Can laughter strengthen your immune system? Here’s what science says. | Subway claims that nearly 10,000 people signed up to change their name to 'Subway' in exchange for free sandwiches for life | This breath test can detect liver disease earlier

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You Might Like � � � You Might Like � � � � � � � � � Don't like ads? Go ad-free with TradeBriefs Premium Can laughter strengthen your immune system? Here's what science says.    From reduced inflammation to pain relief to increased levels of dopamine, there are tangible benefits behind emotions like curiosity and amusement. Encountering the new, the interesting, the unexpected, and the “wow!” is built into our brains. Not only do surprise, interest, amusement, and awe—emotions of wonder—feel pretty good, but they also carry big benefits. Although all positive emotions motivate us to broaden our horizons, these are particularly potent in inspiring us to explore, learn, and connect to others and the bigger world. Emotions of wonder often involve a “violation of expectation”—when you encounter something you don’t expect or that leaves you clueless or speechless. This “not knowing” sets you up for serious intellectual gains. Continued here Subway claims that nearly 10,000 people signed up to change their name to 'Subway' in exchange for free sandwiches for life    Subway claims that nearly 10,000 people entered its competition to change their name to "Subway" and get free sandwiches "for life." Between August 1 and 4, close to 10,000 people signed up to the sandwich chain's Name Change Challenge, it said on Tuesday. The free sandwiches for life, as promised by Subway, come in the form of $50,000 in gift cards. The winner, who Subway says will be announced later this month, has to change their legal first name to "Subway" within four months and "provide satisfactory proof" of this using LegalZoom. Continued here You Might Like � � � � � � � � � This breath test can detect liver disease earlier    Every year, around two million people worldwide die of liver disease. While some people inherit the disease, it’s most commonly caused by hepatitis, obesity and alcoholism. These underlying conditions kill liver cells, causing scar tissue to form until eventually the liver cannot function properly. Since 1979, deaths due to liver disease have increased by 400 percent. The sooner the disease is detected, the more effective treatment can be. But once symptoms appear, the liver is already damaged. Around 50 percent of cases are diagnosed only after the disease has reached the final stages, when treatment is largely ineffective.  To address this problem, Owlstone Medical, a biotech company in England, has developed a breath test that can detect liver disease earlier than conventional approaches. Human breath contains volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that change in the first stages of liver disease. Owlstone’s breath test can reliably collect, store and detect VOCs, while picking out the specific compounds that reveal liver disease. Continued here

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