Dec 31, 2019
Vidcast: https://youtu.be/ZuqDeXVraTM
Keeping your gums healthy may help you maintain a sharp mind as well as a full set of teeth throughout your life. A study from the University of Louisville’s dental school shows that a bacterium that frequently causes gingivitis and periodontitis can travel to your brain and...
Dec 31, 2019
Vidcast: https://youtu.be/xZAKkqkiZlQ
Chugging those 6 packs and downing those jelly shots depresses the growth of the developing brain. The skyrocketing alcohol consumption by teens and young adults may well be sapping the collective brainpower of our country.
Neuroscientists at the Oregon Health and Science...
Dec 30, 2019
Vidcast: https://youtu.be/LQaxn7d3DRs
If you bicycle or walk home from work, go out of your way to use
the side streets. Urban scientists at England’s University of
Surrey collaborated with colleagues in England, the Netherlands,
and Brazil to measure air pollution during the morning and evening
commutes.
The...
Dec 30, 2019
Vidcast: https://youtu.be/UB_dx6o4wAA
Every year, more bystanders are saving lives by applying CPR.
The latest Swedish study emphasizes that pushing on the chest alone
without also breathing for the patient using either mouth-to-mouth
or a breathing tube can save just as many lives.
The Swedes reviewed more than...
Dec 27, 2019
Vidcast: https://youtu.be/L4Y8tMLdeFA
The scoop on lies comes to us from a British study published earlier this month. Investigators surveyed 194 men and women, average age 39, about the lies they tell and hear.
The results:
- Men consider themselves good liars twice as often as women.
- Liars lie face-to-face...