Archive for the 'Health' Category
Chinese Bootcamps for Internet Addicts
January 21st, 2014Via: news.com.au: CHINA is the first country to label internet addiction a clinical disorder. But instead of shutting the laptop and going for a stroll, in China there are guarded boot camps intended to deprogram hooked teens. … This addiction and social detachment is striking nationwide concern across China, so to stamp it out the […]
Night Work ‘Throws Body Into Chaos’
January 21st, 2014How about sitting for hours, at night!?!?! *shrill screams of horror* Via: BBC: Doing the night shift throws the body “into chaos” and could cause long-term damage, warn researchers. Shift work has been linked to higher rates of type 2 diabetes, heart attacks and cancer. Now scientists at the Sleep Research Centre in Surrey have […]
Sugar Linked To $1 Trillion In U.S. Healthcare Spending Per Year
January 20th, 2014Via: Forbes: “So 30% – 40% of healthcare expenditures in the USA go to help address issues that are closely tied to the excess consumption of sugar.” Credit Suisse Report – Sugar: Consumption At A Crossroads (PDF here) At this level, the math clearly lacks scientific precision, but it does emphasize the huge burden associated […]
New Google Venture: California Life Company
January 13th, 2014Via: CNN: Calico — or the California Life Company — has been set up to research subjects related to aging and its associated diseases. Announcing Calico at a media briefing, Google said that the new and independent company will largely focus on age-attendant conditions such as Alzheimer’s, cancer and heart disease.
DARPA Funds Development of EEG Headset That You Can Print at Home
January 13th, 2014Via: Wired: Conor Russomanno and Joel Murphy have a dream: They want to create an open-source brain scanner that you can print out at home, strap onto your head, and hook straight into your brainwaves. This past week, they printed their first headset prototype on a 3-D printer, and WIRED has the first photos. Bootstrapped […]
Atmosphere Processors for Beijing [???]
January 10th, 2014Do not miss the conceptual visualization of the pH Conditioners: Via: Next Big Future: In the past 30 years, China has suffered from air pollution and heavy haze created by fast industrial growth and economic expansion. An Environmental Chemistry Letter research journal article reviews the techniques for remediation of air pollution. A geoengineering method is […]
West Virginia Chemical Spill Cuts Water for Up to 300,000
January 10th, 2014Freedom Industries, F*ck Yeah! Via: Reuters: A chemical spill along a West Virginia river on Thursday has resulted in a tap water ban for as many as 300,000 people, shutting down bars and restaurants and forcing residents to line up for bottled water at stores. Governor Earl Ray Tomblin declared a state of emergency for […]
Gamers Who Play for Hours ‘Prone to Hallucinations’ [???]
January 8th, 2014I just assumed that a crew from 4chan was responsible for this, because I’ve played games for hours and none of this stuff has ever happened to me. See the bit in bold at the bottom. Via: Telegraph: Gamers who play for hours are prone to hallucinations and seeing distorted versions of reality, according to […]
Nightmare: Australian Farmer Loses Organic Certification After Monsanto’s GM Canola Planted Next Door by Neighbor
January 7th, 2014Ok, I’m visualizing thousands of Cryptogon readers out there sending support to help these guys win this thing. I kicked it off with AU$15. Via: Safe Food Foundation: Steve Marsh lives and farms at Kojonup in Western Australia. In 2010 he lost his organic certification when GM canola from next door jumped the fence and […]
California: Elevated Radiation Levels in Coastside
January 7th, 2014Via: Half Moon Bay Review: An amateur video of a Geiger counter showing what appear to be high radiation levels at a Coastside beach has drawn the attention of local, state and federal public health officials. Since being posted last week, the short video has galvanized public concerns that radioactive material could be landing on […]
