STAT NEWS – Increased physical stamina. “Facility of intellectual labour.” A longer jet of urine.
These were some of the effects that Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard, a French physiologist, reported to a Société de Biologie of Paris meeting in 1889.
He had been injecting himself with a liquid made of pulverized animal testicles in an attempt to reverse “the most troublesome miseries of advanced life.” He took 10 injections over three weeks, and experienced “radical change” for about...
FOOD SAFETY NEWS – Supreme Service Solutions LLC (dba Supreme Deli) is assisting in a recall for items purchased from Boar’s Head Brand’s supplier of pecorino romano cheese.
Ambriola Company, has issued a recall for select SKUs of pecorino romano cheese products, including two products they produce under the Boar’s Head Brand label, due to the potential presence of Listeria monocytogenes.
Consumers can use the following information to determine whether they have the recalled products:
Boar’s...
Many, many people agree that drunk plane passengers cause problems on board — from being annoying at best, to assaulting other passengers and crew members at worst. What no one can agree on, though, is whose job it is to solve it.
WEBMD – Listen to the buzz about foods and dietary supplements, and you'll believe they can do everything from sharpen focus to enhance memory, attention span, and brain function.
But do they really work? There's no denying that as we age, our body ages right along with us. The good news is that you can improve your chances of maintaining a healthy brain if you add "smart" foods and drinks to your diet.
Caffeine Can Make...
VOX – Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a silent killer that lurks among us, helping to claim millions of lives every year.
According to a new study published in The Lancet, the number of kids under age 19 who have high blood pressure has doubled worldwide since 2000.
The rest of the population isn’t faring much better either: In the US, nearly half of Americans have hypertension — twice the rate from a...
MedPage Today – Higher surprisal scores, reflecting unusual daily experiences, were tied to migraine attacks within a day.
Surprisal's link to migraine risk was stronger at 24 hours than 12 hours.
Findings support using surprisal as a predictive tool, shifting focus from single migraine triggers to fluctuations in daily life.
"This finding suggests that the association of daily experiences with migraine onset is not immediate in all cases and may accumulate or evolve."
Surprisal, an information theory-based metric...
About 50% of the released microplastics stay on the cutting board after chopping and go down the drain when the board is washed. The other 50%, we consume.
THE NEW YORK POST – Parkinson’s disease — which causes poor balance and stiff movement — affects an estimated 1 million Americans. That number is expected to rise by 20% in the next few years.
While there’s no sure-fire way to prevent the neurodegenerative disorder, new research has found that a condition that affects millions could increase the chances of developing it.
And that risk could be reduced with one particular treatment.
A study published Monday in...