Eating Disorders Awareness Week–A Continuing Crisis
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week this year is February 23-March 1. And while I’ll admit that, looked at from one perspective, eating disorders can seem the domain of the rich and famous, the models and the actresses, of Victoria Beckham and Princess Diana, in reality they are widespread–across financial groups, ethnicities, and genders (would you […]
Dementia: A Growing Epidemic
Do you remember when anyone exhibiting signs of dementia was simply said to have Alzheimer’s? Wait–kind of a heavy pause here. What’s happening for me in this silence is the realization that to this very day, a significant minority, if not, in fact, the outright majority, of people still cannot differentiate between the two. I […]
We Need You–Yes, You–Again
It takes someone with a seriously high IQ to totally figure out Medicare. I mean, an Ivy League education failed to prepare me for the Part As, Part Bs, Secondaries, Supplementals, and–oddly missing a Part C, as far as I can tell–the Part Ds. If you have yet to encounter this system, my strong recommendation […]
Somebody important wants to hear from you. Yeah–you!
For those of you who are New York Times devotees, this introduction I’m sure borders on the insulting, but I ask you to humor me for just a moment while I speak to those who might, perhaps, get their news from alternative sources. One of the Times‘ regular columnists–since 2001–is a Nicholas D. Kristof. You can find out […]
Words are Fattening; Watch What You Say to Yourself
January 8, 2014
by candidaabrahamson
I was downdog-ing along, minding my business, when I heard a man’s voice break through the gym’s hubbub. “..and the cherry sauce over the chicken was rich and dark–must have had some brandy in it–so wonderful!” His personal trainer (female voice), “uh hnn.” “The stake was marinated in something special, wine plus fancy herbs–smelled as […]
How Poverty Taxes the Brain
“Today, our scientists are mapping the human brain. . .As humans we can identify galaxies light years away, we can study particles smaller than an atom, but we still haven’t unlocked the mystery of the three pounds of matter sitting between our ears. . .Now is the time to reach a level of research and […]
February 26, 2014
by rfinkel
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