Health, Not Medicine

Health is not merely the absence of disease. Medicine tries to minimize or delay disease, it does not make us healthy. Health is part heritage, part environment, part habit.

Thursday, May 22, 2014

Yelping the CDC

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It's one of those ideas that seems obvious... after someone else thinks of it. Public health researchers in New York City searched Yelp ...
Sunday, July 08, 2012

What the Higgs boson and health care reform have in common

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Along an undulating ridge just south of Menlo Park, Calif., SLAC runs laser-straight. It is my path not taken. Credit: SLAC National ...
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Sunday, September 25, 2011

Smoking, Fat & Sex. Quick note on public health reports

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Among updates from the American Journal of Public Health , these caught my eye: Smoking Tobacco control crusader Stan Glantz and co...
Friday, September 16, 2011

Neurotransmitters, Immune Function and Social Determinants of Health

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There is a fascinating article on The Scientist web site about " Neurotransmitter-Regulated Immunity ." It reports on a pai...
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Sunday, September 11, 2011

Blaming the Victim for Pedestrian Killings

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I just came across a copy of a letter of mine the Oregonian newspaper printed earlier this year. I wrote it in response to an editorial tha...
Thursday, September 08, 2011

A Twist on Income Inequality & Health

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A multitude of studies has found an association between income inequality and health; that is, in places where there is less of a gap betwe...
Monday, July 18, 2011

An Honest Reply to a PR Pitch... and the telling silence that followed

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SEE UPDATE AT BOTTOM OF POST I received this impersonal pitch from a PR firm. I couldn't resist replying. (Identifying information di...
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