- Getting Multiple Tattoos Can Boost Immunity, Prevent Common Cold- Study
Health Line – March 12
Tattoo designs not only make a fashion statement, they could have a major health benefit. The tattoos may confer protection against common cold by strengthening your immune system. That’s what suggested by researchers from the University of Alabama (UA), United States. According to the UA researchers, getting multiple tattoos could significantly boost an individual’s immunological response, which makes them better able to fight off infections.
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ABC 13 (Houston) – March 16 - Federal R&D programs lift small firms
Chemical and Engineering News – March 14
Franchessa Sayler was a chemistry graduate student at the University of Alabama when a staff scientist there asked her to analyze a catalyst that kept failing to speed a reaction. After doing some research, she got back to him. “I said, ‘This stuff is horrible,’ ” she remembers. He told Sayler if she could make something better, “people will be banging down your door to get it.” Sayler took on that challenge and developed a better catalyst. Now she’s chief executive officer of a small business, ThruPore Technologies, which she cofounded with her adviser, Alabama chemistry professor Martin Bakker. They are working to move that catalyst from the lab to the marketplace with support from a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Science Foundation. - The chilling truth behind this mum’s tragedies
Australian Women’s Weekly – March 13
Mary Rocha has known more tragedy than any mother could imaginably endure. Her daughter Leah died of cancer last year, while another daughter, Kai, passed away from severe burns in the same year. She has two other daughters, Maddie and Ally, who are both fighting cancer, one daughter has it in her spine, while the other has it in her hip … Although the traditional forms of Munchausen are considered mental disorders, this new morphed version is virtually ignored by psychiatric associations. “MBI is not universally considered to be a mental disorder, partly due to a lack of clarity about whether it really is, and partly due to the slowness in the movement of the field,” says author of Playing Sick, and M.D of the University of Alabama, Marc D. Feldman who has been working in the Munchausen field for 25 years.
Also making headlines:
- American Right on brink of transformation– WND – March 16- George Hawley, Political Science
- ‘Morning Joe’ gets heat for telling Clinton to ‘smile.’ But was it sexist? (+video)– Christian Science Monitor – March 17- Nicole Bauer, Political Science