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June27,2016

MethyleneBlue&Short
TermMemory

LinkBetweenBadGut
BacteriaandMS

by:SharonFulgham

By:SheriRobertson

Anewstudyshowsthatasingle
doseofmethyleneblue,taken
orally,showsanincreased
MRIbasedresponseinthe
shorttermmemorycontrolsection
ofthebrain.Methylenebluehas
beenassociatedwitha7%
increaseincorrectresponses
duringmemoryretrieval
procedures.

Aedesaegypti
mosquitoes,whichhave
beenknowntocarrytheZikavirus,buzzin
alaboratoryinCucuta,Colombia.
RicardoMazalan/AP

ZikaStrikestheUS

NobodyisImmuneto
ZikaintheUS.

Weareallfamiliarwiththe
problemscausedbybadgut
bacteria,butscientistsarenow
realizingapossiblerelationship
betweenbadbacteriaand
chronicautoimmunedisorders.

Dr.MangalamsteamfromMayo
Clinichasdetermined,after
testingfecalsamplesfromhealthy
andunhealthypatients,thatthose
sufferingfromMSdoindeedhave
differentbacteriapresent

Thefindingsarejustthe
beginningofthispossible
relationship,butfurtherstudies
needtobeconducted.

Source:Sciencedaily.com

ThemosquitoborneZika
epidemicisheadedforitsfirst
summerintheUnitedStates.
AccordingtotheCDC(Atlanta)
"Nooneinthepopulationhashad
thediseasebefore,sonobodyis

immunetoit,nobodyhas

antibodiestoit,"Thereportwent
ontosuggestthat"Afterthisyear,
BrainScanofmemoryretrievalprocedure
Informationandphotocamefrom
afairnumberofpeoplewillbe
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immune,andeachyearimmunity

willgrow."

OnthedevelopmentofaZika
TeacherBurnout,

vaccineIt'llprobablybetwo,
StudentStress,
three,fouryearsuntilthere'sa
vaccine.Mostscientistswhoknow
PossiblyRelated
By:SheriRobertson
vaccinessaythisisadiseasethat

willberelativelyeasytomakea

Accordingtoscientiststhere
vaccineforbecausewehaveone

maybeadirectlinkbetween
foryellowfever,wehaveonefor
teachersexperiencingburnout
Japaneseencephalitis,there'sa
andstudentswhofeelstress.
newonefordengue.Theseareall

Badbacteriacouldbeanindicatorof
somethingsinister

Studentscortisollevelswere
elevatedwhentheirteacher
exhibitedsignsofburnoutsuch
asshorttemper,tiredness,and
frustration.Elevatedcortisol
levelscanleadtolearning
disabilitiesandmentalhealth
issues.

Scientistsconsiderthe
connectiontobeacyclical
problemintheclassroom.Itisa
reminderofthefactthatlarger
classroomsandlowwages
maketeachingoneofthemost
stressfuloccupations.The
administrationatUniversityof
BritishColumbiapleadto
schoolstoprovidesupportfor
teachers,lestweriskcollateral
damagetoourstudents.

Source:Sciencedaily.com

relatedviruses.Youcouldliterally
takethespinesofthosevaccine
virusesandsnipoutthegenesthat
codefortheoutsideoftheyellow
fevervirusandattachwithDNA
technology,thegenesforthe
outsideoftheZikavirus,and
makeaprettygoodvaccine.Some
ofthosevaccineshavealready
beenmade,butnowthetesting
processbegins,andtestingtakes
prettyclosetotwoyearsatthe
minimum.

Wekeeplearningmoreandmoreabout
Mars.
GETTYIMAGES/SCIENCEPHOTO
LIBRARYRF

SourceCNN.Com/Health

AnewstudyhintsthatMars'
atmospheremayhavebeen
richwithoxygen,andmay
havelookedmorelikeEarth
thanitdoestoday.

NASAsCuriosityMars
Roverhasmadea
discovery
by:SharonFulgham

BreakingNews!!
NASAsCuriosityMarsrover
foundchemicalsinMartian
rocksontheRedPlanet
suggestingthattherewasonce
moreOxygeninthe
atmosphereinthepast.

Teachersneedsupporttorelieve
symptomsofburnout

Big Bang Theory picture came

fromcomicbook.com

CuriosityMarsRover
Informationandphotocamefrom
ScienceDaily.comNews

MarsandEarthShare
CommonTraits
Mars may once have been more
Earthlike than we thought and
may evenhavehadanatmosphere
rich with oxygen, researchers
concluded after studying findings
fromNASA'sCuriosityrover.

NASA's rover turned up samples

of manganese oxide, a large team
ofresearchersreportedMondayin
Geophysical Research Letters, a
peerreviewed publication of the
American Geophysical Union. A
second NASA rover (Opportunity)
alsofoundtheseoxides recentlyas
well, they said.Thesenewfindings
quite strongly hint that Mars'
atmosphere may once have been
rich with oxygen, and may have
looked more like Earth than it
doestoday,theyconcluded.

Source:CNN.Com/Science


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