When you’re having trouble sleeping, light is the last thing you assume you need. But according to a pilot study attempting to solve insomnia among lung cancer patients led by University at Buffalo sleep researcher Grace Dean, light ...
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Milk, sugar of cream? Grande, Vente? Those are words never uttered at a Chinese teahouse. At Starbucks, yes. Food and beverage chains all rely on add-ons to get the consumer hooked one way or the other. And of course, speed of delivery. ...
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The kit lets users create their own customisable videogames with a selection of physical building blocks. An initiative that allows kids to create their own videogames from physical building blocks has soared past its crowd-funding goal ...
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Chinese Internet services firm Baidu is planning to enter the driverless car segment later this year with its own version, marrying computer technology with artificial intelligence. The self-driving car, with which the web behemoth ...
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Breakfast cereal manufacturer Uncle Tobys has launched a new product in its Plus breakfast cereals range, ‘Plus Iron’. The Company says the new ‘Plus Iron’ would fall into the existing Plus Breakfast range and ...
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Unsweetened dark chocolate may improve attention and help consumers beat the ‘midday slump’, according to new research from North Arizona University (NAU). The study, published in the journal NeuroRegulation and sponsored by ...
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Something as easy as adding more spinach, kale, collards and mustard greens to the diet could help slow cognitive decline, according to new research from Rush University Medical Centre in Chicago. The study, which was presented at the ...
Micropacemaker is but another example of the how the trend of miniaturization is gaining momentum in healthcare. As medical devices become tinier, they may help the tiniest patients. The FDA has given humanitarian approval to the ...
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Mizuno launched a brand campaign that highlights the transformative power, both physical and mental, that running has on a person, "Every Mile Changes You." A continuation of last year's "What if Everybody Ran" campaign, two initiatives ...
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Researchers at the University of Bonn in Germany have found that the use of red light in labelling food products could help customers make healthy food choices. The proposed labelling system in the study used a red light for food items ...
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Agribusiness Company Cargill has introduced a high-oleic sunflower version of IngreVita EPA/DHA omega-3 oil, allowing food manufacturers to include long-chain omega-3s (EPA and DHA) in their products. EPA and DHA are long-chain ...
Drinking coffee may be associated with a lower risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore. The study, published in February 2015 and to be presented at ...
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When you've been stuck on a problem or that creative spark just won't come, the chances are you've turned to a cup of coffee to get things moving. A quick java infusion can certainly help, but studies also suggest that just enough alcohol ...
Posted in Mobile Health by Chris Newmarker on January 30, 2015 Why would two women who visit the doctor with identical early symptoms of multiple sclerosis have vastly different outcomes 10 years later? That’s what pharmaceutical ...