Imperial Valley News Center
Do natural aphrodisiacs work?
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- Written by Dr. Brent A. Bauer
Rochester, Minnesota - Can foods and supplements affect libido? There's little evidence to support the effectiveness of most substances thought of as natural aphrodisiacs.
Age-related disc changes and hip pain
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- Written by Dr. Randy Shelerud
Rochester, Minnesota - Discs in the low back change in appearance over time in almost all adults. This includes loss of disc height and loss of water content that makes the discs appear darker on an MRI scan. The discs also may bulge into the spinal canal. These changes often affect more than one disc.
Can you handle the sugar challenge?
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- Written by Katherine Zeratsky, R.D., L.D.
Scottsdale, Arizona - Beverages such as soda and fruit drinks are a major source of added sugar in the typical U.S. diet. Added sugar contributes calories but no essential nutrients to your diet.
Online physician reviews don’t reflect responses in patient satisfaction surveys
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- Written by Rhoda Madson
Rochester, Minnesota - Physicians who receive negative reviews online do not receive similar responses in rigorous patient satisfaction surveys, according to new Mayo Clinic research in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Yet, compared with colleagues without negative reviews, they score lower on factors that go beyond patient interactions and are beyond their immediate control.
Photonic communication comes to computer chips
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- Written by Rob Matheson
Cambridge, Massachusetts - With novel optoelectronic chips and a new partnership with a top silicon-chip manufacturer, MIT spinout Ayar Labs aims to increase speed and reduce energy consumption in computing, starting with data centers.
Computer system transcribes words users “speak silently”
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- Written by Larry Hardesty
Cambridge, Massachusetts - MIT researchers have developed a computer interface that can transcribe words that the user verbalizes internally but does not actually speak aloud.
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