The Mediator And Peacemaker

A Diet That Helps Soothe Osteoarthritis

A Diet That Helps Soothe Osteoarthritis - Easing arthritis symptoms isn't just about exercise and pills. The foods you eat could help joints with osteoarthritis feel better, too. Food as medicine. It's a wonderful concept because it gives us an empowering and fun way -- eating -- to do something helpful for our bodies, like easing joint pain. And some day, doctors may very well prescribe exercise, medication, and a special diet to help keep people's arthritic joints healthy. But right now, the...

Mysterious 'Hum' Only Canadians Can Hear Is Debated

Mysterious 'Hum' Only Canadians Can Hear Is Debated - The cities of Windsor, Ontario, and River Rouge, Mich., are separated geographically by only a river, but when it comes to one highly annoying noise they are worlds apart. That noise, described as a low-pitched rumble, has rankled citizens of Windsor since last year, prompting hundreds of complaint calls, leading one resident to create a Facebook page and spurring a senior aide to Canada's foreign minister to visit the city to investigate. (Photo...

Pumping Iron to Prevent Dementia?

Pumping Iron to Prevent Dementia? - Resistance training could be an important part of reversing memory decline in elderly women with mild memory problems, according to a new study published today in the Archives of Internal Medicine.Researchers at the University of British Columbia in Canada studied 86 women between the ages of 70 and 80 who had mild cognitive impairment, a condition where people have problems with memory or other brain functions that are noticeable but not severe enough to interfere...

Study Sheds Light on How Birds Navigate by Magnetic Field

Study Sheds Light on How Birds Navigate by Magnetic Field - Two researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have identified cells in pigeons’ brains that serve as a kind of biological compass. Birds are famously good navigators. Some migrate thousands of miles, flying day and night, even when the stars are obscured. And for decades, scientists have known that one navigational skill they employ is an ability to detect variations in the earth’s magnetic field. Nigel Roddis/Reuters iStock Pigeons...

Who Knew there were Breasts Under that Burka?

Who Knew there were Breasts Under that Burka? - A particularly stunning piece of photography has recently come under attack in Canada from some offended parts of the Muslim world: An art student who wears Muslim headdress is defending her right to freedom of expression after a photo she snapped was removed from public display at a British Columbia university. The large black and white print depicts a woman in full Islamic scarf and cloak holding a flower-embossed bra while folding laundry. ... Not...

The Mystery of the Flying Laptop

The Mystery of the Flying Laptop - The T.S.A. doesn’t ask for a special look at devices like smartphones, tablets and netbooks that work much like a laptop computer but are smaller. Standing in line at security at San Francisco International Airport not long ago, family in tow, I dutifully pulled the laptop out of my bag and placed it in a separate bin for its solo trip through the X-ray machine. I also had an iPad in my backpack, so I caught the eye of a security agent. “Excuse me,...

Kenya to toughen poaching sentences to save elephants

Kenya to toughen poaching sentences to save elephants - Kenya plans to bolster current lenient sentences for convicted wildlife poachers or ivory smugglers in a bid to stamp out a spike in elephant killings, the government said on Saturday. "We intend to fight poachers at all levels to save our elephants," government spokesman Muthui Kariuki said in a statement. A major obstacle to this is that Kenyan courts are currently limited in their powers to jail or fine those convicted of wildlife...