Offbeat Disability and Health News, Stories, Images, Odd Stuff Publications
Summary: The "Offbeat Disability and Health News, Stories, Images, Odd Stuff" section features a wide range of articles, stories, and images that explore unique and unusual aspects of disability and health topics. This includes everything from quirky inventions designed for people with disabilities, to unusual health-related stories, and even inspiring real-life tales. Topics might cover things like adaptive sports, medical breakthroughs, or humorous takes on disability-related challenges. These articles provide valuable insights, offering both entertainment and practical information that can be helpful for individuals with disabilities, seniors, caregivers, and those interested in health trends. While some are lighthearted, others offer deeper reflections on the human experience, making them a useful resource for broadening perspectives and learning new things.
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| Title of Document | Paper Author | Peer Review | Preface / Postface | Publication Type | Publish Date | Updated / Revised |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Americans Struggle to Identify Conspiracy Theories They Embrace as Truth | University of Illinois Chicago | Yes | ✓ Preface ✓ Postface | Research, Study, Analysis | 2024/04/08 | 2025/02/21 |
| Lower Jersey Numbers Make U.S. Football Players Appear Thinner | University of California - Los Angeles | Yes | Findings | 2023/09/07 | 2024/09/12 | |
| Adults and Kids Experience Time Differently | Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Faculty of Science | Yes | ✓ Preface | Informative | 2023/02/03 | 2025/02/18 |
| Unrelated Look-alike People Share Characteristics | Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute | Yes | Study | 2022/08/23 | 2023/09/21 | |
| There Goes the Neighborhood - Map Predicts How Neighborhoods Racial Makeup Will Change | University of Cincinnati | Yes | 2022/07/14 | 2023/01/04 | ||
| Hangry is a Real Thing: Hunger Can Make Us Angry and Irritable | Anglia Ruskin University | Yes | 2022/07/06 | 2023/06/23 | ||
| Tiangong-1 Space Station Re-Entry and Information | Ian C. Langtree | Informative | 2018/04/01 | 2024/03/29 | ||
| Trumpertension: Surviving the Trump Presidency | Kiran Dintyala | ✓ Preface ✓ Postface | Informative | 2017/01/24 | 2025/04/18 | |
| Obese Americans Threat to U.S. National Security | Health Fitness Revolution | 2016/01/11 | 2020/11/21 | |||
| Stop Blaming the Moon for Everything | UCLA | 2015/04/01 | 2019/11/12 | |||
| Predicting Happiness - There's an Equation for That | University College London | 2014/08/04 | ||||
| Pareidolia: Seeing Jesus in Toast is Perfectly Normal | University of Toronto | 2014/05/07 | 2021/01/15 | |||
| Why Male Noses Are Larger than Female Noses | University of Iowa | 2013/11/19 | 2021/10/03 | |||
| e-Nose App Helps Identify Food Freshness | Ian C. Langtree | 2013/10/31 | 2022/01/13 | |||
| Hard to Sleep with Full Moon | Cell Press | 2013/07/27 | 2021/04/04 | |||
| Research Confirms Humans Are Part Neanderthal | University of Montreal | Yes | 2012/02/28 | 2022/08/23 | ||
| Santa Should get off his Sleigh and Walk | BMJ-British Medical Journal | 2011/12/20 | 2011/12/27 | |||
| Sarah White Therapy: Naked Therapist | Sarah White Therapy | 2011/07/07 | 2022/02/17 | |||
| Red Wine's Resveratrol: The Equivalent of Exercise in a Bottle | Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology | Yes | Research, Study, Analysis | 2011/07/01 | 2024/07/26 | |
| Diabetes: Dog Eats Toe as Woman Sleeps | Valley Presbyterian Hospital | 2011/06/23 | 2022/02/28 | |||
| Steven Seagal Asks For Immortality Research Support from Russian PM Vladimir Putin | Russia 2045 | 2011/05/17 | ||||
| Pink Slime: Ammonia Infused Meat Additive | Ian C. Langtree | 2011/04/17 | 2022/04/20 | |||
| 10 Strange Dental Requests to Dentists | Chicago Dental Society | 2011/02/21 | ||||
| Travel Company Launches UFO Tours | Alpventures Top Secret Tours | 2011/01/06 | ||||
| You Are What Your Father Ate | University of Massachusetts Medical School | Yes | Research Study Analysis | 2010/12/25 | 2024/01/29 | |
| Body-to-Body Networks: The Future of Mobile Connectivity | Queen's University Belfast | ✓ Preface ✓ Postface | Research, Study, Analysis | 2010/10/28 | 2025/03/31 | |
| Money, Drugs and Chicken Feet | University of Chicago Press Journals | 2010/09/20 | ||||
| Horse in Retroviral Research to be Destroyed | American Veterinary Medical Frontiers | 2010/09/20 | ||||
| Lordship and Ladyship Titles for Sale | Noble Titles | 2010/09/13 | ||||
| First Production Electric Vehicle Drives Cross Canada - Mitsubishi i-MiEV | MITSUBISHI MOTOR SALES OF CANADA, INC. | 2010/09/11 | ||||
| The Black Widow Food Eating Champion - Times and Records | Ian C. Langtree | 2010/09/09 | 2019/05/03 | |||
| How Marital Status and Age Gaps Influence Life Expectancy | Max-Planck-Gesellschaft | Yes | ✓ Preface ✓ Postface | Informative | 2010/05/12 | 2025/05/08 |
| Defining Wisdom: Compassion, Self-understanding, Morality and Emotional Stability | University of California - San Diego | 2010/05/08 | 2018/01/25 | |||
| Charles Darwin's Family Health Blamed on Inbreeding | American Institute of Biological Sciences | 2010/05/03 | ||||
| Kissing Bug Causes Chagas Disease | University of Toronto | 2010/04/29 | 2019/03/05 | |||
| Sniffer Phones - Cell Phones that Detect Deadly Chemicals | US Department of Homeland Security - Science and Technology | 2010/04/09 | ||||
| Clean TV Remotes Keep Health-care Costs Down | cleanremote.com | 2010/04/07 | 2010/07/14 | |||
| Pooper Scooper Week Starts Today | Association of Professional Animal Waste Specialists (aPaws) | 2010/04/01 | ||||
| Few Americans Practice Conservation | Yale University | 2010/02/16 | ||||
| Blocking a Frown May Stop Bad Feelings | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 2010/01/30 | ||||
| Mental Health Professionals Should Not Participate in Torture | BMJ-British Medical Journal | 2010/01/29 | ||||
| Mozart Music Induces Weight Gain and Strength in Premature Babies | American Friends of Tel Aviv University | 2010/01/07 | ||||
| Babies with an Accent: Infants Cry in Different Ways | Max-Planck-Gesellschaft | 2009/11/06 | 2015/09/30 | |||
| Curry - A Potential Disease Fighter | American Chemical Society | 2009/11/04 | ||||
| Music Makes People Smarter - Offbeat News | Faculty of 1000: Biology and Medicine | 2009/10/26 |
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