Today, traditionally many of us live in permanent structures with an address, a place we call home. Nomadic people in many countries, even today, continually travel, seeking terrain to feed their herds, harvest food and find shelter from the harsh winters. In Mongolia, nomads call their moveable homes gers. In Siberia, these moveable homes are called yurta or more commonly known as yurts in English. What are these yurts? Yurts are insulated abodes built with ingenuity especially when considering a nomads lifestyle. Nomadic people chose homes that they could erect and take down easily and quickly. These yurts must easily pack into a small load a herd animal could transport. The round walls and roof must withstand high winds and heavy snow fall with strong wood lattice and upright poles. The roof poles attach to the side walls and span up to roof center to form a conical covering with a hole at the top to release smoke from the fires that cook their food and provide warmth inside this moveable home. Ancient yurts did not have windows, but flaps or doors, which let light and people through. The outside coverings even today in many nomadic worlds, are animal skins or felt, painted with symbols of their culture. These yurts rest on grass or dirt and handle the climates like the high mountains of Mongolia and exposed ice world of Siberia. Many nomads as well as those in more developed countries live and vacation in yurts today.

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Many patients in the 35 to 50 age group are not looking for a radical makeover, but rather a more understated rejuvenation that brings them back seven to ten years. With the exclusive new Mini Brow Lift performed at New Image Cosmetic Surgery, Dr. Schafer has created one of the most exciting procedures to be developed in the last decade. Using an Endotine Forehead bio-absorbable implant, Dr. Schafer inserts the device underneath the skin of the forehead. The device has absorbable tines that capture and elevate the brow, holding it in position until the soft tissues re-adhere to the forehead area. This unique feature provides Dr. Schafer with the ability to make adjustments during the procedure to ensure the elevation is appropriate and optimal, resulting in a more natural outcome. The device then gradually re-absorbs over time until it is completely gone.

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According to two articles published by Harvard researchers in the June 19, 2002 issue of the highly respected Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), long-term use of a multivitamin can promote good health and help prevent disease. In the articles, prepared by Robert H. Fletcher, M.D., M.Sc., and Kathleen M. Fairfield, M.D., Dr. P.H., of Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health, the researchers stated: "we recommend that all adults take a multivitamin daily" The two physicians reviewed more than 30 years of articles about vitamins in relation to chronic diseases and published their findings in two companion articles. The two researchers agreed that low intakes of a number of vitamins are associated with increased risk of chronic diseases including cardiovascular disease, cancer and osteoporosis. They note that a large proportion of individuals do not meet the daily intake requirements for a number of vitamins, exposing them to increased disease risk. They emphasize the cost of routinely using a multivitamin is small when compared to the possible benefits.

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Nature has given South Africa, a floral kingdom rich with herbs, plants and flowers, that makes a difference to our physical and mental well being unlike anywhere else in the world. South Africa has internationally acclaimed wines and is famous for its winelands and vineyards in Stellenbosch and Franschhoek. It is from these winelands and vineyards that have taken years of care and hundreds of millions of Rands of investment to develop South Africa's best grapes, that the Renewal Centre takes their grape seed oils and extracts from.

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