YouTube - Making Brain Cells: ScienCentral News Video

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YouTube - Making Brain Cells: ScienCentral News Video: "Scientists have announced they've found a way to coax adult hair follicle stem cells into becoming brain cells. The research means these potentially precious cells may be everywhere there's hair."

Cellphone Users Risk Brain Tumors: Study -- InformationWeek

Cellphone Users Risk Brain Tumors: Study -- InformationWeek:

"The study, which surveyed the cell phone habits of 12,8000 people in 13 countries, found a 'significantly increased risk' of brain tumors among people who had used cell phones for 10 years or longer, Elisabeth Cardis, the head of the study told the Telegraph."

Howard refused to eat away career - MLB - Yahoo! Sports

Howard refused to eat away career - MLB - Yahoo! Sports:

"In early January, he went to Tampa for a full-bore evaluation: a biomechanical assessment, a body-composition analysis, joint manipulation, conditioning tests and a nutritional breakdown. In the last category, Howard failed spectacularly. His heft wasn’t because he was lazy and didn’t work out. He just ate like any 29-year-old bachelor: poorly.

So he stayed in Tampa until spring training. He let the facility cook his meals. He ate organic for the first time. He cut out fat. He feasted on lean meats and whole grains. He ate chicken covered with an almond crust instead of bread. It was a million miles from Subway.

“I’m trying to play as long as I can,” Howard said. “To do that, I need to be in shape. I can’t be getting fat. It won’t work that way. And if I don’t start now, then by the time I’m supposed to go downhill, I will. I want to be able to maintain this shape. If I tackle it now, stay in front of it, I can beat it.”"

World Series Forecast « mathletics

World Series Forecast « mathletics:

"Using a logistic regression model and adjusting for the fact that Yankees and Phillies will not use some of their regular season pitchers the Yankees have a 65% chance to win series and Phillies a 35% chance. Here are more details:"

H1N1's Links to Pneumonia Appear Clearer - CBS News

H1N1's Links to Pneumonia Appear Clearer - CBS News:

"Experts stress that most people who get the H1N1 virus either never get sick or recover easily. But some young adults, possibly especially women, are falling seriously ill at an unexpectedly rapid pace and are showing up in intensive care units and dying in unusually high numbers, they say.

Although why a minority of patients become so sick remains a mystery, new research indicates that H1N1 is different from typical seasonal flu viruses in crucial ways -- most notably in its ability to penetrate deep into the lungs and cause viral pneumonia."

BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | What happened to global warming?

BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | What happened to global warming?:

"...so too might that fact that the warmest year recorded globally was not in 2008 or 2007, but in 1998.

But it is true. For the last 11 years we have not observed any increase in global temperatures.

And our climate models did not forecast it, even though man-made carbon dioxide, the gas thought to be responsible for warming our planet, has continued to rise."

Donn Esmonde: Bills are run like General Motors was : Donn Esmonde : The Buffalo News

Donn Esmonde: Bills are run like General Motors was : Donn Esmonde : The Buffalo News:

"Despite a salary cap and shared revenue that largely level the playing field among 32 NFL teams, Buffalo has not made the playoffs in nine seasons. It has not won a playoff game since Bill Clinton’s first term. It has, in corporate terminology, consistently underperformed.

“Other teams obviously are doing a better job of allocating capital to the right people and in replenishing the talent pool,” Ogorek said."

Shhh, I’m Trying to Listen to My Heartbeat Here

Shhh, I’m Trying to Listen to My Heartbeat Here:

"...new study showing that people more aware of their own heartbeat make better risk decisions:

Enhanced cardiac perception is associated with benefits in decision-making"

The Fleeting Benefits of Marathon Running - WSJ.com

The Fleeting Benefits of Marathon Running - WSJ.com:

"Fitness and dietary experts say marathons increasingly are the exercise equivalent of crash diets, with similarly disappointing results. There's no evidence that running a marathon leads to lasting weight loss, marathon researchers say. And it's unknown how often such runs initiate or perpetuate a lifetime of steady exercise. Indeed, in a long-term fitness sense, marathons are really sprints; the true marathon is the exercise program that lasts for decades, fitness experts say."