Cheer up, it’s worse elsewhere As Alaska starts down the tunnel toward the long season of the SAD dark, there comes this good news: Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is worse in 13 […]
Into the dark
E-flailings
U.S health and transport problems are us Today in these unUnited States of America, nearly 2,000 people will die of heart disease and another 1,700 or so will die of cancer. And […]
‘It’s the , stupid’
Messaging matters, and a year into the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic the only reasonable conclusion that can be drawn about the health messaging in this country is that it sucked. The U.S. per capita […]
Goin’ crazy
Few know better the dangers of enforced isolation than old-time Alaskans. Tales of “cabin fever” among those locked into the wilderness by the onset of winter are the stuff of legend in […]
Anxiety rising
All across the country now, the reports of pandemic anxiety are growing. It was only a matter of time. Even before COVID-19 invaded everyone’s life, anxiety disorders were rampant in the […]
C-minus health
Alaska leads the nation in the rates of violent crime and the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia, according to the latest edition of “America’s Health Rankings” from the United Health Foundation, but there […]
