Checklist Health Can your health be reduced to a bunch of numbers? American medical care is about to test that idea. Beware the results. Checklists – and the checked off numbers – do not a healthy population make. Why Are Checklists Taking Over? People love numbers. They like to count things. Medical care costs enormous […]
Diets: What Don’t We Know
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has just come out with its latest dietary guidelines. Most of us won’t read them. Many of us should. Media attention immediately went to the cholesterol recommendations. No surprise there. That’s where “the money is,” in terms of drugs and the food industry. A few things which skipped attention you might consider […]
Depression — Cheap Ways to Treat
Depression costs. It’s generally ranked among the top three illnesses in the world in economic carnage. Depressed people don’t work well and often get physically sick, while their illness frequently wrecks careers, marriages and families. Perhaps 30% of Americans will become clinically depressed during their lifetimes – a proportion that is rising. Public efforts to […]
How Can I Prevent Cancer?
Preventing Tumors British researchers now argue that over 40% of tumors are preventable through lifestyle change. The biggest factors are: tobacco, diet, physical activity, and environment (sunlight and pollution.) People greatly fear cancer. But does knowing what causes cancer prevent people from doing what’s dangerous? No. Why not? Because some of the most powerful global […]
Artificial or Natural Intelligence?
Artificial Versus Natural Intelligence Are you ready for Skynet? In 2029 the artificial intelligence that controls American nuclear weapons achieves self-consciousness. A humanity besotted with machines, electronic medical and communications devices, is nearly wiped out. Ultimately we are saved from complete annihilation by a single mother who can’t balance a checkbook, her larcenous son, and […]