by Minter Dial | Oct 11, 2010 | Health, New Tech
Panasonic’s R&D has come up with a great new tool to help in elderly care. Essentially, the apparatus is designed to help wash infirm or elderly patients in hospitals, eliminating a laborious work for the nurses. As reported in the press release,...
by Minter Dial | Sep 14, 2010 | Health
A firm handshake and brisk walk could be indicators of a longer life expectancy. Scientists at the Medical Research Council analysed the results of 33 studies into the link between the ability to carry out simple physical tasks and age of death. They found people who...
by Minter Dial | Jun 17, 2010 | Health
In an effort to wake one’s sleepy spirits, I like to write about sleep and the need to improve our daily hygiene and knowledge about sleep. Did you know that marine mammals stay awake for over a month? Meanwhile, here is a fun article about the dolphin’s...
by Minter Dial | Jun 4, 2010 | Health
One of my favourite topics and an under-discussed area in current life is sleep. Over-discussed in day-to-day life and clearly missing in solutions: being tired. Especially on Friday’s, like today, you hear the inevitable sounds of relief of the upcoming weekend...
by Minter Dial | Oct 12, 2009 | Health
Have you ever struggled to keep your hard cheese fresh? Then, here is the answer, and it comes with proof. We did an experiment whereby we cut a wheel of Cornish Yarg (a delightful cow cheese that is wrapped in nettles) into two slices. We wrapped one slice in a cloth...
by Minter Dial | Sep 26, 2009 | Business, Genomics, Health
I have written in the past about sleep, in particular how interesting and revealing the study of sleep was for me at University (see here). What has always baffled me is that Sleep Researchers still have never scientifically proven why adult human beings need to...