Tag Archives: Being

Buyer beware: How bargains being offered by supermarkets are often bad for your health

Stock image Buyer beware: How bargains being offered by supermarkets are often bad for your health Independent.ie More than a third of products on special offer in Irish supermarkets are high in fat, sugar or salt, according to new research. https://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/buyer-beware-how-bargains-being-offered-by-supermarkets-are-often-bad-for-your-health-37735574.html https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/article37735076.ece/06691/AUTOCROP/h342/2019-01-15_bus_47191972_I1.JPG Email More than a third of products on special offer in Irish supermarkets… Read More »

Being pro-life isn’t about immigration, healthcare, or the environment

Lately, there has been an increased and intensified discussion about what it means to be authentically pro-life. We have both witnessed a concerted effort among some members of the faith community and others, including friends and colleagues whom we deeply respect, to broaden the scope of pro-life concerns to encompass everything from race and immigration… Read More »

Being Intelligent Makes You More Attractive, Says Science

Do you gravitate towards people that will casually drop the word ‘superfluous’ into a sentence? Do you find those with endless streams of seemingly irrelevant knowledge intriguing? Well, there’s a reason why! And a scientific reason at that. Recent research from Western Sydney University to be published as an upcoming paper in the Journal of… Read More »

Newborn babies' brain responses to being touched on the face measured for the first time

A newborn baby’s brain responds to being touched on the face, according to new research co-led by UCL. Babies use this sense of touch — facial somatosensation — to find and latch onto their mother’s nipple, and should have this ability from birth. Premature babies often have difficulty feeding, and underdevelopment of their facial sensitivity… Read More »

In Brief: Being An Older Dad Associated with Worse Pregnancy Outcomes

This study is something to keep in mind when we evaluate neonatal outcomes in mothers taking psychotropic medication. We typically consider maternal, but not paternal, characteristics as factors which may affect neonatal outcomes; however, this large study published in BMJ indicates that the age of the father may also affect neonatal outcomes. Researchers examined… Read More »