Can you blame your illness on weather changes? If you’re injured, yes. Just check your emergency room. Evidence from Warwick University shows significant increases in accident visits when the daily maximum or minimum temperature goes up or down more than five degrees Centigrade (9 degrees Fahrenheit.) The effects were largest in winter and summer. With […]
Even the CIA doesn’t trust your health care (12/03/10)
Your Survival is On the Line In a time of Wikileaks revelations it’s hard for any story to stand out. When US diplomats are asked to obtain DNA samples of any significant foreigner they meet, and the Saudi King is telling the US how to bomb Iran, who cares that the CIA says the US […]
How the Internet will change your body – Part IV – Making the Net improve your health (12/2/10)
Plan 1 – Make Mobile Computing Truly Mobile Internet providers happily point out that the Net now goes everywhere – with the possible exception of extra-planetary outer space. You can watch narwhals piercing the Arctic ice sheet while you argue with your health insurance provider about your massively increased medical bills. So why not walk […]
How the internet will change your body – Part III- Virtual Me and Real Me (12/1/10)
Virtual Me Versus Real Me When I was growing up kids spent a lot of time looking in the mirror and grooming. Getting a girlfriend or boyfriend depended (and still does) on how you looked. So did self-esteem. Today, much of that attention is paid not to the personal appearance but to virtual appearance – […]
How the internet will change your body – Part II – interruption and stress (11/30/10)
How Time Rules Life Body clocks affect everything you do. Ask any shift worker. They’re a group with higher cardiovascular mortality and higher cancer rates. Already government agencies are starting to label shift work a workplace carcinogen. In which case it should also be deemed a home carcinogen. The Net is rapidly turning much of […]