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Lazy Eye: Older Children Can Benefit From Treatment For Childhood's Mo
Surprising results from a nationwide clinical trial show that many children age 7 through 17 with amblyopia (lazy eye) may benefit from treatments that are more commonly used on younger children. Living Arrangements And Health And Well-being Of Older Europeans
Aging populations are an increasing issue for the Western world. The proportion of people over aged 60 is growing plus there has been a rise in older men and women living alone and a decline in those living with children or relatives. A new study analyzed the impact of living alone, with a spouse or with others on the health and happiness of older people and how it varies within Europe and in England and Wales. Mirrors Can Trick The Brain Into Recovering From Persistent Pain, Rese
Looking in a mirror at a reflection of their healthy hand could help people with persistent pain ease their symptoms and eventually overcome their problem, say scientists in the latest edition of the journal Clinical Medicine. Microbes Plus Sugars Equals Hydrogen Fuel?
Wanted: Bacterium that can eat sugar or sludge; must be team player or electrochemically active; ability to survive without oxygen, a plus. Thus might read the bacterial "job description"posted by scientists, who are collaborating on ways to make microbial fuel cells more efficient and practical. Wine May Combat Tooth Decay And Upper Respiratory Tract Disease Bacter
Both red and white wine may have previously unknown health benefits at the very start of the journey described in that classic childhood food rhyme, "Through the lips and round the gums, look out stomach here it comes."The study showed that red and white wine were effective in controlling the growth of several strains of streptococci bacteria that are involved in tooth decay, and some cases of sore throat. New Tech Harvests Reservoir Logs
A submersible robot can harvest timber from long-forgotten underwater forests. Clear-cutting never looked so green. By Michael Behar from Wired magazine. [Ironic] LONDON: A jailed cocaine dealer is working as Santa Claus on
John Tams, who dons beard, boots and red suit to work in a cafe's Christmas grotto, said he wanted to give something back to the community... Scientists Develop New Treatments For Alzheimer's Disease
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have created a new chemical compound that could be developed into a drug treatment for Alzheimer's disease. Life in Elizabethan England: A Compendium of Common Knowledge, 1558-16
Information about Elizabethan England from a living history perspective. This "is not a series of essays or articles, but rather bites of Elizabethan life. ... It is primarily social history, not political or military."Includes information about games, food, money, religion, fashion, education, and more. Also includes links to related sites. Searchable. From a performer at Renaissance fairs. New Way To Diagnose Sciatica May Point To A Different Cause
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Institute for Nerve Medicine in Los Angeles, have found that new nerve imaging technology called Magnetic Resonance neurography was effective to reveal that a pinched-nerve in the pelvis called piriformis syndrome caused sciatic leg pain in the majority of patients who had failed diagnosis with an MRI scan and/or who were not treated successfully with surgery.
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