Video conferencing may finally have founds its place in global business and medicine and studies indicate business and personal usage to escalate significantly. According to industry research, video-phones and video connections will be at everyone’s desk tops at very low cost. Of all the advancements in the workplace over the next 5 years, usable efficient […]

People who drink more than three cups of coffee per day have a 53% lower risk of liver disease progress than non coffee drinkers, according to a new National Cancer Institute Study conducted by Neil Freedman PhD MPH. It was published in the November issue of HEPATOLOGY.

New Harvest, a U.S. based company is developing a new way to grow meat in the laboratory using starter cells and a process of cell growth. The new system is expected to produce tasty meat of the same consistency and cellular basis as ordinary meat except you won’t have to raise and kill animals. This […]

There is new and reliable evidence from scientific studies which prove that our brains respond significantly to the daily foods we eat and that nutrients trigger neurotransmitters and hormones that directly alter our mental sharpness, memory and moods. This runs across the board from children to older adults and the timing of intake is also […]

Several new studies have concluded that playing video-games can enhance cognitive capabilities and performance including the development of the “working memory”; reasonaing capabilities; increasing attention span and the latest studies have shown that video game playing actually thickens parts of the cerebral cortex, the outer layer of the brain responsible for higher level functions. One […]

Forced stationary bicycle pedaling at high steady cadences has been shown to significantly reduce symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. In a paper presented in Paris on June 15, 2009, Dr. Jay Alberts of the Cleveland Clinic reported that Parkinson’s patients who were forced to pedal at a high steady rate (80-90 RPM) showed a 35% improvement […]

New research from the University of Southampton has shown that it is now possible to communicate person to person solely by thought with the help of a computer and internet connection. The implications of this work are significant for iniiduals with “locked in” syndrome and also for the world of video games. (More on this […]

This week’s announcement by the Federal Trade Commission that it would revise rules about endorsements and testimonials in advertisements ignores the complexity and power of viral marketing on the net. Bloggers who endorse products are supposed to reveal whether they are connected with advertisers and whether they were paid in any way. Celebrities will also […]

“Dream incubation” is a developing technique for training yourself to use dreams to solve problems. In a study at Harvard Medical School, dr. Deidre Barrett had her students focus on a problem such as an unsolved homework problem, before going to sleep each night for a week. Two thirds of the participants had dreams that […]

A naturally occuring compound found in extra virgin olive oil, Oleocanthal may help to prevent and treat Alzheimer’s disease according to a new scientific study. Highly toxic proteins, known as ADDLs bind with neural synapses in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients and are believed to be the cause of nerve cell disruption leading to loss […]