Robin Williams’s widow has announced that he had recently been diagnosed as having Parkinson’s, although the disease was in its early stages. Parkinson’s is a nasty progressive illness with many many manifestations. It can be treated, but it can’t be … Continue reading →
I’m busy for the rest of the day, so I can’t write an in-depth post on the ebola news right now. But here’s a thread for discussing it. I suggest Drudge for a roundup of current articles. I would caution … Continue reading →
When I was young I read about Father Damien, the Belgian priest who went to care for lepers in Molokai, Hawaii, and after many years of work contracted the disease (which actually is not that easily caught) and died there … Continue reading →
Most of us think we know a lot about what makes people fat. They eat too much and they’re inactive. Newer evidence about the influence of gut flora indicates the iffiness of the first proposition, at least as a hard … Continue reading →
And it’s fitting somehow that it’s happening in Berkeley: The city of Berkeley will require medical marijuana dispensaries to give away two percent of the amount of cannabis they sell each year free to low-income patients. The City Council voted … Continue reading →
Isn’t this wonderful? More than half of privately insured women are getting free birth control under President Barack Obama’s health law, a major coverage shift that’s likely to advance. …The share of privately insured women who got their birth control … Continue reading →
I hear it everywhere: people bragging about eating clean. If you don’t believe me, just Google it, and voila: “10 Ways to Eat Clean” “23 Ways To Eat Clean” [are 23 always better than 10?] “Eating Clean For Dummies Cheat … Continue reading →
…and now it’s spreading disease. Well, of course. After all, the people who are entering come from countries where disease is far more rampant. So why not? In earlier non-PC days we actually paid attention to that sort of thing. … Continue reading →
ABC US News | ABC Celebrity News Drugs aren’t ordinarily involved in the formation of identical twins. They can be involved for fraternal ones, though, because fertility drugs tend to make it more likely that the mother will release two … Continue reading →
Here’s an interesting article by Miles O’Brien about what it’s like living with only one arm after his had to be amputated. Fortunately I haven’t had that experience. But readers of this blog may be aware that about 25 years … Continue reading →
Apparently, a little running goes a long way. I don’t like to run, anyway. I like to walk fast.
Continue reading →In mid-April I wrote a post entitled “Not your father’s marijuana” about the problems involved in underestimating the strength of legal marijuana edibles. I guess Maureen Dowd doesn’t read neo-neocon, because she ran into that exact difficulty in Colorado when … Continue reading →