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 […]
Success?
Californians now fatter than Alaskans! Just over a third of Alaskans today qualify as obese, making residents of the 49th state a perfect match for the citizens of Georgia and Maryland, according […]
Killing us softly
What the machines have done So it has come to this, the American medical community resorting to threats evoking the C-word – cancer – to try to get people to walk […]
Everyday danger
Lack of consequences = dangerous roads The question of the moment is simple: “Who killed Carlton Higgins?” The Anchorage Police Department (APD) knows, but it won’t say. Why? Because APD is […]
Exercise is a vaccine
The SARS-CoV-2 virus is surging again, something that was predictable given the way its evolution seems to be tracking that of the Spanish flu, and much of the U.S. medical community […]
Killers on the road
And the foolishness of toothless regulation Fueled by good intentions, a trio of politicians in Alaska’s largest city has drafted a new ordinance to protect “vulnerable road users” that is […]
Clickbait
It’s not just for journalists anymore Researchers examining the thousands of pandemic studies of SARS-CoV-2, Covid-19 and related fallout have concluded some scientists might have become as fixated as journalists on attracting […]
Questionable priorities
The costs of machines dictating policy Alaska State Troopers are yet again trumpeting their desire to make everyone safe by taking extra efforts to enforce the nation’s mandatory seatbelt law. “…Troopers […]
This is us
Rise of the extra-wide home sapiens If you looked in the mirror recently and saw someone too big looking back, don’t worry. The World Obesity Foundation is now reporting the world population […]
Chasing health
Confronting the Epidemic of Sloth Physiologists, epidemiologists and big-data miners have been combing through the United Kingdom’s Biobank again, and it appears they may have come up with an answer to a […]