Everybody knows if you don’t pay to repair your car, you limit its life. The same is true with people. We need medical care to avoid becoming clunkers. For a half-century, Medicare has enabled seniors to get that care. But now the Obama administration is pressuring hospitals to skimp. Last week, the administration announced the… Read More »
Tweet (1,112) Share (27k) Renégat Living in Switzerland ruined me for America and its lousy work culture by Chantal Panozzo on July 21, 2015 I was halfway through a job interview when I realized I was wrinkling my nose. I couldn’t help myself. A full-time freelance position with a long commute, no benefits, and a… Read More »
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A new model of the Sun’s solar cycle is producing unprecedentedly accurate predictions of irregularities within the Sun’s 11-year heartbeat. The model draws on dynamo effects in two layers of the Sun, one close to the surface and one deep within its convection zone. Predictions from the model suggest that solar activity will fall by… Read More »
The record temperatures we keep reading about could be a fond memory in just 15 years’ time, which is when a new mini-Ice Age will hit the planet, a group of scientists is warning. The last “Little Ice Age,” which chilled the northern hemisphere from the year 1300 to 1870, lasted almost 600 years. The U.K.… Read More »
The properties of marijuana are legend and legion. Now scientists in Israel have added an unexpected feature to the list: a compound in weed can help heal broken bones. In rats at least. Whether it would work for the kids remains to be seen. The compound – which does nothing to the mind – is… Read More »
When They Won’t See It Your Way: Four Persuasion Approaches That Work The recent measles outbreak and re-emergence of whooping cough and pertussis in the United States has shone a spotlight on the anti-vaccine movement. According to a study published in the journal Pediatrics, 90 to 95 percent of the population must be immunized to… Read More »
Indiana Declares Public Health Emergency to Battle Worst HIV Outbreak in State History – ABC News.
As rates of Alzheimer’s diagnoses continue to rise, researchers are searching for effective ways to detect the disease early in patients. A neuroscience graduate student at the University of Alberta says he’s identified a simple way to screen for early stages of the disease: by analyzing a patient’s saliva. The researcher, Shraddha Sapkota, presented… Read More »
(Repeats without change to widen distribution) By Leah Schnurr (Reuters) – Canada’s prim capital is suddenly focused more on the state of people’s affairs than the affairs of the state. One in five Ottawa residents allegedly subscribed to adulterers’ website Ashley Madison, making one of the world’s coldest capitals among the hottest for extra-marital hookups… Read More »