Psychosis?
He thought he had unlocked the secrets of the universe. Yup, he figured he’d solved unlimited fusion energy. He had lifted the veil on the mysteries of black holes and solved the Big Bang. And, in a final coup, he fulfilled Einstein’s dream of a single unifying theory that explains how everything—everything!—works.
How could he pay God back for all of his “inspired revelations” and share them with God’s people? He hit upon an idea.
Confessed Tom Millar,
Hasslers!
Difficult people in your life? Happens to everybody. But it’s more than just our moods that are affected, apparently. They can age you!
So report sociologists from New York University, University of South Florida, and University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: “Negative Social Ties as Emerging Risk Factors for Accelerated Aging, Inflammation, and Multimorbidity.”
We investigate the role of ‘hasslers,’ people in one’s
Fats!
Spare tire in the midsection? Not good. And not just cosmetically. Might affect your brain. Even if your weight is acceptable.
So claimed a recent article in the prestigious journal Nature recently: “Sustained Visceral Fat Loss is Associated with Attenuated Brain Atrophy and Improved Cognitive Function in Late Midlife,” by researchers from Israel, Germany, and the USA.
In other words, it might not be how much fat we carry, but where we carry it.
A large, long-running,
Pothole!
Earlier this year, a miracle happened.
Vineeta Shukla, 50, of Bareilly, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, who had collapsed in her home, had subsequently been declared “brain dead” by doctors in a local hospital. So she was being transported back home in an ambulance with her husband, Kumar, who said:
I was preparing for her funeral. I told my family to prepare for her last rites. She was not breathing, there was only a sinking heartbeat. And medical professionals
Psalm 5:1–12
The righteous, in a personal relationship with their God that involves reverential awe—having the assurance of access to God, of their prayers of distress being heard, and of being ultimately protected by God—rejoice in him forever as blessed ones, unlike the wicked who, with their evil words and deeds, are loathed by God, found guilty, and ultimately destroyed for their anti-God rebellion.
Strikingly, this psalm is entirely addressed to God, except for 5:6b, that has
Chocolate?
Chocolate is good for you. Saith scientists. Again!
This time, in “Astringent Flavanol Fires the Locus-Noradrenergic System, Regulating Neurobehavior and Autonomic Nerves,” published Current Research in Food Science, published recently by scientists from Japan and Italy.
You’re right, it didn’t say anything about chocolate directly.
You see, astringency, is a stimulant property—almost a bitterness of sorts—unique to only a few compounds, typical ones being the
Abe Kuruvilla is the Carl E. Bates Professor of Christian Preaching at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville, KY), and a dermatologist in private practice. His passion is to explore, explain, and exemplify preaching.