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Electronic device radiation lurks everywhere
Arts/Life HEALTH Posted By DR. GIFFORD-JONES Posted 14 hours ago Last week I reported that “dirty electricity,” generated by computers and other electrical devices, has been linked to unexplained aches and pains, depression, sleepiness, ringing in the ears, headaches, and a foggy brain. [...]
Read MoreE. coli halts sales of Leadbetters burgers
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning consumers to stay away from Leadbetters Foods Cowboy Beef Burgers because they may be contaminated with E. coli. Affected Leadbetters Cowboy Beef Burgers were sold frozen in 2.27 Kg boxes. (Canadian Food Inspection Agency)The warning comes as CFIA, Health Canada and various Ontario public health agencies investigate an E. coli outbreak [...]
Read MoreNew treatment options target underlying causes of childhood obsessive-compulsive and Tourette’s disorders
Guest editors Barbara J. Coffey, MD, MS, from the New York University Child Study Center, and Judith Rapoport, MD Chief, Child Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH describe the current reality of these challenging neuropsychiatric disorders in the editorial, “Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Tourette’s Disorder: Where Are We Now?” They conclude that “studies are still few, and validated [...]
Read MoreUse of medication for insomnia or anxiety may increase mortality risk, study suggests
ScienceDaily (Sep. 9, 2010) Taking medications to treat insomnia symptoms and anxiety increases mortality risk by 36%, according to a study conducted by Geneviève Belleville, a professor at Université Laval’s School of Psychology. Details of the study are published in the latest edition of the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. Dr. Belleville arrived at these results [...]
Read More6 Game Design Schools to Watch
by AJ Glasser September 09, 2010 08:00 AM PT In the April 2010 issue of GamePro, The Princeton Review shared their top 50 picks for game design schools in North America. We follow up with five of their picks, plus one of our own. It’s that time of year for high school students when the SATs are looming and [...]
Read MoreMaximum Balloon – Maximum Balloon
When TV On the Radio guitarist and producer extraordinaire Dave Sitek decided to release an album to, in his word ‘get a bunch of pop music out of my system’, he decided his own singing wasn’t quite up to the task, so given his impressive connections he just flicked through his talent-filled Rolodex to give voice [...]
Read MoreU2: The Band who fell to Earth
U2 performs their 360 degrees concert in Turin, Italy in August. Picture: Massimo Pinca Source: AP IT WAS the moment U2 realised they were mortal. Bono, while getting ready for the resumption of the band’s mammoth 360 tour back in May, “suffered severe compression of the sciatic nerve”, as the German doctor who eventually rebuilt the 50-year-old explained. [...]
Read MoreMusic: So good, it’s Badwi
Zoe Badwi walks into the interview room at Warner Music, and I’m instantly struck by how incredibly beautiful she is. Athletically slender, with tussles of dark blond hair, her rock chic leather jacket and studded boots compliment each other perfectly. “Hi I’m Zoe,” she says. I’m definitely charmed. And I’m not in any way surprised [...]
Read MoreTwo high-res Facebook options for the iPad
I’ve had my iPad for about a month now and the more I explore the available apps the more I realize iPad-optimized, high-resolution apps are a must. Some apps, still only available in iPhone format, just fall apart on the large iPad screen. I have a few I can live with because I use them infrequently, but Facebook is one IÂ use every [...]
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