Do you have your own specific soundtrack in your brain? Can music be used to change how you respond to stress and how you relax? Could you have your own Brain Music to help you be being productive and to relax you?
According to an
article about research at the Department of Homeland Security, our [...]
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Have Your Own Brain Music To Help You?
November 12, 2009 – 3:39 pm
What Is Normal Eating?
August 26, 2009 – 12:35 pm
So what is normal eating? Fast food for lunch? Eating out once a week? Cooking all your meals. Eating whatever you want? Feeling guilty eating what you like?
Saw a short discussion in the NYT about an article on normal eating on the PsychCentral blog.
Eating has become a minefield. We [...]
Candles May Be Poisoning You?
August 24, 2009 – 12:19 pm
Apparently burning lots of candles may not be that good for you. It seems that some candles may be poisoning you.
A study presented at the American Chemical Society meetings looked at the effects of burning candles. The common types of candles, nowadays, are paraffin, bees wax and soy.
The researchers found that paraffin candles, [...]
Peptide Skin Lighteners – The New Trend
August 22, 2009 – 9:41 pm
In some surveys, sun spots and other hyperpigmentation are the number one concern about facial aging. Consequently, sales of various kinds of skin lighteners are strong. Now there is news of the development of peptide skin lighteners.
Most skin lighteners work by a similar mechanism. They reduce the activity of an enzyme that [...]
Gentle Waves LED Photomodulation Coming To Your Home Soon?
August 19, 2009 – 7:06 pm
One of the newer treatments for aged skin is LED light therapy. One of the most talked about is the Gentle Waves LED Photomodulation System. This treatment is currently available at a few dermatologists and spas. In Feb 2008 the FDA approved this photomodulation system for over the counter sales. Now the [...]
A Few Days On A High Fat Diet Weakens Brain Function
August 16, 2009 – 4:09 pm
This was surprising. A study suggests that just a few days eating a high fat diet weakens brain function. Further, this study suggests that a high fat diet affects physical performance too.
Who would have thought that a few days on a high fat diet could affect your memory? As if we needed [...]
Dysport A Competitor To Botox
August 14, 2009 – 10:10 pm
Dysport is a treatment similar to Botox, that is pending FDA approval.
Like Botox it is neurotoxin, both of which are derived from the food poisoning organism Clostridium botulinum type A.
Dysport has been approved in the UK for a number of years, and is slightly more expensive than Botox there. It was approved for use [...]
Which Healthy Lifestyle Change Can Reduce Disease Risk?
August 12, 2009 – 5:55 pm
What aspects of a healthy lifestyle are important for reducing disease risk? If you had to choose which things you changed to improve your life and which ones you didn’t change, which would you choose?
A study in Germany looked at four lifestyle factors and 4 diseases in 23,513 Germans, aged 35 to 65.
The four [...]
Happiness Boosting Experiment
August 3, 2009 – 12:24 pm
A scientist in the UK is running a mass project to see if we can boost how happy we are.
The happiness boosting experiment assigns participant randomly to one of four groups. Each group, fills in a short questionnaire and then views a short video and is giving simple “happiness” tasks to do for five [...]
Insomnia Update
July 31, 2009 – 9:36 pm
It seems that most of us have insomnia for periods of time, if not pretty much permanently. Insomnia is must be due in part to our 21st century lifestyle and perhaps changes in our sleep habits as we age.
A few weeks back I had a post Sleep Problems. In that post I talked about [...]