Niels Bohr: Life Behind the Physics
Niels Bohr, with his model of the atom, led physics into the quantum era. In the last of this season’s Perimeter Institute public lectures, his grandson Vilhelm will talk about personality and his influencesEven though we know better, many physicists still picture the atom as a mini solar-system type of affair, with tiny electrons orbiting a heavy nucleus. This is the picture that emerged from Rutherford’s scattering experiments (ruling out a stodgy pudding of an atom with electrons embedded like raisins throughout, for instance).One problem with this ‘orbiting electrons’ idea is that classical electromagnetism pre...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 3, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Jon Butterworth Tags: Science Physics History of science Source Type: news
Medical Researcher Allen D. Allen Is Waiting...
Much of our lives are spent waiting. We wait for our hopes, plans and actions to develop, progress and mature. Allen D. Allen is a retired medical researcher and he too is waiting. He waits for the final chapter of his innovative life work.
Allen waits for the implementation of a blood test that he discovered to identify major depression. Most significantly, he is waiting for a Phase III clinical trial of an antibody that can change how HIV/AIDS is treated. In life, it takes a great deal of work and effort to hurry up and wait.
A Medical Researcher can be found at most university teaching hospitals. Their job is to ob...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - May 29, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
'Food Nazi' or Responsible Foreperson?
Several weeks ago, I led a conversation at my son's school about healthy eating. Parents, teachers, and administrators participated. After I made a case for better nutrition, one father voiced concern about becoming a "Food Nazi."
Should he deny his child the package of Oreos and bag of chips with lunch? -- a lunch that might also include yogurt cup, juice box, and jelly sandwich (peanut butter forbidden in the nut-free school).
Regarding the cookies, I thought, when did dessert become an everyday (indeed, every meal) expectation? Regarding the remaining items, I thought, when did dessert become the main course, the...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 25, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Fantastic, Delicious, Super Low-Carb Muffin, Bread and Biscotti
For the past seven years I've traveled the country speaking to hundreds of people with diabetes. What does everyone want to know: "What can I eat?!"
The cry rises midway through a presentation followed by, "I know I should cut my carbs but I can't give up______(fill in the blank with anything crumbly and delicious)."
Being a recovering muffin- and scone-aholic myself, who has long gone without for better blood sugar management, I am hooked once again. But this time it's a nutritious, soul-satisfying low carb muffin that has found its way into my heart and onto my plate. And this muffin comes with "mojo." You make it in ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 21, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Doctor's Diary: Doctors have to ensure that patients are aware of all the risks
The recent Supreme Court ruling on doctors' duty of care will lead to a rise in medical negligence cases; low levels of vitamin D have been linked to mental illness and giving up apples may help ease pain (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - March 30, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nadine Montgomery gin and raisins Doctor's Diary Dina McLellan hydrocephalus vitamin D apples James Le Fanu cerebral palsy medical paternalism Source Type: news
Doctor's Diary: Doctors have to ensure that patients are aware of all the risks
The recent Supreme Court ruling on doctors' duty of care will lead to a rise in medical negligence cases; low levels of vitamin D have been linked to mental illness and giving up apples may help ease pain (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - March 30, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nadine Montgomery gin and raisins Doctor's Diary Dina McLellan hydrocephalus vitamin D apples James Le Fanu cerebral palsy medical paternalism Source Type: news
Snacks to Help You Maximize Your Weekend Workouts
By Sarah-Jane Bedwell, SELF
Refueling after exercise is essential to seeing results: Since the body breaks down tissues and uses energy -- namely carbs -- contained or stored in the blood, liver and muscle, you're gonna need to fill the energy tank back up afterwards. Especially after a hard, long weekend workout we're all guilty (yet proud!) of engaging in. Opt for a snack that delivers a healthy ratio of four grams of carbohydrate for every gram of protein, a combo which helps rebuild muscles while replenishing your body's glycogen stores (aka your energy tank). Whip up one of these perfectly portioned ideas this week...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Making one change — getting more fiber — can help with weight loss
Getting to a healthy weight and staying there is an important way to prevent heart disease, diabetes, some cancers, and other serious conditions. Many of us know firsthand just how hard it can be to reach and maintain that healthy weight. And there’s no shortage of ways to try to get there: You can count calories, carbs, or points. You can cut back on fat or sugar. You can try any number of popular diets that forbid certain foods, or focus on just one (the grapefruit diet, anyone?). Any of these approaches might work for you. Or they might not — in large part because they are complicated.
A study published in todayR...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - February 17, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nancy Ferrari Tags: Diet and Weight Loss Healthy Eating fiber Source Type: news
Wrinkle predictions: New mathematical theory may explain patterns in fingerprints, raisins, and microlenses
As a grape slowly dries and shrivels, its surface creases, ultimately taking on the wrinkled form of a raisin. Similar patterns can be found on the surfaces of other dried materials, as well as in human fingerprints. While these patterns have long been observed in nature, and more recently in experiments, scientists have not been able to come up with a way to predict how such patterns arise in curved systems, such as microlenses. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 2, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Baked beans, raisins and sweetcorn: What exactly counts towards your five-a-day?
BAFFLED about what kinds of fruit and veg you should be eating and in what quantities? Follow our guide (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - October 21, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Recipe: Granola with raisins, apples and cinnamon
(Source: MayoClinic.com Recipe of the Day)
Source: MayoClinic.com Recipe of the Day - April 25, 2014 Category: Nutrition Source Type: news
Whole-Wheat Buttermilk Scones With Raisins and Oatmeal
You may be accustomed to the gigantic, sweet scones in coffee shops in this country. They are nothing like the diminutive, light scones that originated in Britain and Ireland. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - March 17, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN Tags: Cooking and Cookbooks Recipes Grain Diet and Nutrition Source Type: news
Recipes for Health: Whole-Wheat Soda Bread With Raisins (Spotted Dog)
A mix of raisins sweetens this brown soda bread. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 17, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN Tags: Cooking and Cookbooks Recipes Grain Diet and Nutrition Source Type: news
Recipes for Health: Whole-Wheat Soda Bread With Raisins (Spotted Dog)
A mix of raisins sweetens this brown soda bread. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - March 17, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN Tags: Cooking and Cookbooks Recipes Grain Diet and Nutrition Source Type: news
Move over quinoa, Ethiopia's teff poised to be next big super grain
Rich in calcium, iron and protein, gluten-free teff offers Ethiopia the promise of new and lucrative markets in the westAt Addis Ababa airport, visitors are greeted by pictures of golden grains, minute ochre-red seeds and a group of men gathered around a giant pancake. Billboards boast: "Teff: the ultimate gluten-free crop!"Ethiopia is one of the world's poorest countries, well-known for its precarious food security situation. But it is also the native home of teff, a highly nutritious ancient grain increasingly finding its way into health-food shops and supermarkets in Europe and America.Teff's tiny seeds – the size of ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 23, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Claire Provost, Elissa Jobson Tags: Nutrition Malnutrition Food & drink industry Famine theguardian.com United States Farming Food security World news Health wellbeing Features Ethiopia Trade and development Global development Environment Africa Science Source Type: news
