health
Monday 18 February
- A robot that acts out your dreams (14:02) - I spent a night at The Albany Regional Sleep Disorder Center in Albany, NY. There they wired me up with a variety of sensors, recording everything from EEG to EKG to eye positioning data. We then took that data and... | 1 Comments
Thursday 10 January
- Cary Grant Reflects on Controlled LSD Use (17:24) - Classic film star Cary Grant dedicated a chapter of his autobiography to discussing his controlled LSD use during therapy sessions with a psychiatrist. He was 53 at the time of these sessions, the year would have been around 1957. Under... | 0 Comments
Monday 26 November
- Light Cigarettes just as Harmful (11:47) - Ever thought you were doing yourself less harm when smoking a Marlboro Light? Well, you can safely bury that illusion now. Information released during a Senate committee hearing last week bolstered the case that "light" or "ultra light" cigarettes are... | 4 Comments
Friday 2 November
Tuesday 15 May
- 11 Days Without Sleep (12:12) - Beginning yesterday, Tony Wright began his quest to break the now 43 year old world record for sleep deprivation. He is attempting to go sleepless for over 11 days. You can track his progress online and watch him via webcam... | 3 Comments
Thursday 8 February
- Moob Reduction (11:06) - A record 4,000 blokes in the UK had their man-breasts, or “moobs”, removed by cosmetic surgery last year. According to the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, that’s almost double the number for 2005, when 2,100 went under the... | 1 Comments
Monday 13 November
- Getting High on the Job Legally (11:47) - TORONTO, Ontario (Reuters) -- The use of medical marijuana has given two Toronto professors the right to something that many students could only dream of -- access to specially ventilated rooms where they can indulge in peace. The two, at... | 0 Comments
Wednesday 4 October
- Stop Masturbating Program (19:42) - This website promoting a book and program to help you stop masturbating is full of so many gems. "Find out why masturbation is harmful for your health and many aspects of your life and what you can do to stop... | 3 Comments
Wednesday 22 March
- Secret to a long life - get even more often (13:05) - PEOPLE who smile a lot and say "have a nice day" are headed to an early grave while the grumpy stay fit. Psychologists at Frankfurt University said the fake friendliness led to depression, stress and a lowering of the immune... | 0 Comments
Friday 24 February
Wednesday 2 November
- jumpers (13:50) - On average, someone jumps off the Golden Gate bridge every two weeks, totaling nearly 1300 recorded deaths so far. The SFGate has a map of the jumps based on the closest lightpole to each jump. Some more facts about jumping... | 2 Comments
Thursday 27 October
- Pot not a major cancer risk (22:12) - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although both marijuana and tobacco smoke are packed with cancer-causing chemicals, other qualities of marijuana seem to keep it from promoting lung cancer, according to a new report. The difference rests in the often opposing... | 5 Comments
Monday 6 June
- Supreme Court Outlaws Medical Marijuana (11:17) - Federal authorities may prosecute sick people who smoke pot on doctors' orders, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, concluding that state medical marijuana laws don't protect users from a federal ban on the drug. The decision is a stinging defeat for... | 0 Comments
Sunday 13 February
- Using HIV to attack Cancer (22:56) - A University of California team found an "impotent" version of HIV, with the disease-causing parts of it removed, tracked down cancer cells in mice....
Wednesday 9 February
Thursday 3 February
- Death blamed on alcohol enema (13:29) - Investigators say a Lake Jackson woman caused her husband's death by giving him a sherry enema, leading to alcohol poisoning. Tammy Jean Warner, 42, was indicted on a charge of negligent homicide. ...
Thursday 27 January
- Animal-Human Hybrids Spark Controversy (10:43) - Chinese scientists at the Shanghai Second Medical University in 2003 successfully fused human cells with rabbit eggs. The embryos were reportedly the first human-animal chimeras successfully created. They were allowed to develop for several days in a laboratory dish...
Wednesday 26 January
- African-Americans suspect HIV plot (11:57) - Almost half of all African-Americans believe that HIV, the virus that causes Aids, is man-made, more than a quarter believe it was produced in a government laboratory and one in eight think it was created and spread by the...
- the two hour orgasm (11:09) - Susan saw her doctor because of her loss of sexual desire due to the anti-depressant Zoloft. To combat these sexual side effects, her doctor prescribed Wellbutrin on top of her regular dose of Zoloft. Two weeks later Susan called her...
Wednesday 19 January
- Catholic church in Spain shifts policy on condom use (14:35) - MADRID, Spain - In a substantial shift from traditional policy, the Catholic Church in Spain has said it supports the use of condoms to prevent the spread of AIDS. "Condoms have a place in the global prevention of AIDS,"...
Sunday 16 January
- at least her breath was fresh (14:59) - A woman who admitted drinking three glasses of Listerine mouthwash had a blood-alcohol content more than three times the legal limit when she was arrested for drunken driving, police said Friday.The woman, identified by police Sgt. Mike Shadbolt as 50-year-old...
Tuesday 14 December
- Christmas: The Deadliest Day of the Year (01:02) - WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Christmas is the deadliest day of the year for Americans with 12.4 percent more deaths than normal, researchers said on Monday.More Americans die from heart attacks and other natural causes on Christmas, the day after and on...
Saturday 27 November
- Bush gets $113M for Abstinence Programs (12:25) - President Bush don't need no fancy pants information before making his decsions: WASHINGTON - President Bush's re-election insures that more federal money will flow to abstinence education that precludes discussion of birth control, even as the administration awaits evidence that...
Tuesday 9 November
- Apply Current, Boost Brain Power (13:18) - Sending a weak electrical impulse through the front of a person's head can boost verbal skills by as much as 20 percent, according to a new study by the U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.In the study, researchers...
Monday 8 November
- Volunteer to help sex depraved Japanese women (20:05) - TOKYO (AFP) - Craving sex after repeated rejection by their partners, women who felt doomed to join Japan's growing ranks of the "sexless" are being offered a prescription: a squad of well-dressed men ready to assist free of charge....
Sunday 17 October
- Feral Children (13:29) - Feral children, also known as wild children or wolf children, are children who've grown up with minimal human contact, or even none at all. They may have been raised by animals (often wolves) or somehow survived on their own....
Thursday 22 July
- Cancer Vaccine (23:36) - Scientists have developed a vaccine which may prevent people who have had cancer from relapsing. The vaccine has so far been tested on 19 people after they had surgery to remove cancerous tumours. Two years later, 14 were still cancer...
Monday 28 June
- p-mate (21:37) - The p-mate is for the woman on the go, for the woman who doesn't have time to sit down and pee. Of course you will think: "Does it really work?" You will never find out when you never used the...
Wednesday 2 June
- Study says Prozac more effective than Therapy (11:14) - The NY Times reports that according to a new government study, Prozac has been found to be more effective in treating teens with depression than talk therapy. I for one am completely against all the pill popping this country does,...
Tuesday 25 May
- Silk from a sow's ear (17:00) - As I was sorting through journals this morning, the cover story of The Laryngoscope caught my eye. My understanding is that you can take some ear cartilage from a pig, add enzymes and shake well, put it in a human...
Wednesday 5 May
- How old do you think I am? (16:39) - At ageproject you can try to guess people's ages by looking at their photographs. I found it entertaining, maybe you will too....
Sunday 2 May
- Polyphasic Sleep (15:21) - I've heard about Polyphasic Sleep for a while, but a recent post by my friend Dan has resparked my interest. Polyphasic sleep is the practice of sleeping for short periods of time during a set number of intervals each day....
Monday 5 April
- The Atkins Diet Craze (12:00) - America has fallen under the spell of some excellent marketing, disguised as a new breakthrough in healthy living. People who want to lose weight love to hear that they can eat all the red meat and cheese they want as...
Friday 6 February
- Two Headed Babies (23:17) - Operation Begins on Two-Headed Baby. A team of surgeons began a rare and risky operation Friday to remove the second head of a Dominican baby a partially formed twin that threatens the girl's development....
Thursday 22 January
- acupuncture update (10:51) - I couldn't go to acupuncture for three weeks, because the school was on vacation. When I went last week, I was feeling really crappy. I felt better after the appointment and still feel good. I don't think that I'll have...
Sunday 4 January
- D-Lysergic Acid Diethylamide 25 (02:34) - Nine successive drawings done at various stages of LSD influence, from 20 minutes to 8 hours after ingestion. Conclusion: tripping may not result in your best work. Other reports (not first-hand, of course) say that it's best to come down...
Friday 12 December
- first acupuncture session (18:12) - When I left the clinic, I felt totally allergy free, but that is starting to fade. Im supposed to take some herbs each day and then go back next week for more pin sticking. Today, the pins left no mark...
Thursday 11 December
- acupuncture for allergies (13:10) - although, as tomo has shown, gas masks can be cool, i have decided to see if acupuncture will help my allergies. my first appointment is tomorrow and i'm a bit nervous about it....
Monday 24 November
