Stress fires up the body's fight or flight response; a very primitive function of our brains that protects us from danger. The urge to flee, pounding heart, sweating, breathlessness and dry mouth are all responses the body has if threatened. They prepare the body to...
You are driving down the street and suddenly someone walks out in front of you. You slam on the breaks in a split-second. A few seconds later, you probably wonder what part of you knew how to react so fast. Was it a miracle, divine...
New groundbreaking research shows that the insertion of an acupuncture needle into the skin disrupts the branching point of nerves called C fibres. These C fibres transmit low-grade sensory information over very long distances by using Merkel cells as intermediaries. Dr. Morry Silberstein of the...
Though teeth have been grown in mice before, scientists revealed in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences success at growing a 'fully functional' tooth from stem cells in mice. The article states: "Here, we report a successful fully functioning tooth replacement in an adult mouse...
In the 1950's Dr. Royal Rife, an American inventor designed a very powerful microscope that could detect living microbes by the color of their vibratory rates. Financed by millionaires like Henry Timken, Rife invented the Universal Microscope with 5,682 parts. It was a miraculous machine that...
Laboratory T-shirt.It was designed by Dr. Anna D. Fails, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University ...
Yawning cools the brain, researchers sayPhoto credit: John Clarke on Flickr "cat yawning" (cc) ...
PlaySatchin Panda of the Salk Institute explains his latest discovery and how it links our genes with our sleeping and eating patterns.Video credit: Salk institute on YouTube ...
Empathic stressFlickr: "scared" by Vic Nanda (CC) Researchers have found there is such a...
Low-power light that triggers the human dental stem cells to form dentinPhoto Credit: Harvard's Wyss Institute and SEAS ...
Celebstoner and The Cannabist announced on April 28, 2014, that 10-pack Cranfords Cannabis Cigarettes with 100 milligrams of THC are now available for sale in stores in Colorado. This isn't the first time in history cannabis has made a major debut. Until mid nineteenth century, cannabis...
Paying way too much attention to his sexual performance is badPhoto credit: Daniela Vladimirova "Tightly Knotted" on Flickr (cc) ...
Gossip as social grooming In 2001, a major cell phone company BT Cellnet commissioned researchers at...
The hypothalamus, an almond-sized structure located deep within the brain, is known to have fundamental roles in growth, development, reproduction, and metabolismAlbert Einstein College of Medicine ...
PlayIn this social experiment, unsuspecting people walked by relatives pretending to be homelessYouTube: NYCRM ...
No exercise and heavy use of electronic media is health risk for children, study saysPhoto credit: Brad Flickinger "student ipad school" on Flickr (cc) ...
Tai ChiPhoto credit: Hao Jiang "Tai Chi" on Flickr (cc) For centuries, Tai Chi...
