Taking the “Ewww”… out of snail cream
June 17, 2014 – 11:07 pm | One Comment

Great news for all those women (and men) who have wanted to try the beautifying effects of snail slime but could never get past the “ick” factor. 20yrsyounger.com promises to get rid of the Ewww… while still letting women reap the anti-aging and rejuvenating benefits of snail slime cream. The process itself is called lyophilisation […]

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Report finds lower insurance premiums, more choices in 2014 for families, businesses under Affordable Care Act
January 28, 2011 – 4:47 pm | No Comment
Report finds lower insurance premiums, more choices in 2014 for families, businesses under Affordable Care Act

Report finds lower insurance premiums, more choices in 2014 for families, businesses under Affordable Care Act New HHS report shows some families can save up to $14,900 annually, tax credits will save small businesses $6 billion over two years Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius today released a new report showing how much […]

A Mix of Tiny Gold and Viral Particles – and the DNA Ties that Bind Them
January 27, 2011 – 11:17 pm | No Comment
A Mix of Tiny Gold and Viral Particles – and the DNA Ties that Bind Them

A Mix of Tiny Gold and Viral Particles – and the DNA Ties that Bind Them Scientists have created a diamond-like lattice composed of gold nanoparticles and viral particles, woven together and held in place by strands of DNA. The structure – a distinctive mix of hard, metallic nanoparticles and organic viral pieces known as […]

U.S., Russia Partner to Eradicate Polio Around the World
January 27, 2011 – 4:02 pm | No Comment
U.S., Russia Partner to Eradicate Polio Around the World

U.S., Russia Partner to Eradicate Polio Around the World Washington, DC – On January 27th, the U.S. government and the government of the Russian Federation, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation (MOHSD), […]

Ronald Ferguson to deliver Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture
January 26, 2011 – 11:53 pm | No Comment
Ronald Ferguson to deliver Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture

Ronald Ferguson to deliver Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture Noted scholar Ronald Ferguson will deliver the 2011 Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture at Brown University on Feb. 8, 2011. His talk, titled “Pursuing Excellence with Racial Equity: A Social Movement for the 21st Century,” is free and open to the public. It begins at 4 […]

DNA caught rock ‘n rollin’
January 26, 2011 – 11:38 pm | No Comment
DNA caught rock ‘n rollin’

DNA caught rock ‘n rollin’ DNA, that marvelous, twisty molecule of life … ANN ARBOR, Mich.—DNA, that marvelous, twisty molecule of life, has an alter ego, research at the University of Michigan and the University of California, Irvine reveals. On rare occasions, its building blocks “rock and roll,” deforming the familiar double helix into a […]

Get Moving for a Cause with Cycle for Hope …
January 26, 2011 – 10:57 pm | No Comment
Get Moving for a Cause with Cycle for Hope …

Get Moving for a Cause with Cycle for Hope Spinning Event Benefits Golisano Children’s Hospital and Camp Good Days  Toss aside the sedentary lifestyle that usually accompanies this season’s arctic temperatures and get those endorphins flowing at the Cycle for Hope spinning fundraiser. The seventh annual indoor exercise event, which runs from 8 a.m. to […]

Gyro Bowl Review. GyroBowl doesn’t work as advertised.
January 26, 2011 – 9:57 am | 9 Comments
Gyro Bowl Review. GyroBowl doesn’t work as advertised.

Plus it is also dishwasher safe for easy cleaning.”

Well, that’s not entirely true…

The bowl is made of injection molded polypropylene and the plastic nubs are very durable and have about 0% chance of breaking off without using any tools to break them off intentionally. Dishwasher safe, though? Not entirely. It really would depend on the temperature setting. Some users have reported mild melting of the material.

Mangosteen Juice Health Benefits. Mango Xan Juice.
January 26, 2011 – 7:25 am | One Comment
Mangosteen Juice Health Benefits. Mango Xan Juice.

Mangosteen fruit is cultivated in the tropical rainforest of some Southeast Asian nations like Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Philippines, and Thailand. People in these countries have used the pericarp (peel, rind, hull or ripe) of GML as a traditional medicine for the treatment of abdominal pain, diarrhea, dysentery, infected wound, suppuration, and chronic ulcer.

Experimental studies have demonstrated that mangosteen extracts have antioxidant, antitumoral, antiallergic, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and antiviral activities.

Ultraviolet Light Boosts Carrots’ Antioxidant Value
January 26, 2011 – 4:52 am | No Comment
Ultraviolet Light Boosts Carrots’ Antioxidant Value

Carrots Antioxidant ValueExposing sliced carrots to UV-B, one of the three kinds of ultraviolet light in sunshine, can boost the antioxidant activity of the colorful, crunchy veggie. That’s according to preliminary studies by Tara H. McHugh, a food technologist and research leader at the ARS Western Regional Research Center in Albany, California, and her team.

Found mainly in fruits and vegetables, antioxidants are natural compounds that may reduce risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease.

Biologists’ favorite worm gets viruses
January 25, 2011 – 11:58 pm | No Comment
Biologists’ favorite worm gets viruses

Finding means C. elegans may aid studies of human infections Biologists’ favorite worm gets viruses  A workhorse of modern biology is sick, and scientists couldn’t be happier. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the Jacques Monod Institute in France and Cambridge University have found that the nematode C. elegans, a millimeter-long […]