The more alcohol young men drink, the lower their sperm count and quality may be, new research suggests.
First Ever Diagnosed Case of "Internet Addiction"
San Diego doctors have identified the first known case of “Internet addiction disorder” involving Google Glass, according to a new study.
September 2014 - Hottest Month Since We Began Recording Temperature in 1880
This just in: The global average temperature in September was the warmest in a record dating back to 1880, according to an update from NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. That makes it two months in a row: August was also the hottest on record by NASA’s reckoning.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/imageo/2014/10/13/nasa-september-warmest-record/#.VD1XF2ddUz6
Price Gap Between Healthy & Non-Healthy Food Grows
A new study, published today in the journal PLOS One, tracked the price of 94 key food and beverage items from 2002 to 2012. Its findings show that more healthy foods were consistently more expensive than less healthy foods, and have risen more sharply in price over time.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141008141114.htm
Salk Discovers "Good" Fat that Fights Diabetes
Researchers uncovered a new class of lipids in humans that is linked to reduced inflammation and improved blood sugar levels in diabetes.
http://www.salk.edu/news/pressrelease_details.php?press_id=2055
Sexting is Normal !
Provocative new research suggests sexting may be a new “normal” part of adolescent sexual development and is not strictly limited to at-risk teens.
http://psychcentral.com/news/2014/10/07/is-sexting-normal/75876.html
Blind People Have Four Times More Nightmares Than Sighted People
A new Danish study shows that blind people have considerably more nightmares than people with normal sight and those who became blind later in life.
http://sciencenordic.com/blind-people-have-four-times-more-nightmares-sighted-people
Scientists Discover Cancer Fighting Berry on Tree that only Grows in Far North Queensland: "in 75 Cercent of Cases, the Tumor Disappeared and had not Come Back"
Scientists have been surprised by the rapid cancer-fighting properties of a berry found only in Far North Queensland.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-07/queensland-scientists-discover-cancer-fighting-berry/5796106
Cannabis-Derived Non-Psychotropic Cannabinoid Hampers Colon Caner Progression
Cannabigerol (CBG) is a safe non-psychotropic Cannabis-derived cannabinoid which interacts with specific targets involved in carcinogenesis.
How Contagious Is Ebola?
The reproduction number, or "R nought," is a mathematical term that tells you how contagious an infectious disease is. Specifically, it's the number of people who catch the disease from one sick person, on average, in an outbreak.*
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/10/02/352983774/no-seriously-how-contagious-is-ebol