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When it comes to brain damage, blankets take the place of drugs

Have you ever covered yourself with a blanket to stave off the shivers? A new study shows that a blanket can also help alleviate shivering in patients who have been cooled to prevent brain damage.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1




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Brown fat burns calories in adult humans

Brown adipose tissue (often known as brown fat) is a specialized tissue that burns calories to generate body heat in rodents and newborn humans, neither of which shiver.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Medical Minute: Avoiding two winter weather-related problems

Though it may not have felt like winter until recently, it is that time of year when environmental exposures to the cold weather will be causing many problems for people. Here are some tips for preventing and safely treating ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Veterinarians give holiday, cold weather safety tips for pets

Many people remember to winterize their homes and cars for Colorado's colder weather, and it's also important to pay special attention to keeping pets safe and warm.

Biology / Other

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Immunity against the cold: Ability of brown fat to burn calories linked to immune cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- Throughout the interior spaces of humans and other warm-blooded creatures is a special type of tissue known as brown fat, which may hold the secret to diets and weight-loss programs of the future.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

High-tech gadgets offer plenty for gifts

Every year gadgets and their accessories are the hot gifts to give and get.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dashing through the snow, in a one-truck radar dish

SCHUSS. The term for a straight, downhill ski run. In the land of the Greatest Snow on Earth--Utah--SCHUSS is also the moniker for storm-chasing, Old Man Winter-style.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tactile technology guaranteed to send shivers down your spine

A new tactile technology developed at Disney Research, Pittsburgh (DRP), called Surround Haptics, makes it possible for video game players and film viewers to feel a wide variety of sensations, from the smoothness of a finger ...

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Deep history of coconuts decoded

The coconut (the fruit of the palm Cocos nucifera) is the Swiss Army knife of the plant kingdom; in one neat package it provides a high-calorie food, potable water, fiber that can be spun into rope, and a ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Calm after the storm

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Japanese have impressed the world with the relative calm and order they have maintained in the aftermath of one of the world’s worst natural disasters.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

How to fight winter's ailments

The weather in North Carolina may be warm today, but some areas of the state saw snow less than a week ago. And we're likely to see more cold weather, maybe even more snow, before winter officially comes to ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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