September 18, 2012

If you use ointments or creams to provide warm relief for muscle or joint pain, be careful you don’t go from soothing to scalding. The FDA says there have been reports of persons suffering chemical burns from menthol-based pain relief products. The best advice is to avoid bandaging the skin after application and don’t use a heating pad along with the cream or ointment. Source Link

In the numbers game for your technology dollar, TV makers want you to forget about 3D and think 4K. That's the new ultra-high definition standard being unveiled in this year's crop of HD TV's. The 4K TV's provide twice the resolution of current TV's, but so far there's little programming available to show off the sharper screens. Source Link


We know that kids can inherit your sense of humor, but a new study says it might happen much sooner than you think. Researchers found that six-month old babies watched for their parent's reaction and laughter at a funny scene. By the age of one, babies were laughing at the same scene, even if the parent wasn't. Source Link