Health

A Nutritional Clue Offers Hope for Military Suicides

Thumbnail image for A Nutritional Clue Offers Hope for Military Suicides by Lily Casura February 7, 2012

It’s not often enough that we get to report some good news about suicide and the military — for months now, the numbers have been climbing in the wrong direction, with few notable exceptions to the trend. However, just recently, a development from a most unusual quarter shows some true promise for the future. And for those [...]

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Eyes Are the Windows to the Soul; Skin Is a Window to the Brain

Thumbnail image for Eyes Are the Windows to the Soul; Skin Is a Window to the Brain by Moments Count January 11, 2012

From Discover Magazine by Valerie Ross Some might call skin the unsung hero of organs. It provides waterproofing, mediates sensation, guards against germs, and—as if that’s not enough—now researchers believe it may serve as a valuable repository of brain cells. Last spring, scientists at the Salk Institute in California announced the creation of a technique [...]

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A Good Death and How to Achieve It

Thumbnail image for A Good Death and How to Achieve It by Chris Palmer January 9, 2012

Is it possible to create a good death? Or is someone simply lucky if he or she dies well? These are the fascinating questions Dr. Ira Byock, a professor at Dartmouth Medical School, raises in his important 1997 book, Dying Well: Peace and Possibilities at the End of Life. Both my parents have died (four [...]

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NIH Agrees, Nearly All Chimpanzee Research is Unneccessary

Thumbnail image for NIH Agrees, Nearly All Chimpanzee Research is Unneccessary by Moments Count January 3, 2012

From Discover Online After seven months of deliberation, the US Institute of Medicine has released a report that marks a turning point in the use of chimpanzees, humanity’s closest relative, in medical research. An IOM panel found that chimpanzees were in the vast majority of cases no longer required for disease research and laid out [...]

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Portraits from Kathputli Nagar

Thumbnail image for Portraits from Kathputli Nagar by Shoot 4 Change December 18, 2011

(Text and Photos by: Isaak J. Liptzin ) I arrived in Jaipur intending to stay only for a few days, but I ended up meeting a group of people who lived in the Kathputli colony. (click to see the photogallery) I visited their home, and spoke to them about the school they were trying to [...]

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The Open Prosthetic Project

Thumbnail image for The Open Prosthetic Project by Brooke Leigh Sheldon December 14, 2011

This story is a Google search story, one used to help you understand the power of being able to search for what information you need or want in the moment. I happen to be an information and trivia junkie. So, when it comes to learning something new, I’m kinda like a kitten and knowledge is [...]

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Green Tea Helps Mice Keep Off Extra Pounds

Thumbnail image for Green Tea Helps Mice Keep Off Extra Pounds by Moments Count November 14, 2011

From ScienceDaily Green tea may slow down weight gain and serve as another tool in the fight against obesity, according to Penn State food scientists. Obese mice that were fed a compound found in green tea along with a high-fat diet gained weight significantly more slowly than a control group of mice that did not [...]

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Pike’s Peak: Promises, Promises

Thumbnail image for Pike’s Peak: Promises, Promises by Catherine Ryan Hyde October 15, 2011

Here are a few photos from my hike up the Barr Trail to Barr Camp, which is 6.5 miles and 3,800 vertical feet, or a little better than half the way to Pike’s Peak summit. I just got back to the motor home about an hour ago. I’d had the night’s reservation for Barr Camp [...]

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Thoughts on aging

Thumbnail image for Thoughts on aging by Chris Palmer October 7, 2011

I associate aging with deterioration, disease, and suffering. Loss of mental and physical agility is inevitable. The indignities of old age harass the elderly relentlessly. Moreover, old age is accompanied by a growing physical repulsiveness. Our physical features and bodies become repellent in various ways, exacerbated by frailty, despair, and pain. Chronic, debilitating illnesses force [...]

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Some Bugs I’ve Met Along The Way

Thumbnail image for Some Bugs I’ve Met Along The Way by John W Strobel III August 16, 2011

Or How To Make Friends With Methicillan Resistant Staphylococcus Auerus (MRSA) I bounced from one side of the hard ambulance gurney to the other as the sleek red and white van raced for Palmdale Regional Medical Center, siren and horn blasting traffic out of the way. I looked back and there behind us was the [...]

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