EDITION #39

Aspirin: is it really a “wonder drug”?

It is an effective pain reliever and has been linked to reduced risk of a number of health conditions, including heart attack, stroke and cancer. But is aspirin really the “wonder drug” many health experts claim it is? continue reading….

The First Human Head Transplant ‘it will be a success’.

It may sound like something from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, but the possibility of the world’s first human head transplant is very real. In December 2017, Italian neuroscientist Dr. Sergio Canavero plans to perform the procedure alongside a team of Chinese surgeons, led by Dr. Xiaoping Ren – who to date, has performed around 1,000 head transplants on mice.  continue reading….

Social September: Let’s connect by disconnecting.

Why we need to spend more time with each other
and less time on our phones

At a local café yesterday the sign said: “No free Wi-Fi.  Talk to each other like before the internet.”  What?  And be there just for the coffee and conversation?  

We are more connected today than ever before (Facebook, for example, has more than 1.28 billion active users), but experts warn that we are also lonelier and more disconnected in our unplugged lives:  hence the launch of Social September in 2012.  It encourages us all to “press pause in September — disconnect from our digital lives and reconnect with each other, and ourselves. The aim is to create spaces for face-to-face social connection, promoting positive mental health and well being.” read it all….

– See more at: http://www.asteronlife.com.au/balance/wellbeing/socialseptember#sthash.tTMWeyn0.dpuf