Biological Intelligence Every moment of your life is a teaching moment for your body. Except most of that teaching is unconscious. Which is why you hear more about artificial intelligence than biological intelligence. But biological intelligence, how your body makes and uses information, is far more powerful and personal. Biological information flows in ways we never […]
Rating Scales Can Kill You
Rating scales pervade health care. Once again, we learn that they can kill. The latest scandal again comes from our single national, regionalized health care system, the VA. The newest story involves a VA hospital in a logging town in Eastern Oregon. There will be many others. The Trouble With Roseburg The VA hospital system has […]
The New Canaries in Our Coal Mine
Insects and Canaries People hate insects. They bite, snap, sting, and kill. Perhaps the most hated animal on the planet is the mosquito, despised for bringing malaria, dengue fever, sleeping sickness and a host of other fatal and disfiguring diseases. The most frightening sci-fi film monsters from “Alien” to “Starship Troopers” are giant, intelligent insectoids. […]
Can Watching TV Be Healthy For You?
Is TV watching healthy? For years studies have argued more TV time decrees a higher risk of death. Most of that risk has been ascribed to sitting, rather than frustration and anger at what is programmed. A new study has added a wrinkle: watch more TV and you get more deep venous clots. Plus there’s a new rub: if […]
Time to Go With the Dogs
Dogs Can Help You Live – and Live Longer Can living with a dog improve your life? It certainly appears canine companionship might extend it. The results come from a Swedish study at Uppsala University which used the longstanding public health advantages of that country. All the Swedish population between the ages of 40-80 were surveyed. Out of those […]