Sleepy Brits Are The Grumpiest ‘Morning People' In Europe. The majority of British people dread the alarm clock and hit the snooze button every morning, a study has discovered, making Brits the most grumpy morning people in Europe. Compared to our European counterparts, who wake up feeling refreshed and ready to face the day, Brits are short-tempered, miserable and still half asleep when they eventually pull themselves from under the duvet. According to the study by Philips Wake-up Light, only a third of Brits consider themselves an 'early-bird' who rises out of bed as soon as the alarm clock goes off, and 40 per cent admit they struggle to find the energy to get out of bed after countless snooze alarm attempts.
The survey involved 11, 000 Europeans and found that British people spend an astonishing four months over the course of a lifetime hitting the snooze button on their alarm clocks. Brits are the top of the grumpy league, with fellow grouchy nation's Sweden, Finland, Norway, Austria and Holland closely behind. Loading Slideshow. Apple Upgrades MacBook Pro with Faster Processors, More Storage. News360.com. Stéphane Marceau is the co-founder of OMsignal, a wearable tech innovator. Back in 2008, my co-founder Frederic Chanay and I took our first stab at developing a rough prototype for a bracelet with an accelerometer and skin conductance sensor that connected to an iPhone via Bluetooth. We had the financial backing of a major global communications company, we had the motivation; but most importantly, we were committed to our unwavering conviction that wearables were the future of mobile health and wellness.
That prototype never made it to market.. We have since then continued to chip away at our ignorance. Our hard-earned experience has only... Ophthalmologist Discovers Possible Side Effect In Macular Degeneration Drug. Link Discovered Between Exposure To Chemical BPA Before Birth And Behavioral, Emotional Difficulties In Girls. Light of Peace Mind Map. US research shows link between soft drink and violence - Health. Researchers in the United States say there's a 'shocking' association - if only a statistical one - between violence by teenagers and the amount of fizzy soft drink they drink.
High-school students in inner-city Boston who consumed more than five cans of non-diet, fizzy soft drinks every week were between nine and 15 per cent likelier to engage in an aggressive act compared with counterparts who drank less. "What we found was that there was a strong relationship between how many soft drinks that these inner-city kids consumed and how violent they were, not only in violence against peers but also violence in dating relationships, against siblings," said David Hemenway, a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health.
"It was shocking to us when we saw how clear the relationship was," he told AFP in an interview. But he stressed that only further work would confirm - or disprove - the key question whether higher consumption of sweet sodas caused violent behaviour. Physical fitness key to keeping your eyes healthy. Israel Herald (ANI) Tuesday 25th October, 2011 Maintaining an active lifestyle could be a new way to keep our eyes healthy and reduce glaucoma risk, a new study has suggested.
It found that higher levels of physical exercise appear to have a long-term beneficial impact on low ocular perfusion pressure (OPP), an important risk factor for glaucoma. The study examined the relationship between physical activity and current OPP in 5,650 men and women aged 48 to 90 who live in the U.K. and were part of initial cohort from 1993 - 1997. From 2006 to 2010, study participants were examined for eye pressure -medically termed intraocular pressure (IOP)- and systolic and diastolic blood pressure measurements. The results showed that moderate physical exercise performed approximately 15 years previously is associated with a 25percent reduced risk of low OPP. "It appears that OPP is largely determined by cardiovascular fitness," said author Paul J. Page 1 of 2 | Next. Health | Divide over when to use in-depth cholesterol tests. For heart health, you're supposed to know your numbers: Total cholesterol, the bad LDL kind and the good HDL kind. But your next checkup might add a new number to the mix.
More doctors are going beyond standard cholesterol counts, using another test to take a closer look at the bad fats - a count of particles that carry LDL through the blood. Cardiologists are divided over the usefulness of that approach. Proponents contend it might help them spot at-risk patients that regular checks might miss, or get more information about how aggressively to treat them. But so far, guidelines from major heart organizations don't recommend these extra tests. "I see a lot of people being confused," says Dr. Yet up to half of patients diagnosed with heart disease apparently had normal levels of LDL cholesterol, and some doctors say particle testing might help find some of them sooner.
"For most people, the standard lipid profile is fine," says Dr. Cholesterol isn't the only factor behind heart disease. 2-week-old girl rescued from Turkey rubble - World news - Europe. News bites: Taxpayer funding for anti-abortion groups, CLASS Act's void, and more. Association Between Daily Smoking, Low Mastery And Repeat Episodes Of Depression. Most Powerful U.S. Nuclear Bomb Being Dismantled. This undated handout photo provided by the National Nuclear Security Administration shows the United States' last B53 nuclear bomb. The 10,000-pound bomb is scheduled to be dismantled Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011 at the Pantex Plant just outside Amarillo, Texas.AP AMARILLO, Texas – The last of the nation's most powerful nuclear bombs -- a weapon hundreds of times stronger than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima -- is being disassembled nearly half a century after it was put into service at the height of the Cold War.
The final components of the B53 bomb will be broken down Tuesday at the Pantex Plant near Amarillo, the nation's only nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly facility. The completion of the dismantling program is a year ahead of schedule, according to the U.S. Thomas D'Agostino, the nuclear administration's chief, called the bomb's elimination a "significant milestone. " The B53 was designed to destroy facilities deep underground, and it was carried by B-52 bombers. Gas Pump Handles Top Study Of Filthy Surfaces.
Novartis to cut 2,000 jobs to save annual $200 million. Ancient supernova mystery solved. 25 October 2011Last updated at 12:45 The supernova grew to inexplicable size in a short period of time, starting nearly 2,000 years ago A mystery surrounding the first recorded supernova - seen by Chinese astronomers in AD185 - has been solved. The supernova RCW 86 lit up the sky for eight months, documented at the time as a "guest star". In more recent times, astronomers have wondered how it grew so large, so fast. Space telescope observations now suggest that before exploding, a wind of material from the star blew a cavity around it, into which the supernova could expand much more quickly. The supernova, about 8,000 light-years away, is huge - if the infrared light it emits could be seen by our eyes, it would appear to be as large in the sky as the full Moon. Both of these telescopes are sensitive to infrared light, giving a picture of the conditions of material that is at fairly low temperatures in the supernova remnant.
Legal highs need more controls, say drug council. 25 October 2011Last updated at 15:35 The government can ban the import of drugs as well as curb alternatives to legal highs The sale, supply and impact of so-called "legal highs" should be more controlled, the government's drugs advisers have recommended. The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs said stricter laws, more research and awareness were needed to curb them. The drugs, including bromo-dragonfly and MDPV, are often marketed as plant food to evade regulations.
Council chairman Les Iversen, said: "It's not just a nice party drug but something that can kill. " Launching a report into the spread of the drugs, he said: "We want the government to do all it can to combat the sale, supply and harms of so-called 'legal highs'. " 'Plant food' The marketing and sale of "novel psychoactive substances" - or legal highs - is often designed specifically to avoid legislation under the Medicines Act 1968, with drugs often marketed as "not for human consumption". Continue reading the main story Analysis. CDC could soon recommend boys receive HPV vaccine. CDC: Tests on thousands of people show "no serious safety concerns" The advisory committee votes to recommend males ages 11 to 21 be vaccinatedHPV is the number one sexually transmitted disease in the nation The HPV vaccine has been approved for males since 2009 Atlanta (CNN) -- A federal government advisory committee voted Tuesday to recommend that males ages 11 to 21 be vaccinated against the human papilloma virus, which is blamed for thousands of cases of cancer among women and men.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices said the vaccine series can be started as early as age 9. Twelve members of the committee voted in favor of a recommendation that 11- and 12-year-old boys be vaccinated; one member abstained. In a separate vote involving males age 13 to 21, eight voted in favor; five against, and one abstained. Much of the debate focused on whether it would be cost-effective to vaccinate boys against HPV. Dr. Rep. Grab your Coffee, I think this paper may depress you. | The Scicurious Brain.
(Source) A few weeks ago I saw this headline floating around the interwebs. COFFEE: NOW WITH ANTIDEPRESSANT EFFECTS!!! I obviously wanted to look into it. I mean, you’re talking about a girl with caffeine tattooed onto her flesh, here, I have a personal stake in this outcome. Unfortunately, life and lab (ok, mostly lab) got in the way, and I’m only just now getting to this. But I still have a personal stake! So. And many of us want to justify ourselves.
That’s really the only reason I can think of as to why so many recent studies have come out on whether caffeine is “good” for you or not. But does it cure your depression? Lucas et al. With all the coffee we drink, you’d think there’d be more studies out there on it. So what was the study, and who were the women? They asked them for what they typically ate, how much they exercised, marital status, smoking, hormone therapy, heck they even asked if you went to church. Here are the issues. 1) Smoking. Here’s the thing. Ed and Deb Shapiro: What Does Meditation Mean to You? If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. -- Lao Tzu At a time of economic downturn, with corruption on the rise and countries at war, we wondered what could bring greater awareness, kindness and compassion to a world in so much chaos? Could something as subtle and understated as meditation possibly have any affect on business, the environment, conflict or even politics?
Can meditation make a big enough change in consciousness to transform the way we see ourselves, each other and our world? We have both been immersed in meditation since we were young. It is the foundation of our lives and often makes us wonder what life would be like without it when we look around and see the massive confusion and suffering that many people experience. Self-centeredness and selfishness -- hallmarks of the ego -- affect not only our own lives and relationships but also influence the way we behave in the world. This brings us to the importance of contemplation and meditation. How I Use Mindmapping to Write. I use lots of tools for writing. The other day, I talked about the importance of writing practice. Today, as I’m working on a new speech, I wanted to share another tool I use: mind mapping. Before you ask, because the technology minded of you often do, this particular mindmapping software is called Mind Node and it’s for Mac.
There are plenty of tools for Windows and some that operate online. The way I use mindmaps is that I start with my main idea, and then figure out the “branches” I’ll want to talk about. So, in this case, I just add a few ideas. Mind maps are a great tool for getting your jumbly thoughts into a framework. What happens, often, when we write, is that we look at sentences as this whole big thing. That’s where mind maps excel (or one place where mind maps excel). What about you? ChrisBrogan.com runs on the Genesis Framework The Genesis Framework empowers you to quickly and easily build incredible websites with WordPress. Become a StudioPress Affiliate. American, Dane kidnapped in Somalia - World news - Africa - Somalia.
NAIROBI, Kenya — Gunmen abducted a 32-year-old female American aid worker in northern Somalia on Tuesday along with a Danish and a Somali colleague as their convoy headed to the airport. The kidnappings come only weeks after four Europeans were seized by suspected Somali gunmen in neighboring Kenya. A self-proclaimed Somali pirate said that pirates had captured the three. The captors would not harm the three but will want a ransom for their release, he said. The claim could not be independently verified. The three employees work for the Danish Demining Group, whose experts have been clearing mines and unexploded ordnance in conflict zones in Africa and the Middle East. "As a first priority, we have been concentrating on the ongoing investigations. Activities of the Danish Refugee Council, which runs the Danish Demining Group, have been suspended in the area. Two Nairobi-based officials said the American woman is 32 and the Danish man is 60. DaVita says U.S. govt probes payment for infusion drugs.
Ben Greenfield: Can You 'Spot Reduce' Body Fat? Wouldn't it be fabulous if there was a way to take one area of your body, like your butt, your abs, the back of your arms, or your thighs, and make all the fat in that area disappear by doing one particular, magical exercise? Unfortunately, there isn't. (And if there was, then you could do just a few hundred crunches a day and have magazine cover model washboard abs.) But with a few tweaks to your exercise regimen, you actually can "spot reduce" (that's reduce, not eliminate).
Before you learn how to spot reduce, you should know how fat burning actually works. Imagine you have a big barrel of oil in the trunk of your car. Even though your car's engine uses gasoline, and oil is used to make gasoline, all that oil in your trunk isn't doing you a bit of good unless it somehow gets converted into gasoline and put into your engine! Think of all that fat around your waistline like the oil in that car's trunk. WellPoint offers members cash incentives for using less expensive facilities :: Oct. 25. WellPoint is expanding a program that rewards members with cash refunds when they get tests and procedures done in what the company deems to be cost-effective settings. The SmartShopper program, piloted in New Hampshire in 2010, is expanding this fall to include two employers in Connecticut and another two in Indiana. Bedford, N.H. -based Compass Healthcare Advisors, which administers the program for WellPoint, also said it is recruiting potential clients in Kentucky.
In the program, used by self-insured employers whose plans are administered by WellPoint companies, after a physician recommends a test or procedure, a member calls a toll-free number or goes online to compare prices at nearby facilities. The rebates are available for tests such as MRIs and CT scans, and procedures such as bunion removal and spinal fusion.
If members choose the more "cost-effective" location, as defined by the SmartShopper program, they would get a check in the mail based on a percentage of savings. From 234 pounds to the Miss America pageant. Rehberg introduces healthcare law repeal legislation. Artificial intelligence community mourns John McCarthy. Quarter of Scots 'obese', health survey says. Closing the Gap between Psychology and God. APHA: National Prescription Drug... Biogen multiple sclerosis drug works in second trial. Don’t lose the context! Response to: Are you maternal enough to be a woman? | Guest Blog. 5 Things You Should Know Before Giving Birth. Boeing's Dreamliner completes first commercial flight. October 26, 2011. Boeing Dreamliner's Inaugural Fight Lands In Hong Kong. Obama makes unscheduled stop at Roscoe's Chicken.
Death toll from tainted cantaloupes hits 28. Insurers in 15 states could be subject to HHS appeals review :: Oct. 26. Insurers to Supreme Court: Other parts of health law depend on mandate. What Makes a Rabbit’s Foot Lucky? | Anthropology in Practice. German Rosat spacecraft re-entered over Bay of Bengal. California bucks U.S. trend on teacher evaluations - latimes.com. X Prize contest seeks secrets in DNA of the elderly - Health - Aging. 10 red flags to identify crappy on-line health content.
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Snow blankets Denver area after 80-degree day - Weather. Breast cancer patient: I was over-treated for cancer. Matheson is first Dem to back CLASS repeal. Murder, suicide top medical deaths in pregnancy. Fruitwash Labels Dissolve Into Natural Produce Cleaner When Rinsed. Biological Changes Thwart Weight-Loss Efforts, Study Finds. After dieting, hormone changes may fuel weight regain. OVERNIGHT HEALTH: Democrats at odds over Medicare cuts. Water Bottle Lawsuit: California Attorney General Sues Companies Over False Biodegradable Claims.