Magnetic Brain Stimulation Removes Craving For Cigarettes
• Rose Pastore via PopSci.comDon't worry, it doesn't hurt!
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MCT Fats Found In Coconut Oil Boost Brain Function In Only One Dose
• http://wakeup-world.com, By Sayer JiMedium Chain Triglycerides (MCTs), the primary type of fat found within coconut oil, have been found to boost cognitive performance in older adults suffering from memory disorders as serious as Alzheimer’s — and not after months or even days of treat
Can Virtual Reality Treat Addiction?
• Colin Lecher via PopSci.comResearchers are plugging in smokers, alcoholics, and even crack addicts to expose them to a relapse environment--and teach them how to deal with it. Will it work?
Hospitals Earn More For Mistakes Than For Flawless Surgeries
• Francie Diep via PopSci.comWhy health care reform must include changes to how people pay for hospital care
Everything You Need To Know About Ricin, The Poison Mailed To President Obama
• Dan Nosowitz via PopSci.comRicin is one of the most poisonous substances on Earth, it's scarily easy to make, and somebody is mailing it to the President and at least one U.S. senator. What it is, how it works, and more, inside.
Nanosponges In Your Blood Could Soak Up Infections And Poison
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.comMice who got nanosponge injections survived lethal doses of toxins.
We Could Eat Trees: Scientists Turn Inedible Plant Cellulose Into Starchy Snack
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.comTurning plant byproducts into digestible carbs could feed more people.
New Surgical Tape Works Like A Parasitic Worm
• Francie Diep via PopSci.comThe bandage is inspired by the spiny proboscis of the intestine-infecting Pomphorhynchus laevis.
Mice Skin Cells Transformed Into Brain Cells
• Francie Diep via PopSci.comTwo new studies take a step toward a therapy for multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy and other diseases of the myelin.
How To Find Someone During A Disaster
• Dan Nosowitz via PopSci.comWhat to do, and what not to do, when trying to contact someone during an event like today's Boston Marathon bombing.
World’s first successful uterus transplant recipient is pregnant via in vitro fertilization
• The RawStory.comThe first woman ever to receive a uterus from a deceased donor, is two-weeks pregnant following a successful embryo transplant, her doctors said on Friday.
Bio-engineered kidney offers new hope to patients suffering renal failure
• The RawStory.comResearchers in the United States on Sunday said they had bio-engineered a kidney and transplanted it into rats, marking a step forward in a quest to help patients suffering from kidney failure.
Chinese media urges poultry despite H7N9 flu fears as industry loses $1.6 billion in one week
• The RawStory.comChina’s poultry industry lost 10 billion yuan ($1.6 billion) in the week after the H7N9 bird flu virus began infecting humans, state-run media said on Monday as they sought to discourage panic.
Supreme Court hears oral arguments in breast cancer gene patent case
• Arturo Garcia via RawStory.comThe Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday in a challenge by a contingent of breast cancer patients and women’s health organizations against a Utah company’s claim to being able to patent human genes.
Russian toddler infected with HIV during blood transfusion
• The RawStory.comDoctors in Russia accidentally infected a 16-month-old girl with HIV during a blood transfusion, investigators said Monday, opening a criminal probe into the case.
British racing driver Stirling Moss doubts women have ‘the mental aptitude to race hard’
• The RawStory.comBritish racing legend Stirling Moss does not believe that women are mentally tough enough to compete in Formula One, despite the presence of female test drivers and team principals.
Rose George: Let's talk crap. Seriously.
• ted.comIt's 2013, yet 2.5 billion people in the world have no access to a basic sanitary toilet. And when there's no loo, where do you poo? In the street, probably near your water and food sources -- causing untold death and disease from contamination.
Edible Electronics Will Spy On Your Intestines
• Rose Pastore via PopSci.comDevices inside pills could monitor health issues or deliver targeted cancer drugs.
What You Need To Know About The New Bird Flu
• Francie Diep via PopSci.comThe H7N9 avian flu virus outbreak in China has already killed 11 people. Here's what's up with it.
Egyptian doctors ordered to operate on wounded protesters ‘without anesthetic’
• The RawStory.comThe Egyptian military ordered senior doctors to operate without anaesthetic on protesters injured during demonstrations against military rule, according to extracts of a leaked report published in the Guardian newspaper on Friday.
New H7N9 bird flu strain vaccine may take ‘many months’
• The RawStory.comDeveloping a vaccine for the H7N9 strain of bird flu that has killed 10 people in eastern China could take “many months”, US public health experts have said.
Music activates brain region associated with reward
• Alok Jha, The Guardian via RawStory.comScientists know that music can give intense pleasure by delivering chemical rewards in the brain that are equal to the joy of good food or even sex, but now they think they may have identified the part of the brain where this pleasure starts.
British organ donations jump 50 percent in five years
• The RawStory.comThe number of people in Britain donating their organs after death has surged 50 percent in the past five years, says the NHS Blood and Transplant service (NHSBT).
Fukushima nuclear plant springs another radioactive leak
• The RawStory.comJapan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has sprung yet another leak of radioactive water, its operator said on Thursday, the latest in an increasingly long line of mishaps to rattle public confidence.
Supreme Court to rule on whether human genes can be patented
• Karen McVeigh, The Guardian via RawStory.comIn a landmark case which could alter the course of US medical research and the battle against diseases such as breast and ovarian cancer.
Somebody Just Shelled Out $5.3 Million For A Francis Crick Letter Describing DNA
• Colin Lecher via PopSci.comWhich makes it the most expensive letter ever sold at auction
Experiment Gives Phantom Limb Syndrome To People Who Have All Of Their Limbs
• Colin Lecher via PopSci.comA simple illusion caused subjects to mentally process an extra hand.
5 Ways Hackers Could Kill You Right Now
• Kelsey D. Atherton via PopSci.comYou will never want to fly again.
A Harvard Neuroscience Scheme To Change Decisions In Your Brain
• Rose Pastore via PopSci.comA researcher wants to reverse your choices before you even know you've made them.
Wireless Micro LEDs Control Mouse Behavior
• Susan Young via TechnologyReview.comMice tap into their own neural reward circuits with the help of a new optogenetics device.
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