xmas fast approaching I thought you might want some handy hints on how to control your spending and not let your finances go off the radar. First, make a list of all the people you would like to buy gifts for. Second, write down next to each name the ... http://www.pinkfridge.com/tips/archives/106 I read an interesting article the other day in 'Scientific America'.  Apparently mothers are not born but are made.  What they mean is that we are not natural mothers from birth but that our brains undergo a change during pregnancy and birth.  According to this article the female brain increases ... http://www.pinkfridge.com/tips/archives/104 The regular boring old registration plate has undergone some tremendous transformation since the first UK number plate was purchased in 1903.  I was looking for Information about Personalised Number Plates for my husband and boy are there millions of websites that cover the subject.  To be honest, I did not realise ... http://www.pinkfridge.com/tips/archives/103 I have always wanted to know if St John’s Wort is effective in any way and I now have confirmation.  I have a friend who is currently suffering from a mild form of depression and she started using St. John’s Wort to help her through the bad patches.   She says ... http://www.pinkfridge.com/tips/archives/102 What a smart idea.  I am quite sold on the idea of getting a Post Office Travel money Card, which was launched in June 2006 by the British Post Office.  It makes sense to me to have a ‘holiday money card’.  It means that I won’t have to carry my other credit ... http://www.pinkfridge.com/tips/archives/100 With the latest terror scare at Heathrow, it is wise to make sure you have adequate travel insurance.  One of the benefits of travel insurance is that if your flight is cancelled, the insurance will cover the costs – that is, if you have taken out the right travel insurance.       Pinkfridge ... http://www.pinkfridge.com/tips/archives/99 I have heard recently that having a very average sex life (once or twice a week) is more beneficial than those who have a more active (say 4 times a week) sex life, according to recent research.  Apparently people who have sex more frequently have lower immunity.  This is because ... http://www.pinkfridge.com/tips/archives/98