Cellphones take up driver attention, study finds - Yahoo! News: "Using a cellphone -- even with a hands-free device -- may distract drivers because the brain cannot handle both tasks, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. "

Oh Sweet Mama! I had no idea! Thanks Steven Yantis, professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins University! Send Steven Yantis Mail to thank him! yantis@jhu.edu

Combination of diabetes, depression ups death risk - Yahoo! News: "Diabetes is well known to increase the risk of heart disease, stroke and other ills, and a number of studies have linked depression to a heightened risk of death from any cause. What has been unclear is whether the combination of the two illnesses may be deadlier than either alone."

Yes, having a serious physical problem and a serious mental problem can increase your risk of death! This study brought to us by Dr. Leonard E. Egede, an assistant professor of medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.

I must have been out when he called, otherwise I could have told him that.