Sight neurons recorded in jumping spider brain
For the first time, a team of interdisciplinary researchers have made recordings of neurons associated with visual perception inside the poppy seed-sized brain of a jumping spider using a hair-sized tungsten recording electrode. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - October 22, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Lyme Disease Cases 10 Times Higher Than Previously Reported
ATLANTA (AP) — Lyme disease is about 10 times more common than previously reported, health officials said Monday.
As many as 300,000 Americans are actually diagnosed with Lyme disease each year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced.
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Usually, only 20,000 to 30,000 illnesses are reported each year.
For many years, CDC officials have known that many doctors don’t report every case and that the true count was probably much higher.
The new figure is the CDC’s most comprehensive attempt at a better estimate.
The number comes from a survey of seven national laboratories, a natio...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - August 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: miketoole Tags: Health Local News CBS Boston LYME DISEASE WBZ Source Type: news
New Mom Settles After Failing Drug Test Due to Poppy Seed Bagel
It's every new Mom's nightmare -- that someone could take away her newborn baby .
Drug using mothers face this daunting prospect every day, but whether you agree with the policy of removing children from drug using parents or not, removing a three day old baby on the basis of an inaccurate drug test is clearly wrong on every level. Yet, according to the Huffington Post, that is what one mother of a three day old baby faced....Read Full Post (Source: About.com Addictions)
Source: About.com Addictions - July 3, 2013 Category: Addiction Source Type: news
Recipes for Health: Gluten-Free Buckwheat, Poppy Seed and Blueberry Muffins — Recipes for Health
The buckwheat flour is high-fiber and makes a dark, richly-flavored muffin. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - January 28, 2013 Category: Nutrition Authors: By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN Tags: Recipes Medicine and Health Muffins Diet and Nutrition Source Type: news
