Watch What You Read – and Believe
November 7, 2009 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Health, How To
With all the health news published on-line and in paper, it can be difficult to decide what’s true and what isn’t. After all, it seems that it should be true if it’s printed or announced, particularly when it involves health-related associations and big companies. Or is it? It may all depend in how you’re reading it.
Take for example a press release from the American Academy of Dental Implants. In August, its members came out in favor of using dental (tooth) implants earlier in dental treatments, stating that root canals and other tooth-saving procedures may be a waste of time and …read more
Politics and Messy Desks.
October 16, 2008 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Morning News, Politics, Psychology
Messy? You’re a lefty. A neatnik? Welcome to the Right.
Can someone’s political leaning be determined by how messy their office and bedrooms are ?
Researchers of a controversal new study about to be published in The Journal of Political Psychology say yes.
The study, which included surveys and room inspections of 76 college students and 94 professionals ranging from realtors to architects, found that…
“…the bedrooms and offices of liberals, who are generally thought of as open, tend to be colorful and awash in books about travel, ethnicity, feminism and music, along with music CDs covering folk, classic and modern rock, as well …read more
Pregnant? You Might Want to Ditch the Cell Phone.
May 21, 2008 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Children, Health, Misc., Morning News, Prevention
New research indicates that pregnant women using mobile phones possibly have an increased risk of giving birth to children with behavioural problems.
The study, based on questioning the mothers of over 13,000 children born in the late 1990s, found that…
“… mothers who did use the handsets were 54 per cent more likely to have children with behavioural problems and that the likelihood increased with the amount of potential exposure to the radiation. And when the children also later used the phones they were, overall, 80 per cent more likely to suffer from difficulties with behaviour. They were 25 per cent more at …read more
