The bedroom is for two things and TV watching isn’t one of them. Teens Who Have TV In Their Bedroom Are Less Likely To Engage In Healthy Habits, Study Shows - “Girls with a TV in their bedrooms spent less time in vigorous activity each week than girls without TVs in their rooms (1.8 versus 2.5 hours). They also ate fewer vegetables (1.7 versus 2 servings per day), and had fewer family meals (2.9 versus 3.7 meals per week). Boys with TVs in their rooms not only had lower fruit intake (1.7 versus 2.2) and fewer family meals (2.9 versus 3.6), they also had a lower grade point average compared with their counterparts with no TVs in the bedroom (2.6 versus 2.9).”

Now where did I put that remote? Getting Forgetful? Then Blueberries May Hold The Key - “The researchers…supplemented a regular diet with blueberries over a 12-week period, and found that improvements in spatial working memory tasks emerged within three weeks and continued throughout the period of the study.

Just in: messing with hormones is a bad idea. Birth Control Pill Linked to 20 Percent Higher Plaque Buildup in Arteries - “Every 10 years of oral contraceptive use was correlated with a 20 to 30 percent increase in plaque buildup. According to lead researcher Ernst Rietzschel, the plaque buildup observed should be too small to lead to an increase in heart disease risk. But because any increase in plaque buildup is thought to place a person at risk, the study has caused some to call for new tests into the safety of oral contraceptives.”

I wonder if I can get mine back. The Appendix Has a Purpose After All: Repopulating the Gut with Friendly Flora - “According to the researchers, the dense populations found in modern cities make it easy for people to be re-exposed to digestive flora after losing them. But in earlier times, the researchers say, a cholera epidemic might have devastated a whole region and necessitated an internal replenishing source.”

Location Independent living…there’s one use for all those plastic bottles in the ocean. Man (Re)Builds Mexican Island Paradise on 250,000 Recycled Floating Bottles - “The original Spiral Island was (as its successor will be) built upon a floating collection used plastic bottles, all netted together to support a bamboo and plywood structure above. Located in Mexico, the original was 66 by 54 feet and was able to support full-sized mangroves to provide shade and privacy, yet also able to be moved from place to place by its creator as need with a simple motorized system.”

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