British scientist Stephen Hawking has branded heaven a "fairy story" for people afraid of the dark, in his latest dismissal of the concepts underpinning the world's religions.

The author of 1988 international best-seller "A Brief History of Time" said in an interview with The Guardian published on Monday that his views were partly influenced by his battle with motor neurone disease.

"I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first," he told the newspaper.

"I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark."

Hawking's stance on religion has hardened significantly in the nearly quarter century since the publication of his seminal work on the cosmos.

In "A Brief History of Time" he suggested that the idea of a divine being was not necessarily incompatible with a scientific understanding of the Universe.

But in his 2010 book "The Grand Design" he said a deity no longer has any place in theories on the creation of the universe in the light of a series of developments in physics.

Hawking has achieved worldwide fame for his research, writing and television documentaries despite suffering since the age of 21 from motor neurone disease that has left him disabled and dependent on a voice synthesiser.

On Monday, just seven weeks after undergoing the nation’s first full-face transplant, Dallas Wiens felt his young daughter’s kiss.

It was the first time Wiens experienced any sensation in his face since an electrical accident burned away virtually all of his face over two years ago.

I wrote about the historic 15-hour operation here in March. The pictures of Wiens before the surgery were hard to look at, and so it’s nothing short of amazing to see him with a new face in the video above.

A new nose allows Wiens to smell again. The first scent he experienced in two years? Hospital lasagne, which, he said, smelled surprisingly delicious.

In an interview before the operation, Wiens said his main reason for undergoing the operation was so that he could one day feel his daughter’s kiss. That happened yesterday and doctors say he will continue to regain sensation in his face.

The operation was performed at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital, which is affiliated with Harvard Medical School.

Children’s Medicine Recall and Infant’s Tylenol Recall 2010 & Benadryl, Tylenol, Motrin. tylenol recall 2010 refund

Children’s Medicine Recall and Infant’s Tylenol Recall 2010 & Benadryl, Tylenol, Motrin.  Parents around the country are frantic as various Children’s and Infant’s medications have been recalled.  The recall is voluntary, meaning that the company was not forced by the FDA to issue it.  The reason isn’t because people have been getting sick – the reason is because the 40 some variations of liquid children medications did not meet quality standards.

Quality standards such as active ingredients outside the tolerance level and flecks of solids within the liquid medication were cited as reasons for the recall.  In addition, further investigation by the FDA indicated that there could be bacterial contamination within some of the affected lots.

A congressional committee is also looking into the recall, both because of the FDA and McNeil Healthcare, the manufacturer of the retail drugs.  Consumers think enough is enough, as this is the fourth major recall in seven months.

Parents who have the affected Children’s and Infant’s medications in their medicine cabinets can head to this website and enter in the information off their bottles to see if they have any affected medication. If they do, refunds are available in the form of a voucher or a cash refund for the national average purchase price.

Reference: cnmnewsnetwork.com

Tylenol Recall 2010: Children’s Medicine Recall 2010.tylenol recall 2010 product list

Tylenol> Recall 2010: Children’s Medicine Recall 2010 – The McNeil Consumer Healthcare has recently issued an voluntary recall of some children’s medicine that created a popularity and sensation among parents and the medical community in particular.

They were referring to over-the-counter medicines, liquid or in tablets, that are affected by the said recall of the manufacturing company. As specify in the recall, the popular medicine Tylenol and Motrin fall under the recall. In addition, the Zyrtec medicine was also been recalled by the said company in addition with the two medicine reported earlier.

The company has issued a statement that they are not recalling the products because they received complaints from the consumers of the side effects brought by such medicines but the said products fail to meet the desired quality standars of the company. The company has also warned the parents to refrain from using the recalled medicines for some time.

Tylenol recalled by the company are at present sold and used in nations like Kuwait, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Canada, and Dubai along with the USA. This medicine is used in a wide number of households in these countries.

Furthermore, Zyrtec Recall includes 5 products that were manufactured in USA and distributed in United States, Canada, Dominican Republic, Dubai (UAE), Fiji, Guam, Guatemala, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Panama, Trinidad & Tobago, and Kuwait.