http://krystnellstorr.com/index daily 0.75 2017-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429040303414-P9BGFCUDEIEL7Q7A9BDE/bloodclots Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1428980699553-TU2P0FYAP54LXR18ACXB/Artificial+Jelly Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429039545292-601BDX1K33TAHUK4OEHU/Smartfinger Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429043029895-WLSFPGCZMOT6PC6MBCN7/Alliger Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429042255866-G6U1UQY8HYKM6KL462X3/Carp Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429043703215-RTF8E9KIDA9F1S3J24ZR/image-asset.jpeg Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429044054483-2VDLQ7CSVK1QSONQQARV/image-asset.jpeg Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429044360389-62EAX59B3HJ2KWTZMPK6/image-asset.jpeg Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429044875469-O30DQ3ILPYAIX4GZGZE4/image-asset.jpeg Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429205222425-F18VXJLZ3WWZNP5RLQCJ/Pregnant+woman.jpg Work - Science Reveals Another Shocking Link Between the Sun and Our Life Expectancy It can shorten it — and not just a little bit. Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology analyzed 200-year-old data and found that prenatal exposure to ultraviolet radiation in sunlight may have shaved off more than five years from the lives of babies born while sun activity overpowered the planet's natural protections. <read more> https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429205659059-YKFWNRXBRTPK9GYFALYS/IMG_0086_Braille_finger.JPG Work - Brain Scans Reveal the Way Blind People See Isn't That Different From Anyone Else Calling Mr. Webster: We need a new definition for the verb "to see." Recently, NPR's podcast Invisibilia explored how Daniel Kish, a blind man, uses echolocation to create mental pictures of the world around him. Kish and his skills are not only very impressive, they also remind us that our understanding of what it means to "see" is so yesterday. In fact, brain scans of those who are visually impaired have revealed that they "see" (or, perhaps more accurately, use their senses) in much the same way as everyone else. <read more> https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429206022570-3O4IJAU1CGCJWQK9F42F/FMRI_Brain_Scan.jpg Work - Scientists Want to Unlock the Secrets of Distraction — and Use Them to Your Advantage Distraction is a double-edge sword. Our mind's propensity to wander is great when we need a diversion: It keeps us occupied and sane during meetings and helps us cope with trauma while we mentally regroup. But distraction can also ruin our lives: It keeps us from finishing those pressing assignments at work or in school or from staying focused while we're doing important things like, say, cooking and driving. Scientists are closer than ever to figuring out how the human mind becomes distracted and how we can use it to our benefit, according to research published in the Journal of Neuroscience. <read more> https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429826829576-EKGQ1753V255AIUNM0QG/protest.png Work - The Surprising Thing People Who Resist Authority Have in Common Consider this a lesson in disobedience. In 1961, Yale psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted a series of experiments looking at people's willingness to obey authority, even when doing so meant harming another human being. A new analysis of the controversialexperiment suggests that the difference between blind obedience and disobedience may be less a question of morality and more a question of skill set — that is, how many tactics a person can try to assert him or herself in the face of authority. <read more> https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429202081567-AGLWQE9W40F573D2N1Q3/Neverland_Ranch%27s_gates+%281%29.jpg Work - Your Deep Fear of Growing Up May Be Rooted in Science After All "I don't want to grow up." These six words comprise what may be the most universally understood human desire. Most of us experience the looming and abstract fear of finding a good job and paying bills — hallmarks of adulthood. But for one 14-year-old in Mexico, this fear manifests in a more profound way than wanting to stay in high school forever <read more> https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429206332265-ROFMOEIDB17ABU0RUY14/cigs.jpg Work - Smoking Doesn't Just Hurt Your Body — It Also Hurts Your Brain Add this to the rap sheet of smoking cigarettes: The longtime foe of optimal health may not only be hurting our bodies, but going after our brains as well. A new study published in the scientific journal Molecular Psychiatry suggests that smoking cigarettes physically taxes the brain by breaking down the cortex, its outer layer, over time. The cortex plays a role in how we think, solve mathematical problems, stay attentive, and even learn languages. <read more> https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429207272292-7CRHEHRJP61Z4SS55P0M/Friends_with_Mobile_Phones.jpg Work - Wanna Be Someone's Lover? You Gotta Get With Their Friends The Spice Girls were on to something — if you wanna be someone's lover, you gotta get with their friends. According to a new study published in Advances in Consumer Research, our social groups may have the power to stamp "hot" or "not" on a passing stranger. In fact, the research suggests that our view of physical attractiveness is under constant construction, and constantly updates itself to align with the tastes of our friends. <read more> https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429207884874-6Y78L9JFEBDYROPAZ9MO/bacteria.jpg Work - Your Genes May Be Part Mom, Part Dad and Part Bacteria A good mom always knows to pack a little something extra — even when it comes to genetic material. According to a new study published online this week in Nature, the DNA of a mother's bacteria may be making its way into the genes of her offspring. This bacterial DNA may in turn affect the strength of our immune systems, the researchers report. <read more> https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429209106711-13C117VL7VWENAPOZ847/1024px-Male_female.png Work - Science Explains Why Women Are Faster to Mature Than Men Being "mature" is all in your head. A 2013 study published in Cerebral Cortex offers a scientific explanation behind the common notion that men take longer to "act their age" than women do. According to the study, it's rooted in the fact that the female brain establishes connections and "prunes" itself faster than the male brain. <read more> https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429209855729-M89H2G44SHPX1CBZHI8N/Peanut_Butter_Texture.jpg Work - Study Finds Peanut Consumption in Infancy May Prevent Peanut Allergy Researchers may soon have new advice for how parents can prevent their kids from developing serious peanut allergies, and the solution is "nuttier" than you may think. It turns out getting exposed to peanuts in small doses while you are a baby might be the biggest weapon against developing a more serious reaction to peanuts when you are an adult. According to the new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the early introduction of peanuts dramatically decreases the risk of developing a serious allergy, by approximately 70% to 80%. <read more> https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429212237748-KHOOOJ3SMKFHRNR66NOG/Heart_Necklace_in_Chest+%281%29.jpg Work - Women Aren't Being Treated for Heart Attacks Because They Don't Want to Appear "Fussy" Young women, be careful with your hearts. A Yale University study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes in February has found that 15,000 women under the age of 55 are killed by a heart attack each year, and that many of them ignore their symptoms until it's too late. <read more> https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429212551726-DGOQANT75F113LVNCINJ/640px-Lens-cover.jpg Work - These New Contact Lenses Let You Zoom In with Just a Wink Researchers may have found a way to "trick out" a contact lens — and it's about more than just looking cool. CNN reports that a Swiss team is developing a device that could improve the vision of those with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a condition in which a small region of the eye called the macula slowly deteriorates, eventually causing loss of vision in one or both eyes. What's more, they work with a wink. <read more> https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429213453507-42ARYC8PNZQ40W2LE9AX/shopping.jpg Work - Women: Beware of Shopping While Ovulating An ovulating woman needs her options — and she's willing to pay to get them. A study that's being published in the April 2015 Journal of Consumer Research suggests that getting a woman to try new products may come down to figuring out the time of the month when she's most fertile. The study has big ramifications for advertisers (and for women wondering why they came home from the grocery store with three different kinds of toothpaste and the entire produce aisle). <read more>   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429739856644-FCKMK9Z9R3OEPULVMV7F/Red_Silhouette_-_Salesman.svg.png Work - Demanding, low-control jobs linked to type 2 diabetes NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Even without classic risk factors for type 2 diabetes, people with high-stress, low-control jobs were over 60 percent more likely to develop the disease than unstressed workers in a new German study.<read more> https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429739996986-W9W7RLOXVBZNEHRM3OQ6/cocktail.jpg Work - AA can help young adults, but mechanisms unclear: study (Reuters Health) - Alcoholics Anonymous can help people, young and old, recover from drinking problems, but young adults seem to benefit mainly - and only - from certain aspects of the program, according to a small U.S. study. <read more> https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429740092221-PUNBCUBI8U43VLYSF1KN/Tree_of_Life.jpg Work - Maternal singing calms preemies and their mothers: study (Reuters Health) - For preemies, the combination of hearing mother’s voice softly singing while being held against her skin can have a number of health benefits - and it helps moms, too, a new study suggests. <read more> https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429740386006-Q005Z0AG6X87JYI6QTW1/Salmon.jpg Work - Fish-eaters may keep more gray matter in old age (Reuters Health) - Eating baked or broiled fish at least once a week may preserve parts of the brain that are hit hard by aging, according to a small new study. Brain scans showed that people over age 65 who regularly ate fish had 14 percent more gray matter in brain regions associated with memory and 4 percent more in areas devoted to cognition than people who didn’t consume fish regularly. <read more> https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429741044627-KGWKFC67RJ6ER5CV7YSM/coach.jpg Work - Coaches may help deter abuse among athletes (Reuters Health) - Participating in a teen relationship abuse prevention program may equip and encourage high school coaches to intervene when they witness abusive behavior among athletes, according to a new study. <read more> https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429741236755-HW075DYV6Z9PTPBX1KQ3/Double_helix_stairs.jpg Work - DNA changes linked to health effects of childhood abuse (Reuters Health) - Trauma has lasting effects on mental and physical health that may stem from changes to DNA which undermine a person’s ability to rebound from stress, according to new research. <read more> https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429741671966-JH49L56AMRM58JAUAM8Y/Yogurt_%281%29.jpg Work - Probiotics might help lower blood pressure (Reuters Health) - Regularly consuming probiotics, or the “good” bacteria found in yogurt, milk and cheese, may help control blood pressure, according to a new review of past studies. <read more> https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429741815024-2V4CYPM5T570AHIQIUFU/Medication_Paracetamol.JPG Work - Medication errors may be common after hospital discharge (Reuters Health) - More than half of heart patients in a new U.S. study made mistakes taking their medications or misunderstood instructions given to them after being discharged from the hospital. <read more> https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429742189421-BTI9OCV1EPGSL125TPGS/Acro_Yoga_Flash_Mob.jpg Work - Weight loss may be an appealing way to ease hot flashes (Reuters Health) - Women will try, and stick to, a weight loss plan if it promises to ease their hot flashes, a small new study suggests. <read more> https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429742591594-TJZT4PHS04R1D3B8S6EN/glasses.jpg Work - More evidence "poppers" may damage eyesight A club drug and aphrodisiac since the 1970s, inhaled “poppers” are increasingly linked to eye damage - possibly due to a new formulation - according to a short report from the UK. <read more> https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429743252632-1YSP0CKVMWUP5LCUU91T/moustache.jpg Work - Mustaches may raise burn risk with home oxygen therapy (Reuters Health) - A new case report from U.S doctors suggests that men who use home oxygen therapy should consider a clean-shaven look to reduce their risk of serious facial burns. <read more> https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429743878140-NMBU12DXXEKPVSAC2SLM/walk.jpg Work - Home walking program may help clogged leg arteries (Reuters Health) - People with poor circulation in their legs benefit from a home-based walking program and are more likely to keep it up over the long term, according to a new U.S. study. <read more> https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429744251721-259MB6OC219FCC7YZ69R/turtleneck.jpg Work - Circumcision linked to lowered prostate cancer risk (Reuters) - Something about being circumcised may offer men a degree of protection from developing prostate cancer later in life, suggests a new study from Canada. <read more> https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429835717725-98GLVIM8SB1CKWTB207B/Youth_praying.jpg Work - Missouri 'Right to Pray' Law Could Limit Teaching Evolution Last week, Missouri voters gave themselves the right to pray without state interference. But some science educators are worried that the seemingly innocuous referendum on the 7 August ballot, which passed overwhelmingly, could also undermine the teaching of evolution in public schools. <read more> https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429836226613-9POOIQD9I35Y30G6QWYO/Sharp-tailed_sandpipers.jpg Work - ScienceShot: It Pays to Stay Up All Night Sometimes it pays to pull an all-nighter. Researchers have shown that by sacrificing sleep, male sandpipers out-compete their rested counterparts for mates. <read more> https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54472075e4b0b7baa20ee87c/1429836478841-LYJWDBMJOAU61P5CY99D/Katrina.jpg Work - Bouncing Back From a Natural Disaster A new report from the U.S. National Academies proposes several steps that the country should take to better prepare for, and recover from, natural disasters. 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