Studying to music is sometimes the only way to make it tolerable. Whether it’s calculating useful work in thermodynamics, comparing Thomas Hobbes to Jean Jacques Rousseau, or integrating a calculus function, music is often in the background to these tasks a little more pleasant. Now scientists are discovering that music doesn’t just make studying more […]
Yawning…What Does it Do?
It’s a phenomenon that we still haven’t fully figured out. No it’s not string theory or quantum gravity. In fact it’s so mundane, so common that even animals do it. It is of course, pandiculation. Or if you don’t want me to sound condescending: yawning. Yawning as a contagion is not a myth; far from […]
The Rise of the Saliva Test
There’s good news for people who are squeamish when it comes to getting their blood drawn: blood tests may be a thing of the past thanks to another bodily fluid—saliva. In with Saliva, Out with Blood The saliva test could be the new frontier for diagnostic medicine. There have been recent breakthroughs in analyzing saliva […]
Strange Connection Between Teeth and Memory
If you’ve got all your teeth, there’s a good chance you have a memory like an elephant. It seems like an odd connection, but according to recent studies with elderly subjects, having more natural teeth has a significant correlation with better memory. Good Teeth, Good Brain The study was conducted on a group of seniors, […]
Snoring: No Laughing Matter
Here at Lake County Dental Care, sleep apnea is an important concern of ours. Sleep apnea is a condition that affects millions of Americans every year. It occurs when your air passage gets blocked in your sleep because the muscles in the back of your throat relax too much. Snoring is the most obvious sign of […]
Our Contest Winner: Maria O’Brien
To get the spring started off on the right foot, we held a contest. A contest that asked participants to offer a picture or short video of their craziest, most extreme and/or most fierce teeth brushing technique. Hence the April Fool’s Day Contest was unleashed and for the whole month of March we received some […]
History of Earth
This week saw the celebration of Earth Day on April 22. The day has come and passed. Festivities took place, fundraisers nabbed thousands of donors, hippies had drum circles. It’s a glorious day with a relatively short history, dating to just 1970. But you know whose history is incredible old, reaching back to the beginning […]
April 9 1865
Today is history. One hundred and forty nine years ago, on this day, two men sat down in a court house. Both were career soldiers, graduates of West Point and veterans of the Mexican-American War. Both by now were generals—generals of armies as opposed to divisions or brigades—and both were excellent in their own ways. The general from […]
In Pursuit of the Tooth Fairy
The history of the tooth fairy is a vague one. Compared to other mythical entities we’ve come to know and love in our youths—Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny—the tooth fairy’s origins are little known. In response to this gross lack of information, a professor at the Northwestern University Dental School, Rosemary Wells undertook a massive, […]
Need to Wash Clothes? Use Urine
The history of hygiene and cleanliness is an odd one. Throughout history, different civilizations put varying levels of importance on cleanliness. Hindu texts from ancient times have some very elaborate codes of hygiene. The religion of Islam puts a serious emphasis on cleanliness for both religious services and in non-religious settings. Still the science of […]