The Birds and the Bees Love, romance, sex. That’s what the “birds and the bees” are supposed to be about. Yet recently the birds and the bees have been providing us different lessons about regeneration, the rapid process which keeps us and all the other living things alive. Many of these lessons affect our survival. […]
Your Neighbor’s Tobacco Smoke is Also Yours (and It’s Radioactive – 12/14/10)
Smoke Gets in More Than Eyes Sharing has taken on new meaning. A recent study of urban households by Harvard and University of Rochester pediatric researches shows children living in apartment buildings have far more smoke products in their blood than children in their houses. They have their neighbors to thank. The smoke comes in […]
Why don’t we eat vegetables? (The Sugar Society) – 10/6/10)
New York Times health columnist Jane Brody is upset. Like most advocates for public health, she can’t understand why Americans don’t eat their vegetables. The advantages are so great and so obvious, why won’t the population bend to the media barrage and do the right thing? Simple – because they are strongly conditioned not to. […]
Health, not Health Care (9/28/10)
What will be there for you? Over fifty million Americans lack health insurance. Republicans are promising to gut the Administration’s health care bill, claiming it busts the budget. They want to privatize Social Security and talk quietly about doing the same with Medicare. Many health insurance premiums went up 20% last year. The economy went […]
Regeneration – how to spur creativity and productivity (9/27/10)
Americans are in a tough place, with many losing jobs, homes, and the ability to feed their families. So, too, is the American economy. Competition is increasing within a worldwide recession. As human beings are equally talented throughout the globe and knowledge industries are the future, to grow the economy will require innovation on every […]
