Pulverizing with the Ninja Ultima Blender cnet.com The good: The Ninja Ultima BL810 blender performs as well as models that cost twice as much. The bad: The Ninja Ultima looks bulky and you may not like having to keep track of the various accessories. The bottom line:… http://flip.it/RhRHZ Related articles I Love This Thing: Ninja … Continue reading Ninja ultimata blender is best affordable way to eat Paleo
Unlikely Multiple Sclerosis Pill On Track To Become Blockbuster by Scott Hensley, npr.org There aren’t very many drugs that are also, essentially, industrial chemicals available in railroad-car volumes, pharmaceutical chemist Derek Lowe noted on his blog, In The Pipeline, this spring. But there are a few. One is lithium… http://flip.it/q4X0F Related articles [WATCH]: Multiple Sclerosis … Continue reading Finding next MS drug in common industrial chemical, lithium carbonate
Here’s where you’re most likely to die from air pollution John Metcalfe, grist.org Click to embiggen.Where on Earth are you most likely to die early from air pollution? NASA provides the answer with this mortally serious view of the planet, and it is: lots of places.Like tar stains on a healthy lung, the sickly yellow … Continue reading Places with the most lethal air quality
This plant could help people withdraw safely from meth Sarah Laskow, grist.org USDOJKratom, a plant that is indigenous to Thailand, relieves pain, improves mood, and is illegal to use. But there’s some research that shows that it could help drug users safely withdraw from methamphetamine. (Or cocaine or heroin, but we’re all… http://flip.it/Rlxek
Gross alert: This guy has eaten only raw meat for the past five years Holly Richmond, grist.org ViceDerek Nance.If you slide waaaay down from the Paleo diet on the weird scale, you find Derek Nance. Dude’s been solely subsisting on raw meat for almost six years and, according to Vice, has “never been healthier”:Five years … Continue reading Derek Nance eats only raw meat for 5 years
New Yorkers exposed to more pesticides than rural residents John Upton, grist.org ShutterstockNew Yorkers can eat all the organics that they want — but that won’t be enough to protect them from the Big Apple’s stubborn pesticide problem.Despite living in a dense city with only tiny patches of agriculture (much of it organic,… http://flip.it/inoiQ Related … Continue reading New Yorkers exposed to more pesticides than rural residents
Blizzident “toothbrush” is claimed to clean your teeth in 6 seconds Ben Coxworth, gizmag.com When it comes to things that people don’t do as often or as well as they should, tooth-brushing would have to be at the top of the list. While it usually just comes down to laziness, a lot of people claim … Continue reading Blizzident toothbrush cleans teeth in 6 seconds
As consumer tech speeds up innovation in health, can traditional med tech keep up? Ki Mae Heussner, gigaom.com Consumer tech and telecom names like Verizon, AT&T and Sony may be relative newcomers to health care, but that doesn’t mean they’re not going to give industry stalwarts a run for their money. According to a Monday … Continue reading Consumer health tech outpaces med tech
Numerate Trains Its Drug Design Platform On Huntington’s Disease Bernadette Tansey, xconomy.com Bernadette TanseyThe path toward a breakthrough drug often starts with a new insight about the molecular cause of an illness, but only a few of these discoveries lead to new treatments. Steven Finkbeiner at the Gladstone Institutes in San… http://flip.it/Ivquf Related articles Drug … Continue reading Numerate applies big data to drug design
The Pharma Bureaucracy Index: Who’s Nimble, and Who’s Sloooowww? xconomy.com (Page 2 of 2) the respondents that their answers would remain anonymous, but that I’d used their scores to put together a composite index of pharma bureaucracy. By the end of business on Thurs … http://flip.it/GlS4k Related articles The Biotech Startup Class of 2013: Don't … Continue reading Biogen and biotechs that score well on pharma bureaucracy index
TellSpec identifies food ingredients and calories using science, magic Zach Honig, engadget.com Some of us can’t eat gluten, while others need to stay away from certain fats. Mealtime can be incredibly stressful for people with dietary restrictions — especially when dining out — since manufacturers aren’t always required to… http://flip.it/j7t0R
Flour Power DIY: Make Gluten-Free Flours at Home with a Coffee Grinder Lana Winter-Hébert, inhabitat.com As I’m writing this, I’m stuffing a delicious piece of toast into my face and crunching on it rather happily. That might not seem like a big deal for most people, but for those of us who have to adhere … Continue reading Make gluten free flours with a coffee grinder
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