Archive for the ‘Science & Technology’ Category
‘Open Wide!’ exhibit displays toys kids have cut their teeth on
By Alexis Korman If your kids need some help remembering to brush their teeth, maybe you can find inspiration in the classics.We’re talking real classics — like a Barbie Dentist behind glass and a Hopalong Cassidy cowboy toothbrush. An exhibit at the National Museum of Dentistry in Baltimore features these and about 50 other “toothy [...]
The Vanishing Mind
By Elaina Maxwell, from the New York Times Giving Alzheimer’s Patients Their Way, Even Chocolate Margaret Nance was, to put it mildly, a difficult case. Agitated, combative, often reluctant to eat, she would hit staff members and fellow residents at nursing homes, several of which kicked her out. But when Beatitudes nursing home agreed to [...]
There’s a new mouth guard in town
Sacramento dentist is helping athletes achieve success with the Agility-Guard A dentist here in Sacramento, CA, is now offering a new technological marvel that is already making waves in the sports world. You see, Dr. Art Kwan, a renowned neuromuscular dentist in the area, is fitting athletes with the AgilityGuard – an athletic performance device [...]
Scientists find way to reverse aging in mice
Public Relations Firm With No Boundaries Scientists in Boston have made an astounding discovery, taking aging mice and turning them young again, like tiny little Benjamin Buttons. The Associated Press – Just like the title character in the Hollywood film version of “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” the mice appeared to not only stop [...]
Radiation Worries for Children in Dentists’ Chairs
Public Relations and Communications Firm With No Boundaries By Ralph Kline Because children and adolescents are particularly vulnerable to radiation, doctors three years ago mounted a national campaign to protect them by reducing diagnostic radiation to only those levels seen as absolutely necessary. It is a message that has resonated in many clinics and hospitals. [...]
Sex Hormones, Men, and Gum Disease
The Associated Press – Sex hormones may be the biological reason why men are at greater risk than women for destructive periodontitis, an infection of the gums, according to researchers at the University of Maryland Dental School. To establish better management and risk assessment models for periodontal disease, Harlan Shiau, DDS, DMedSc, assistant professor, and [...]
Organs taken for secret tests in U.K.
The London Times – Scores of dead nuclear power station workers had their hearts, lungs and other organs removed and tested without their families being told, an inquiry in Britain has found. Pathologists took organs and tissue from 76 workers over three decades as part of research into the effects of working in the nuclear [...]
T.O. has the edge
Bengals WR is Mid-season NFL Comeback Player Of The Year By Paul W. Fitzgerald While Terrell Owens is turning 37 on December 7, 2010, he credits an early birthday gift that’s been helping him dramatically improve his performance on the field as a star player with the Cincinnati Bengals. You see, T.O. is using the [...]
Car run on human waste is launched
Chris Williams A car that runs on methane gas produced by human waste has been launched and its makers claim drivers cannot tell the difference. The Bio-Bug has been converted by a team of British engineers to be powered by biogas, which is produced from human waste at sewage works across the country. Excrement flushed [...]
NHL Agent Bites on New Technology
By Paul W. Fitzgerald (http://www NULL.saltandpeppermediainc NULL.com)- Rich Evans has been around the world of sports for quite a while. He’s seen just about everything when it comes to new inventions and has always been skeptical. However, the founder of Points West Sports & Entertainment Inc has just discovered a new invention and it’s one [...]
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Every Jays Fan Needs a Great Home Away from Home
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Here come the sons: Four decades after the Fab Four split, McCartney Jnr talks of forming a band with the Beatles’ boys
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Federal budget kills the penny, cuts CBC spending
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