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Boomers Smoking
I agree with the Dr.'s post previous to mine. I believe that each of us has a right to do what we think is best for us. I believe marijuana has many medicinal uses and that this slight risk is less than most presciption medications on the market. Look at the side effects of some of these meds and tell me would you rather take them or smoke ...
Posted to Science by Conita1 on September 28, 2009
The Gluten Syndrome
It's hard to change isn't it, particularly when one does not fully understand why. This article reflects the social confusion that results from a ''party'' that has gone many decades too long. We've had too much fun with sugar and processed food, chemicals, etc. Now we are so toxic and messed up that we can't digest ''real'' food and it has ...
Posted to Science by jka8168 on August 12, 2009
New Science Restores Brain Buzz
Slate published this piece on April 25, accurately stating that the science didn't support the idea that mental exercise could have any kind of substantial effect on our ability to think. But on April 28, Susanne Jaeggi and Martin Buschkuehl published the results of a new study on Improving Fluid Intelligence by Training Working Memory (PNAS April ...
Posted to Brains! by brain-exercises on July 20, 2008