VP2: Engejisosia
Mambo vipi (what’s up?), gang!
Dichaba, Nancy, Ryan, Chloe & Swizan here with another great week in Engejisosia. Even though we only have one week left in the kijij*, we still find ourselves experiencing so many new things. Last Sunday, Dichaba, Ryan, and Swizan attended an unusual church service in which a member of the congregation was spiritually awakened. It’s a great story, so definitely ask us about it later!
Our village football team had a special ceremony later that day to celebrate their successful season. Obviously, with Swizan on the team, how were they going to lose? Most of the community came out t...
Source: Support for International Change : HIV AIDS - August 6, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: johnson Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
The physics of Spain | Stephen Curry
Even at the seaside, science is all around youI went to Spain for a short holiday last week. I was hoping to get a break from science but I failed.The weather was beautifully sunny and I spent many an hour in or near the water at the little coastal village of Cadaqués. I read, swam, strolled, laughed with my kids, took a few photographs and did nothing. Lots of nothing.Just the ticket for unwinding after another draining year of teaching and research. But I couldn't quite get science out of my mind. Physics in particular was bothering me, even though my main interests these days are more biochemical.In part I was preoccup...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 2, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Stephen Curry Tags: theguardian.com Blogposts Science Source Type: news
Healthy eating can protect eyesight
When it comes to protecting your vision, what you eat may affect what you see, reports the August 2013 Harvard Health Letter. Vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients found in food play a role in preventing two common causes of vision problems: cataracts and age-related macular degeneration. Cataracts are cloudy areas in the lens of the eye, while macular degeneration is a deterioration of the macula, the part of the eye that controls central vision. "While there is no definite proof, some studies suggest that eating a diet rich in certain nutrients may help," says Dr. Ivana Kim, associate professor of ophthalmology at Harv...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - August 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Can The Smell Of Oranges Help Dieters Resist Sweet Treats?
A British researcher was curious to know whether smell could help fend off temptation. Her study found that the scent of fresh oranges seemed to help remind dieters to eat less chocolate.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - July 31, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A Race to Save the Orange by Altering Its DNA
Growers turned to genetics in hopes of building a tougher orange tree. But what intervention would the public accept? (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - July 27, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By AMY HARMON Tags: Whole Foods Market Inc WFM NASDAQ Kress, Ricke Southern Gardens Citrus Monsanto Company MON NYSE McDonald's Corporation MCD NYSE Genetic Engineering Oranges Seneca Foods Corporation SENEB NASDAQ Campbell Soup Company CPB NYSE Source Type: news
Linking Brain-Cell Activity And Behavior In Smell Recognition
Behind the common expression "you can't compare apples to oranges" lies a fundamental question of neuroscience: How does the brain recognize that apples and oranges are different? A group of neuroscientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has published new research that provides some answers. In the fruit fly, the ability to distinguish smells lies in a region of the brain called the mushroom body (MB). Prior research has demonstrated that the MB is associated with learning and memory, especially in relation to the sense of smell, also known as olfaction... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 20, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news
Nutrition Faceoff: Apples vs. Oranges
(HealthCastle.com) We're all familiar with the phrase "don't compare apples to oranges." We thought it would be fun to take that familiar phrase to heart and actually compare these two different fruits. Is there a clear winner between the two?
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Source: HealthCastle.com Nutrition Tips - written by Registered Dietitians - June 18, 2013 Category: Nutrition Source Type: news
The discerning fruit fly: Linking brain-cell activity and behavior in smell recognition
(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) Comparing apples to oranges, or different apples. Neuroscientists in Associate Professor Glenn Turner's group at CSHL have visualized and quantified the activity of cells in the fruit fly brain that process smell. They found that the activity of as few as 25 cells correlated extremely well with the flies' ability to tell different smells apart, as well group similar smells together, and they could predict fly behavior patterns towards the odors based on these responses. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 18, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Gardens: the rhodos return
They're the plant we love to hate, but rhododendrons are long overdue a comebackThere is a general, and not always unspoken agreement that rhododendrons are uncool. In the early 1970s, my brother and I were raised in a garden full of them – once a collector's pride and joy, I imagine, all laid out in an orderly fashion. But after years of neglect, it became an arena for two small boys. Many firsts happened beneath those lofty canopies: tree house, camp, fire and kiss.But ask me if there were any special ones (rhododendrons, that is) and I could not tell you – just a mass of mauves. Perhaps that's wh...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 26, 2013 Category: Science Tags: The Guardian Features Plants Life and style Gardens Source Type: news
New oral anticoagulants in secondary stroke prevention: Apples and oranges?
Should it be allowed, or not: combined analysis of three distinct trials testing different new oral anticoagulants in AF, suggesting how they collectively stack up against warfarin for secondary stroke prevention? (Source: theHeart.org)
Source: theHeart.org - March 21, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Brave new whirl: Juices can pack power, and so can the machines that make them
Not so long ago, people made juice by squeezing oranges on a little cone-shaped tool. How quaint, compared with the machines and shops and ingredients that are part of the world of juicing. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Gambia: Standard Chartered Donates Serrekunda General Hospital
[The Point]In fulfilment of their corporate social responsibility, Standard Chartered Bank on Thursday donated foodstuff to patients of the Serrekunda General Hospital in Kanifing. The donated items included apples, bananas, oranges and some bottles of water. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 1, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Blood Oranges, 3 Ways
How to serve this nutrient-loaded, colorful fruit (Source: U.S. News - Health)
Source: U.S. News - Health - February 18, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fresh fruit smoothie
Fresh pineapple, cantaloupe, strawberries and oranges combine to make this a healthy and refreshing fruit smoothie. (Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed)
Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed - February 14, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall: Why I'm on the Fast Diet
Fasting diets are all the rage. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has been on one since New Year, and it seems to be working. But how long will it last?I'm not a serial dieter, or any kind of dieter, but I am interested in what we eat, how we eat, and how it affects our health. Sometimes I think, with mounting impatience, that it's all so bloody obvious. Michael Pollen has it pretty much right in his book In Defence of Food: "Eat food, not too much, mostly plants." Five a day is the government's rather patronising version of that – and woefully fails to emphasise how important it is that most of those ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 18, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Tags: Nutrition The Guardian Obesity Diets and dieting Health & wellbeing Food drink Features Chefs Life and style Food science Source Type: news
