Humans adapt. We live in trackless deserts, on the tops of mountains, in pestilential jungles, in prisons and hospitals. To survive we sleep, for we need sleep like food. We adapt to sleeping in space. At the recent sleep meetings I had the chance to talk with Dr. Erin Flynn-Evans, who runs the Fatigue Countermeasures Laboratory […]
The Future History of Drugs
What does happen to drugs following public release? A recent JAMA study combining researchers from the U.S. and France looked at the “future” of FDA approved drugs from 2001 to 2010. It found almost a third (32%) experienced a “post market safety event” over eleven years. Only three out of 222 drugs were withdrawn from use. […]
Rest for Success
It’s time to give intelligent rest a chance. People who are supremely creative creatively use rest. Look at Darwin, Einstein, G.H. Hardy. Some of the greatest geniuses “worked” only four hours a day. They rested in-between bouts of creative transformation, generally operating in 90-120 minute bursts. Implicitly they recognized science now demonstrates – that the […]
Steal from the Poor, Give to the Rich, Harm Them Both
President Trump is correct – “everybody has better health care than the US” (at least in developed countries.) So why does he support the House’s new version of the American Health Care Act, that could kill many thousands of Americans while simultaneously worsening health care for all, including the rich? Statements by people behind the […]
Biological Intelligence
Biological intelligence is a new concept that’s nearly four billion years old. How does your body create and use knowledge? Biological intelligence teaches the body to teach itself. Just like you educate your brain, you can teach your body. Lots of people have heard about artificial intelligence, or AI. But why haven’t you heard about biological intelligence, […]