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Geography in the News: Hot Chocolate
Posted by Neal Lineback of Maps101.com and Maps.com on April 27, 2013 By Neal Lineback and Mandy Lineback Gritzner, Geography in the NewsTM and Maps.com LOVING HOT CHOCOLATE A new type of chocolate came on the market around 2010. Chocolate makers boasted that acticoa, which is packed with antioxidants, slows the aging process and prevents wrinkles. If true, this is even one more reason to eat this…
Read Francis Crick’s $6 Million Letter to Son Describing DNA
Posted by Jane J. Lee on April 11, 2013 
Read the letter that sold at auction for just over $6 million. Francis Crick, one of three researchers awarded a Nobel Prize in 1962 for discovering the structure of DNA, wrote a letter in 1953 describing the finding to his 12-year-old son, who was away at boarding school.
Geography in the News: Dengue Fever Threat Much Greater
Posted by Neal Lineback of Maps101.com and Maps.com on April 11, 2013 By Neal Lineback and Mandy Lineback Gritzner, Geography in the NewsTM and Maps.com DENGUE FEVER Reports of dengue fever were rare in Florida until 2009 when physicians began diagnosing cases around Key West in individuals who had not traveled outside the state. National Public Radio recently reported that, with mosquito season under way in 2011,…
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Just how much eating fish is good for you has been a question of debate for some time, and now a new study adds some more data to the pile. Older adults who have high blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids — as found in fatty seafood — “may be able to lower their overall…
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Talk about shocking results: Lightning may contribute to the onset of headaches and migraines, a new study suggests.
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In his new book, The Origin of Feces, David Waltner Toews does the dirty work of showing that poop is part of our daily lives—from food to health to sustainability.
A large crowd packed the pews of the historic Shiloh Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. on Saturday. After a deacon introduced such VIP guests as Representatives Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and John Lewis (D-Georgia), the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, and actor Danny Glover, Pastor Wallace Charles Smith set the stage for the afternoon’s program. “One of the…
A new synthetic “poop” can be used to treat human gastrointestinal infections caused by the bacterium Clostridium difficile.
Would you eat sand, chalk, coffee grounds, or chicken poop? Some people do, and it’s called pica—the craving and purposive consumption of non-food substances.
Smokers Have More Friends…and They’ll Need Them
Posted by Michael Jourdan on September 6, 2012 
Despite years of anti-smoking campaigns featuring everything from catchy slogans to graphic photos of diseased lungs, public health officials have been unable to dispel the notion that lighting up is something the cool kids do.
Posted by Mr. Sputum, a candy-striped superhero, battles tuberculosis in India.
Although some hardcore animal rights advocates object to the concept of owning any animal, it’s also true that studies have linked responsible pet ownership to lowered stress and increased happiness. With today’s pet industry a booming business worth more than $52 billion a year in the U.S. alone, there are plenty of pampered pooches and…
Being Lonely May Be A Hazard To Your Health
Posted by Alyson Foster on June 20, 2012 
Being alone doesn’t just feel bad. It’s bad for you. This is the conclusion of two recent studies that examined the link between feelings of loneliness the risk of mortality.
By Kevin Fletcher So many things have changed in medicine over the past few centuries. Procedures that used to take hours of grueling, grotesque labor can now be done in just a matter of minutes and are dramatically less painful or almost completely pain free. In simpler times, when bullets had to be extracted and…
If Ray Kurzweil is right, we may all soon be living forever in our new digital bodies. If you want to make it to see the Singularity, you’re going to want to live as long as possible. Perhaps these hacks can give you a leg up. Source: BestHealthDegrees.com
We’ve written before about how to improve indoor air quality, which is important because we spend more time indoors than at any point in history, yet indoor air is often more polluted than what’s outside. Chances are also good that when we are indoors, we aren’t getting as much exercise as we should. A big reason for…
From: Top Masters in Healthcare (Click the image above for a larger version) Hospitals in the developed world rely on increasingly advanced technology, which is helping practitioners to treat a wide range of maladies and extend our lives. Of course, technology is often a double-bladed sword. New genetics tests can help screen for metabolic disorders that…
The photo you see above is of an adorable stray cat that’s living like a squatter at Bangladesh’s biggest children’s hospital. The kitty could be called adorable, if a little standoffish. It’s also something of a scourge: Cats shouldn’t be allowed to roam the open halls and wards of a hospital, certainly not one…
Posted by As modern communication technologies become more ubiquitous in the developing world, increasingly working their way into once disconnected rural communities, opportunities to use mobile phones to collect and share valuable (and often critical) information grow. In this edition of Digital Diversity, Joel Selanikio – a practicing pediatrician, former Wall Street computer consultant and former Center…
Happiness: The Key to Longevity?
Posted by Michael Jourdan on November 2, 2011 
If you’re happy and you know it, you may just live longer than the sad sack sitting next to you. Researchers have found that happier people are 35% less likely to die over the next five years than their less joyful counterparts.
Your Questions for a Virus Hunter
Posted by Andrew Howley of NG Staff on October 13, 2011 
National Geographic Emerging Explorer Nathan Wolfe is working to create an early warning system that can forecast and contain new plagues before they kill millions. This Friday, you can ask him all about it, live on the National Geographic Facebook page.
Social Network Connects Members on a Gut Level
Posted by Alyson Foster on September 13, 2011 
MyMicrobes, a new social network started by scientists in the EU, hopes to match up members who share similar types of bacteria.
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The classic bicycle tour across the United States just got better – a world premiere of velomobiling. 5000 km, four weeks, fifty riders from Europe and North America
In today’s installment of our special Digital Diversity series, Eric Blantz from Inveneo and Richard Anderson from the University of Washington explain how they apply a mix of mobile phones and other technologies to help solve a critical yet common drug supply problem throughout the developing world. Digital Diversity is a series of blog posts…
In today’s installment of our special Digital Diversity series, Irma F. Saligumba – Health Research and Projects Coordinator at Molave Development Foundation – talks about a project in the Philippines which aims to reduce mother and infant mortality rates, and provide education and support to expectant mothers, all through their mobile phones. Digital Diversity is…
