Normally I absolutely detest studies and articles based solely on "linked." "Link found between," "blah and blargitty may be linked," "Is such linked to and-such?" Those headlines drive me bonkers.
Any scientist will tell you that a LINK means nothing. Maybe if you mean between two genes, sure, but if your link is noticing that people who breathe also take showers you may be missing something. I liked this article, though, so I'm sharing it.
It's about coffee (and now you know why I like it). I am only a little ashamed.
For aboot ten years, researchers monitored a group of about 35,000 women (a little less, actually) and their coffee intake. They looked at several other factors and adjusted for them, with a result that women who drank very little or no coffee at all experienced a higher chance at having a stroke. I am extremely hesitant to believe a study like this (because SO many factors can mess it up, like I mentioned before), but it's nice to hear good things about coffee. Guess we better keep an eye on that bit about Colombian coffee being hit hard by the heat and weather!
The article mentions that it's too soon to go chugging coffee just because of their results. If you're like me, though, you don't need a reason!
-Miss Mouse
References and Links:
Coffee Beats Up Strokes:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-03-coffee-linked-women.html
Colombian Coffee Yields Dropping; Thanks a LOT, Weather:
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/peak-coffee/
Showing posts with label Medicine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Medicine. Show all posts
Friday, March 11, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
8 March 2011 - More Movie References!
One o' these days I'm gonna get my butt sued. In the meantime, I'm just going to post another story that got my attention - and immediately triggered a memory from my childhood:
Well, in today's story, UCLA did something just as awesome - a hand transplant. It was only the thirteenth in the US and only four hospitals in the nation do it. Okay, when I say it like that it doesn't sound that impressive, but think about it - they attached a whole new, live, real hand from a donor to a recipient, who had lost her hand five years before. It took 17 people and 14.5 hours, and they're using the surgery and recovery for data that can apply to several different things, including keeping the body from rejecting it, where in the brain controls what hand movements, etc.
I would be especially interested to hear how function in the hand goes - they mention reattaching muscles and vessels and whatnot, but what about nerves? Will they be able to feel the hand? Feel things WITH the hand? I don't know, but I'm psyched about finding out.
-Miss Mouse
References and Links:
"Luke, I Am Your Father... but I'm Not Donating My Hand to You":
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/574161/
 |
| Remember when Luke got his hand chopped off and all they had to do to fix it was robotically attach a prosthetic hand? Yeah. That was awesome. |
Well, in today's story, UCLA did something just as awesome - a hand transplant. It was only the thirteenth in the US and only four hospitals in the nation do it. Okay, when I say it like that it doesn't sound that impressive, but think about it - they attached a whole new, live, real hand from a donor to a recipient, who had lost her hand five years before. It took 17 people and 14.5 hours, and they're using the surgery and recovery for data that can apply to several different things, including keeping the body from rejecting it, where in the brain controls what hand movements, etc.
I would be especially interested to hear how function in the hand goes - they mention reattaching muscles and vessels and whatnot, but what about nerves? Will they be able to feel the hand? Feel things WITH the hand? I don't know, but I'm psyched about finding out.
-Miss Mouse
References and Links:
"Luke, I Am Your Father... but I'm Not Donating My Hand to You":
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/574161/
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)