TAKING PAIN OUT OF TENNIS
A Swedish athlete-turned-inventor believes he has come up with a solution to lingering muscle ailments suffered by tennis junkies. Bengt Petersson uses elastic to encase each racket string between the...
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BE SURE YOU SET THE ALARM
Extensive studies in Scandinavia show higher death rates for people who regularly sleep less than six hours or more than nine hours per night, writes Martin Cohn, chief of the...
KID FITNESS TURNS FLACCID
Forty percent of children 5 to 8 years old exhibit at least one risk factor for heart disease, the American Academy of Pediatrics reports. The physical state of the nation`s...
DUAL EARNERS STILL FALL SHY
Despite two incomes, more than 80 percent of dual-paycheck households are not affluent, according to Find/SVP, a New York research firm. Find/SVP defined affluence as annual income of $50,000 or...
SOME ADVICE ON THE DEAF
Because they lack sophistication in their ability to communicate, deaf people perceive the world in a very skewed way, says sociologist Don Evans, of Mercer University. ''Sign (language) has a...
STANDING BY THEIR MEN
Wives of alcoholics have a divorce rate lower than the population in general, a study shows. Jacqueline Wiseman of the University of California at San Diego made this discovery while...
NEW CAR MAKES SCENTS
The research and development folks at Casco Products Corp. in Bridgeport, Conn., and Scentronic Industries Inc. in New York have introduced AromaLyte, an air freshener that also lights your Luckies....
U.S. WOMAN ON PEAK IS MT. EVEREST CLIMB GOAL
In the 34 years since Sir Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norkay reached the summit of Mt. Everest, 6 women--none American--and 174 men have made it to the top of the...
THE DYING AUTOPSIES
A decline in the number of autopsies performed in the United States threatens this country`s knowledge of disease patterns, a pair of Vanderbilt University pathologists contend. Fred Gorstein and William...
THE STRESS OF NO PAIN
Stress can be a very painless killer, says Leisa J. Freeman, a physician at London`s Charing Cross Hospital. Freeman led a team of researchers to examine inadequate circulation of blood...