Content tagged health
Blog Entries
120 calories’ worth of different foods. gulfstream/2322
“How To Actually Win A Fist Fight.” gulfstream/2378
Ah, excellent: people are seriously researching vat-grown meat. Producing meat by running sunlight, carbon dioxide, water, etc. through a cow … gulfstream/1794
Some young Japanese are shutting themselves into their rooms, and effectively never coming out. gulfstream/1941
Oh I love slippery slopes! If you want to kill yourself by slashing your wrists, should you be given clean blades? Says one advocate: “There … gulfstream/1968
A link—or at least a correlation—between not taking risks and getting Parkinson’s? “The study found patients with Parkinson’s disease had … gulfstream/1982
“It is a sign of the times that there has been no storm of protest over the increasingly manipulative and moralistic character of anti-smoking propaganda.” … gulfstream/2004
Why is there such a big market for skin lightening creams in Asia? (“4 out of 10 women in Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea and Taiwan … gulfstream/2073
“Can good architecture help the sick?” Does architecture and design affect the physical well-being of those being treated for cancer? The Maggie’s … gulfstream/2087
(Video) How pregnancy happens. V. disturbing Mr. Penis. gulfstream/2094
The Nocebo effect: thinking that bad things will happen is a self-fulfilling prophesy. (So should doctors lie to patients about their prospects?) gulfstream/2102
A BBC TV show locks nine volunteers into a zoo and feeds them the sort of food our ape-like ancestors once ate, to healthy results. I wonder if a caveman … gulfstream/2211
Sort of meadering piece on nutrition, the food we eat, and the food we should eat. (Long; though there’s nine point-form tips at the end.) “Avoid … gulfstream/2221
How ad agencies would market tap water. (Some silly ideas, but largely provocative.) I don’t think it’s inherently difficult to sell tap water—the … gulfstream/2226
Human being can apparently run further and faster than any other animal. “All together, Lieberman said, these adaptations allowed us to relentlessly … gulfstream/2272
UK government advisory council recommends that cannabis "be reclassified from a class B narcotic to a class C." (How does the media spin stories? … gulfstream/694
“Sometimes, despite our best efforts, a cow does get sick. When a cow is ailing, we use aspirin, massage and other natural treatments that enhance … gulfstream/1545
Quotes Collected
[John] Donne hated milk. Mortally sick, about to celebrate his death by sitting for his portrait in a shroud, he was urged by his doctor that 'by Cordials, … quotes/449
WELLINGTON: Stamp of Disapproval. The $1 New Zealand nuclear-free stamp was designed to show the rest of the word---via the post---how strongly New Zealanders … quotes/53
But on my behalf, I have cause to be joyful this day, as being my usual feast-day for my being cut of the stone this day nine years; and through God's … pepys/270
... and myself to the Popeshead, where all the Houblons were, and Dr. Croone; and by and by to an exceeding pretty supper--excellent discourse of all … pepys/239
Thence, mighty merry and much pleased with the dinner and company, and they with me, I parted; and there was set upon by the poor wretches, whom I did … pepys/166
... to end all, Mrs. Shippman did fill the pie full of white wine (it holding at least a pint and a half) and did drink it off for a health to Sir Wm. … pepys/56
And strange it is, to think that these two days have held up fair till now that all is done and the King gone out of the hall; and then it fell a-raining … pepys/42
'I say, Karlson, you don't want to be on TV, do you?' Karlson shook his head violently. 'In that box there? Me? Not as long as I have my health and … karlson/4
del.icio.us
How We're Wrecking Our Feet With Every Step We Take -- New York Magazine
Personal Best-Gina Kolata-Cold-Body Temperature-Catching Colds-Sweating in the Cold-Exercise - New York Times
there's some sort of medical condition where your airway narrows if you breathe cold air? i think i have that
The Times Online guest contributors Opinion
AOL Money & Finance: WSJ.com - The Journal Report: The Case Against Vitamins
How Hookworm Can Cure Asthma, Hayfever & IBD
Can good architecture help the sick? By Witold Rybczynski
Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Only another 5,500 calories to go ...
Esquire:Feature Story:Three Things You Don't Know About Aids In Africa
Myths about the developing world (Amazing graphics) (TEDTalks, Hans Rosling) - Google Video
The School Cafeteria, on a Diet - New York Times
the surprisingly stringent rules regarding what can be served in us scxool cafeterias
