Realities versus distractions Why is it Americans appear as horrible at risk assessment as they are susceptible to manipulation by “influencers,” as those who now pull big numbers of “followers” on social […]
Talking safety
Heal thyself
The inexplicable powers of believing Sometimes your problems are largely in your head, according to the latest peer-reviewed research published by JAMA Psychiatry. The shamans, witch doctors, faith healers, medicine men, wizards […]
Better living
If only we could curb the addiction…. Another study is out concluding that more exercise and improved diets could go a long way toward slowing what has become an epidemic of dementia […]
Medical tribalism
The politicization of everything Is there nowhere free from politics anywhere in these Ununited States anymore? Scientists once tried to at least make an effort to avoid the societal cesspool of politicization, […]
Bad science
It wasn’t the droplets With the Covid-19 pandemic slipping into the world’s rearview mirror, the photographs that helped drive mask hysteria and six-foot distancing are now being refuted by viral experts advising […]
Paying the price
Some ‘long-Covid’ tied to lifestyle issues Add Post-Covid Syndrome, or what many now just call “long Covid,” to the lengthy list of ailments compounded by the American Slothdemic. Swedish scientists who examined […]
Car-diction
Millions dead give new meaning to ‘killer traffic’ Forget for a moment the pandemic – if that is possible – and turn your attention to a very good study out of England […]
The vulnerable (II)
Part II The deaths of the disregarded Below are the strangest phenomena surrounding the steady increase in the unnecessary deaths of vulnerable road users in the United States today: The lack […]
Near death
The disappearance of reporting What many Americans think is wrong with America’s legacy media today isn’t the biggest thing wrong with America’s legacy media today. Yes, obvious bias in news coverage – […]
Winning
Lifespan jumps up for most Only time will tell how history assesses the pandemic that terrified Americans in the early 21st century, but a few things are already becoming clear. For […]
