Author: CalorieLab

(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) See-ming Lee/Flickr There are two ways to change a system: working from the inside, or working from the outside. When it comes to lowering the costs of medical care, we need to do both. Here’s what you can do. First let’s …

(CC BY-SA 2.0) Kai Schreiber/Flickr We don’t know what causes the condition known as chronic fatigue syndrome. We’re not even sure we can definitively diagnose it or confidently determine who actually suffers from it. There seems to be no argument that it exists and is a …

Senator Orin Hatch – (CC BY-NC 2.0) The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights/Flickr I have ranted in previous posts about an element of consumer fraud that is so rampant in the dietary supplement industry that it seems to be part of the fundamental business model. But …

(CC BY-NC 2.0) Cyclotourist/Flickr There have been two changes in the world of science that I have a serious problem with. One is a subtraction, and the other is an addition. The subtraction is when they removed Pluto from being a planet in our solar system (don’t …

(CC BY 2.0) Sue Clark/Flickr, from 1908 book on health Why would politics and vaccination even be used in the same sentence? Chris Christie and Rand Paul have now weighed in on the subject of whether or not to vaccinate one’s children, and anyone who believes that this contributes …

Dr. J on the way to Dempster Street I have been reflecting on how much richer our lives are because of the kindness of strangers. I”m not referring to $1,000 tips to restaurant servers or being given a $10,000 mink coat through the drive-in window at Whataburger. I”…

((CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Don/Flickr Most people apologize right after denying that there is anything for them to apologize for, or right after having been caught lying about what they are apologizing for. This is not the way to do it. At its simplest form, an appropriate apology …