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Youtube. FREE! English subtitles! Full version of "How to draw a lion" Igor Saharov. Eating 10 To 12 Cherries A Day Can Reduce Gout Attacks By 35%, Higher When Combined With Medication. 5 Old News Stories the Media Pretended Were New This Year. 6 True Stories from History Creepier Than Any Horror Movie. History books are full of grisly details about who got stabbed, what town got burned to the ground, and which kings married their cousins -- so imagine the stuff that gets edited out.

6 True Stories from History Creepier Than Any Horror Movie

Or, you know, read about it in this article instead. As part of our continuing quest to tell you the stuff your teachers didn't want you to know, here are some gruesome and little-known addenda to some of the most famous moments in history. #6. The Man Who Tried to Save Lincoln Went All The Shining on His Family National Archives and Records Administration. 5 Ways Your Brain Is Messing With Your Head. We accept on a regular basis the premise that our minds are being screwed with.

5 Ways Your Brain Is Messing With Your Head

Advertisers, politicians, magicians; we accept that they know the tricks to pull the wool over our eyes. But as it turns out, the ways in which your head is being truly and royally messed with the most, are coming from inside. Please be advised that your brain does not want you reading the following list, and may kill you to protect its secrets. These include... #5. 5 Mind-Blowing Ways Your Senses Lie to You Every Day. We are so completely dependent on our five senses every moment of the day that we totally forget how full of shit they can be.

5 Mind-Blowing Ways Your Senses Lie to You Every Day

Your reality is cobbled together from a bunch of different parts of your brain working in conjunction, and often it's like a bickering conference room full of uncooperative co-workers. 5 Mind-Blowing Ways Your Senses Lie to You Every Day. #2.

5 Mind-Blowing Ways Your Senses Lie to You Every Day

Your Brain Changes the Size of Objects Around You Yuliya Chsherbakova/Photos.com Your eyes are lying to you right now about something as basic as the size of the stuff you're looking at. BREAKTHROUGH: DMT Found in the Pineal Gland of Live Rats. In a major breakthrough in consciousness and psychedelic studies, Cottonwood Research Foundation has published a paper (soon to appear in the Journal Biomedical Chromatography) documenting the presence of DMT in the brains of living rats.

BREAKTHROUGH: DMT Found in the Pineal Gland of Live Rats

Does the head remain briefly conscious after decapitation (revisited)? A Straight Dope Classic from Cecil's Storehouse of Human Knowledge June 12, 1998.

Does the head remain briefly conscious after decapitation (revisited)?

Banishing consciousness: the mystery of anaesthesia - health - 29 November 2011. Read full article Continue reading page |1|2|3 I WALK into the operating theatre feeling vulnerable in a draughty gown and surgical stockings.

Banishing consciousness: the mystery of anaesthesia - health - 29 November 2011

Prominent scientists sign declaration that animals have conscious awareness, just like us. People Can Learn New Skills While They Dream, Scientists Say. 3D map of human brain is the most detailed ever - health - 20 June 2013. Is 'Numerosity' Humans' Sixth Sense? Whether it's determining the number of ships on the horizon or the number of cookies in a jar, the human brain has a "map" for perceiving numbers, new research shows.

Is 'Numerosity' Humans' Sixth Sense?

Topographical maps of the human brain are known to exist for the primary senses, such as sight, hearing and touch, but this is the first time such a map has been found for numerosity, or number sense. The map's layout allows for the most efficient communication among neurons doing similar tasks. Studies in monkeys have shown that certain neurons in the parietal cortex, located at the back of the brain beneath the crown of the hair, became active when the animals viewed a specific number of items. 10 Rare Astronomical Events. 10 Strange Unexplained Events. 25 Things You Didn't Know About Halloween. 25 Images You Won't Believe Weren't Photoshopped. Amazing Facts to Blow Your Mind Pt. 2. 38 Common Spelling and Grammar Errors - mental_floss on YouTube (Ep.9) 30 Game Changing Video Games - mental_floss on YouTube (Ep. 37) 5 Superpowers We All Had as Babies (According to Science)

5 Things You Can Do Right Now to Become Instantly Smarter. There might not be a worse feeling than when you have some kind of huge project due and the creative part of your brain just slowly grinds to a halt.

5 Things You Can Do Right Now to Become Instantly Smarter

Some people have little rituals they go through to try to jump-start their muse, from "take a relaxing walk" to "steal someone else's idea and then secretly murder them. " But why not look to science to figure out what actually works? Top 10 Places That Aren't On Google Maps. How Simple Ideas Lead to Scientific Discoveries. 48 Names for Things You Didn't Know Had Names - mental_floss on YouTube (Ep. 26) 32 Superstition Origins - mental_floss on YouTube (Ep. 33) 107 Regional Slang Words - mental_floss on YouTube (Ep. 25) 79 Common Mispronunciations - mental_floss on YouTube (Ep. 21)

Amazing Facts to Blow Your Mind Pt. 1. 10 Strange Discoveries On Google Earth. 10 Banned Books. Eye. Maternal Stress Puts Newborns At Risk For Iron Deficiency Anemia. When red blood cells fail to bring sufficient amounts of oxygen to the tissues in the body, the person becomes anemic.

Maternal Stress Puts Newborns At Risk For Iron Deficiency Anemia

There are different factors that can cause anemia but iron deficiency is the most common cause. The body requires iron to make hemoglobin. This is the oxygen carrying red pigment in blood. If there isn't enough iron in the body, the production of hemoglobin becomes limited. This in turn affects the production of red blood cells (RBC). Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is primarily caused by insufficient iron intake. Iron-deficiency anemia doesn't develop immediately. Nerve Stimulator Decrease Migraine Attacks. A nerve stimulator worn in the forehead may lessen the frequency of migraine attacks by as much as 30 percent. A migraine is a severe headache felt as a throbbing pain at the front or on one side of the head. Migraines bring about a heightened sensitivity to sound and light, speech problems, nausea, and auras. Auras are symptoms that affect the senses such as flashes of light, blind spots or a tingling sensation in the arm or leg.

For those who experience auras, this usually happens before the onset of a migraine attack. Although the pain is usually associated with a migraine, there are instances where the symptoms of a migraine are present, most specially migraine auras, but the pain is not felt. The facts about violence against women. Rewiring the Brain to Ease Pain. ABC of conflict and disaster. The special needs of... [BMJ. 2005] - PubMed result. Women, health and humanitarian aid in conflict. [Disasters. 1998] - PubMed result. Electronic health record. Sample view of an electronic health record An electronic health record (EHR), or electronic medical record (EMR), refers to the systematized collection of patient and population electronically-stored health information in a digital format.[1] These records can be shared across different health care settings.

Records are shared through network-connected, enterprise-wide information systems or other information networks and exchanges. EHRs may include a range of data, including demographics, medical history, medication and allergies, immunization status, laboratory test results, radiology images, vital signs, personal statistics like age and weight, and billing information.[2] EHR systems are designed to store data accurately and to capture the state of a patient across time.

Most Connected Hospitals 2012-13. The 156 hospitals listed below have met three challenging standards that put them in the vanguard of centers leading medicine into the era of electronic medical records (EMRs). Each is distinguished by having captured a national ranking in 2012-13 U.S. Healthcare Information Technology. Electronic Health Records of Rhode Island.