Is Sparkling Water Bad For Your Teeth?
Sparkling water this decade is like baby formula of the 2010s; the target of a strange culture war that claims it has evidence of a public health crisis.
Top 10 Diets Compared
You want to live healthier and probably look better; that's a good start. Diet popularity can either be a sign that something works or an indication that people believe in crazy stuff. Either way, it can't hurt to spend 5 minutes reading an article on the Internet before you commit.A site called Realbuzz.com says it has put popular dieting approaches to the test - giving you the pros, the cons and each one has been rated on how they satisfy hunger, their ease to follow, expense and most importantly - the impact they can have on your overall health.
Genetic Link to Therapeutic Efficacy Of Axona for Alzheimer's Disease?
Accera, Inc., a biotechnology company delivering therapies in central nervous system diseases, today announced further evidence for genetic interactions impacting the efficacy of the ketogenic compound AC-1202 (Axona(TM)) in Alzheimer’s disease. New data from the company’s previously completed double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease demonstrates an interaction between two genetic markers that strongly influence the therapeutic response in patients. Dr. Samuel Henderson, Executive Director of Research, will present these results at the 2009 International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease (ICAD) sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Association.
Elite Athletes Are Getting Bigger
It's not a secret to you if you have watched football for the last 40 years; a guy once almost big enough to be a linebacker can't even be a safety today. Elite athletes are getting bigger.Specifically, while the average human has gained about 1.9 inches in
height since 1900, new research showed that the fastest swimmers
have grown 4.5 inches and the swiftest runners have grown 6.4 inches.In a new analysis, Jordan Charles, an engineering student who
graduated this spring, collected the heights and weights of the fastest
swimmers (100 meters) and sprinters (100 meters) for world record
winners since 1900. He then correlated the size growth of these
athletes with their winning times.
Why Are Some People Smarter Than Others?
Some people are smarter than others. Even in a multicultural world where no one is better and everyone is equally ordinary, we secretly still know that some people are smarter (politically correct disclaimer - others are just differently intelligent) than other people - but why that is has been a target of neuroscience for as long as it has existed as a discipline.In a new article in Current Directions in Psychological Science, Eduardo Mercado III from the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, describes how certain aspects of brain structure and function help determine how easily we learn new things, and how learning capacity contributes to individual differences in intelligence.
How To Prevent Dementia? Omega 3 Fatty Acids May Be The Answer (And You Can Eat Meat)
With as many as 24 million people worldwide afflicted with dementia, researchers are looking for correlations in genetics, diet and environment.Since many of these people live in low- and middle-income countries, the solution to reducing instances of dementia may be a cost-effective one: more oily fish , according to a paper in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Brain Stimulation Device For Treatment Of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Approved In Europe
Medtronic today announced that its Reclaim(R) Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Therapy has received CE (Conformite Europeene) Mark approval for the treatment of chronic, severe treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
This is the first time that a deep brain stimulation therapy has gained approval in Europe for the treatment of a psychiatric disorder.
Say Hello To E.T. - SentForever Wants You To Talk Into Space
SentForever are letting people transmit free messages into deep space through their Web site to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
So you can send a message to extraterrestrials at the speed of light, some 670 million miles per hour. Mapping its progress is cooler than anything you will write in the message.
After 8 minutes the messages pass by the sun and 5 1/2 hours later pass Pluto. In 14 hours the messages overtake the Voyager 1 probe, the most distant man-made object from Earth, launched by NASA in September 1977.
New Technique May Give Geothermal Energy A Competitive Boost
Even in the scramble to get clean energy funding, it's not a bad idea to devote money to research technology that isn't "shovel ready" science and technology, or even available everywhere, but can still help some regions pursue alternative sources that make financial sense.A new method for capturing significantly more heat from low-temperature geothermal resources holds promise for generating cleaner electrical energy. Next step: the scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have to determine if their approach can safely and economically extract and convert heat from vast untapped geothermal resources.
Can The Wii Replace Real Exercise For Kids?
Nintendo is trying to sell you something so they will claim in marketing that Wii 'active' video games are good exercise for kids, but are they really?Yes, says a new study in the journal Pediatrics, though only if they are the kind of kids who are otherwise sedentary and at high risk for obesity and diabetes.Scientists at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center found that playing active video games like the Wii can be an effective substitute for moderate exercise. No one is saying children should stop playing outside or doing real exercise but active video games can be a suitable alternative at times. Basically, if an obese child is going to sit around and play video games instead of exercising, something is better than nothing.
Counter-Terrorism: Fighting The Taliban Gets A Numerical Model
Why are terrorists like the Taliban and al Qaeda or even insurgents on their home soil harder to defeat? There are many considerations. Politically, policy-makers want approval over any military operation that has consequences at home and intelligence information found by the military has to be calibrated.In the first study of its kind to combine military intelligence, attrition and civilian population behavior in a unified model of counterinsurgency dynamics, Moshe Kress and Roberto Szechtman of the Naval Postgraduate School stress the role of obtaining intelligence about the insurgency.
FGF4, The Evolutionary Origin of Dachshunds, And What It May Tell Us About Human Dwarfism
A single evolutionary event appears to explain the short, curved legs that characterize all of today's dachshunds, corgis, basset hounds and at least 16 other breeds of dogs. The research team led by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) scientist Elaine Ostrander, Ph.D., examined DNA samples from 835 dogs, including 95 with short legs. Their survey of more than 40,000 markers of DNA variation uncovered a genetic signature exclusive to short-legged breeds. Through follow-up DNA sequencing and computational analyses, the researchers determined the dogs' disproportionately short limbs can be traced to one mutational event in the canine genome - a DNA insertion - that occurred early in the evolution of domestic dogs.
Grade School 2020 - Robot Teachers And The Science Of Learning
What separates us from the animals? Some of us contend it's technology while others say it's Pynchon novels but really how we learn has to be in the top five.Researchers in neuroscience, psychology, education, and machine learning are trying to synthesize a new 'science of learning' that will reshape how we think about education and perhaps help us imagine a new classroom for the 21st century.
