People have learned from Katrina and are putting their hard learned lessons to practice with this hurricane season in full force. People are helping everyone that can to get out of New Orleans and other cities along the Gulf today.
Buses collecting would-be evacuees from 17 locations across New Orleans will continue to run Sunday until [...]
Archive for August, 2008
31 Aug
Coastal evacuations people helping people
31 Aug
GERD Aids
When acid comes up from your stomach into your throat it may cause the burning. It often happens in response to an emotional crisis or after eating.
What happens physically?
At the top of your stomach is a muscle called the lower esophageal sphincter (LES), which normally opens and closes properly to allow food to enter the [...]
28 Aug
GMO deception
Americans are Uninformed AND Misinformed on GMOs
In the US, not only was the Pusztai story barely mentioned by the media, but Project Censored (which compiles an annual list of news stories of social significance that have been overlooked by the country’s major national news media) described it as one of the ten most underreported events [...]
27 Aug
Extracted Wisdom teeth – store them for stem cell bank
One day you may harvest your extracted wisdom teeth for your personal stem cell bank. Researchers in Japan have successfully made stem cells from wisdom teeth, creating an alternative source of pluripotent cells for research and treatment of diseases.
Pluripotent cells are undifferentiated cells that carry your personal genetic code. Extracted wisdom teeth if banked properly [...]
21 Aug
Parasites and human behavior
Half of the world’s human population is infected with Toxoplasma gondii, parasites in the body—and the brain. Commonly found in cats intestines; it sheds eggs that are picked up by rats which forms cysts in the bodies of the intermediate rat hosts, including in the brain.
This parasite coexhists with the rat.
Oxford scientists have discovered that [...]
19 Aug
Locally grown food -great new video
Watch this video with your family and in classes. Short and very well done.
Good Food by La Vida Locavore
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_13984.cfm
17 Aug
Memory loss linked to sleep apnea
“The findings, from brain scan studies conducted by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, show for the first time that sleep apnea is associated with tissue loss in brain regions that store memory…
“Our findings demonstrate that impaired breathing during sleep can lead to a serious brain injury that disrupts memory and thinking,” said [...]
11 Aug
GM foods and animals get protection. We get less.
“International Guidelines Will Promote “Food Safety” of Plant and Animal Biotech Products
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Friday, July 04, 2008) – The Biotechnology Industry Organization congratulates the Codex Alimentarius Commission for approving key guidelines to further promote the safety of products from agricultural plant and animal biotechnology. The Codex Commission took final action today at its 31st [...]
10 Aug
Bike to improve brain power and…
All sectors of society should follow the example of a few of our colleges.
To easy limited space for parking, Emory, Duke, Washington, Northern Illinois University and Illinois State University are setting the bar high for going green and decreasing their carbon footprint through biking.
Emory is selling discounted bicycles to students and faculty, adding bike lanes [...]
2 Aug
CA. wins potato chips vs acrylamide suit
Snack lovers, rejoice: Munching on potato chips just got a “little healthier”.
Under a settlement announced Friday by the state attorney general’s office, H.J. Heinz Co., Frito-Lay, Kettle Foods Inc., and Lance Inc. avoided trial by agreeing to pay a combined $3 million in fines and reduce the levels of acrylamide in their products over [...]
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