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The First Mobile Phone Call Two little known facts: the first mobile phone call ever made was placed by Martin Cooper with a Motorola instrument in New York City Monday 3rd April 1973; two months earlier, in Surrey, Katie May produced a test run of Yin Yang Skin Cleanser. Mobile phones started out as unwieldy expensive bricks with desperately limited functionality, Yin Yang Skin Cleanser was launched perfect in every way: a thorough cleansing lotion formulated with pure botanical ingredients and spring water and without detergents. A cleanser without detergents was as revolutionary in 1973 as a mobile phone, and while both concepts...

Skin Science Reporter (SSR): Katie, you have great skin, almost no lines and zero blemishes, what is the secret? Katie May [KM]: For the past 36 years I have followed a simple daily routine of skincare…religiously! Once you develop a routine it is no different than an oral hygiene routine… SSR: Can you tell me what is meant by a skincare routine... I have never been quite sure? KM:  Oh that is very simple - mildly acidic cleansing is the corner stone of a daily routine and the secret to a lifetime of beautiful skin. This should be followed with toning and hydration; I use...

Looking at the Value of Fruit & Vegetables in Disease Prevention Skin Science Reporter recently interviewed Dr Hazel MacTavish-West, a senior phyto-chemist and advisor to Yin Yang Skincare, on her return from the 3rd International Symposium on Human Health Effects of Fruit and Vegetables, held in Avignon, France, between 18th and 21st October. Some 250 delegates attended and presented papers from more than 20 countries around the World, including from the US, Southern America, India and Europe.  Around 75% of delegates were academics, including economists, nutritionists, medical experts, phyto-chemists, physiologists and biochemists, with the other 25% representing industrial groups. Topics covered included the value of...

Importance of photo-protection Yin Yang Skincare Scientific Advisory Panel Member Professor Desmond Tobin presented a paper to the 39th Annual Meeting of European Society for Dermatological Research in Budapest in September 2009, on a newly discovered mechanism controlling the transfer of melanin granules [our inbuilt colouring agent] from the pigment producing cells (melanocytes) to the recipient skin cells (keratinocytes). Prof. Tobin proposed that photo-protection would be increased if melanin distribution in skin could be optimised in order to shield the delicate DNA in skin cells from the damaging effects of sunlight. Professor Tobin joined several research scientists from across Europe...

Customers of Royal Mail It is said that there are two sides to every dispute: but in the dispute between the management of Royal Mail and Communications Workers Union [CWU], there appear to be at least four. According to the CWU leader, Billy Hayes, the Business Secretary Lord Mandelson is an important influence in the progress of the dispute. As the only shareholder in Royal Mail, it would be surprising if the Government were not an interested party, and with an election due by next spring, this dispute is a potentially explosive issue for election minded politicians. But the fourth...