Health and Economics Out of 33 countries considered to possess a “developed” economy, there is one that does not have universal health coverage. That country is the US. Historians argue why we are such an outlier. Not only do we not possess universal health care coverage, but national policies rarely reward health as the goal […]
Do clothes make the brain? (4/18/12)
Seeing Behind Clothes Do the clothes you wear change how your brain processes information? Yes. But can the same suit of clothes, given a different occupational meaning, change the whole process of focus and how you see the world? Yes again. Clothes Make the Man Mark Twain’s statement that “clothes make the man” distills what […]
Is chocolate healthy for me? (4/16/12)
Is Chocolate Truly Healthy? Is what some Aztecs considered the “food of the gods” capable of making you live long and well? The answer so far is “definitely maybe.” Like coffee, tea, and alcohol, chocolate is a food-drug which has been around for thousands of years. It can do much for you – both well […]
Are we fatter than we think? (4/10/12)
What is Obesity? A recent study in PL0S 1, an online journal of medicine, argues that Americans are far more obese than present standards of obesity, defined by body mass index, imply. In a study of 9000 patients in a New York private practice, at least 39% of those classified as overweight are thought to […]
Prozac chicken? (4/6/12)
Dining With Drugs The California Chicken Café, an LA eatery described by the 2011 Zagat Survey as a “healthy, fast-food alternative,” is a popular place to eat. The food is so “good” Zagat concludes “there must be Prozac in the chicken.” Actually, folks, there is prozac in the chicken – and a lot of other […]