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We’re told to have power naps to keep us safe on the road and improve our alertness if we’ve had insufficient sleep. They even help our surgeons stay awake during long shifts. But siestas and nana naps can also leave us feeling groggy and lethargic. So are they ... keep reading
Written by Nicole Lovato and Leon Lack /The Conversation this week, about Health, Lifestyle & Behavior
Once famously described as “orphan diseases, too small to be noticed, too small to be funded” in the Hollywood drama Lorenzo’s Oil, rare diseases are getting unprecedented attention today among drug manufacturers, who are ramping up research efforts and marketing new medicines that promise fuller lives for children and ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this week, about Children and Families, Health
Ever since the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig blowout in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, we have become sharply aware of the hazards of extracting fossil fuels from the earth. This danger presents itself not merely on oil rigs but on pipelines and in processing plants with disturbing regularity ... keep reading
Written by Andrew Miller this week, about Chemicals, Children and Families, Coal & Oil, Environmental Disasters, Health, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans
Earlier this month, Cuba became the fourth country to challenge Australia’s plain tobacco packaging law by requesting consultations with Australia through the World Trade Organization (WTO). Tobacco companies can’t bring claims directly in the WTO, but the industry has stated publicly that it is helping countries bring these ... keep reading
Written by Tania Voon and Andrew Mitchell /The Conversation this month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Health, Industry & Business, Intellectual Property, Law, Politics & Government, Population, Poverty & Development (1 comment)
New research reveals that Solanaceae—a flowering plant family with some species producing foods that are edible sources of nicotine—may provide a protective effect against Parkinson’s disease. The study appearing today in Annals of Neurology , a journal of the American Neurological Association and Child Neurology Society, suggests that ... keep reading
Damn- now lipstick too! A new analysis of the contents of lipstick and lip gloss may cause you to pause before puckering. Researchers at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health tested 32 different lipsticks and lip glosses commonly found in drugstores and department stores. They detected lead, cadmium, chromium ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this month, about Health, Lifestyle & Behavior
If you’ll pardon the pun, there’s no doubt there will be plenty of fuming legal debates that go on once the idea of plain packaging of cigarettes moves beyond an idea and into everyday New Zealand life. Intellectual property lawyers like myself are moved to ponder questions such ... keep reading
Written by Sébastien Aymeric this month, about Consumerism, Corporate Social Responsibility, Design, Health, Intellectual Property, Law (1 comment)
In case you haven't seen it yet, the Dove beauty sketch which shows us that we see ourselves as less attractive than others do.Just to cheer us all up! keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Children and Families, Health, Lifestyle & Behavior (2 comments)
David Letterman put the issues involved in fracking so succinctly. keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Climate Change, Health, Industry & Business, Water
Infectious agents from terrestrial animals, including domestic cats, livestock and even humans are spreading to the oceans and threatening our sea life. A new term has been coined to describe the land-based bacteria, fungi and parasites that travel into our seas: pollutagens (polluting pathogens). A feature in this month’s ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Environment & Wildlife, Health, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans
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