Monthly Archives: August 2013

Researcher Controls Colleague’s Motions in 1st Human Brain-to-Brain Interface

From the News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton Released: 8/27/2013 Source Newsroom: University of Washington Newswise — University of Washington researchers have performed what they believe is the first noninvasive human-to-human brain interface, with one researcher able to send a brain … Continue reading

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Seven Sweet Facts about How Chocolate is Made

FROM THE NEWS DESK OF JEANNE HAMBLETON Released: 2/10/2012 Source Newsroom: Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) feeding the minds of the world If you believe as I do that dark chocolate helps to lower your high cholesterol, along with Plant … Continue reading

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Fluoride in Drinking Water: Why Is It Added and Is It Safe?

From the News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton  Released: 8/27/2013  Source Newsroom: Kids+Chemical SafetyBy Patricia Nance, nance@tera.org Newswise — Fluoride is a naturally occurring mineral in water and many foods. In addition, fluoride is intentionally added to the public water supplies, because … Continue reading

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Stop After Eating One Potato Chip

From the News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton Source Newswise & American Chemical Society (ACS) This research was presented at a meeting of the American Chemical Society. Newswise — NEW ORLEANS, April 11, 2013 —The scientific secrets underpinning that awful reality … Continue reading

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MEN WITH FIBROMYALGIA PLEASE MEET FIBROFELLA

FROM THE NEWS DESK OF JEANNE HAMBLETON Hi, FibroFella is a young man I interviewed sometime ago. He was a  wanna-be top footballer in Ireland, but fibromyalgia chose him.  Like most young  men he enjoyed his sport and found it … Continue reading

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September Awareness from Across the Pond

PAIN ADVOCACY COMMUNITY IN ACTION Courtesy Patient Advocacy From the News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton From the Editor Pamela Bennett, RN, BSN, CCE, Executive Director, Healthcare Alliance Development August. I love the sound of it, “Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-gust”. The “Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh” signals vacation, … Continue reading

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AWARENESS WEEK FOR FIBROMYALGIA SEPTEMBER 8/15 2013

by Jeanne Hambleton In recent years it has become traditional for those suffering our invisible disability (fibromyalgia) to endeavour to raise awareness during the appointed dates. This year it is from Sunday September 8th to the following Sunday,  the  15th … Continue reading

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