Thursday, October 7, 2010

STILL GOT STRESS?
Don't we all--but here's something else that may help:
"Herbal supplements containing kava or passionflower appear to be a safe and effective treatment for the symptoms of anxiety, a new review of existing research suggests.  Kava and passionflower have long been used in traditional medicine for their calming properties, and the herbs are now sold in stores as capsules or liquid extracts. The evidence is "strong" that such products may actually help people with anxiety, according to the review.  By contrast, the authors found insufficient evidence for the use of St. John's wort, a popular herbal remedy used primarily to treat mild depression."

Read the whole thing; naturally there are no guarantees and, as the article points out, there are some scientists who remain to be convinced.

FACEBOOK NEWS
Since so many of us are on FB, many of you will be interested in this:
"An easy way to create personal groups within your friends list and the ability to download everything you've posted are coming to Facebook.  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the planned changes Wednesday at a media event about several tweaks to the ubiquitous social-networking site.
He said the new features would begin rolling out later Wednesday.  Facebook Groups, Zuckerberg said, is designed to solve "the biggest problem in social networking."  "A lot of people talk about this as a privacy problem, but I think even more than that, it's an annoying [others] problem," Zuckerberg said.   A user might say, "I would post this, but do I really want to bug all my friends who don't like jogging how great it is that I had an awesome jog this morning?" he said.   Groups will let Facebook users make groups like family, work friends, friends from school or friends with a specific interest.  They'll be able to share information specifically with members of those groups and even create group chats with those members."

Somethuing tells me Moebius groups will be popping up...

"I realized the enemy was more afraid of us...than we were of them."---General Ulysses S. Grant, explaining how he got over being nervous in battle.

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