Februari 2001
Mercurycenter: Team knows ace will carry his weight: 18 februari
"Livan Hernandez will never win a bodybuilding competition, but he won 17 games last season, which is all the Giants care about.
When the right-hander arrived Saturday, the Giants were thrilled to see him. All 248 pounds of him.
LSIF Gym: Mr University:
"Årligen på våren går årets absolut tuffate tävling av stapeln, nämligen Mr University. Här tar reda på vem av oss studenter som är starkast och orkar mest. Vi tävlar inte bara i ren råstyrka utan även till viss del i kondition och uthållighet.
- Bänkpress (max reps, egen kroppsvikt)
- Dips (max reps, egen kroppsvikt)
- Drag av bil (tid)
- Traktordäckvält (tid)
- Löpbana med sandhinkar, sandsäck (tid)
- Avslutande medley av fyra grenar (tid)
Inpuls: Profil Mattias Wiklund:
"Nu var det ett tag sedan jag författade, och som den seriösa människa jag är tänkte jag då göra ett seriöst reportage om en seriös träningsmänniska. Då mitt mindre seriösa skrivande om "gymets olika personligheter" bara gav mig ovänner bland bodybuildarna så hoppas jag kunna kompensera med detta.
Cattle-Today: Belgian Blue:
"Belgian Blues are medium sized, heavy cattle, sometimes with a massive double muscle structure. Their colors are blue, white, and blue and white. Belgian Blues are small boned with a sloping rump, hidden hips, strong legs and a relatively small head. They are quite robust and healthy.
WebMD: Spicing Things Up: Nutmeg Abuse Lands Girl in Hospital: 22 februari
"Resourceful buzz seekers have rediscovered a convenient place to get a quick fix: the kitchen spice rack. Although most spices aren't harmful, overindulging in some, such as the flavoring ground nutmeg, can have dangerous health consequences.
Upsala Nya Tidning: Piller stimulerar tillväxthormon: 28 juni 1999
"Inom fem år kan ett piller som stimulerar produktionen av tillväxthormon hos äldre vara ute på marknaden. På Sahlgrenska universitetsjukhuset inleds inom kort en studie på en grupp äldre av ett nytt preparat.
Virtual New York: Super mice resist muscle wasting: 31 januari
"Geneticists have created mighty mice resistant to age-related muscle wasting, a first step toward one day devising a way to prevent debilitating decay of tissue brought on by the progression of time or disease, scientists said."
UT Southwestern: UT Southwestern psychiatry researcher says genome map adds valuable information to mystery of drug addiction: 12 februari
Google Acquires Deja's Usenet Archive: 12 februari
"Google Inc. has acquired significant assets from Deja.com, including its archive of more than 500 million messages - a terabyte of human conversation dating back to 1995.
"We welcome Deja's loyal users into the growing community of Google users worldwide," said Larry Page, Google CEO and co-founder. "With more than 500 million individual messages and growing fast, Usenet and its thriving community is one of the most active and valuable information sources on the Internet."
Todays Chemist at Work: More Than Just the Sugar in the Pill: Januari
"Often referred to as “inert ingredients”, excipients are the “fillers” that allow the proper delivery of the active therapeutic compounds contained in nearly all over-the-counter and prescription drugs. They also serve critical functions in facilitating the industrial production of medicines."
The Scientist: Skin Like New: 5 februari
"Renovation and prevention complement each other in skin therapy research."
Chembytes E-zine: Insulin learns new tricks: Februari
"Human diabetics still have to inject, while mice can be cured with a new gene construct. Watch this space, says Michael Gross."
ChemCenter: Dual sensor could provide more information, earlier warning for diabetics: 30 januari
"In the laboratory, researchers created the electronic framework for a tiny sensor that could be implanted in the human body. The first device of its kind to measure the glucose-insulin ratio, it could help predict changes leading to high or low blood sugar levels, according to Joseph Wang, an author of the paper and professor at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, N.M."
New Scientist: Silicon and cells: 1 februari
"Living tissue has been hooked up to electronic circuitry by scientists in Germany. The technique could lead to implants that communicate with the body and hybrid sensors made from biological material and silicon."
VG: Nei til reklame for plastisk kirurgi: 12 februari
"Reklame for puppekirurgi, fettsuging og fyldigere lepper blir forbudt hvis Kristelig Folkepartis Ungdom (KrFU) får viljen sin."
The Telegraph: Folic acid 'is the key to fertility in males': 15 februari
"Folic acid supplements, currently used by women to prevent birth defects, could help to boost sperm counts and quality, according to a study presented by a leading scientist last week."
Science News: Medicinal Mimicry - Sometimes, placebos work—but how?: 3 februari
"Many studies suggest that problems like pain and depression respond particularly well to placebos. Blood pressure, cholesterol concentration in the blood, and heart rate are also affected by placebos, as are warts. On average, about a third of people taking placebos in studies report a benefit."
EurekAlert: UW study offers a method to keep physicians up-to-date: 5 februari
"Technology may hold the key to helping physicians and other medical professionals stay on top of the rapidly growing literature in the health-care field – and thus provide better care for their patients. There are an estimated 20,000 medical journals offering updates on various medical specialties.
The researchers found that the best way to make a difference in the clinic was through a computer screen that popped up with the latest relevant information when the physician began the prescription process."
Todays Chemist at Work: Hormone Replacement Therapy: Januari
"Part I: Postmenopausal women are asked to weigh the risks and benefits."
Yahoo! News: Lessons in Muscle Fitness From Hibernating Bears: 21 februari
"Bears and bedtime conjure up cozy images of cuddling and nursery rhymes. But for those confined to bed following illness or injury, real-life hibernating "Teddies'' could provide clues as to how to prevent muscle loss due to prolonged immobility."
Budo & Fitness: Reportage från "Allt om Hälsan" på Stockholmsmässan:
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"På fredagen slog portarna upp för den första upplagan av nya mässan "Allt för Hälsan". Budo & Fitness News var som vanligt på plats för att rapportera till Er. det var en mycket bra arrangerad mässa fullpackad med besökare. Det verkligen kändes hälsosamt att promenera runt bland allt från hälsprodukter, mat, tester, vitaminer, föreläsningar, uppvisningar och annat i hälsoväg." |
corren.se: Hälsotester populärast: 20 februari
"En av 'Allt om hälsa'-mässans populäraste delar var hälsotesterna. De långa köerna tog aldrig slut."
GD: Ett nytt sätt att hitta flytet: 19 februari
"Sliten? Pressad? Skadad? Mentalt slutkörd? GD Online har - precis som delar av Brynäs hockeylag - tittat närmare på floating som lösning på olika problem som idrottsmän stöter på under en hektisk säsong."
Boston.com: Caffeine warrior: 18 februari
"I comforted myself with the notion that I wasn't a coffee junkie. Junkies drink the sludge at the bottom of the day-old pot hanging around the office. I am a coffee gourmet.
But for every self-deception there is a moment when reality bites - or, perhaps, sips. For me it was in the welcoming letter from the quiet, yoga-inspired, spiritual weekend retreat to which I had already sent my deposit."
Budo & Fitness: Budo & Fitness Butiken i Stockholm bygger ut!:
"Under tiden har vi ombyggnadsrea. Med start måndag 26 februari till fredag 16 mars bökar & stökar vi i Stockholmsbutiken varvid vi har lite xtra bra priser att fynda. På den här siten kan du följa hur ombyggnaden utvecklas och tar form."
Budo & Fitness: Fitness Party 2001:
"Arrangörerna Björn & Pierre hälsar er alla partysugna välkomna till Fitness Party 2001 som går av stapeln lördagen 27 oktober i Stockholm.
Du kan beställa dina biljetter redan nu, så du är säker på att få vara med. Antalet är begränsat och det har blivit fullt både 1999 och 2000."
Budo & Fitness: Budo Expo:
"Budo Expo är den naturliga träffpunkten för alla som är intresserade av kampsport.
Mot bakgrund av de splittringar som genomsyrar budo/kamsport sfären i Sverige strävar vi mot att skapa ett "forum" där ALLA kampsporter/kamparter gemensamt kan verka för expansion av sina arter och gemensamt samtligt utövande av kampsport/kampart."
Alexa: “Sex” Popular on the Web, Many People Inefficient at Reaching Their Online Destinations: 14 februari
"A comprehensive two-year study by Alexa Research has revealed that based on their searching habits, an alarming number of Web users are not particularly efficient at reaching their online destinations.
Rather than entering a uniform resource locator (“URL”) into the address field of their Web browsers, millions of Internet users enter the name of the site they want into the search box of their homepage or other search engine."
Boston.com: Untangling an online breakup: 20 februari
"Call it an antilove story, a post-romantic feud set in the postmodern cyber age.
When Internet aficionados Gary Kadet, a Cambridge author, and Marion Mackerwicz, a bodybuilder from Whitman, met three years ago at a party, they fanned the flames of affection with flirtatious e-mails and online chat."
EurekAlert: Robots with real muscles:
"Researchers have known for centuries that they can make muscles contract in the lab: in 1786, Luigi Galvani discovered that electricity made a dissected frog's leg twitch. But until now, no one has ever tried to harness the phenomenon to power a machine."
Vetskap: Muskelproteiner arbetar på mikrochips: Februari
"En grupp svenska forskare är på god väg att kunna styra de proteiner som får våra muskler att dra ihop sig. Det unika är att muskelproteinerna ska försöka styras till att utföra ett i förväg bestämt arbete. Och att detta arbete ska ske utanför kroppen – på en yta som är några miljondelar av en millimeter."
Your Health Daily: Researchers Link Brain Function to Breathlessness: 16 februari
"That breathless feeling in your heart and lungs is really all in your head."
Guardian Unlimited: Our genes are doomed: 5 februari
"Unless we embrace genetic engineering, we will become a sickly and frail species."
Yahoo! News: Pssst! Want to Do Away With Your Period?
"So, what's the secret to Kimberly Denney's newfound freedom? She eliminates her period a month at a time simply by skipping the placebos in her 28-day packet of birth control pills and starting a new round of hormone-laden pills immediately.
It's a convenient little secret that doctors have known about since the birth of oral contraception in the 1960s, but one that many women are just now beginning to discover, mostly via word of mouth, the Internet and a recent book with the provocative title, "Is Menstruation Obsolete?"
PsycPort: Love-Weight Relationships the Delicate Issue of Weight Is Ever-Present in Romance, Whether We Like It Or Not:
"Never does the issue of weight carry so much naked impact, so much emotional freight, so much psychological baggage as when combined with one other word: romance.
Because size DOES matter when it comes to dating, courtship and marriage."
DrugNews: "Ska man drogtesta måste metoden vara säker!": 16 februari
"På allt fler skolor, arbetsplatser och, nu senast, inom försvaret införs drogtester för att uppnå en drogfri miljö. Men kan man lita på provsvaren? Det är bättre att fria än att fälla vid minsta osäkerhet, anser socionom Ulric Hermansson, verksam inom forskning och metodutveckling kring drogprevension i arbetslivet."
Bayerus: Asparin Trivia Game:
"Find out how much you know by answering five questions about the world's most popular pain reliever!"
Scientific American: Laws of Calorie Counting: Augusti 2000
"What is the bottom line on the energy we take in? Philip & Phylis Morrison recount the heroic, decade-long effort to find out." (Via MagPortal)
Scientific American: Who Owns Your Body?: Mars
" When Moore learned that his doctor had taken out a patent on his cells and had sold the commercial rights to a biotechnology company for millions of dollars, he sued for property theft. And lost."
Gainomax: 10-årsjubileum för S.A.F.E: 23 februari
"S.A.F.E, Scandinavian Academy of Fitness Education, firade tio år i samband med ett konvent den 10 – 11 februari. 600 deltagare fick ta del av mängder med föreläsningar och spännande events.
Multisport: Sömn
The Guardian: Snooze from nowhere: 17 februari
"For thousands of years, sleep has been a mystery to scientists and philosophers alike. Today, we can measure our experiences during those hours of slumber, yet we're no closer to knowing exactly what sleep is. David Newnham visits the land of nod."
Red Herring: Isolating the fifth element of taste: 13 februari
"Everyone knows that there are four basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, and bitter. Wrong. A fifth taste - umami - was admitted last year to the gustatory pantheon, and a growing awareness of its role in the flavor and pleasurable sensations of food is changing the way food processors, nutritionists, and chefs think about what they do. The artful use of umami can make mediocre fare taste better, and good food taste great."
Aftonbladet: Bortdömd - nu blir han livvakt: 24 februari
"Danske Allan Vester vann den mycket jämna matchen mot George Scott i går. Svensken var stark och borde ha vunnit men domarna gav segern till hemmaboxaren. Mycket talar för att det var Scotts sista match som proffs.
Aftonbladet: Gissa: Vilken är idealkroppen?: 23 februari
"Forskare: För att leva ett långt liv behöver vi kroppar som troll."
B&T Marketing and Media: Fitness magazine expands distribution: 16 februari
"Niche magazine title Australian Fitness Network has launched a special annual edition on newsstands.
Originally established to service fitness instructors, the magazine now encompasses all aspects of the fitness industry, personal trainers, instructors, centre owners and managers, nutritionists, coaches and sports scientists."
Tullverket: Kan jag ta med mig min medicin när jag reser utomlands?
How Stuff Works: How Exoskeletons Will Work:
"Exoskeletons turn people into SuperPeople! See how they will work!"
Newswise: Language Can Fuel, or Abate, Public Fears About Bioengineered Foods: 13 februari
"Frankenfoods or miracle crops to help feed a hungry world? Your feelings about genetically modified foods depend, in good measure, on how their benefits and potential risks are explained to you, says Dr. Steven B. Katz of NC State University."
ABC News: A New Stance for Humanity: 9 februari
"If the human body were designed to last, we would look like short and chubby elves."
NetDoktor: Egalet: 12 februari
"Et lille dansk firma, Egalet a/s, har udviklet en ny teknologi, der kan revolutionere medicinalindustrien. Teknologien handler om det såkaldte drug delivery; den optimale virkning af et lægemiddel ved præcis dosering."
IFBB: Ben Weider, C.M., C.Q., Ph.D. Receives the Legion of Honour from France
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NetDoktor: Baldness cure: 15 februari
"Scientists may have found the key to baldness. They have discovered a protein, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, that increases blood circulation to the scalp, improving the health of the hair follicle and boosting hair growth."
fri Köpenskap: Mjölk klarar 20 år i frysen: 13 februari
"Sista förbrukningsdag 1980-12-14 stod det på mjölkförpackningen. Men innehållet smakade fortfarande bra."
LA Times: Data Suggest Muscle-Building Supplement 'BD' Could Be Deadly: 15 januari
"People who use a dietary supplement found in some body-building products are risking serious harm to their health, researchers reported in the New England Journal of Medicine last week."
BioMedNet: Drugs to treat human BSE?: 9 februari
"Researchers are trying to find a drug to treat variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the human form of "mad cow" disease. The hope is that, given soon enough after infection, a drug could slow the characteristic process of brain degeneration or perhaps even halt it altogether."
ATL: Gengrödor ofarliga hävdar forskare: 9 februari
"Genetiskt modifierade grödor har stora svårigheter att överleva på egen hand. Risken är minimal att de ska utvecklas till superogräs, som vissa befarat. Det hävdar brittiska forskare efter en tio år lång studie av genmodifierade plantor."
Nature Science Update: The ram-ifications of too much sex: 8 februari
"The biggest, butchest sheep throw their weight around, but they don't always live up to their image, a study of feral sheep has found. By the end of the rutting season, dominant rams are so drained by their sexual exertions that their sperm production tails off, and they lose out in the fatherhood stakes to fresher males lower down the pecking order."
Yes, They're Fake: Facial Fat Rejuvenation:
"Facial Fat Rejuvenation, more commonly known as Fat Grafting, free fat transfer, autologous fat grafting/transfer/transplantation, liposculpture, lipostructure, volume restoration, micro-lipoinjection, fat injections, f/g and even the "Space Lift®".
Fat Grafting or Fat Transfer will be used from here on out, and it is the method of the extraction of your own fat cells to replace fat or augment with fat where you may need or want it. Waste not, want not, eh?"
Business Week: Space Veggies, Phone Home: 7 februari
"To help humans settle on other planets, scientists hope to develop plants that can communicate and be programmed remotely." (Via MetaMuscle)
Dagens Medicin: Läkemedelsverket vill höja etiska krav: 13 december
"Läkemedelsföretag offentliggör sällan studier som ger negativa utslag för deras läkemedel. Därmed bryter de mot Helsingforsdeklarationen, det etiska rättesnöret för den medicinska forskningen.
Det anser professor Björn Beermann på Läkemedelsverket, som vill att läkemedelsföretagen skriftligen förbinder sig att göra även studier med negativa resultat tillgängliga för allmänheten."
Fitness-Magazine.com: Februarinumret av Fitness-Magazine.com är större än någonsin:
- Månadens Tävling - Vi lottar ut 5 "fettförbränningspaket"
- Så sätt igång att träna, ät och förändra din kropp! av Eva Lundquist
- Myter om fettförbränning av Eva Lundquist
- 8 skäl att älska fett av Eva Lundquist
- Hur fungerar CLA, Dietpulver och Fiskolja? av Fredrik Paulún
- Vad är antioxidanter?
- Nike Network Convention - med svensk dominans på aerobicscenen!
- Rörlighetsträning – 2000-talets friskvård
- Kampsportsklasser - ett bra komplement till den vanliga träningen
Newscientist.com: Think and it's done: 17 oktober 1998
"Brain implants are making it possible for severely disabled people to use the power of thought to communicate through a computer. The researchers responsible hope that the technology will eventually allow people who are totally paralysed to operate artificial limbs."
Techreview.com: Mind over Muscles: mars/april 2000
"Jatich is a quadriplegic who lost the use of his hands and legs in a swimming accident 21 years earlier. But in a series of first-of-a-kind experiments that hold out the promise of a more normal life for the handicapped, researchers led by biomedical engineer P. Hunter Peckham of Case Western Reserve University have succeeded in re-establishing the damaged connection between Jatich’s brain and body. Their strategy: combine two cutting-edge technologies into a system that uses brain waves to move paralyzed limbs."
The Economist: Medical monitoring Web shirts: 4 december 1999
"The LifeShirt, as the company’s device is called, is a turtlenecked, short-sleeved shirt that could yet become the height of medical fashion. The shirt has six types of sensors woven into its fabric, and is able to monitor more than 40 signals from the wearer’s body."
SVD: Begären lurar in dig på en väg utan ände: 7 februari
"Om jag bara vore lika vacker som... Konsumtionssamhället skolar in oss i omättliga begär. Det är farligt. Och man kan inte säga "äsch det där är ju bara en vacker flicka i en annonskampanj". Reklam är inte bara en bild - den ingår i hela vår samhälleliga berättelse om vad ett gott liv är."
Aftonbladet: Elitidrottare kan få stor skattelättnad: 7 februari
"Svenska idrottsstjärnor flyr Sverige – av skattetekniska skäl. De borgerliga politikerna vill ändra på det med ett idrottskonto för elitidrottare. – Skulle detta bli verklighet skulle jag definitivt utnyttja möjligheten, säger brottaren Mikael Ljungberg."
Scientific American: Laws of Calorie Counting: Augusti 2000
"What is the bottom line on the energy we take in? Philip & Phylis Morrison recount the heroic, decade-long effort to find out." (Via MagPortal)
Wired: Legal Ecstasy in Five Years?: 5 februari
"Ecstasy, or methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), will be available for use with psychotherapy in as little as five years according to one expert."
Dagens Medicin: Medical link säger upp halva personalen: 6 februari
"Hälsosajterna Medical link och Primavi tvingas säga upp ungefär 15 av de 23 anställda. Under fjolåret gjorde företaget en förlust på 18 miljoner kronor."
The Scotsman: Cinema set for fitness workout: 6 februari
"The ABC Cinema in Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, which may become a theme pub and nightclub."
Sports Illustrated: Sports Illustrated's Top 20 Sports Movies:
"Following are Sports Illustrated's Top 20 sports movies of all time. Check out this list (and some other sport-specific lists from SI writers), read reviews that ran in Sports Illustrated, see the original trailers and peruse our gallery of memorable sports movie moments and quotes."
grancanaria.justnu.cc: Recension av Döden går på gym: 30 januari
"Författaren till denna deckare heter Johnny Grimståhl och borde veta (och gör det) vad som kan tilldra sig på ett gym. Johnny har själv varit framgångsrik som kroppsbyggare och nordisk mästare m.m. i karate. Under många år drev han gym i Stockholm, men är nu sedan ca 20 år bosatt i Las Palmas och innehar även här ett gym."
IHT: Lots of Testosterone (in the Broadcast Booth) Marks XFL Debut: 5 februari
"Now we know what the X in XFL stands for.
Xceptionally Xaggerated Xpectations. Xtravagantly Xcruciating Xecution. Xcessively Xcitable Xperts Xuding Xasperation.
The inaugural broadcast of the fledgling football league, co-owned by the U.S. network NBC and the WWF, was filled with just the sort of double entendres, close-ups of cheerleaders and over-the-top announcing that the founders had promised."
CSICOP On-line: Why Bad Beliefs Don't Die:
"Because beliefs are designed to enhance our ability to survive, they are biologically designed to be strongly resistant to change. To change beliefs, skeptics must address the brain's "survival" issues of meanings and implications in addition to discussing their data."
Sunday Times: Computer-mad generation has a memory crash: 4 februari
"Growing numbers of people in their twenties and thirties are suffering from severe memory loss because of increasing reliance on computer technology, according to new research.
Sufferers complain they are unable to recall names, written words or appointments, and in some cases have had to give up their jobs."
Adressavisen: Tung dag for toppidretten (kommentar): 3 februari
"Det var den dagen norsk idrett skulle gjøre seg lekker for politikerne. Det satset idrettstoppene alt på. Det var den feilen de gjorde. For dermed røk troverdigheten, og det endte opp som en ganske dårlig dag for norsk toppidrett."
Can Will Smith pass as Muhammed Ali? (Via Robotwisdom)
Discovering Archaeology: Wrestling Through the Ages: 31 januari
"Archaeological finds depict wrestling in Egypt and Mesopotamia more than 5,000 years ago. Documentary evidence puts the sport in India and China well before the Christian era. In fact, virtually every society around the globe sports a long tradition of some form of wrestling. And the ancient Greeks were among the most fanatic of fans."
Inside: XFL Packages Its Testosto-Fest for the People, but Will Journalists Play Along?: 30 januari
"The football league's ties to professional wrestling have ESPN, Fox and others wondering how to treat the games on the Indoor Soccer-Arena Football seriousness scale. For a reporter in Alabama, though, any beat is better than none."
exn.ca: Human race = rat race?: 31 januari
Aha! Vi är alltså alla gymråttor...
"You might think we aren't that similar to rodents - at least not most of us - but a new study suggests they're some of our closer cousins."
Expressen: Drömmatch i boxning mellan Roberto och Krajnc: 1 februari
"Drömmatchen i boxning mellan världsmästaren Armand Krajnc och Paolo Roberto blir av. Expressen kan i dag avslöja att Kranjc sätter sin titel på spel i Köpenhamn i april."
Aftonbladet: Armand Krajnc möter Paolo Roberto?: 1 februari
"Drömmatchen mellan världsmästaren Armand Krajnc och Paolo Roberto ser ut att bli av. Allt tyder på att de två svenskarna gör upp om titeln i april. – Vi jobbar på det, Armand är intresserad nu, säger Steffen Tangstad, boxningsansvarig på TV1000 till aftonbladet.se."
New Scientist: All in the mind: 29 april 2000
"To get the most out of caffeine, you've got to believe in the effect it's having on you. "It seems that what you think may be as important as what you drink," Andrew Scholey, a psychopharmacologist at the University of Northumbria, told a meeting of the British Psychological Society in Winchester last week."
New Scientist: Sensitive implants help you adjust your grip: 10 juni 2000
"Without sensation, patients using neural prostheses have to rely upon their eyes and experience: grip an object too forcefully and they risk muscle fatigue, too gently and they drop it. This is one of the biggest problems with bionic implants, says Morten Haugland at the Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction at Aalborg University."
Netrition: Ghb Toxicity: What You Need to Know: 30 januari
"This article will review the pharmacology and toxicology of GHB, present the cases of several patients who have received treatment at our hospital, and offer tips for managing patients who have taken an overdose of this drug."
St. Petersburg Times: It looks like water, but it can kill: 29 januari
"People are using GHB and related chemicals to get high. Michelle Benge drank a capful after a night of celebrating the new year. She never woke up."
First Path: Brain Power: Building a Brawny Brain:
"Experts say humans retain only about one-third of the knowledge they are exposed to. Goldman presents a series of exercises that can stimulate areas of the brain not normally used. In Brain Fitness, Goldman cites both medical and scientific literature showing "brain exercise" improves a person's memory, mental quickness and ability to learn."
Out-of-this-World Diet - Why astronauts lose weight in space:
Denna sannolika lösningen på varför astronauter förlorar vikt under sin tid i rymden är bra exempel på Occams rakkniv: "Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem" - "Det är onödigt att göra fler saker än man behöver" eller "Den enklaste lösningen är att föredra".
It's been long known that astronauts lose weight while in orbit. And for a long time, there has been a theory that the very low levels of gravity lead to a transfer of body water from the legs to the trunk. That, the theory suggests, causes a loss of water leading to weight loss.
HealthScout: New Drug Delivery System Invented: 3 februari
"British researchers say they have developed a system to sneak drugs through the bloodstream past the body's immune system defenses, a breakthrough that ultimately could improve cancer treatments and gene therapy."
CNN: Personalized 3-D model helps try on clothes: 2 februari
"Even though you may not like trying on clothes, one of the biggest problems about shopping for clothing online is that you can't try them on before you buy. E-tailers are trying to solve that problem with your own virtual 3-D model."
EurekAlert: People get more ‘top’ news in print than by computer, study shows: 2 februari
"A new study confirms what many experts have long suspected about how people use Internet news sites: Online readers tend to avoid – and insulate themselves from – the goings-on in the larger world around them."
SurfJones: XFL News & Opinion:
"It may not be good football but it's certainly good copy. A SurfJones special update."
SVD: Fettkulor för framtidens dator: 4 februari
"Samma byggstenar som kapslar in kroppens celler kan bli grunden i en ny kemisk dator. En grupp forskare i Göteborg bygger ihåliga klot av fettmolekyler, och de hoppas kunna använda dem för att bygga upp allt från logiska kretsar till modellsystem för att studera kroppens kemi."
HealthWorld Online: Not All Researchers Sees Ecstasy As a Danger:
"The studies show that the drug's negative effects come from the same neorochemical reaction that creates pleasure. Ecstasy enters the bloodstream like Prozac and similarly strikes at those brain cells that release serotonin, a chemical that regulates mood.
But the drug goes much further than the now commonly used antidepressant. Ecstasy ends up flooding certain parts of the brain with abnormal amounts of serotonin.
The problem, said George Ricaurte, a neurotoxicologist at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, is that too much serotonin in the brain has risky side effects. One of them is that it "prunes" the branches of serotinin-producing nerve cells, which he said causes permanent memory loss and can lead to other problems."
HealthWorld Online: Coffee Habit May Help Scientists Pinpoint Pollution
"It is a commentary on the Starbucks culture of double lattes, espressos, and those ever-taller coffee cups: So much caffeine is passing through digestive systems and into toilet bowls, scientists want to use it to detect leaking sewage pipes in Boston Harbor."
Budo & Fitness: Reportage från Better Bodies Release Party: 2 februari
"Onsdagen 1 februari visade Better Bodies stolt upp sin senaste kollektion inför våren. Det bjöds på dricka och tilltugg i form av smarriga kanapéer och vin eller öl. Bland minglarna syntes allt från fitness proffs till gladiatorer och press från bl a B&K, SportGuiden och Plaza kvinna."
Science News: Medicinal Mimicry - Sometimes, placebos work—but how?: 3 februari
"Many studies suggest that problems like pain and depression respond particularly well to placebos. Blood pressure, cholesterol concentration in the blood, and heart rate are also affected by placebos, as are warts. On average, about a third of people taking placebos in studies report a benefit."
Just Move: Party drug causes withdrawal and death: 6 februari
"A popular party drug and bodybuilding supplement can cause prolonged and potentially life-threatening withdrawal symptoms, researchers report. The drug is gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) and is sometimes known as "liquid ecstasy" or one of the "date rape" drugs."
Dalademokraten: Succé för drakbåtsfesten: 7 juni 1999
Shadow gym till vänster vann för andra året i rad drakbåtsfesten i Smedjebacken.
Dalademokraten: Hoppas på fast jobb: 4 februari 2000
Nils "Nille" Eklund, mest känd som tränare för Djurmo/Sifferbos friidrottsungdomar, fick för några månader sedan en API-tjänst vid Borlänge kommuns gym i Maserhallen. Nu kämpar han för att det jobbet skall bli en fast tjänst.
Dalademokraten: Drakbåtsfestivalen drar igång: 31 maj 2000
Årets största arrangemang i Smedjebacken äger rum på lördag då den traditionella Drakbåtsfestivalen i Kolbäcksån går av stapeln. 44 lag har anmält sig till årets tävling och storfavoriter är förståss fjolårets segrare Shadow Gym.
Dalademokraten: Han får inget avtal trots legitimation: 31 december 1998
Socialstyrelsen har legitimerat naprapater och slår därmed fast att de tillhör hälso- och sjukvårdspersonalen. Men naprapaterna kan inte erbjuda vård på lika villkor som till exempel försäkringskasseanslutna sjukgymnaster eftersom de inte får några vårdavtal med landstinget.
Verdens Gang: Sex-hormoner endrer hjernestørrelsen: 22 juni 1999
Menns og kvinners hjerne er forskjellige. Nå mener forskerne at de har funnet ut hvorfor: Det mannlige hormonet testosteron fører til at menns hjerner blir større!
nature science update: sweeter dreams: 17 maj 2000
"Insomniacs take heart. The choice may no longer be between black-out pills and all-night TV. Chemists at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, have developed a new molecule that could induce 'normal' sleep, without the unwelcome side effects of current sleeping pills."
Arbetarbladet: Piller mot baksmälla stoppas: 12 juni 2000
Enligt Björn Beermann är det nya pillret ett läkemedel eftersom tillverkaren hävdar att det har effekt på sjukdomssymtom. Även om baksmälla i sig kanske inte är en sjukdom så innebär den sena tecken på förgiftning. Tillverkaren själv har kallat pillret för ett kosttillskott och tanken var att pillret skulle börja säljas lagom till midsommar.
