Here is what I am reading today: caution… you may be replaced by a digital talking head! “A virtual “talking head” which can express a full range of human emotions and could be used as a digital personal assistant, or to replace texting with “face messaging,” has been developed by Read more…
Here is what we are reading today: unhealthy eating can make a bad mood… WORSE! “In a study, college-age women who were concerned about their eating behaviors reported that moods worsened after bouts of disordered eating, said Kristin Heron, research associate at the Survey Research Center. “There was little in Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: auti-SIM game “In a playground filled with gleeful shouts, you approach a group of children. Suddenly, your vision turns blurry and pixelated. The echoing screams become raucous. It’s the experience of sensory overload, according to a new game called Auti-Sim. The simulation, created Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: a child’s asthma may come from where?? The researchers, John S. Torday, PhD, and Virender K. Rehan, MD, wrote an editorial citing recent studies by Dr. Rehan that found pregnant rats given nicotine produced asthmatic pups that went on to produce their own Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: Women’s feet getting longer and wider “”I had heard women reporting changes in their shoe size with pregnancy, but found nothing about that in medical journals or textbooks,” says Neil Segal, M.D., UI associate professor of orthopaedics and rehabilitation. “In order to study Read more…