Archive for October 16th, 2007

Broken Mirrors: A Theory of Autism

October 16, 2007

When the brain’s mirror neuron system malfunctions, perhaps lack of empathy and other characteristics of autism are the result

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7 bizarre things to do AFTER you’re dead.

October 16, 2007

Some of us just can’t let go. Even after we’ve assumed room temperature. If this sounds like you, call up your lawyer and have him sharpen his quill. Put one of these burial rituals into your last request, and keep the conversation interesting at the wake.

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Mirror-Image Humans Walk Among Us With No Warning!

October 16, 2007

Moving quickly through film after film, radiologist Pierre Maldjian, M.D., suddenly did a double take. The organs were reversed. He was looking at mirror-image anatomy.

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More Proof of Cycling Trails Benefiting Economy

October 16, 2007

this has been proved all over the US, but now Australia’s cashing in on cycling for health, fun, and economy!

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How Diggers Can Save Their Eyesight

October 16, 2007

So you don’t ruin your vision while on the computer all day.

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Sleep yourself healthy: seven hours a night helps reduce heart problems

October 16, 2007

Getting enough sleep can be difficult for many juggling the demands of work, leisure and family.

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Big bellies tied to greater heart disease risk – Yahoo! News

October 16, 2007

The message is really obesity in the abdomen matters even more than obesity overall,

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A hospital’s outrageous inhumanity

October 16, 2007

With stunning lack of simple human decency, the emergency room staff at Bay Pines VA Medical Center let a loyal federal employee die of a heart attack in an adjacent building without lifting a finger to help because he wasn’t a military veteran. Despite the fact that this hospital is funded by taxpayer money, this decision reflected hospital policy

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Want Yet Another Reason to Have Sex?

October 16, 2007

Researchers have established a link between regular sexual activity and longevity, confirming what we already suspected: Sex is good for the heart.

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Study Shows Fast Food Zombies Are Made At An Early Age

October 16, 2007

A new study is reporting that very young children are highly susceptible to the daily onslaught of branded fast food advertising: “most 3- and 5-year-olds who taste-tested a variety of foods said they preferred the ones in the McDonald’s wrapper — even though the foods were exactly the same.”

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