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The Aging Brain Is Less Quick, But More Shrewd
feeds.digg.com — “Neuroscientists have found that as we age, our brain's reaction time slows and our ability to multitask diminishes. But maturity also brings an enhanced ability to reason out problems and empathize. And the middle-aged brain can still strengthen neuron circuits associated with memory and decision-making.” View full resource at feeds.digg.com
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The Aging Brain Is Less Quick, But More Shrewd: Neuroscientists have found that as we age, our brain's reaction ti... http://bit.ly/9agSoM
Depression's Upside (New York Times)
feeds.digg.com — “Is there an evolutionary purpose to feeling really sad?” View full resource at feeds.digg.com
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Fruit Juice Can Prevent Kidney Stones
feeds.digg.com — “Citrate in the fruit reduces the formation of calcium oxalate stones (the most common type) and lowers urine acidity, much like the kidney stone medication potassium citrate.” View full resource at feeds.digg.com
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Fruit Juice Can Prevent Kidney Stones: Citrate in the fruit reduces the formation of calcium oxalate stones (the m... http://bit.ly/dypOg5
Happily Married Men Much Less Likely to Suffer Stroke
feeds.digg.com — “Happily married men are much less likely to suffer a stroke than their single or unhappily married friends, according to new research.” View full resource at feeds.digg.com
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The deadliest, most awe-inspiring of the plagues
feeds.digg.com — “Yellow fever was a terrifying plague until Finlay and Reed showed a way to combat it by demonstrating that it's transmitted by mosquitoes” View full resource at feeds.digg.com
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The deadliest, most awe-inspiring of the plagues: Yellow fever was a terrifying plague until Finlay and Reed showe... http://bit.ly/94RAne
Top 10 Spooky Sleep Disorders
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8 Awesomely Unhealthy Fast-Food Burritos
feeds.digg.com — “When it comes to burritos, I say go big or go home. And at these Mexican fast-food chains, it's hard to do otherwise.” View full resource at feeds.digg.com
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Norway conquers infections by cutting use of antibiotics
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Montreal schools ban green cleaning products
feeds.digg.com — “Montreal's public health department is warning school boards across the city not to use biodegradable cleaning products. Dr. Louis Jacques, who works for the health department, said Friday that he has studied research on such products, and is worried the very thing that makes them green could cause allergic reactions in children.” View full resource at feeds.digg.com
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The Autism Debate: Who's Afraid of Jenny McCarthy?
feeds.digg.com — “Parents of autistic children call her an inspiration, but doctors say she's a menace to public health. How a former Playmate and television loudmouth became one of the most feared mothers in America.” View full resource at feeds.digg.com
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The Autism Debate: Who's Afraid of Jenny McCarthy?: Parents of autistic children call her an inspiration, but doct... http://bit.ly/bQX35Y
Jenny McCarthy's Son May Not Have Had Autism After All
feeds.digg.com — “After years of speaking publicly about her belief that MMR shots (immunization for measles, mumps, and rubella) caused her son to suffer from autism, Jenny McCarthy now faces the reality that her 7-year-old son Evan " who no longer shows any signs of autism " may likely have lived with a completely different illness.” View full resource at feeds.digg.com
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Woman has 2 babies in first for ovarian transplant
feeds.digg.com — “A woman has given birth to two children after her fertility was restored using transplants of ovarian tissue, the first time the complex treatment has produced two babies from separate pregnancies.” View full resource at feeds.digg.com
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Alternative Medicine Remains Popular, Legal, Ineffective
feeds.digg.com — “Doctors, scientists, and researchers have long warned that most "complementary and alternative medicines," or CAM -- acupuncture, homeopathy, dietary supplements, Ayuverda -- are at best ineffective and at worst dangerous. Little scientific evidence suggests efficacy, and many studies backing them lack scientific merit.” View full resource at feeds.digg.com
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Zen meditation raises pain threshold & thickens the brain
feeds.digg.com — “ZEN meditation helps lower sensitivity to pain by thickening a part of the brain that regulates emotion and painful sensations, according to a Montreal study published yesterday. "Through training, Zen meditators appear to thicken certain areas of their cortex and this appears to underlie their lower sensitivity to pain," the lead author said” View full resource at feeds.digg.com
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Playing the Age Card: why getting old doesn't have to suck
feeds.digg.com — “Many young people despise the idea of getting old. But passing into the middle-age years bears one incredible gift: a new way to avoid ***** that annoys you.” View full resource at feeds.digg.com
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