Gingko biloba is a Chinese herb often used as a dietary supplement to treat memory loss, mental fatique, improve clarity of thought and could even protect against Alzheimer's. Researchers found significant improvement in verbal recall among a group of people with age-associated memory impairment, who took the herbal supplement ginkgo biloba for six months, when compared with a group that received a placebo. Read more
Inspiration Behind 40-day Fast
Back in the ‘70’s, while in my early twenties, many changes were taking place in the wake of the tumultuous ‘60’s. Everything from politics to business-as-usual would experience a spectrum of forced obsolescence. Read more
Vitamin and Mineral Spotlight
Vitamin C
A water-soluble vitamin needed for the growth and repair of tissues in all parts of the body. It is necessary to form collagen, an important protein used to make skin, scar tissue, tendons, ligaments, and blood vessels. Vitamin C is essential for the healing of wounds, and for the repair and maintenance of cartilage, bones, and teeth. Read more
Astronomers were surprised to discover a 25-million-year-old protoplanetary disk around a pair of red dwarf stars 350 light-years away in the Stephenson 34 system. Gravitational stirring by the binary star system (shown in this artist's conception) may have prevented planet formation.
Image Credit: David A. Aguilar (CfA)
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Poach (Verb): To encroach (trespass) upon for the purpose of taking something
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