There have been few studies linking obesity to cognitive skills;
however, at the University of Illinois, a study was undertaken to
compare certain executive cognitive abilities of healthy weight
pre-adolescent children with obese pre-adolescent children requiring
them to respond to images of swimming fish.
Ever consider leaving Facebook? Heck, the Millennials are bailing in droves. But
when push comes to shove and it’s time to put the pedal to the metal,
how many of us would actually pull the trigger? Well, there is one brave
band of renegades who have not only set the bar fairly high as to how
to cut those ties – but also how to read the riot act to the founding fathers while walking out of the door.
Bitcoins Coming To A Store Near You, As Well As Amazon & ‘Almost Human’ Too!
Posted in: Today's ChiliYou know that Bitcoins have gone mainstream when this unique form of tender is featured in the
plot line of a current TV drama. That’s right – the world’s first
decentralized cryptocurrency lacking any political authority was
featured in the recent season finale episode of the Fox network series, ‘Almost Human.’ Granted, while the premise of that detective drama is set in the year 2048. . .
It’s hard to say, looking twenty to thirty years into the future, just how different the digital landscape will look. Semantic
Technology, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Web 3.0 are presently only toddling along in their infant stage. What they will look like in the next few decades is only
guesswork on our part.
Being the adoptive mother of several feral cats, I’ve had my share of
challenges just training them to do their stuff in a litter box, but
there are reasons – several, I understand – to train your cat to "go" in
a toilet bowl. Many cat owners have tried and failed to do this, but
there is help in the form of toilet training kits for cats. You will need patience regardless of which kit you choose, but those who’ve trained their cats couldn’t be happier that they’re saving money on cat litter and living in a cleaner home environment.
Perhaps you’ve read that the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and
the American Heart Association (AHA) issued new guidelines on which
persons should take statin drugs for the prevention of heart disease
and stroke. On March 19, 2014, in the New England Journal of Medicine,
the AHA presented these guidelines, including age, gender, and race, as
well as various pre-existing health conditions that might call for
statin intervention. But what do the new guidelines mean for you?