Safety Shorts
At first glance, it may seem kind of silly, but radiation proof underwear certainly has more to it than meets the eye.
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‘Stay sober’ pill – drink as much as you want without getting tipsy
“Stay-sober” pill will let you drink as much as you want.
Scientists are developing a “stay sober” pill. The pill will allow people to drink as much as they want while limiting the effects of alcohol on their brains. In tests for the drug, mice given the drug did not even display signs of getting tipsy, despite being fed enough alcohol to make them stumble and fall over.
Two-faced baby born in Pakistan
Two faces are not better than one.
Doctors at Holy Family Hospital in Rawalpindi have been trying to save a baby born with two faces, as he has been having breathing problems. They have been unable to feed the baby through the mouth, sources have said. The baby is the third child of a couple from Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Paediatric Ward Senior Registrar Dr Qaisar Aziz said that the new born baby has been shifted to the intensive care unit of the children’s ward and was being take good care of…
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40% of doctors admit to overtreating patients
Doctors admit to giving too much medical care to their patients.
Nearly half of doctors believe their patients are getting too much medical attention, but they’d love to compare notes with other physicians, according to a survey published on Monday.
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Men have a weaker immune response than women: study
Men who regularly complain of ‘man-flu’ may not be exaggerating after all.
For centuries women have been labeled as the weaker sex. But when it comes to the battlefield of illness and infections, women are far more robust than their male counterparts.
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Brain continues to learn even while asleep
‘Sleep memory’ is a new, previously undefined form of memory.
According to a study by researchers at Michigan State University, even after people have gone to bed for the night their brains can carry on processing information thanks to a “separate form of memory” that processes the day’s events.
30 most sleep-deprived cities in the U.S.
A federal study concluded in 2008, certain states have higher incidence rates of sleeplessness than others.
Functioning on a few hours of sleep isn’t just miserable, it’s dangerous, as recent news has suggested. Several air-traffic controllers were caught sleeping on the job last month, prompting the FAA to fire a few. Recent studies have proven that sleep deprivation can make people more unethical, less attractive, and can weaken problem-solving skills.
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U.S. government provides legal marijauna in decades old program
Elvy Musikka, 72, displays her marijuana cigarettes, which she regularly receives from the U.S. Government.
On a moonlit highway in rural Oregon, sometime after midnight a state trooper is checking a car he has just pulled over. In the car he finds less than an ounce of pot on one passenger. That passenger is a 72-year-old woman blind in one eye.
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Scientists can now extract, record and return information to the brain
Information is now moveable in the brain.
This is uncanny: A Tel Aviv University team lead by Professor Matti Mintz have developed a synthetic cerebellum that can receive sensory inputs from the brain, analyze them, and return information to other parts of the brain!
The device is now working in rats, and has effectively restored lost brain functions caused by damaged tissue. However, the most important thing is that this proves that brain-to-machine communication can work in a bi-directional way, with a machine getting information from the brain, analyzing it and then talking back to the brain. As Mintz puts it…
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Having children reduces a man’s risk of heart disease
Having kids reduces a man’s risk of heart disease by 20%.
Having children could mean healthier hearts for men. A decade-long study of 135,000 men found that those who remained child-free had a higher risk of dying from heart disease than those who ‘sowed their oats.’ Men who had children reduced their risk of heart disease by 20%.
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Medi-Ring – customizable ring to identify prescription medication bottles
Featured invention at the DaVinci Inventor Showcase 2011
MEDI-RING® was developed by a pharmacist to help eliminate errors when taking prescription medications at home. In 2008, nearly 1.9 million people were treated or hospitalized in the U.S. for illness and injuries related to taking medicines, a 54% increase in incidents over previous years. The growing number of such errors can be attributed to an increase in the number of medications being prescribed, and the fact that many pharmacy labels indicate dosages, but fail to identify specifically what the medication treats. Also, according to the National Community of Pharmacists Association, “as many as 75% of Americans admit they don’t take medications as directed.” MEDI-RING® is a user-friendly device that snaps onto prescription bottles presenting a space on which the patient may write what the medication controls, and any other information they feel is necessary to take the drug correctly.
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People given financial incentives to stay healthy are less likely to be admitted to hospital
Incentive-based health programs can motivate people to change their behaviour.
Among insurance customers who were rewarded with lower premiums for keeping fit, those who added two gym visits to their weekly routine were 13 per cent less likely to go to hospital.
