Endurance exercise ‘interferes with heart rhythm’
Athletes beware – endurance training may make it more likely that you will need a pacemaker, scientists believe. A British Heart Foundation team found exercise in mice triggers molecular changes […]
Outdoor Play Can Enhance Kids’ Spirituality
New research suggests playing outside for five-10 hours a week can increase a child’s spiritual connection with the environment. Michigan State University investigators found children who spend significant time outdoors […]
Circumcision Can Prevent Prostate Cancer If Performed After The Age Of 35
The Huffington Post: There’s good news and bad news, chaps. The good news is that researchers at the University of Montreal and the INRS-Institut-Armand-Frappier have shown that circumcision can hep […]
Saudi Arabia to build world’s tallest tower, reaching 1 kilometer into the sky
By Daisy Carrington, for CNN (CNN) — Dubai, long champion of all things biggest, longest and most expensive, will soon have some competition from neighboring Saudi Arabia. Dubai’s iconic […]
First international Holy Qur’an and Science Conference in Toronto Today
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Iran promoting ‘Islamic Nobel Prize’ for science and technology
(by Rodolfo Calò) (ANSAmed) – TEHRAN – The presentation of what has been dubbed the ‘Islamic Nobel Prize’ for science and technology was held on Monday in the Iranian capital’s Pardis Technological Park. The Mustafa Science and Technology Prize, in honor of one of the 201 names (”the chosen one”) […]
Marriage is healthy for the heart — study
AFP | Mar 29, 2014 | 23:03 inShare WASHINGTON – Being married makes for a healthy heart, while being divorced or widowed is linked to higher rates of cardiovascular disease, according to a study of 3.5 million people released Friday. The study is the largest of its kind to show […]
Study to test ‘chocolate’ pills for heart health
AP | Mar 17, 2014 | 22:59 In this April 6, 2004 file photo, a worker collects sun-dried cocoa beans to be put into sacks for export in Guiglo, Ivory Coast. A large-scale study is being launched in 2014 to see if pills containing the nutrients in dark chocolate can […]
Why Muslims Aren’t Organ Donors
By News Staff | March 14th 2014 A survey conducted by researchers from the University of Chicago’s Program on Medicine and Religion delves into the relationship between attitudes toward organ donation and the Islamic faith. Previous surveys have found that Muslims are less likely than other religious groups to believe in organ donation […]
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What do we really need the Moon for?
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A Whole New Way To Think About Stress That Changes Everything We’ve Been Taught
Upworthy: by Alana Karsch — I’m totally gonna summarize this video for you: It’s not stress that’s making you sicker, it’s stressing out about stress being stressful that’s actually the problem. What? OK, just watch Kelly McGonigal. She says it much better than I do. At 2:24, people just have […]
Jet Lag, Late Nights, And Naps Disrupt Gene Function, New Study Shows
Forbes: by Melanie Haiken — Business travelers, shift workers, college students, and overworked tech workers, beware. Unusual sleep patterns, particularly sleeping during the day and staying up late at night, wreak havoc with the activity of your genes, new research shows. Researchers at the Sleep Research Centre at the University […]
According to Scientists, This is The Most Relaxing Tune Ever Recorded
Daily Health Post — Richard Talbot, from Marconi Union, was fascinated to work with a therapist to learn how and why certain sounds affect people’s mood. Though he always knew the power of music, they had previously written songs using only their gut feeling. The Top 10 Most Relaxing Tunes: […]
The smallest spacecraft in orbit
Source: BBC A swarm of 100 tiny satellites is poised to launch into orbit, owned by schoolchildren and space enthusiasts. Richard Hollingham finds out what it took to make these tiny travellers fly, and how they avoid posing a risk to bigger spacecraft. As I type this, there’s a satellite […]
Brains of elderly slow because they know so much
The Telegraph: by Sarah Knapton — The brains of older people only appear to slow down because they have so much information to compute, much like a full-up hard drive, scientists believe. Older people do not decline mentally with age, it just takes them longer to recall facts because they […]
Reversing Aging: Not as Crazy as You Think
Time: by Alice Park — What makes cells age? Wear and tear, yes. But biologically, says, Dr. David Sinclair, professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School, it’s lack of oxygen that signals cells that it’s their time to go. Without oxygen, the energy engines known as the mitochondria become less […]
Indonesia- Health insurance to cover all Indonesians
System is expected to be the world’s largest with 247 million covered by 2019, The Straits Times : The scheme will assure lower-income Indonesians such as Mr Paimin of free […]
Intermittent fasting: The good things it did to my body
BBC: Many of the changes in my body when I took part in the clinical trial of an intermittent fasting diet, were no surprise. Eating very little for five days […]
China becomes third country to land on moon
Epigraph: He (Allah) it is Who made the sun radiate a brilliant light and the moon reflect a lustre, and ordained for it stages, that you might know the number of […]