- Why Do We Cry? Eight Half-Baked Ideas
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Crying is a waste of perfectly good water. So why we do it? I have no idea, so I would like to hear your ideas. To get the ball rolling, here are eight hypotheses, each surely inadequate and probably false. (1) Purple Haze : When the ...
Article - Mark Changizi - Jul 20 2010 - 9:41am - 0 attachments
- Robo-Cerebellum: The Rat With A Robot Brain
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We've all read about efforts to provide amputees with robotic limbs and we know that deep brain stimulation can relieve a range of Parkinson and OCD symptoms - a Tel Aviv University researcher has combined those ideas and gone a step farther and ...
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- Blowing Away Stress One Cigar At A Time
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... proving smoking cigars being helpful in preventing Parkinson's disease, the emphasis that Tobacco Republic puts on every ...
Article - Audrey Amara - Aug 27 2011 - 6:24pm - 0 attachments
- Autism: It's In The Womb(?), But Genes Still Play A Large Role
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Studies....So Many Studies... Lots of buzz over recent weeks on various studies concerning autism, genetics, and environment, along with the incidence of autism occurring in subsequent siblings. I had the opportunity to listen to Clara Lajonch ...
Article - Kim Wombles - Aug 16 2011 - 9:36pm - 0 attachments
- Anti-Vaccine Rhetoric: When Pro-Safe Is Pro-Misinformation
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Recently, another blogger reviewed Vaccine Epidemic . The blogger's emphasis was on this quote taken from Allen Tate's chapter, "The Greater Good": "It is indisputable that the vaccination schedule has never been tested for safety in its en ...
Article - Kim Wombles - Mar 9 2011 - 10:59pm - 0 attachments
- The Egg: Fountain Of Youth For Sperm
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... an available treatment option for diseases such as Parkinson's, Diabetes Type I and Muscular Dystrophy. References: ...
Article - Hayley Mann - Mar 31 2009 - 1:24pm - 0 attachments
- Susan Greenfield Invents A New Cause Of Autism And Carl Zimmer Invents A New Meme
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Susan Greenfield is always interesting. And New Scientist is always willing to print anything. It's a happy time when they get together . Greenfield once said playing Prokofiev at half speed would lead to depression, ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Aug 8 2011 - 1:59am - 0 attachments
- Systems Biology Is The Future Of Medical Research, Say European Scientists, And They Want To Lead It
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... the treatment of many common diseases such as diabetes and Parkinson's could be achieved by harnessing systems biology, according to ...
Article - News Staff - Jan 11 2009 - 12:22pm - 0 attachments
- Regenerative Medicine - Scientist Converts Human Skin Cells Into Functional Brain Cells
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... the hands of neurodegenerative diseases such Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's disease," said Lennart Mucke, MD, who directs ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 28 2011 - 2:50pm - 0 attachments
- Ritalin Holds Up Seniors
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... diseases such as gait or balance problems, dementia, Parkinson's disease, a history of stroke, weakness or nerve disorders in legs, ...
Article - Audrey Amara - Jul 28 2008 - 7:15pm - 0 attachments
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