As most of my readers know, I am an avid Legend of Zelda fan. Needless to say, this holiday season featured an inordinate amount of time playing Twilight Princess on the Wii. I would prefer that games NOT keep track Read more…
As we say good-bye to 2006 and welcome in the New Year, many people turn their attention to the tradition of making resolutions. New Year’s resolutions appear to date back to the Babylonians, who apparently were more likely to resolve Read more…
I really have had a big gap between my last blog and now–I was hoping to keep up better, but grading activities at the end of the quarter didn’t help. I really enjoyed the participation this quarter by my stellar Read more…
It shouldn’t be too surprising that your mother’s diet might influence your health, but what your grandmother ate can do that, too? That’s the conclusion reached by David Martin of the Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute in California [1]. Using Read more…
University of Florida researchers reported that morbid obesity in toddlers, defined as weighing 150 percent of normal weight, is associated with lower IQs, cognitive delays, and lesions that appear similar to those found in Alzheimer’s disease. The morbidly obese toddlers Read more…