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Those That Gesture Are Sure to Best Ya!
Spatial visualization, a skill that is integral to students, air traffic controllers and interior decorators alike, is the ability to mentally rotate or move an object to a different position or view. Recent studies found that gesturing your hands when … Continue reading
Tags: air traffic controllers, Educators, Gesture, interior decorators, Spatial visualization, students, trajectory
Juicy Couture & Bedbugs Make Headlines
Do you think I got to this before Jay Leno does his headlines riff on The Tonight Show tonight? The headline in the Wall St. Journal boldly proclaims: “Bedbugs Close Juicy Couture”. Bedbugs were found in the two story retail … Continue reading
Tags: bed bugs, Fashion, Fifth Ave, lifestyle, Living, shopping
Live Long and Prosper?
Living longer is, as Martha Stewart would say, “A good thing.” Living longer and maintaining a high quality of life through those later years is a really good thing and a recent report from the Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related … Continue reading
Tags: economic status, housing, illness, income, life expectancy, physical activity, prescription, retirement, seniors
New Hope for Those Who Suffer from Digestive Problems
The gastrointestinal system is a complex and mysterious one. It seems almost a miracle that it ever works properly considering the multitude of factors that can make things within our digestive tract go awry. What we eat, how we move, … Continue reading
Tags: Health Care, Medical News, medication, research
Doctors Push for More Scans in Stroke Cases
We thought this article was extremely compelling and touched all bases. We left it intact: —————- The first three or four hours after a stroke are the most crucial. For most stroke patients, receiving a clot-dissolving drug shortly after arriving … Continue reading
Marketing to a “New Frugality”
The “New Frugality” is the behavioral response of Americans to the the nearly $13 trillion loss of wealth since the recession began; their upended confidence in the capitalist system is kick-starting a more cogent move toward frugality. Economists believe that … Continue reading
Tags: Advertising, Behavioral Economics, branding, Business, culture, Families, Friendship, Marketing, Workplace
Topical Error
by Adele Weber If it’s topical, the theory goes, it has fewer side effects than pills. Right? Wrong. Often overlooked, the side-effects of topical creams is more important than credited. Lidocaine is a topical numbing agent frequently used before mammograms. … Continue reading
Tags: broken skin, coma, lidocaine, side-effects, tetracaine, topical analgesic, topical pain relief
Mind and Heart
There’s a link between the mind and the body. If you think you’re ill, you can make yourself ill, and if you think you’re well, it can help you recover. All of this is part of the well-documented though poorly … Continue reading
Tags: blood vessels, cardiovascular health, depression, diabetes, exercise, hormones, hypertension, relaxation, stress
Micro-Shock
by Edna Milay What’s the bacteria population on your right hand? Your left? Your spouse’s right hand? Your spouse’s left? If you guessed that they were all approximately the same, you’re missing the latest “is this really important?” news to … Continue reading
Tags: bacteria, hands
Hips and Hormones
by Jose Sonik Some news from the science front! Hormone replacement in women is linked to hip replacement - and childbearing is linked to knee replacement. These two new findings come out of England where 1.3 million women were followed … Continue reading
Tags: childbearing, estrogen, exercising, hip replacement, hips, hormones, knee replacement, pregnancy, progestragen, tibolone
