“Research shows that brushing too soon after meals and drinks, especially those that are acidic, can do more harm than good. Acid reflux poses a similar problem: While it might seem like a good idea to brush after a reflux episode, doing so can damage your teeth.
THE BOTTOM LINE
Never brush immediately after an acidic meal or drink. Always wait at least 30 minutes.”
We hate to say it, but policing thinspo on Pinterest won’t be easy. As Chavie Lieber reported a couple of weeks ago:
Exactly how Pinterest plans to monitor people’s pinboards, or differentiate between the harmful and the innocuous, is still unclear, especially since users themselves cannot agree on what is appropriate.
Pinterest’s new policy of taking down self-harm pins will be analyzed on a case-by-case basis, and only when pins are reported by fellow users. Offending pinners are notified when their content is removed, and they can then contact Pinterest with further questions or concerns.
“Teens in the 1950s “were more than twice as likely to become pregnant then than they are now.” - @tanehisi”
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Pills That Can Make You Smarter
Margaret Talbot writes for the New Yorker about the underground world of “neuroenhancing” drugs :
For the moment, people looking for that particular quick fix have a limited choice of meds. But, given the amount of money and research hours being spent on developing drugs to treat cognitive decline, Provigil and Adderall are likely to be joined by a bigger pharmacopoeia. Among the drugs in the pipeline are ampakines, which target a type of glutamate receptor in the brain; it is hoped that they may stem the memory loss associated with diseases like Alzheimer’s. But ampakines may also give healthy people a palpable cognitive boost. A 2007 study of sixteen healthy elderly volunteers found that five hundred milligrams of one particular ampakine “unequivocally” improved short-term memory, though it appeared to detract from episodic memory—the recall of past events. Another class of drugs, cholinesterase inhibitors, which are already being used with some success to treat Alzheimer’s patients, have also shown promise as neuroenhancers. In one study, the drug donepezil strengthened the performance of pilots on flight simulators; in another, of thirty healthy young male volunteers, it improved verbal and visual episodic memory. Several pharmaceutical companies are working on drugs that target nicotine receptors in the brain, in the hope that they can replicate the cognitive uptick that smokers get from cigarettes.
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Unsafe - WSJ
Noise is one of the great neglected health hazards of our time—the secondhand smoke of our ears
Read: WSJ
What You Lose When You Sign That Organ-Donor Card - WSJ
Tongue stud device uses iPod to drive wheelchair - Futurity.org
Who needs coffee when you can inhale your caffeine? Okay, it sounds weird to us, too. And now the FDA isn’t so sure that inhalable caffeine, sold in lipstick-sized canisters, is actually healthy.
FDA officials plan to investigate whether AeroShot, sold in a canister for a quick, 100-milligram hit of caffeine, is safe for consumers.
Because it is marketed as a dietary supplement, AeroShot did not require FDA review before hitting the U.S. market, going on sale last month in Massachusetts and New York. It is also available in France.
It was invented by Harvard biomedical engineering professor David Edwards, who claims it is safe and free of taurine and other common additives used to enhance the caffeine effect in energy drinks.
“Although frequency of arousal, lubrication, and orgasm decreased with age, the youngest (80 years) women reported a higher frequency of orgasm satisfaction. Emotional closeness during sex was associated with more frequent arousal, lubrication, and orgasm; estrogen therapy was not. Overall, two thirds of sexually active women were moderately or very satisfied with their sex life, as were almost half of sexually inactive women.”
Pot smoking not tied to middle-age mental decline - Mother Nature Network
In the study, past and current users of marijuana actually scored higher on memory tests than those who didn’t use the drug.
Inhalable Caffeine: Party Drug Or Handy, Pocket-Sized Boost?
If you’ve ever lamented the time and effort it takes to brew or procure a cup of coffee, this might perk you up. “Breathable Energy. Anytime. Anyplace.”
That’s the campaign slogan for AeroShot, a plastic inhaler, roughly the size of a lipstick tube, filled with a powdery, calorie-free mix of caffeine, B vitamins, and citrus flavors. It’s slated to hit stores in January, just in time for the New Year.
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“I cringe every time I see a patient for a breast lift who is a smoker. I’m deathly afraid that despite my warnings, she will smoke before or after surgery and cause her nipples to turn black and fall off.
Yes. Smokers who undergo breast lifts are at great risk of losing their nipples.”
“The survey was based on the responses of 238 married people age 65 years or older. Findings revealed that 40 percent of the participants who reported no sexual activity in the last 12 months said they were “happy” with life in general. But almost 60 percent of those who had sex more than once a month said they were “very happy.”
