Daily Study Roundup – Bacteria, Chocolate, Flying Mice

Daily Study Roundup lists studies and news I find important to life as a parent. Daily is more of a goal…

• A couple studies on bacteria, one on staph at the beach from Sci Am and one on bacteria in your shower from NYT. How’s that for a good morning?
• More evidence that chocolate is awesome, from the NYT:

In a study that will provide comfort to chocoholics everywhere, researchers in Sweden have found evidence that people who eat chocolate have increased survival rates after a heart attack — and it may be that the more they eat, the better.

• Cocoa butter does not help stretch marks, from the NYT.
• Levitating mice with some kind of superconducting magnet, for weeks, from the LA Times.

H1N1 Updates:

• Hand Sanitizer works against the flu, from the LA Times.
• The NYT has an article on that and washing your hands too.
• Here’s an article on what to do if you get the flu, from the LA Times:

To avoid infecting others, stay in a separate room in the household and try to use a separate bathroom. Wear a mask, if tolerable, when around other people, even loved ones.