Archive for March, 2006

Dr. Johnson’s Healthy Living Newsletter

Thursday, March 30th, 2006

Contents: * The Poison Lurking In Your Water Bottle * BIRD FLU OR WEAPONS GRADE FLU? * New Proprietary Ground-breaking ‘Carbon-bond’ Nutritional Technology * Vaccines Show Sinister Side * Enzymes to Help With Digestion * Feds Preparing To Mass Quarantine US Citizens During Flu Outbreak * U.S. Eliminates State-Mandated Food Labeling * Consumer Demand for […]

Brains of very smart kids mature later

Thursday, March 30th, 2006

“Very smart children may seem advanced in many ways, but a new study shows they actually lag behind other kids in development of the ‘thinking’ part of the brain. The brain’s outer mantle, or cortex, gets thicker and then thins during childhood and the teen years. The study found that in kids with superior intelligence, […]

Oral estrogen still a no-no, doctor says

Thursday, March 30th, 2006

“Remember when Momma told you not to put things in your mouth? Well, she was talking about estrogen pills — she just didn’t know it. Today — four years after the Women’s Health Initiative found a distinct downside (breast cancer) to using Prempro (the estrogen/progestin pill) in older women — even those rethinking hormones for […]

Republicans concerned about “Cover Tennessee”

Thursday, March 30th, 2006

“Some Republicans expressed concern about the details of Gov. Phil Bredesen’s ‘Cover Tennessee’ health initiative Tuesday, including the possibility of raising the tobacco tax. ‘The devil’s in the details, and we really don’t know the details yet,’ said Rep. Beth Harwell (R-Nashville), citing examples of not knowing what benefits will be covered and how many […]

High caffeine levels found in energy drinks

Thursday, March 30th, 2006

“Energy drinks that promise to boost performance and rev up metabolism can contain three to four times as much caffeine as a typical soda, a new study shows. The concern, researchers say, is that consumers who are vulnerable to the ill effects of caffeine — including children, pregnant women and people with cardiovascular disease — […]

Horse antibodies may help thwart bird flu

Thursday, March 30th, 2006

“Scientists in China are turning to horses to help fight bird flu. The researchers included Jiahai Lu, PhD, of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China. They’re among experts worldwide working on bird flu treatments. Writing in Respiratory Research, Lu’s team describes using parts of horse antibodies to fight H5N1, the virus that causes bird flu, […]

Judge rules teachers have no free speech rights in class

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006

“Here’s an update on Deb Mayer, the teacher who said her contract was not renewed because she answered a student’s question about whether she would participate in a demonstration for peace. Her case involves an incident that occurred on January 10, 2003, at Clear Creek Elementary School in Bloomington, Indiana. The students were reading an […]

New course teaches instructional gaming

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006

“Muzzy Lane Software, maker of the Making History series of instructional simulation games for middle, high school, and college students, in collaboration with the Game Institute, a provider of online game design instruction, is offering the online course to help educators understand why gaming can be an effective learning tool in the 21st-century classroom, how […]

One fourth of nation’s schools fail ‘no child’ standards

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006

“More than a fourth of the nation’s schools failed to meet the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Law last year, according to preliminary numbers reported to the Department of Education. About half the states increased the number of schools making ‘adequate yearly progress’ in improving student test scores in math and reading in […]

Active classroom frees kids from desk chairs

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006

“The fidgety boys and girls in Phil Rynearson’s classroom get up and move around whenever they want, and that’s just fine with him. In fact, stretching, swaying and even balancing on big wobbly exercise balls are the point of this experimental classroom. The goal is to see if getting children to move even a little […]