Blood flow and respiratory rates can synch with music, indicating that music could one day be a therapeutic tool for blood pressure control and rehabilitation. Blood flow and respiratory rates can synch with music, indicating that music could one day be a therapeutic tool for blood pressure control and rehabilitation, according to a study by Italian researchers published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Source:  American Heart Association

A new optical technology that lines up living cells and controls their movements has opened the door to better artificial tissues and wounds that heal faster with less scarring. Star Trek scanners that fix injuries with beams of light may not be science fiction after all. A new optical technology that lines up living cells and controls their movements has opened the door to better artificial tissues and wounds that heal faster with less scarring. For years, scientists have used the energy in laser light to drill microscopic holes or as tweezers or traps to direct and maneuver small pieces of matter. Guiding entire cells, though, has proven difficult because the lasers used for manipulation tend to damage the structural units of living organisms. Source:  Optical Society of America

Plants_Health.jpg In an effort to address the current economy, healthcare crisis, and improve life for all, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is working hard to re-educate the public on how plants make a difference in supporting personal and global health. In an effort to address the current economy, healthcare crisis, and improve life for all, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is working hard to re-educate the public on how plants make a difference in supporting personal and global health. Recent research has focused on the disease fighting properties of natural compounds. We are finally getting the news that plant derivatives really can provide us with good health ? on many levels. Source:  Kathleen Blanchard RN

motion sickness band.JPG If you are looking for an alternative to medications for motion sickness, or nausea in general, try the FDA motion sickness band from Hammacher Schlemmer. The motion sickness band lasts comes with a lifetime warranty, batteries that last two years, and sells for $139. If you are looking for an alternative to medications for motion sickness, or nausea in general, try the FDA motion sickness band from Hammacher Schlemmer. The motion sickness band lasts comes with a lifetime warranty, batteries that last two years, and sells for $139. Source:  Kathleen Blanchard, RN

On July 2 the detectors of Planck's High Frequency Instrument reached their amazingly low operational temperature of -273°C, making them the coldest known objects in space. The spacecraft has also just entered its final orbit around the second Lagrange point of the Sun-Earth system, L2.

Research has identified a new gene associated with diabetes, together with a mechanism that makes obese mice less susceptible to diabetes. A genomic fragment that occurs naturally in some mouse strains diminishes the activity of the risk gene Zfp69. The researchers also found that the corresponding human gene (ZNF642) is especially active in overweight individuals with diabetes.