According to research released in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Brown University and Lifespan “researchers show that in the brain cells of rats, obesity impedes the production of a hormone that curbs appetite and inspires calorie burning. The root cause appears to be a breakdown in the protein-processing mechanism of the cells.” If the research proves [...]
It’s the pivotal question that launched BLUFF. Not a revolutionary or new question, but one that persists and is debated in the medical community, for one, and the world at large. In doing the research for BLUFF, I spoke to many physicians and caregivers, and my straw poll indicates the group was evenly divided. While [...]
Like others, I was shocked when I read about the actress’s recent surgery, following test results that discovered a mutation in a gene known as BRCA-1. Jolie’s chances of getting breast cancer were almost 90 percent. (Her cancer screening cost her $4000, out of pocket.) I have known several women who have had the same procedure [...]
I attended a birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese just once with my then-8 year old son. I vowed: Never again. I left feeling jittery and disturbed. My kid, a laid back, measured child, had transformed into a hyperactive lunatic. Frenzy barely describes the atmosphere of the place. So when I came across and article with Chuck [...]
Witchcraft is no laughing matter in the southern African country of Swaziland. So much so, that an official in that country claimed that flying on a broomstick over 150 metres (about 500 feet) above the country would merit arrest and a hefty fine (500,000 South African Rand, roughly $54,000). The South Africa Times Live reports [...]
Makes one want to reevaluate the pastime that has captured at least one generation of kids and been demonized for for it. The University of Iowa study certainly gave me cause for pause. According to the results of the study, “people aged 50 and older who played just ten hours of a video game, priming their mental [...]
If you would, then count yourself among the thousands who long to be wanderlusts among the stars and leave our blessed Mother Earth to become Martians. Mars One opened the application process to emmigrate to the Red Planet on April 22, and in the past two weeks, over 78,000 applied, according to NBC Science. Mars One [...]
Genetically Modified Organisms, or GMOs as they are called, are controversial here in the U.S., home of Monsanto, the huge multinational agribusiness and leading producer of genetically engineered (GE) seed and of Roundup, which has also come under scrutiny as of late. GMOs are also controversial all over the planet, but only one country has yet to ban them: Peru. Protecting [...]
Dennis Rodman is calling in a favor from North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un to release an American tour operator sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in a message posted to Twitter. According to The Hill, the tweet reads, “I’m calling on the Supreme Leader of North Korea or as I call him “Kim”, to [...]
In Pennsylvania, there is legislation in the pipeline to close a loophole, which ostensibly forces a rape victim who decides to keep her child from having to choose between child support and no contact with her attacker. The way it stands now, the law reads that a rape victim can terminate the custodial rights of the [...]