On a personal note this fall I visited  the Florence American War Memorial. The Florence American Cemetery is situated approximately 7.5 miles (12kilometers) south of Florence, Italy, on the west side of the Via Cassia, a main highway connecting Florence with Siena and Rome. The 4,402 servicemen and women interred in the cemetery represent 39 percent of
the temporary burials originally made between Rome and the Alps. Most died in the fighting which occurred after the capture of Rome in June 1944. Included among them are casualties of the heavy fighting in the Apennines shortly before the war’s end. This was deeply moving experience, below is a photo I took.
Change your mind, and you just might change your body, too. Psychologists say our “self talk” or “internal dialogue” can make or break a fitness routine.
The problem is that many people simply aren’t aware of how destructive their thoughts are, says Gareth Dutton, a psychologist at Florida State University in Tallahassee who specializes in helping people to exercise and lose weight Click to read more
CBS programme 60 Minutes featured this report called Brain Power. People who are completely paralyzed due to illness or trauma are getting help communicating with a new technology that connects their brains to a computer. Scott Pelley reports
Grapes, the seeds of which are used to produce grape seed extract
We’ve all been spitting them out for years, but now grape seeds have been identified by Flinders University researchers as a potential treatment in preventing the development of Alzheimer’s disease. [continue reading…]
On a personal note this fall I visited  the Florence American War Memorial. The Florence American Cemetery is situated approximately 7.5 miles (12kilometers) south of Florence, Italy, on the west side of the Via Cassia, a main highway connecting Florence with Siena and Rome. The 4,402 servicemen and women interred in the cemetery represent 39 percent of
