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Man eats sugar-heavy diet for 60 days, receives shocking diagnosis

Man eats sugar-heavy diet for 60 days, receives shocking diagnosis


Via: nona62  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  11 Comments  •  10 years ago

Man eats sugar-heavy diet for 60 days, receives shocking diagnosisFollowing in the footsteps of Morgan Spurlock, who ate only McDonalds food for one month in the film Super Size Me, an Australian...
Tiny Houses Built for Homeless in Madison Wisconsin

Tiny Houses Built for Homeless in Madison Wisconsin


Via: ambivalent  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  7 Comments  •  10 years ago

Last weekend, (November 15th, 2014) in an effort to keep people off the street, a community of tiny houses for the homeless opened in downtown Madison, Wisconsin. These homes were built by a...
Teen With Cancer Claims He Was Fired for Needing Surgery

Teen With Cancer Claims He Was Fired for Needing Surgery


Via: nona62  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  3 Comments  •  10 years ago

Teen With Cancer Claims He Was Fired for Needing Surgery The restaurant said it is investigating the allegation | Teen With Cancer Claims He Was...
Preventing Alzheimer’s: 4 ways to cut your risk

Preventing Alzheimer’s: 4 ways to cut your risk


Via: nona62  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  1 Comments  •  10 years ago

Preventing Alzheimers: 4 ways to cut your riskWhich would you rather have during old age: a sharp mind or good physical health? The assumption behind this conundrum may be missing the point that...
New drugs treat advanced stages of a common skin cancer

New drugs treat advanced stages of a common skin cancer


Via: nona62  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  1 Comments  •  10 years ago

New drugs treat advanced stages of a common skin cancerThe most commonly-occurring cancer in the U.S. is basal-cell carcinoma, a type of skin cancer that is often treated with surgery or other...
California chemists develop rewritable paper

California chemists develop rewritable paper


Via: nona62  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  20 Comments  •  10 years ago

California chemists develop rewritable paper "This rewritable paper does not require additional inks for printing, making it both economically and environmentally viable," Yadong Yin...
4 New Studies Show Obamacare Is Working Incredibly Well

4 New Studies Show Obamacare Is Working Incredibly Well


Via: bob-nelson  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  54 Comments  •  10 years ago

A week ago, Sen. Charles Schumer said his party made a political mistake by passing the Affordable Care Act rather than some unspecified economic measure. Put aside the dubious political...
The topic is... "opinion", "data", and "reality"

The topic is... "opinion", "data", and "reality"


Via: bob-nelson  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  42 Comments  •  10 years ago

I posted a seed the other day, under Red Rules, with an explicit topic. The result was fascinating. There hasn't been a single Reply addressing the topic. There have been quite a...
Why Elon Musk's Batteries Scare the Hell Out of the Electric Company

Why Elon Musk's Batteries Scare the Hell Out of the Electric Company


Via: bob-nelson  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  40 Comments  •  10 years ago

At a sagebrush-strewn industrial park outside of Reno, Nevada , bulldozers are clearing dirt for Tesla Motors Inc. (TSLA) s battery factory, projected to be the worlds largest. Teslas...
The Clinton Foundation Has Affected over 400 Million Lives - See How

The Clinton Foundation Has Affected over 400 Million Lives - See How


Via: jerry-verlinger  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  1 Comments  •  10 years ago

About the foundation ; "We believe that the best way to unlock human potential is through the power of creative collaboration. That's why we build partnerships between businesses,...
More on ACA cost control

More on ACA cost control


Via: bob-nelson  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  3 Comments  •  10 years ago

It hasn't been at the top of the conversation about Obamacare, but new evidence suggests that yet another piece of the law is working exactly as it's supposed to. A key provision of the...
MS is a hard disease to diagnose; many other conditions mimic the symptoms of MS, and your doctor must rule out the other suspects.

MS is a hard disease to diagnose; many other conditions mimic the symptoms of MS, and your doctor must rule out the other suspects.


Via: nona62  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  5 Comments  •  10 years ago

Can multiple sclerosis (MS) affect the brain and cause personality changes? Content provided by the Faculty of Harvard Medical School This content is selected and managed by the...
Parents angry after school tells 13-year-olds they can have sex, choose gender

Parents angry after school tells 13-year-olds they can have sex, choose gender


Via: nona62  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  10 Comments  •  10 years ago

No name calling please !! Parents angry after school tells 13-year-olds they can have sex, choose gender Students at Acalanes High School in Northern California were given this...
McDonald's to trim menu, examine ingredients

McDonald's to trim menu, examine ingredients


Via: nona62  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  15 Comments  •  10 years ago

McDonald's to trim menu, examine ingredients NEW YORK - McDonald's ( MCD ) is planning to trim its menu and maybe even get rid of some of the ingredients it uses to change perceptions that...
Rosetta fuels debate on origin of Earth’s oceans

Rosetta fuels debate on origin of Earth’s oceans


Via: bob-nelson  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  2 Comments  •  10 years ago

ESAs Rosetta spacecraft has found the water vapour from its target comet to be significantly different to that found on Earth. The discovery fuels the debate on the origin of our planets...
America’s Toughest, Ugliest Warplane Is Going Back Into Battle

America’s Toughest, Ugliest Warplane Is Going Back Into Battle


Via: bob-nelson  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  17 Comments  •  10 years ago

For more than 30 years, the A-10 Thunderbolt IIbetter known as the Warthog because its so uglyhas performed a crucial role: attacking hostile targets that threaten troops on the ground, a...
What really killed the dinosaurs?

What really killed the dinosaurs?


Via: bob-nelson  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  24 Comments  •  10 years ago

Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid more than five miles wide smashed into the Earth at 70,000 miles per hour, instantly vaporizing upon impact. The strike obliterated most terrestrial...
Babies from Three People... England will tackle this issue.

Babies from Three People... England will tackle this issue.


Via: perrie-halpern  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  7 Comments  •  10 years ago

The rules for creating babies from three people - which state only two would be classed as parents - have been announced by the UK government. The fertility technique uses material from the...
GMO food blues

GMO food blues


Via: petey-coober  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  7 Comments  •  10 years ago

With slight apologies to Dave Van Ronk [or whoever wrote the song "Cocaine " ]Here is my version :GMOs are for livestock not for menThey say it will kill me but they won't say whenGMOs , runnin'...
A New Way to Reach Mars Safely, Anytime and on the Cheap

A New Way to Reach Mars Safely, Anytime and on the Cheap


Via: bob-nelson  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  14 Comments  •  10 years ago

Getting spacecraft to Mars is quite a hassle. Transportation costs can soar into the hundreds of millions of dollars, even when blasting off during "launch windows"the optimal orbital...
Denver shelters say legal pot responsible for rise in city's homeless population

Denver shelters say legal pot responsible for rise in city's homeless population


Via: nona62  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  1 Comments  •  10 years ago

Denver shelters say legal pot responsible for rise in city's homeless population Nov. 26, 2014: Homeless man Chris Easterling smokes legal hash oil from a vaporizer pen to ease the pain...
Doctors told to report patients who put on weight

Doctors told to report patients who put on weight


Via: nona62  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  14 Comments  •  10 years ago

SponsoredDoctors told to report patients who put on weightHead of the NHS sets out radical plans to fight the flab as new figures show that only Hungary is worse than the UK when it comes to...
Outstanding photos of the X-15, the fastest manned aircraft ever made

Outstanding photos of the X-15, the fastest manned aircraft ever made


Via: bob-nelson  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  7 Comments  •  10 years ago

The X-15. One of the most important aircraft ever... Outstanding photos of the X-15, the fastest manned aircraft ever made
Meet the anti-Dr. Oz: Ben Goldacre

Meet the anti-Dr. Oz: Ben Goldacre


Via: nona62  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  9 Comments  •  10 years ago

If you haven't been reading Dr. Ben Goldacre, you should. He is arguably one of the most interesting and important science writers working today. At a time when health...
Denise Sumpter's daughter Belle is the oldest child in the UK known to be taking her mother’s milk

Denise Sumpter's daughter Belle is the oldest child in the UK known to be taking her mother’s milk


Via: nona62  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  7 Comments  •  10 years ago

Mum still breastfeeds daughter aged SIX and won't stop until she asks Denise Sumpter's daughter Belle is the oldest child in the UK known to be taking her mothers milk As proud...
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