Coffee boosts women’s performance when working with others.
Next time you have a high-pressure meeting at work, keep an eye on what goes into your colleagues’ cups. Drinking coffee improves women’s brainpower in stressful situations – but sends men into meltdown, according to a study.
Continue reading… “Coffee Improves Women’s Brainpower but Sends Men Into a Meltdown”
Do you need a hug?
Stroking, hugging and touching have been associated with many health giving properties from reducing stress, to pain relief, to maintaining relationships. Scientists have shown that holding the hand of a loved one can reduce their pain during times of distress.
Continue reading… “Hugs Really Do Make You Feel Better”
Girl gamers are better behaved when they play video games with their parents.
Girls who play video games with their parents are generally better behaved and showed lower rates of depression than those who don’t, according to a study.
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Dogs sniffed out bowel cancer in more than nine out of 10 cases.
A Labrador retriever has sniffed out bowel cancer in breath and stool samples during a study in Japan.
The research, in the journal Gut, showed the dog was able to identify early stages of the disease.
It has already been suggested that dogs can use their noses to detect skin, bladder, lung, ovarian and breast cancers.
Cancer Research UK said it would be extremely difficult to use dogs for routine cancer testing.
The biology of a tumour is thought to include a distinct smell and a series of studies have used dogs to try to detect it.
Continue reading… “Early Bowel Cancer Detected by Dogs in Japan”
Dainese is trying to bring airbag technology to the slopes.
Almost anything that you can use to get around quickly comes with an airbag these days, even flying cars. So it shouldn’t be too much of a surprise that airbags could be the newest accessory you see skiers wearing the next time you hit the slopes.
Continue reading… “Skier Airbags – Motorcyclist-protection Technology Coming to the Ski Slopes”
A Maine legislator has introduced a bill to make it legal for people with one arm to own and carry a switchblade (because you need two hands to operate a regular clasp knife). I actually quite like this idea, but think it’s too narrow, I’d have worded it more like “lawful for people who, due to infirmity, disability or amputation find it difficult to operate a clasp-knife…” so people with arthritis, one-side paralysis, etc, could have and use that most useful of tools: a knife…
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Will Cargo Bikes Become an International Craze?
As a student, I spent a year living in Copenhagen. And I was amazed by how many people used cargo bikes as their primary source of transportation. From carting kids to school, to hauling groceries, to giving drunk friends a ride from the bar—heavy-duty load-carrying bikes were just another form of transportation for the people of this beautiful city. Could it be that the rest of the world is finally catching on to the potential of cargo bikes too? (Pics)
Continue reading… “Are Cargo Bikes Going Mainstream?”
The national debate over red-light cameras is heating up again as a new analysis from a traffic safety group argues that the controversial devices saved 159 lives in 14 cities during a five-year period.
Continue reading… “Study: Red Light Cameras Save Lives – But at What Price?”
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Dr. Mary Newport discusses ketone bodies, and alternative fuel for the brain, that the body makes in digesting coconut and the effective work on memory loss and Alzheimer’s with coconut oil.
Continue reading… “Coconut Oil Shown to Reverse the Effects of Alzheimer’s”
South Africa is in the grip of a dangerous new drug craze that could threaten the country’s battle against AIDS. The street drug called “whoonga” is a cocktail that includes the anti retroviral (ARV) medication prescribed to people with HIV. Demand for the substance has prompted a wave of thefts of AIDS drugs across the country.
Continue reading… “HIV Street Drug ‘Whoonga’ is South Africa’s Latest High”
Super-sized meals and sedentary living don’t seem to be the only contributing fat-factors present in American and UK lifestyles. New research published in the journalObesity Reviews points to a link in increasing average indoor temperatures over the last several decades– and similarly rising rates of obesity. Frankly put by TIME:
“Keeping your house too balmy may be making you fat.”
Continue reading… “Lower the Thermostat to Lower 60s, Lose Weight!”
HealCam is a ChatRoulette variant that invites you to select a disease, medical condition, or health issue (Crohn’s, back pain, pregnancy, bipolar disorder, allergies, HIV, etc) and connects you with someone else who shares your problems, so you can share notes. Sounds like a helpful way to find tips and commiseration when you need it.
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