Ultra High-Risk Patients With Schizophrenia At Long-Term Risk For Psychotic Disorder

JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights Ultra high-risk (UHR) patients with schizophrenia appear to be at long-term risk for psychotic disorder, with the highest risk during the first two years after entry to a specialist clinic according to a study by Barnaby Nelson, Ph.D., of the University of Melbourne, Australia. The study included 416 UHR patients in a follow-up of a group of...

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Postoperative Patient Care Program Associated With Reduction Of Common Postoperative Complications

JAMA Surgery Study Highlights A study by Michael R. Cassidy, M.D., and colleagues at the Boston University Medical Center, suggests that I COUGH, a standardized postoperative care program emphasizing patient education, early mobilization, and pulmonary interventions, is associated with reduced risk of postoperative pneumonia and unplanned intubation...

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Bruins Fans Prank Call Penguins Bar After Big Win

Nothing like a good ‘ole hockey rivalry — on and off the ice.The Boston Bruins beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-1 in Game 2 and took a commanding lead in the Eastern Conference Finals. Fans in Beantown have a lot to celebrate, and they certainly want Pittsburgh supporters to know it. After the win, a few Bruins fans called a Pittsburgh sports bar and asked for "Owen," and...

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Puppeteer Gets A Charming E3 2013 Trailer

E3 2013 is still a few days away, but that’s not going to stop Sony from releasing a few trailers of the game it intends to show off at the event.The first of undoubtedly many is the super charming Puppeteer. The platformer from Sony Japan Studio has been high on my list of most anticipated games of 2013 since it was first announced last year, and we’re almost closing in on its September release date.As for the trailer, it introduces some new gameplay...

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Chili-Finger Lady Going Back To Prison After Wendy’s Scam

A woman who lied about finding a finger in her bowl of Wendy’s chili is going back to prison after telling another big fat lie.Anna Ayala apparently didn’t learn her lesson the first time she lied, even though it got her four years behind bars. This time around, she’s pleading no contest to felony charges stemming from an incident involving her son. She told authorities he was shot in the ankle by two men, but it turns out he accidentally shot himself...

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Anonymous and Syrian Electronic Army Hack Turkish Government Networks

The hacktivist collective Anonymous pledged to support protesters in Turkey by attacking "every Internet and communication asset of the Turkish government." Now they've been joined in their fight by another infamous group of hackers, the Syrian Electronic Army On Wednesday, both groups scored their first significant victories, successfully hacking two different government...

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Cody the Screaming Dog Sounds So Human It's Scary

You've probably heard a plethora of screaming goats, but now here's Cody the screaming dog, putting them all to shame. At first we thought this couldn't be real, but this happy pup seems to delight in making the most human-sounding noises we've ever heard coming out of the mouth of a dog.Encouraged to vocalize by his nurturing master, Cody's howling instinct kicks into...

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Intel Readies 4K-Friendly Thunderbolt 2

After previewing the next-generation of Thunderbolt at the NAB Show 2013 back in April, Intel officially announced the new version, dubbed Thunderbolt 2.The original Thunderbolt — which Intel developed with Apple and released in 2011 — is a high-speed connection standard that offers transfer speeds of up to 10Gbps. That makes it faster than the far more ubiquitous USB-3...

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U.S. Parents Have No Idea What Kids Do Online

How much do parents know about their kids' Internet activity? Not much, according to a new study from McAfee that shows parents really don’t know what their kids are up to online.What's even more telling is that 46% of youth acknowledged they would change their behavior if they knew their parents were paying attention. Parents, however, are far from paying attention. In...

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Young Girl's Soulful Cover Blows Away 'America's Got Talent' Judges

Anna Christine's cover of "House of the Rising Sun" is so incredibly soulful and spot-on that it makes you wonder whether she's really only 10 years oldThe young girl wowed the America's Got Talent judges and audience on Tuesday night. She's clearly very nervous before taking the stage, making matters even sweeter. But once she gets behind the piano and starts singing,...

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TweetDeck Gets a Major Makeover From Twitter

Twitter was true to its word: It didn't shut down TweetDeck as many feared it would. (Well, at least not the desktop version). But it has continued to improve and enhance the Twitter dashboard since acquiring it in 2011. And now, it's given the pro tool its most significant interface update in years.Visually, the change is stunning. Since its early beta versions, TweetDeck...

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Oldest Primate Skeleton Unveiled

The near-complete fossil of a tiny creature unearthed in China in 2002 has bolstered the idea that the anthropoid group of primates -- whose modern-day members include monkeys, apes and humans -- had appeared by at least 55 million years ago. The fossil primate does not belong to that lineage, however: it is thought to be the earliest-discovered ancestor of small tree-dwelling primates called tarsiers, showing that even at this early time, the tarsier...

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Kim Zolciak Pregnant With Baby Number 5

Kim Zolciak of “Real Housewives Of Atlanta” fame is now pregnant with her fifth child…just nine months after her son was born.Zolciak, who is married to Atlanta Falcons defensive end Kroy Biermann, also has a 2-year old son and two older daughters from a previous marriage. A friend says she wants to add some more estrogen to the household, however.“Kim loves being pregnant,” a source said. “She really wants a little girl.”The reality star never said...

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‘From Smart To Wise’ Authors Speak At Google

Prasad Kaipa and Navi Radjou, authors of leadership advice book “From Smart to Wise: Acting and Leading with Wisdom,” recently participated in an At Google talk, which Google has now made available for viewing.To give you an idea of what your’e in for, it’s described as follows:Leaders tend to obstinately stick to the leadership style that brought them most success in the past, usually one of two extreme styles: functional leadership that focuses...

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Cute Kid Note Of The Day: Nicholas Is So Over His Math Homework

The author of today's cute kid note has better things to do than deal with his remainders, thank you very much.Title: Interpreting RemaindersAuthor: NicholasRead More...More on Cute Kid Notes ...

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Why Do We Read Novelizations? | LitReactor

Big Hollywood movies arrive in theaters with an entourage of tie-in merchandise at their heels, ready to lure you in with their enticing buy-ability. Aside from action figures, apparel and the endless other products we expect each summer, studios partner with book publishers to produce one of the more intriguing film extension items out there: the novelization.Read More......

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The Worst Facebook Fails Of May 2013

May wasn't all sunshine and springtime in the world of social media. Facebook was full of failure last month, including epic breakups, graduation guffaws and of course, idiots saying idiotic things. Take a moment out of your day to learn from the mistakes of others and hope that these folks aren't on your friends list.Read More...More on Fails ...

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Elephant Poaching In Kenya Brings Upsurge In Orphaned Animals

NAIROBI, Kenya -- An elephant orphanage in Kenya is seeing an upsurge in orphaned elephants brought there because of the poaching crisis occurring across Africa, the founder said Wednesday.Dame Daphne Sheldrick, who runs the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Nairobi National Park, said Kenya must pass stricter laws to punish those who poach elephants for their ivory tusks....

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Yet Another Analyst Thinks A Fingerprint Scanner Is Coming To The iPhone

If you're sick of punching in a passcode to keep your iPhone secure, one Apple analyst has some good news for you.Topeka Capital's Brian White became the latest Apple rumormonger to talk up fingerprinting technology may be coming to the iPhone 5S, Business Insider reports. "Our research suggests that users will simply place their finger on the home key of the iPhone 5S and...

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