Music for the Sleepless, or Disharmony? It’s not every day the FDA approves a new drug – especially a new sleeping pill. Intermezzo is a term that refers to a separate piece that plays in between acts – especially in a musical performance like opera. And now it’s being repositioned to name a “new” kind […]
Regenerating the economy, regenerating your health – Part II (11/28/11)
New Ideas for Health As was clear in Part I, many factors can help revive the American economy . They also hold many lessons for individuals: 3. Immigration – A lot of what has kept the US competitive since the 1970s have been successes in technology like those from Silicon Valley, where at least 35% […]
Regenerating the economy, regenerating your health – Part 1 (11/23/11)
How We Come Back Is America’s economy failing? Why our 45% of families barely making it? Is a nation with stalled growth, a corrupt and overpowerful financial sector, staggering debt, political dysfunction, fighting two wars overseas while its infrastructure crumbles, able to come back? Yes – as it always has. The capacity for regeneration is […]
Are we taking too many pills? (11/21/11)
Who’s Using What? Consider these facts: According to the government, 20% of American adults have abused prescription drugs – ingesting drugs for other than therapeutic purposes. Perhaps one in four teenagers are abusing prescription drugs. 30% of adult women are using a sleeping pill at least a few nights a week Eleven percent of Americans […]
Seeing the new you (11/9/11)
Seeing What’s Inside If you don’t see it, it’s not there, right? And that’s how most people react when told of the extraordinary speed by which their body remakes itself. I look at myself in the mirror now as I did four weeks ago. My gut is approximately as big, my feet, my calves, my […]