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Health
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If Barbie Were A Real American Girl, This Is What She Would Look Like [GALLERY]
03 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Illustrator Nickolay Lamm undertook an investigation into what Barbie would really look like, in the real world. Lamm compared Barbie’s Mattel image to a proportionate 19 year old girl. Have a look at the disparity between the million dollar industry and the real world.
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The Not So Healthy Reality Of Fruit Juice [INFOGRAPHIC]
30 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Fruit juice is the healthy option, right? Of course it is. Or is it? This infographic goes so far as to call fruit juice the “evil twin” of fizzy soft drinks. Check out how fruit juice could be wreaking havoc on your health.
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Pregnant, Or Trying To Fall Pregnant? These Apps Will Make Your Life Easier
29 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Birds do it, bees do it. Even educated fleas do it. But only humans do it with apps. These ten apps will aid you in your pregnancy, and make life for you, your partner, and your baby considerably easier.
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Virtual Reality Could Be The Drug Rehab Of The Future [VIDEO+PICS]
29 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Imagine the cure for addiction looked like a video game. With funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Department of Defense, assistant professor at Duke University in the USA, Zach Rosenthal might have found a way to help the helpless.
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Marijuana Reporter Eats A Weed Brownie Without Knowing It – Overdoses [VIDEO]
26 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Michael Montgomery, a glorified pot reporter, got a rude awakening when he ate brownies he didn’t know contained a high dose of medical marijuana. This animated video uses Montgomery’s hairy experience as subtext to explore the growth of marijuana into a mainstream recreational and medicinal substance in California.
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Have You Taken The Cinnamon Challenge? Don’t
23 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Load up YouTube. Search, “Cinnamon challenge”. You’ll laugh, either at the stupidity of the subjects in the video, or their spasmodic gagging, or both. If you’re young, you might be tempted to take the challenge yourself. Don’t. Apart from being intensely uncomfortable, you’ll probably permanently damage your lungs.
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Say Goodbye To Greyscale – New 3D Ultrasounds Are In Colour [PICS]
19 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Babies ultrasounds will never be the same with this amazing technology. Have a look at your baby in colour, smile and all.
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Buddy Beatdown – Manning Up For Charity
17 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Comedians Siv Ngesi and Brendan Murray battle it out in the ring for charity.
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US Doctor Brings People Back From The Dead Like It’s His Job
16 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sam Parnia is the head of the intensive care unit at Stony Brook University Hospital, New York. Sam can resurrect you from the dead. In fact, he’s done it a few times.
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Man Cleared Of Sexual Assault Charges, Has “Sexsomnia”
12 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A Glostrup court said on Wednesday that a Danish man had been acquitted of molesting two 17 year old girls due to the man suffering from a rare sleep disorder known as “sexsomnia.”
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World’s First Magic Mushroom Trial Suggests Cure For Depression – Stalled By Authorities [VIDEO]
08 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
A clinical trial designed to determine if a hallucinogen from magic mushrooms can be used to treat poeple with depression has been stalled due to European and specifically British rules for the use of illegal drugs in research.
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They Might Have Found A Cure For Tik Addiction
04 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Tik addiction is a global, causing untold damage to users’ bodies, families, and the economies of entire countries. And they might have found a cure
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South African Scientist Granted R12 Billion To Build A Digital Human Brain
25 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A South African neuroscientist plans to build the world’s first digital brain in the hopes of trying to discover new information on mental disorders. Professor Henry Markram said: What we are developing is a new foundation, a new instrument – a telescope – that will allow one to look deep into the brain, offering a […]
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Attention Constantia: Botox Has A New Rival
25 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) is expected to seek US approval next year for a new anti wrinkle drug that would serve as the stand-alone competitor to Botox. The company said the product could be made available in 2015 in the United States. The anti wrinkle drug market enjoys annual revenue of almost $900 million (R8,3 […]
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Tiger Tiger Is Giving Away A R30 000 Boob Job For National Cleavage Day
19 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Cape Town club, Tiger Tiger is giving away a R30 000 breast augmentation surgery for “National Cleavage Day”. The club, which has branches across the country, posted this to their Facebook page on Tuesday afternoon. National Cleavage Day – one of the biggest events of the year – 2013 NCD going to be MASSIVE!!! National […]
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Is Your Work Set Up Killing You? [VIDEO]
19 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you have, like me, sufffered from migraines at work, then you need to read this. After two weeks of suffering I went to the doctor, obviously fearing a tumour. It took all of 10 seconds for him to ask how I sit at work, and diagnose that my poor posture was causing neck stress, […]
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Medieval Black Plague Death Pit Unearthed In London [VIDEO]
18 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Bodies dating back to the era of the Black Death have been unearthed during excavations for London’s Crossrail project. A black plague burial ground was long rumoured to be in the area, but the exact location was unknown. Thus far 13 bodies have been found in a 5,5 metre wide shaft at the edge of […]
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Hyper-Successful People Never Feel Rushed: Here’s Why
08 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In the early 1990’s, three psychologists called on the Universität der Künste in West Berlin, Germany to study violinists. The psychologists asked a music teacher which of the violinists were most likely to have professional careers. The scientists separated that group out as the elite players. For comparison they also selected a group of students from […]
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Scientists Develop Astonishingly Accurate Cancer Breath Test
06 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Chinese and Israeli scientists have developed a test that can, with 90% accuracy detect and distinguish cancers from other stomach complaints. The test was carried out on 130 patients. Of the 130 patients, 37 had stomach cancer, 32 had stomach ulcers and 61 had other stomach complaints. In Britain alone, some 7 000 people develop […]
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“The Fast Diet” – Eat 5 Days, Fast For 2
05 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
A new diet which is all the craze in the UK involves not eating at all. “The Fast Diet” was published in January, and has been at the top of the best seller book list on Amazon’s British site for much of the time since then. According to the founder of Short Books publishing house, Rebecca […]
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Why Paris Restaurants Are Putting As Much Horse As They Can On Their Menus
04 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The French are applauding the recent outbreak of horse meat in beef-labelled products. With horse meat consumption showing a steady decline over the last three decades, France has translated the scandal into a trend. There are currently 750 butchers in the country, with 17% of the population claiming to have eaten horse meat. 11 000 […]
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“Do You Want To Live Forever?!” – Mediterranean Diet Reduces Risks Of Heart Disease
26 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you don’t know about the Mediterranean diet this is it in short. It’s a modern and nutritional diet based on the use of traditional foods from southern Italy, Greece and Spain. According to proponents of the diet, adding high content of olive oils, vegetables, fruits and even wine to your daily consumption helps to […]
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Support The CANSA Shavathon At Melrose Arch This Weekend
26 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Saturday 2 March marks the 10th annual Shavathon. The Shavathon was created to allow the public to show support and solidarity with cancer survivors, or anyone treated for dread disease. The Shavathon inspires people to shave, spray or even gel their hair after making a small donation to support the Cancer Association of South Africa […]
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Shock Study: Forget The Horse Meat Scandal – We’ve Got Donkey In Our SA Mince!
26 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Stellenbosch University’s meat scientists have been busy little bodies, conducting a thorough study of commercially-available meat products in the wake of an international scandal around the presence of delicious horse meat in European meat products not labelled “horse meat”.
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But Is It Art? The Bacteria On Your Cell Phone Are Gross [GALLERY]
25 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A group of British students led by Dr Simon Park, have produced a distatsteful series of art prints that record the growth of bacteria on cell phones. Yes, they “paint” with bacteria. They call it “bioart.” The images were made when the students placed cell phones petri dishes, and left them for three days. The growth […]
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Thanks, Science – New Technology Allows Patients To Grow Their Own Hips
11 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
British scientists are working on a new type of prosthetic material that could allow you grow your own hip, in the event that the one your mother gave you no longer works. This technology could be available within the next 10 years. Patient implants would be made from a revolutionary type of plastic material which […]
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Kate Middleton’s Sickness Cure: Rare South African Plant Oils
06 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Duchess of Cambridge who suffered severe morning sickness two months ago has still been feeling a bit naff. In order to combat her pukey tendencies, Kate has turned to scented candles in her battle with nausea. She is said to have filled her Kensington Palace home with the Contentment Candle, by Neom, which is made […]
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You Don’t Need To Stop Smoking Until You’re 40
24 Jan 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 7 Comments
Good news for those of you who promised to stop at 30, but didn’t – you’re good for another 10 years. In the most “recent study,” some nerds “discovered” that you will regain all the years you’ve lost, if you stop at 40. Read on.
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You Gym Hard And Can’t Lose Weight – Here’s What You’re Doing Wrong
20 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Professor Patrick Bouic was in the 2oceansvibe Radio studio recently on the Just Josie Show for the Buchulife Health Watch. He shed some light on a common problem that you may well be experiencing yourself – you adhere to a stringent exercise regime, and cannot budge an inch of fat from your body. So what’s to blame? Metabolic syndrome. […]
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The World Wastes Nearly Half Its Food
11 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This should serve as a wake up call to everyone, but it probably won’t, and the human race will continue to waste vast amounts of food.
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