The Boeing 777 pilot resting area, for example, includes two beds and business class seats with plenty of room to spare. In some planes, meanwhile, the pilot area even contains its own lavatory. Source: There’s a Secret Room on Airplanes That Flight Attendants Don’t Want You to Know About – Page 14 of 20
And although the main goal of these bunk rooms is to provide a quiet place for crew to recharge their batteries, some rooms have extra perks. These can include, for instance, small TVs and other sources of entertainment. Source: There’s a Secret Room on Airplanes That Flight Attendants Don’t Want You to Know About –… Read More »
The large majority of CRCs, therefore, are placed at the top of the airplane, just behind the cockpit. This avoids taking up valuable cargo space in the bottom of the plane, and it doesn’t result in any loss of passenger seats in the cabin area. Source: There’s a Secret Room on Airplanes That Flight Attendants… Read More »
Fortunately, newer airplane models, such as the Boeing 777 and 787, provide the crew with secret rooms known as Crew Rest Compartments (CRCs). These areas, which are accessible via hidden stairs and ladders, allow the pilots and flight attendants to get some valuable shut-eye during long flights. Source: There’s a Secret Room on Airplanes That… Read More »
Passenger airplanes aren’t exactly known for being the most spacious way to travel, particularly when traveling coach, since the goal is to comfortably fit in as many people as humanly possible. But despite appearances, there are in fact some secret compartments on board that only the crew can access. Source: There’s a Secret Room on… Read More »
“The (mother) cooperated with the investigation and was not arrested,” police said Source: Oregon mother fatally shoots intruder found in her child’s bedroom | Reuters
Tanzania could now hold the solution to the world’s chronic helium shortage. Source: Discovery of new helium reserves a “game changer” for medical industry | Ars Technica
Source: Miss Teen USA Drops the Swimsuit Competition: It’s a Start | E! News
The Lesedi La Rona diamond is the second-largest diamond discovered in over a century. But it failed to sparkle enough interest from bidders at a June 28 Sotheby’s auction in London. A Journalpedia entry by WSJ’s Jason Bellini. Image: European Pressphoto Agency Source: Lesedi La Rona Diamond: 2nd-Largest Ever Mined
The Latest on the Alaska governor’s decision for funding yearly oil checks given to residents (all times local): Source: The Latest: Alaska governor limits oil checks to $1,000 – The Washington Post
SEATAC, Wash. – An American Airlines jet with 151 passengers and six crew members aboard caught fire at Sea-Tac Airport on Wednesday morning as it was taxiing toward the runway.The jetliner, Flight 728, was destined for Philadelphia when a controller warne Source: American Airlines jet catches fire at Sea-Tac Airport | KOMO
The clincher was the link between memory improvement and cathepsin levels, Duzel says. “Those individuals that showed the largest gains in memory also were those that had the largest increase in cathepsin,” he says. Of course, cathepsin is probably just one of several factors linking exercise and brain function, van Praag says. “I don’t think… Read More »
With Lisa, Dr. Yaltho ran a variety of tests to make sure she had no signs of a stroke or a seizure. — because having part of your brain die would explain why you would sound British. Hahahahahahahahahahhaha Source: Mom with Foreign Accent Syndrome hopes to help science with rare case | 9news.com
By Elahe Izadi / The Washington Post It’s referred to as the “brain-eating amoeba.” Naegleria fowleri resides in warm freshwater, hot springs and poorly-maintained swimming pools. When the single-celled organism enters a person’s body through the nose, it can cause a deadly infection that leads to destruction of brain tissue. These infections are extremely rare;… Read More »
Autophagy – the housekeeper in every cell that fights aging Posted on19. April 2013by James Watson By James P Watson and Vince Giuliano Background and introduction There is a wide variety of genetic manipulations, pharmacologic manipulations, and nutrient manipulations that have been shown to alter lifespan in model organisms. These include caloric restriction, “loss of… Read More »
Encinitas in 2013 passed Proposition A, which mandates that voters must weigh in on any land-use changes in the city. Meanwhile, every city in California is required to update its housing element, a plan that shows how it will meet the growing demand for housing, every four years But now AGENDA 21 is coming to… Read More »
Source: A simple, comprehensive plan to prevent or reverse Alzheimer’s Disease and other neurodegenerative diseases – Part 1: The Plan | AGINGSCIENCES™ – Anti-Aging Firewalls™ A simple, comprehensive plan to prevent or reverse Alzheimer’s Disease and other neurodegenerative diseases – Part 1: The Plan Posted on 18. February 2015 by James Watson By James… Read More »
Scientists now know a lot about Alzheimer’s disease, and preventive therapies probably aren’t far off. But even when they become available, such therapies will almost certainly be very expensive. The only products currently being tested in large-scale Alzheimer’s prevention trials are antibodies against the Alzheimer’s-associated amyloid beta (Aβ) protein. Antibodies are large and delicate proteins… Read More »
The Inflammatory Seven- Foods That Increase Inflammation Soda pop and sugary drinks Commercial dairy products including commercial milk, ice creams and powdered milks Meat including smoked or cured luncheon meat, sausage, bologna, bacon and ham Most commercially refined vegetable oils French fries or, for that matter, pretty much anything deep fried Commercial baked goods made… Read More »
Telomerase and cancer Jerry W. Shay1,+, Ying Zou1, Eiso Hiyama2 and Woodring E. Wright1 + Author Affiliations 1The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Cell Biology, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390-9039, USA and 2Department of General Medicine, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Hiroshima, Japan Next Section Abstract Telomerase, a eukaryotic ribonucleoprotein… Read More »
D EMENTIA P REVENTION D EBORAH C OLSON MS C D IP ION Guildford GP Education – Update Week Royal Surrey County Hospital, 6 November 2014. Source: Presentation “D EMENTIA P REVENTION D EBORAH C OLSON MS C D IP ION Guildford GP Education – Update Week Royal Surrey County Hospital, 6 November 2014.”
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In one study, the researchers show that a reactivated herpes infection doubled the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. This study had 3,432 participants who were followed for 11.3 years on average. In another study, 360 people with Alzheimer’s disease were examined and compared to 360 others who had not developed dementia. The samples were taken… Read More »
PMC full text: Aging (Albany NY). 2014 Sep; 6(9): 707–717. Published online 2014 Sep 27. Copyright/License ▼Request permission to reuse Copyright : © 2014 Bredesen This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and… Read More »
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Reversal of cognitive decline: A novel therapeutic program Dale E. Bredesen1,2 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Go to: Abstract This report describes a novel, comprehensive, and personalized therapeutic program that is based on the underlying pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease,… Read More »
Reversal of cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease Dale E. Bredesen1,2, Edwin C. Amos3, Jonathan Canick4, Mary Ackerley5, Cyrus Raji6, Milan Fiala7, and Jamila Ahdidan8 1Easton Laboratories for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA 2Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA 94945, USA 3Department of Neurology, University… Read More »
Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most significant healthcare problems nationally and globally. Recently, the first description of the reversal of cognitive decline in patients with early Alzheimer’s disease or its precursors, MCI (mild cognitive impairment) and SCI (subjective cognitive impairment), was published [1]. The therapeutic approach used was programmatic and personalized rather than monotherapeutic… Read More »
About half the time, he provides his seed the old-fashioned way. Sometimes, a lesbian looking to conceive will have her partner in the bed for moral support while she and Nagel engage in intercourse. “She’s never slept with a guy before, so the partner’s in bed, holding her hand,” Nagel explains. “Sometimes, it could be… Read More »
“If you’re going to be prepared, you need to know Peter Schiff’s case.” – Jim Rogers “Nothing can compare to what’s coming. Peter Schiff is right again.” – Ron Paul “Disagree with Peter Schiff at your own peril. In many ways, he’s a genius.” – Ben Stein Source: Wall Street Daily
Lithium, Explained Lithium prices have soared as battery-dependent industries like electric vehicles and renewable energy have entered a renaissance. In China, lithium carbonate, the material used in battery production, is up more than 75% over the past year.1 Despite the excitement around this natural resource, lithium contracts do not trade on futures markets (like gold… Read More »
The upper middle class grew to 29.4 percent of the population in 2014, up from 12.9 percent in 1979. The rich – those making $350,000 or more – also grew, from 0.1 percent of the population in 1.8 percent of the population. The middle class, however – once considered the backbone of the American economic… Read More »
What they found was this: Doctors who received even one industry-sponsored meal–with a mean value of less than $20–prescribed the promoted brand-name med “at significantly higher rates” to Medicare patients. Source: Hey, doc, how about a burger with a side of branded drug scripts? | FiercePharma
16 other states that fully spare military pension income from state income taxation Source: A wasteful Minnesota tax break on military pensions – StarTribune.com
Israel has admitted for the first time that it has been giving Ethiopian Jewish immigrants birth-control injections, often without their knowledge or consent. The government had previously denied the practice but the Israeli Health Ministry’s director-general has now ordered gynaecologists to stop administering the drugs. According a report in Haaretz, suspicions were first raised by… Read More »
Monday, January 28, 2013 Elder of Ziyon Did Israelis force contraception on Ethiopian women? (UPDATE x2) This troubling story has been all over the place, all from this Ha’aretz article claiming that Israeli officials admit to giving contraceptive injections to Ethiopian women without their permission. But what does the article actually say? A government official… Read More »
A 2-year-old boy who was attacked and dragged into the water by an alligator on the shores of Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa Tuesday night was still missing early Wednesday morning. Source: Alligator attacks boy at Disney’s Grand Floridian, deputies say – Orlando Sentinel
Research Article Light-harvesting chlorophyll pigments enable mammalian mitochondria to capture photonic energy and produce ATP Chen Xu, Junhua Zhang, Doina M. Mihai, Ilyas Washington J Cell Sci 2014 127: 388-399; doi: 10.1242/jcs.134262 Article Figures & tables Supp info Info & metrics PDF ABSTRACT Sunlight is the most abundant energy source on this planet. However, the ability… Read More »
Though research on migraines has come a long way, the reason why some people are much more prone to them is largely still a mystery. Physicians will often try to find the cause of recurrent migraine attacks by evaluating patients for other underlying medical conditions, food intolerances and sleep problems. New research suggests doctors may… Read More »
The woman left scarred by herbal medicine: Like thousands, Nilufer took St John’s Wort to help boost her mood… but little did she know she’d suffer a shocking side-effect Nilufer Atik, 39, bought the capsules to deal with her mild depression When she went on holiday to Turkey dark patches appeared on her skin She… Read More »
wo weeks ago, a jury decided that Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder caused a woman’s ovarian cancer, and ordered the company to pay her $55 million. Her attorney said the case against talc, the principal ingredient in the powder, was clear: “Science has been simple and consistent over the last 40 years,” he told the… Read More »
Despite the common practice of treating children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) using medications such as Adderall or Ritalin, a new study suggests another way to do so: promoting health lifestyle habits. The study examined 184 children with ADHD and 104 without the disorder, all between the ages of 7 and 11. The results revealed that… Read More »
People in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease may have more “leaks” in the barrier that separates the brain from the bloodstream, a small study suggests. Known as the blood-brain barrier, it’s made up of tightly joined cells that line blood vessels in the brain. They form a filtration system that allows certain essential substances… Read More »