Here’s an excellent story at the WaPo, from Joel Achenbach and others, about how it happened.
Category Archives: Health
The Collapse Of The Obama Presidency
Don’t let this crisis go to waste:
Are the young struck by the dashed hopes of Obamacare? Give them a copy of Friedrich Hayek’s The Fatal Conceit. They can’t believe the Secret Service farce? Introduce them to James Q. Wilson on bureaucracy. They’re befuddled by the exploitation of an unfortunate incident in Ferguson? Have them read Edward C. Banfield’s The Unheavenly City (especially the chapter he titled “Rioting Mainly for Fun and Profit”). Liberalism’s domestic policies aren’t working quite the way they were supposed to? Acquaint them with Irving Kristol: “I have observed over the years that the unanticipated consequences of social action are always more important, and usually less agreeable, than the intended consequences.”
Similarly, we should be running ads telling them that “We told you so.”
Ebola
Can you catch it from an infected blanket?
With a bonus electron microscope picture of the virus erupting from an infected cell.
Doing Well By Doing Good
Coming up with a new way to do blood tests has made this woman, a college drop out, a billionaire.
Telomerase
The Salk Institute seems to have found an on/off switch for cell aging.
Faster, please.
Coffee
Is it ruining your productivity?
In other words, that euphoric short-term state that you enter after drinking coffee is what non-habitual caffeine consumers are experiencing all of the time. The difference is that for coffee drinkers, the feeling doesn’t last. “Coming off caffeine reduces your cognitive performance and has a negative impact on your mood. The only way to get back to normal is to drink caffeine, and when you do drink it, you feel like it’s taking you to new heights,” Bradberry explained. “In reality, the caffeine is just taking your performance back to normal for a short period.”
See, for me, the thing is that I can’t even tell whether or not I’ve had any. I just drink it for medicinal purposes. In fact, even though I now drink two cups almost every morning, I don’t consider myself a “habitual” drinker, because that implies that it’s a habit. It really isn’t, for me. I sometimes forget to drink it.
Plantar Fasciitis
A new technique to cure it.
I had a bout with it last summer on my left heel. I bought some orthotics at the drug store, and it went away after a few weeks, but if it recurs, I’ll try this.
Aging Cells
The Salk Institute may have found the on/off switch. This could have implications for both life extension and cancer treatment.
A Relationship In Trouble
[Afternoon update]
A question for the ladies: Is the ad sexist, or scintillating?
Low Fat Versus Low Carb
It may not matter?
Know what that article (and perhaps the study itself) doesn’t mention? Body fat. Simply losing weight isn’t the issue.