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Protein folding as a competitive sport?
Sounds bizarre but researchers at the University of Washington are hoping that Foldit, a new computer game will help uncover the key to medical mysteries ranging from Alzheimer’s Disease to vaccines.
There are more than 100,000 different kinds of proteins in the human body. These proteins form cells, make up the […]
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DiabetesMine and Medgadget are co-hosting the 2nd Annual DiabetesMine Design Challenge…
“a competition designed to foster innovation in diabetes design and encourage creative new tools that will improve life with diabetes.”
This challenge is a follow on from the Open Letter to Steve Jobs that Amy Tenderich from DiabetesMine posted last year right after Apple […]
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So it’s my turn to report my results from the Vitality Compass Quiz, and let me tell you, I was not anxious to take that thing at first. I figured you’d have to be the next Arnold Schwarzenegger or Jessica Alba to score even decently on it, but after reading Liz’s results, I was encouraged. […]
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I’m not one for questionaires and surveys but this Vitality Compass, an online longevity calculator, had me intrigued.
I wanted to know…was I in the Blue Zone? What was my life expectancy? And were my current life habits going to lead the way to a grand old age of 100 plus?
So I headed on over and […]
By Liz -- 8 comments
Everyone’s talking green this week with Earth Day (April 22) on the horizon.
So Healthbolt is going to talk green too. Green health that is.
Here’s our common sense tips to greener health…
Sleep more - not only is sleep good for your health, it’s also good for the environment. When you sleep, your energy consumption is significantly reduced.
Become […]
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Here’s some great news for Nintendo Wii Sports fans who are already bouncing around their living rooms chasing the imaginary ball. There’s a new kid coming to town. It’s name - Wii Fit.
A top selling game in Japan when it was released there in December last year, Wii Fit is now being released in other […]
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“…one may take a walk up & down Broadway & scare meet a soul.”
Almost impossible to imagine these days but apparently that was the way it was back in 1832 when New York City was in the middle of a cholera epidemic.
By the time it had ended, over 3000 people had died out a population […]
By Liz -- 2 comments
Finding health news is easy. It’s everywhere - in the newspapers, magazines, television, and all over the internet. So much health news, in fact, that it’s time hard to keep up with.
But there are a few sites out there that make it easier to keep up-to-date. They provide all the health news and resources you […]
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It’s been a while since we’ve added some new blood to the Science & Health channel, but alas, two awesome blogs have now joined our dysfunctional, er, happy little family.
First up: Weighting Line. Hope and Robin dish up all kinds of goodness on how to lose weight effectively and for good. But these gals aren’t […]
By Liberty -- 3 comments
No one ever wants to be placed in a position where they have to perform CPR on someone. But we all learn just in case. We sweat through the first aid class and try desperately to remember the steps. We worry about how many times we have to breathe into the person, where to push […]
By Liz -- 3 comments
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