The press release for the upcoming Third European Broccoli Conference (19th & 20th of October, 2011, in Madrid, Spain) includes this intriguing one-two broccoli-then-coffee combination: 15:40 to 16:20 — Health benefits of broccoli: many good reasons to include broccoli in your meal. Dr. Elizabeth Jeffery [pictured here], Interim Assistant Dean, multidisciplinary Research Programs, Professor of Nutrition, Department of Food Science […]
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Headline of the Day: Caffeine/Spinal Tap/Headache
Today’s Headline of the Day is from the Health Behavior News Service: Caffeine Can Ease a Spinal Tap Headache People who suffer headaches after a spinal tap might have a relatively simple way to ease the painful throb: a caffeine tablet…. Researchers led by Xavier Basurto Ona of the Hospital de Figueres in Catalonia, Spain, now […]
Fun with numbers: Coffee, Sex, Stroke
A new study in the journal Stroke is triggering lots of exciting news stories about sex, coffee, defecation, and other activities. Here are two fairly typical headlines: Common Activities Such As Sex, Coffee Can Cause Stroke [SmartAboutHealth.net] Sex and coffee ‘trigger stroke’ [BBC News] You might enjoy looking at the study itself, and asking yourself […]
Ig winner inspires Starbucks music
Starbucks, the widespread purveyor of coffee, announced that the work of 2008 Ig Nobel Prize winner Charles Spence (who was honored for electronically modifying the sound of a potato chip to make the person chewing the chip believe it to be crisper and fresher than it really is) inspired them to create a sort of […]