http://truemors.nowpublic.com Tell the world Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:27:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Center for Food Safety and Greenpeace are spreading the word about a new study out of the University of Vienna showing decreased fertility in mice fed genetically modified Monsanto corn as opposed to the traditional veggie standard. Swords are being drawn on both sides of the debate with Greenpeace ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=34080 Although sports fans have been deemed psychologically healthier by the earlier studies, the fact that their physical health leaves something to be desired should come as no surprise to anyone who has ever watched a commercial during a football game (and I'm not talkin' about prostate medication). All the beer, ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=34047 If California is still looking to save a little cash, it might want to start with the $28 billion air pollution is costing the state annually, says a new study out of Cal State Fullerton. The San Joaquin Valley and South Coast Air Basin saw 2,521 deaths from car accidents ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=33995 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has hooked up with Google to track every sniffle, sneeze and fever with a new site that uses the same keyword tracking technology as Google Trends to follow flu season around the country. The partnership allows the CDC to analyze data one to ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=33958 China will soon be breaking out the coffee carafes and folding chairs for a whole new group of addicts: Internet users. Likening the addiction to the internet to alcohol and gambling, China becomes the first nation to classify it as a clinical disorder, noting that 42% of young users feel ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=33937 Let's call it the tech version of fast walking with a friend without the embarrassing arm movements. If your child is packing on the pounds, a study out of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill says that text messaging may be the key to accountability. Kids that text ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=33908 With all the hub-bub regarding the presidential election, a problem plaguing more than half the world's population was being tackled in Macau, let's call it a pressing health care matter: the long lines for women's bathrooms. The World Toilet Summit and Expo tackles many issues regarding the world's health and ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=33832 Parents who puff away on cancer sticks could reach for an extra cigarette or two when their children reach adolescence as new research shows kids of smokers display an inclination to act impulsively, choosing instant satisfactions over larger, delayed rewards. Based on the study's findings, the lead author offered insight ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=33687 New research from the British government may give you pause before pouring that glass of wine with dinner tonight. That one glass a night could be upping your breast cancer odds by a fifth, and the second and third glasses increasing it by a third. Although all the causes of ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=33436 Much to the surprise of some, an article published in the current issue of Archives of General Psychiatry has revealed that having your boy play with dolls isn't on the list of behaviors likely to lead to bullying, but a tendency toward inappropriate aggression is. After following children born a ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=33433 Songs that persistently linger in the brain can drive one mad, but next time you're called upon to perform CPR, the disco classic, "Stayin' Alive" may be your patient's saving grace. A small study out of the University of Illinois found that people listening to the song came close to ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=33432 Maybe grabbing a book still can't trump joining the soccer team, but a new study by Duke University Children's Hospital shows that girls who read books about a person making healthy lifestyle choices does positively affect their weight. Overweight girls who read the book Lake Rescue decreased their body mass ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=33249 It starts with a possessiveness that may seem like love, then the insults that you're sure they don't mean, and maybe the constant texting just means you're on their mind a lot, but each and every one of these things may spell danger in a relationship; Rhode Island schools are ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=33228 She stands by the open window, staring at the moon and soothing a broken heart with cigarette in hand; a familiar scene in black and white celluloid, but little did she realize that the smoke in her hand could be causing her woe. A research team from the University of ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=33198 Vinnie England had a huge smile on his face getting his Bart Simpson tattoo on a vacation to Spain, but the smile has long faded while the tattoo lives on. The addition of a hair dye chemical, PPD, making the tattoo black, rather than henna's red-brown color appears to be ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=33167 Oxford University has just announced that the gene for dyslexia has been identified, offering great hope for early interventions that could head off the frustrations and challenges facing those with the condition when learning to read and write. The scientists stressed that dyslexia and IQ are not connected, as further ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=33143 Who needs an annoying dog sniffing out drugs under your skirt at the airport when you could have a creepy guy holding a portable schnoz doing it for them? Leave it to the folks at MIT, who, while the Europeans are recreating the Big Bang, are taking a look at ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=33127 Drop the cream-filled egg now! The tainted milk that has sickened over 50,000 Chinese children has scared chocolate-maker, Cadbury, into recalling all the yummy goodness distributed in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Australia that was produced in China. Although the manufacturer is not definitively saying the industrial chemical melamine was found, ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=33076 Despite the support of its diocese and the national Roman Catholic Church in Britain, one school has decided to go "maverick" on the issue of cervical cancer vaccines for its students, and just say no. "Parents must consider the knock-on effect of encouraging sexual promiscuity. Instead of taking it for ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=33053 If your collection of anime, Japanese language classes and the genuine Katana hanging over your bedroom door aren't fulfilling your Japanophile longings or you're just looking for a more bad ass workout, keep a look out for the newest exercise craze: the Samurai-inspired Forza class. Using real Samurai training swords, ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=32979 It's not just the junior's section making little girls look like they're growing up too fast; girls are hitting puberty earlier than ever before, putting them at increased risk for depression, early pregnancy and breast cancer. While biological and chemical factors play a huge role in this change, a surprising ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=32920 Known vegan animal rights activist, Heather Mills, is pushing healthy eats in one of the poorest spots in the Bronx with a $1 million donation of soy goodies. Paul McCartney's ex is involved in the non-profit organization that organizes the Hunt's Point Back to School Fair, where participants will be ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=32911 Joining the American Medical Association and the American Psychiatric Association, members of the APA have voted "No" to participation of its members at interrogation sites "...where it believes international law is being violated," reversing a 2005 decision to assist the military for purposes of "national security." Up to this point, ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=32908 With likely a googol of topics to talk about, Google co-founder Sergey Brin chose to discuss his personal connection to Parkinson's for the first post in his newly-created personal blog, dubbed "Too." The 35-year-old exec opens up about his mother's years of minsdiagnosises and frustrations until, after countless trips to ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=32892 The first license to clone human embryos for therapeutic purposes was issued by the Australian government following a 2006 vote by the national parliament lifting a ban on the practice. Therapeutic cloning or somatic cell nuclear transfer involves replacing the nucleus of an unfertilized egg with that of an adult ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=32857