Hey, Let's All Play Along! -It's Cellphone Football!!!

Hey look Junior, it's the ocean! -Go Swim!

Insomnia! Confusion? Headaches! -Oh My!

2008-India To Join CP Study Mosh Pit; -you know, 'cause all the cool kids are doing it, Mom!

2008-STUK,Finland: May Alter Proteins in Skin

2007-Cleveland: Damaged Sperm

2007-MTHR,UK: Could Be As Dangerous As Cigarettes

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Posted by Will on 08/ 6/08 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend |

Unusually High Mercury in Tuna Sushi

VIVA LA REVOLUCIÓN!
Workers of the World Unite!!
At last our pinko commie revenge upon the shoulder-surfing Rich Bastards is at hand!!!!
In the form, of ...
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-tuna.

The NYT reports on a study they had started last year with scientists from Robert Wood Johnson

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Posted by Will on 02/15/08 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend |

Compound Reverses Alzheimer's In Minutes

(just Like Gardasil, another) Shot Heard 'Round The World, mortals!1!

Neuroscientists from UCLA and USC inject an Alzheimer's patient with an anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) agent called etanercept (brand name Enbrel) and the patient shows Marked cognitive improvement within minutes.

The published papers focus on only 1 of the patients, though many

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Posted by Will on 01/15/08 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend |

Keep Your Brain Young with SmartKit

Check out this fun site I found a short while ago! Plenty of fun puzzles and games to exercise your mind! Smart-Kit.com
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Posted by Will on 12/ 2/07 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend |

Akiyoshi Kitaoka!!??!! -Dees Eeez My Head A-Splod-iiin' !!!

(Note: These images might make observers feel sick)
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Posted by Will on 03/29/07 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend |

77 Deadly Ways to Learn Better & Bruce Lee Your Brain! -whaaaaaa!

Ok, this list is just too great to wait any longer to post.

The Online Education Database has come up with a Monster list of techniques (77?! -teh Pwnzz!!) to help you learn faster and better. Out-Standing! -Must pass on to all mV readers immed!

My habits for cognitive support have always been: oatmeal, high-protein diet, vitamins/supplements and physical activity. -When you're stag

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Posted by Will on 03/ 7/07 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend |

Fat Loss & BioChem Mashup: Diet Can Mitigate Epilepsy

At the intersection of fat loss fads and a problemmatic disease, comes the use of a fairly old diet that helps reduce seizures where incidents are frequent and anti-convulsants stumble.

The various Keto Diet study results thus far seem to reflect the greatest benefit for children instead of adults. It was unclear why. -Were the adults drinking on the side? Was there increased neuroplasticity in children?

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Posted by Will on 12/19/06 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend |

Excessive Ultrasound May Harm Embryonic Neurons

No more 'scan-your-noggin' booth at the kegger anymore, boys and girls! It'll rot your brains worse than TV!

Dr. Pasko Rakic and his colleagues from the Neurobiology department of the Yale School of medicine have shown that ultrasound use impedes some brain development in baby mice.

They are therefore recommending that though the distances are greater in humans, ultrasound for human babies

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Posted by Will on 08/10/06 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend |

The New 'Polygraph': Liar Liar, Brain's On Fire!

Newsflash:The first ever explosion at an MRI facility has just occurred.

It seems Bill Clinton has just staggered out of the wreckage with a few pieces of the ‘donut’ stuck to his head like a giant sombrero; however his hairdo looks in fine shape.

The first ever MRI Lie Detector on a politician looks like a complete success! They just need to completely rebuild the facility and recalibrate. More fireworks to follow.

In an effort to expand the uses of existing MRI technology,

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Posted by Will on 08/ 1/06 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend |

You Can't Fix Stupid, but You -Can- Grow New Brain Cells

Churchill would paint, Einstein played the violin; Stalin had nude ballet. -On a personal note, I'll go with the ElectroShock therapy and a 5g Gotu Kola chaser.

Elizabeth Gould (who is kind of sexy for a geek) and others have shown that lab animals can grow new neurons after the time that it was said to be impossible.
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Posted by Will on 06/29/06 | Comments (1) | Email to a friend |

Tinfoil Hat Brain Firewall Not So Secure After All

It turns out that the old "protection" from being brainwashed by radio waves sent out by the CIA and various unnamed government agencies has been soundly debunked by scientists at MIT.

According to them, the foil hats (double-walled, even) Reduced radiowave signals across the entire usable spectrum by up to 10db. -A 3db change either way, would be deemed significant.

AHA! -But before you start breaking out

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Posted by Will on 06/12/06 | Comments (1) | Email to a friend |

Tea Shows Promise in Alzheimer's Fight

Dr. Ed Okello and his team from Newcastle University, UK have found some encouraging results in preliminary tests on tea in slowing Alzheimer's Disease.

Their findings, published in the Journal 'Phytotherapy Research', show that black and green tea affect the actions of a few enzymes known to have involvement in the disease.

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Posted by Will on 08/31/05 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend |

Table for 1 ?

As if it weren't bad enough, according to CMU grad student Sarah Pressman, it turns out Loneliness could affect your immune system negatively.

It is disturbing that this study neglected to count the number of inverted keg-stands or fraternity indoctrination rituals in the lives of the subjects. If those don't

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Posted by Will on 05/16/05 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend |