March 5, 2013

There’s new evidence that even hands-free devices don’t make a phone call while driving any safer. A study used MRI scans to track brain activity during a driving simulation. The most risky move was a left turn against traffic, when the brain slowed down its visual processing to concentrate during a hands-free conversation. Source Link

Would you trade five days of freedom to eat anything for a weekend of fasting? That’s the idea behind a new diet fad. The Fast Diet lets you eat whatever you want for five days and then limits you to 300 calories a day for two days. Experts say there’s little scientific proof that intermittent fasting can really work. Source Link

You could call it virtual life insurance -- taking steps to protect your online resources after you’re gone. That can mean saving copies of photo files that you post online, or giving someone else permission to access those sites. Managing your digital afterlife could be something to include in your will. Source Link