June 24, 2015

What do yogurt, pickles and sauerkraut have in common? They’re all fermented foods that could help ease social anxiety. Researchers say such foods contain good bacteria that might modify the body's response to stress, which is highly linked to mental health disorders, such as social anxiety. Source Link

Don’t be too quick to take your new puppy to the dog park. It's important to have them fully vaccinated against parvovirus before going anywhere your pup might encounter other dogs. The series of shots usually isn’t completed until 16 weeks of age and dogs are susceptible to the deadly disease until fully immunized. Source Link

The answer to helping blind people see might be on the tip of their tongue. The FDA has approved a new device that uses a tiny video camera to send signals to an electrode that is held in the mouth on the tongue. The pattern of electrical signals can be interpreted to identify the size, shape and movement of an object seen by the camera. Source Link