ScienceDaily: Top Health News

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• Powering pacemakers with heartbeat vibrations
• Need an excuse to book a massage? Massage reduces inflammation and promotes growth of new mitochondria following strenuous exercise
• 'Life and activity monitor' provides portable, constant recording of vital signs
• New technology shows molecules and cells in action
• Societal control of sugar essential to ease public health burden, experts urge
• Chaos in the cell's command center
• Why the brain is more reluctant to function as we age
• Encouraging results with stem cell transplant for brain injury
• Sleep apnea linked to silent strokes, small lesions in brain
• Clot-busting drugs appear safe for treating 'wake-up' stroke patients
• Severe, rapid memory loss linked to future, fatal strokes
• Men more likely to have an accurate memory of unpleasant experiences

Powering pacemakers with heartbeat vibrations Posted: 01 Feb 2012 03:14 PM PST Aerospace engineers have developed a prototype device that could power a pacemaker using a source that is surprisingly close to the heart of the matter: vibrations in the chest cavity that are due mainly to heartbeats.

Need an excuse to book a massage? Massage reduces inflammation and promotes growth of new mitochondria following strenuous exercise Posted: 01 Feb 2012 11:17 AM PST About 18 million individuals undergo massage therapy annually in the U.S. Despite several reports that long-term massage therapy reduces chronic pain and improves range of motion in clinical trials, the biological effects of massage on skeletal tissue have remained unclear - until now.

'Life and activity monitor' provides portable, constant recording of vital signs Posted: 01 Feb 2012 11:00 AM PST Researchers have developed a type of wearable, non-invasive electronic device that can monitor vital signs such as heart rate and respiration at the same time it records a person's activity level, opening new opportunities for biomedical research, diagnostics and patient care.

New technology shows molecules and cells in action Posted: 01 Feb 2012 10:53 AM PST A new affinity capture device provides a platform for viewing cancer cells and other macromolecules in dynamic, life-sustaining liquid environments.

Societal control of sugar essential to ease public health burden, experts urge Posted: 01 Feb 2012 10:53 AM PST Sugar should be controlled like alcohol and tobacco to protect public health, according to a team of researchers, who maintain in a new report that sugar is fueling a global obesity pandemic, contributing to 35 million deaths annually worldwide from non-communicable diseases like diabetes, heart disease and cancer.

Chaos in the cell's command center Posted: 01 Feb 2012 10:53 AM PST Researchers have determined the critical role one enzyme, lysine-specific demethylase 1 (LSD1), plays as mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) differentiate. This research may provide targets for developing drugs to push cells with dysfunctional gene expression programs back to a more normal, healthier state.

Why the brain is more reluctant to function as we age Posted: 01 Feb 2012 07:51 AM PST New findings reveal a novel mechanism through which the brain may become more reluctant to function as we grow older.

Encouraging results with stem cell transplant for brain injury Posted: 01 Feb 2012 07:45 AM PST Experiments in brain-injured rats show that stem cells injected via the carotid artery travel directly to the brain, where they greatly enhance functional recovery.

Sleep apnea linked to silent strokes, small lesions in brain Posted: 01 Feb 2012 06:43 AM PST People with severe sleep apnea may have an increased risk of silent strokes and small lesions in the brain, according to a small study.

Clot-busting drugs appear safe for treating 'wake-up' stroke patients Posted: 01 Feb 2012 06:43 AM PST Clot-busting drugs may be safe for patients who wake up experiencing stroke symptoms, according to preliminary research.

Severe, rapid memory loss linked to future, fatal strokes Posted: 01 Feb 2012 06:43 AM PST Severe, rapid memory loss may be linked to -- and could predict -- a future deadly stroke, according to new research.

Men more likely to have an accurate memory of unpleasant experiences Posted: 01 Feb 2012 06:27 AM PST Researchers reveal how pleasantness and emotional intensity affects memories. A woman's memory of an experience is less likely to be accurate than a man's if it was unpleasant and emotionally provocative, new research suggests.

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ScienceDaily: Living Well News

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• Facebook is not such a good thing for those with low self-esteem, study finds
• Here is what real commitment to your marriage means
• Need an excuse to book a massage? Massage reduces inflammation and promotes growth of new mitochondria following strenuous exercise
• Sleep deprivation tied to increased nighttime urination in preadolescence
• Societal control of sugar essential to ease public health burden, experts urge
• Why the brain is more reluctant to function as we age
• Men more likely to have an accurate memory of unpleasant experiences
• Sporting event ads viewed favorably, especially if the game is close
• College reduces odds for marriage among disadvantaged

Facebook is not such a good thing for those with low self-esteem, study finds Posted: 01 Feb 2012 03:14 PM PST In theory, the social networking website Facebook could be great for people with low self-esteem. Sharing is important for improving friendships. But in practice, people with low self-esteem seem to behave counterproductively, bombarding their friends with negative tidbits about their lives and making themselves less likeable, according to a new study.

Here is what real commitment to your marriage means Posted: 01 Feb 2012 03:14 PM PST What does being committed to your marriage really mean? A psychology professors answer this question in a new study based on their analysis of 172 married couples over the first 11 years of marriage.

Need an excuse to book a massage? Massage reduces inflammation and promotes growth of new mitochondria following strenuous exercise Posted: 01 Feb 2012 11:17 AM PST About 18 million individuals undergo massage therapy annually in the U.S. Despite several reports that long-term massage therapy reduces chronic pain and improves range of motion in clinical trials, the biological effects of massage on skeletal tissue have remained unclear - until now.

Sleep deprivation tied to increased nighttime urination in preadolescence Posted: 01 Feb 2012 10:53 AM PST A new study sheds light on why some children may need to urinate more often during the rest cycle. Researchers found sleep deprivation caused healthy children, ages 8-12, to urinate significantly more frequently, excrete more sodium in urine, have altered regulation of the hormones important for excretion.

Societal control of sugar essential to ease public health burden, experts urge Posted: 01 Feb 2012 10:53 AM PST Sugar should be controlled like alcohol and tobacco to protect public health, according to a team of researchers, who maintain in a new report that sugar is fueling a global obesity pandemic, contributing to 35 million deaths annually worldwide from non-communicable diseases like diabetes, heart disease and cancer.

Why the brain is more reluctant to function as we age Posted: 01 Feb 2012 07:51 AM PST New findings reveal a novel mechanism through which the brain may become more reluctant to function as we grow older.

Men more likely to have an accurate memory of unpleasant experiences Posted: 01 Feb 2012 06:27 AM PST Researchers reveal how pleasantness and emotional intensity affects memories. A woman's memory of an experience is less likely to be accurate than a man's if it was unpleasant and emotionally provocative, new research suggests.

Sporting event ads viewed favorably, especially if the game is close Posted: 31 Jan 2012 06:30 AM PST The average price for a 30-second advertising spot in the 2012 Super Bowl on Feb. 5 is a staggering $3.5 million and a new study suggests that, for advertisers, it may not really matter if the New England Patriots or the New York Giants win. But for the sake of companies forking out big bucks on the ads, it had better be a close and exciting game.

College reduces odds for marriage among disadvantaged Posted: 31 Jan 2012 06:24 AM PST For those with few social advantages, college is a prime pathway to financial stability, but it also unexpectedly lowers their odds of ever marrying, according to a new study.

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The Cynical Girl: Grace, Forgiveness and Logical Fallacies at Work

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Grace, Forgiveness and Logical Fallacies at Work Posted: 01 Feb 2012 03:45 AM PST I’m a pretty judgy woman but I don’t want to be judged. Isn’t that how it always is with HR ladies? So I’ve had to learn how to offer grace and forgiveness in my life. It’s not easy because most of the time I want to punch someone in the face and say I AM FORGIVING YOU RIGHT NOW SO PLEASE SHOW A LITTLE MORE GRATITUDE ASSHOLE. Doesn’t work that way. It is especially hard for me to offer grace and forgiveness to people who ought to know better. Ugh. So frustrating. But if I didn’t afford grace and forgiveness to the people I know and have worked with over the years, I would never get anything done. Years ago, I had to help shutter a family-business-turned-behemoth that was run into the ground by poor business decisions based on a religion. It was a cult-like environment. Poor choices based on faith & family impacted hundreds of people. I was so disgusted by the behaviors that I told my boss that I could no longer help to unwind the book business. I objected to the religion and I couldn’t stand the remaining employees who still wanted to interject faith into the discussion. I couldn’t shut my mouth. I had to say something. He said, “You can’t blame people for their faith.” I said, “Yes I can. I can blame adults for their poor choices. They’re not victims.” He said, “I’m not paying you for your religious insights. Get over it.” Hm. Right. Okay. I needed the paycheck and took a breath. Then I offered a little grace and tried to do my job with integrity and poise. What else could I do?  If these people were right about faith, their god would judge ‘em for being such awful people. And maybe they would burn in hell. I dunno. Not for me to say. I had a job to do. Grace and forgiveness are the only way to go even if the recipients are too stupid to appreciate it. This applies to family members, friends — and the cadre of birthers, truthers, and anti-vaccine advocates in the workforce. I’ve worked with plenty of adults who should know better but still act like morons. “There is plenty of research out there to show that vaccinating your kids is dangerous and causes Autism.” No there’s not. And just because research may exist doesn’t mean that it is valid or equal to the amazing amount of data out there that shows vaccines don’t cause Autism. But if I hated every person in my life who engaged in arguments rooted in the fallacy of false equivalency — or any other logical fallacy — I’d never get anything done. I would just sit around and be pissed off. That’s no way to live. OH MY GOD I AM SO CHARITABLE. Well, not really. I suck. But I do try to let things go and forgive. Silently. I may shake my head at that person and wonder what stupid genes they have passed on their kids, but I still try to see the good in most people — and get work done. Oh you think vaccines are a tool of pharma companies to keep us sick? You haven’t seen Barack Obama’s birth certificate? You think Jews were told to stay home on 9/11? You didn’t see the plane hit the Pentagon? Instead of giving these people the middle finger, I really do try to forgive ‘em. I try not to wear it on my sleeve, either. Grace and forgiveness worn around your neck isn’t really grace or forgiveness. It is martyrdom. And nobody likes a martyr. But listen, truthers and anti-vaccine advocates… …don’t push it.

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ScienceDaily: Top Technology News

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• NASA mission returns first video from moon's far side
• Powering pacemakers with heartbeat vibrations
• Self-assembling nanorods: Researchers obtain 1-, 2- and 3-D nanorod arrays and networks
• Sun delivered curveball of powerful radiation at Earth
• Nano-oils keep the electronic devices really cool
• Scientists help define structure of exoplanets
• Scientists confirm first 'frequency comb' to probe ultraviolet wavelengths
• Stellar nursery: A pocket of star formation
• Self-guided bullet prototype can hit target a mile away

NASA mission returns first video from moon's far side Posted: 01 Feb 2012 03:21 PM PST A camera aboard one of NASA's twin Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) lunar spacecraft has returned its first unique view of the far side of the moon. MoonKAM, or Moon Knowledge Acquired by Middle school students, will be used by students nationwide to select lunar images for study.

Powering pacemakers with heartbeat vibrations Posted: 01 Feb 2012 03:14 PM PST Aerospace engineers have developed a prototype device that could power a pacemaker using a source that is surprisingly close to the heart of the matter: vibrations in the chest cavity that are due mainly to heartbeats.

Self-assembling nanorods: Researchers obtain 1-, 2- and 3-D nanorod arrays and networks Posted: 01 Feb 2012 11:24 AM PST Researchers have developed a relatively fast, easy and inexpensive technique for inducing nanorods to self-assemble into aligned and ordered macroscopic structures. This technique should enable more effective use of nanorods in solar cells, magnetic storage devices and sensors, and boost the electrical and mechanical properties of nanorod-polymer composites.

Sun delivered curveball of powerful radiation at Earth Posted: 01 Feb 2012 11:24 AM PST A potent follow-up solar flare, which occurred Jan. 17, 2012, just days after the Sun launched the biggest coronal mass ejection seen in nearly a decade, delivered a powerful radiation punch to Earth's magnetic field despite the fact that it was aimed away from our planet.

Nano-oils keep the electronic devices really cool Posted: 01 Feb 2012 11:00 AM PST Scientists have created a nano-infused oil that could greatly enhance the ability of devices as large as electrical transformers and as small as microelectronic components to shed excess heat.

Scientists help define structure of exoplanets Posted: 01 Feb 2012 11:00 AM PST Using models similar to those used in weapons research, scientists may soon know more about exoplanets, those objects beyond the realm of our solar system. Astronomers have come up with new methods for deriving and testing the equation of state of matter in exoplanets and figured out the mass-radius and mass-pressure relations for materials relevant to planetary interiors.

Scientists confirm first 'frequency comb' to probe ultraviolet wavelengths Posted: 01 Feb 2012 11:00 AM PST Physicists have created the first "frequency comb" in the extreme ultraviolet band of the spectrum, high-energy light less than 100 nanometers in wavelength. Laser-generated frequency combs are the most accurate method available for precisely measuring frequencies, or colors, of light. The new tool can aid in the development of "nuclear clocks" based on ticks in the nuclei of atoms, and measurements of previously unexplored behavior in atoms and molecules.

Stellar nursery: A pocket of star formation Posted: 01 Feb 2012 06:43 AM PST A new view shows a stellar nursery called NGC 3324. It was taken using the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. The intense ultraviolet radiation from several of NGC 3324's hot young stars causes the gas cloud to glow with rich colors and has carved out a cavity in the surrounding gas and dust.

Self-guided bullet prototype can hit target a mile away Posted: 30 Jan 2012 02:02 PM PST A new design for a self-guided bullet could help war fighters, scientists report. Researchers have invented a dart-like, self-guided bullet for small-caliber, smooth-bore firearms that could hit laser-designated targets at distances of more than a mile (about 2,000 meters).

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