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Cannabis is known to most of us as either a drug, a plant, or simply a flower. But now it’s being regarded as a vegetable, particularly because of the double whammy of health benefits not only from consuming the plant but also juicing it.
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Nobel Prize winners live longer than those who don’t win.
On average, Nobel Prize winners live 1.6 years longer than nominees who aren’t selected. This finding is consistent with a causal link between status and longer lifespan, say Matthew D. Rablen and Andrew J. Oswald of the University of Warwick in the UK.
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Veebot, a California start-up, is combining robotics with image-analysis software to find a vein in your arm and place a needle at least as well as a human can.
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There isn’t a fixed moment in time when death occurs. It can take hours for brain cells to die. It is a misconception even among doctors that the body dies all at once. We are only a little dead when even an hour after the heart has stopped.
Continue reading… “Raising the dead may soon become a medical reality”
Using 3D printing, researchers can create scaffolds to repair/replace bone tissue.
A new technique that involves 3D printing a tissue using living stem cells could repair damaged bones. For example, if a child had a jawbone defect, you could take an image of the defect, feed it into a computer and print a replacement to precisely fill the defect using the patient’s own cells, said Kevin Shakeshaff, a pharmacist at the University of Nottingham in England.
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Salt for Life will begin rolling out online and in grocery stores in August and September of this year.
Salt for Life comes from Nu-Tek Salt, a Bill Gates-endorsed company that sells salt replacement products that contain 70% less sodium than traditional salt. Unlike salt replacers of the past, Nu-Tek’s products actually taste like the real thing. Big food producers have already started using it, but soon you’ll be able to buy it yourself.
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Caffeine may also act as a mild antidepressant.
Good news for coffee drinkers. According to a new study by the Harvard School of Public Health, subjects who drank two to four cups of coffee daily were 50 percent less likely to commit suicide. This was observed in comparison to those who drink decaffeinated, very little, or no coffee.
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Hospital staff help a patient put on a cold cap.
What is the first thing most patients undergoing chemotherapy want to know? Oncologist Susan Melin of the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in North Carolina told the Associated Press that often, her patients ask first about hair loss. “It’s not, ‘Is this going to cure me?’ It’s, ‘Am I going to lose my hair?'” she said.
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Study raises more questions about the health benefits of vitamins.
A new Biology Letters paper raises more questions about the benefits of vitamins as a health supplement. High doses of dietary antioxidants such as vitamins are claimed to slow the process of cellular aging by lessening the damage to proteins, lipids and DNA caused by free radicals. Some research has found that the longevity of mice could be extended by administering particular vitamin supplements, despite the supplements’ limited effectiveness in reducing free radical damage. However, the opposite was found to be true in voles in a new study.
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The sponge-like matrix surrounds a reservoir of insulin or other drugs.
A new drug delivery technique has been developed by researchers for the treatment of diabetes in which a sponge-like material surrounds an insulin core.
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Air pollution in India
The World Bank has released a report that says pollution and other environmental degradation costs India $80 billion a year, nearly six percent of gross domestic product.
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As we approach old age, on average, we should arrive in better shape mentally than any previous generation.
As we approach 100-years-old our bodies might still be (sort of) working, but many wonder whether their minds will be sharp enough to appreciate life.
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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