Marc Arginteanu's Blog, page 26

The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly

The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly

every good-bye is a small taste of death

every good-bye is a small taste of death

Acupuncture and brain circuitry

There are those who believe acupuncture to be a bunch of mumbo jumbo. I'm convinced it works, though. There have been a ton of well designed medical studies published in the peer reviewed literature to back it up with pl...

The Psychopathology of Golf

what drives you, pleasure or pain?

Marcus Aurelius and the Brain Science of Criticism

First, we���ll discuss some scientific studies, which describe how criticism affects the brain. And not just any old criticism, we���ll be talking about overly harsh criticism. Nagging you might say. Not surprisingly, there ...

Science behind acupuncture: Neiguan point

You know those wrist bands with the little button they sell for seasickness? Sure, it seems like a scam. But there���s some science behind it. Way back in the prehistoric era, (2001) Swedish scientists enrolled sixty pregn...

Weekend reading- Crime and Punishment

Decades BEFORE Zarathustra spoke, Raskolnikov declared that a select few men, who are smart enough and strong enough, deserve to write their own rules of morality.

Holly Always Knows What I Need

A Felix Hoenniker Medical Murder Mystery

What���s in the fruit skin?

Polyphenols, such as flavonoids and resveratrol, are chemicals which naturally occur in some plant based foods and may improve health (lower the risk of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, inflammation, and cognitive declin...

How to get your 3 brains in sync

Your skull houses not just one brain, but three (neocortex, limbic system and reptilian brain). Each brain represents a distinct evolutionary stratum formed upon the older layer, as if there were an archaeological site i...