Are you sleeping less and then eating more fat or the other way around? “A study in the Sept. 1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that teens who slept less than eight hours per weeknight ate higher proportions of fatty foods and snacks than adolescents who slept eight hours Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: language as a window into sociability “People with Williams syndrome-known for their indiscriminate friendliness and ease with strangers-process spoken language differently from people with autism spectrum disorders-characterized by social withdrawal and isolation-found researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.” yoga and mood Read more…
My friends at mindfreedom.org passed along an important news release to me about tonight’s Nightline show. Given my late brother’s connection with Nightline (Leroy served as Executive Producer for many years), I am more than happy to do so. The issue under discussion is the use of restraint and electric shock Read more…
Here are are a few stories that I have found interesting and I hope you will, too! extending lifespan has mixed effects “The research shows that different factors that extend longevity affect cognitive function in very different ways, having both positive and negative effects over the course of an organism’s Read more…
Here are are a few stories that I have found interesting and I hope you will, too! 3400 year old music still has some appeal! Phoenician Ahiram the King of Byblos, Phoenicia, lived c. 1250 B.C. His sarcophagus is inscribed with the single oldest document in history that contains all Read more…