The New Scientist reports that contarty to traditional beliefs about the effects of booze on male performance, new research from the University of West Australia is suggesting that moderate drinking actually protects against impotence in the long term – perhaps for the same reason a glass or two of wine a day cuts the odds of suffering from heart disease. Click to continue reading
Source: New Scientist
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Surgeon and writer Sherwin Nuland meditates on the idea of hope — the desire to become our better selves and make a better world. It’s a thoughtful 12 minutes that will help you focus on the road ahead
Sherwin Nuland was a practicing surgeon for 30 years and treated more than 10,000 patients. Now he is an author and speaker on topics no smaller than life and death, our minds, our morality, aging and the human spirit. How We Die: Reflections on Life’s Final Chapter
Source: TED
According to German researchers, reduce what you eat by nearly a third – it may improve memory. 50 elderly volunteers,were introduced to the diet they were then given a memory test three months later.
The study, reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, found significant improvements. Click to continue reading
Source: BBC News
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A group of researchers headed by Professor Paul Emmelkamp (Amsterdam) has published a new method for assessing psychotherapy outcome in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.
Although randomized controlled trials are considered the best scientific proof of effectiveness, there is increasing concern about their feasibility in psychotherapy research. [continue reading…]
