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Biking and Sexual Health in Women - NYTimes.com
"Notably, it was the position of the handlebars that seemed to have the most effect." Upright position FTW.
bicycling  health  gender 
8 weeks ago by epersonae
Yoga Poses for Cycling Back Pain | Bicycling Magazine
bicycling  exercise  health 
january 2012 by epersonae
The Quiet Health-Care Revolution - Magazine - The Atlantic
A stitch in time saves nine, health care edition.
health  politics  medicine 
november 2011 by epersonae
SuperBetter
via email from Elizabeth. definitely intriguing.
psychology  health  webdev 
october 2011 by epersonae
Plantar Fasciitis and Bone Spurs - Your Orthopaedic Connection - AAOS
I think this is what happened to me in college & shortly after, either that or tendinitis in the ankle. Still prone to it with too much standing.
shoes  personal  health 
september 2011 by epersonae
Bans on Insurance Coverage of Abortion | American Civil Liberties Union
I don't even.
gender  politics  health 
august 2011 by epersonae
NYT: Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue?
Fascinating. Sugar boosts willpower, which is part of what makes diet changes so difficult.
psychology  science  health  society 
august 2011 by epersonae
An Eye-Opening Adventure in Socialized Medicine | NeuroTribes
I had conjunctivitis in college (Worst. Thanksgiving. Ever.) and had to wait until Monday to see somebody. It was excruciating...and technically, I had insurance (Mom's), just no idea how to use it. I'm trying to remember what my BF (not in school, no insurance) did, because he had it too, but that info is lost to the sands of time. Needless to say, it was nowhere near as nice as this.
health  politics 
july 2011 by epersonae
Science-Based Medicine » Acupuncture Revisited
It doesn't work.
science  health  medicine 
march 2011 by epersonae
NYT: Timothy Ferriss - 'The 4-Hour
F'ing hilarious review. Ferriss has always annoyed me.
Writing  health  funny 
january 2011 by epersonae
The Benefits of Exercising Before Breakfast - NYTimes.com
now I don't feel so bad about not getting breakfast before morning bike commutes. :)
exercise  bicycling  health  science 
december 2010 by epersonae
Science of Raw Food? | Ask MetaFilter
(I read "Catching Fire", mentioned in the discussion. Good book.)
science  food  health 
october 2010 by epersonae
One Woman's Abortion - Magazine - The Atlantic
From 1969. Fascinating -- and vital -- reading.
gender  history  health  politics 
october 2010 by epersonae
Those popular joint-pain supplements? They don't work. - Los Angeles Times
An analysis of 10 studies involving more than 3,800 people has found that glucosamine and chondroitin supplements for joint pain are ineffective either alone or in combination.
science  medicine  health 
october 2010 by epersonae
Health care relief for Washington state's self-employed -- Nine to Thrive | NWjobs
"one-person businesses will be able to qualify for group health insurance coverage, with no health screening required"
business  health  politics 
september 2010 by epersonae
Nursing Home for Your Backyard in a Medical Care Cottage
another tiny-house concept. basically, the "mother-in-law cottage" taken to the next level with health care services.
adu  society  health  urbanstudies 
july 2010 by epersonae
How Microbes Defend and Define Us - NYTimes.com
fascinating stuff.
science  health 
july 2010 by epersonae
Psychotherapy for All: An Experiment - New York Times
"He hoped to prove that Western concepts of mental illness did not apply in the developing world. Instead, he came to the opposite conclusion, that the ailments were in fact just as common and just as treatable as in the West."
depression  science  society  health 
june 2010 by epersonae
Whole Health Source: Full-fat Dairy for Cardiovascular Health
"People who ate the most full-fat dairy had a 69% lower risk of cardiovascular death than those who ate the least." huh.
science  health  food 
june 2010 by epersonae
How to Reboot Your Sleep Cycle and Get the Rest You Deserve
good reminder of the basics, but this is intriguing: "Creep your bedtime forward by 15 minutes every few days until you start waking up on your own in the morning."
personal  health  to-do 
may 2010 by epersonae
'Abortion Recovery' Month? How About 'Abortion Wellbeing Month'? | RHRealityCheck.org
"the more we can provide honest portrayals of the full range of women's experiences, the better off all women are"
gender  politics  health 
april 2010 by epersonae
Beating Obesity - Magazine - The Atlantic
"If we are to solve the many problems that obesity is creating for American society, we must first move beyond the stale “willpower versus the food-industrial complex” debate."
health  politics  society 
april 2010 by epersonae
Digital Eve Seattle - health insurance info
local  business  health  medicine 
april 2010 by epersonae
The shock of the old: Welcome to the elderly age - opinion - 08 April 2010 - New Scientist
"What will it be like to live in societies that are much older than any we have known? We are going to find out, because the ageing of the human race is one of the surest predictions of this century." fascinating (otoh: damn boomers.)
society  health  science 
april 2010 by epersonae
News Analysis - With or Without Health Reform, We Pay for Others’ Bad Habits - NYTimes.com
"personal responsibility is a complex notion, especially when it comes to health"
politics  health  science  society  medicine 
march 2010 by epersonae
Pulling it Together: When Premiums Go Up 39% - Kaiser Family Foundation
"rising health care costs and insurance company practices are leading not just to more expensive premiums, but to skimpier, less comprehensive coverage as well"
health  politics 
march 2010 by epersonae
Proposed Changes in the Final Health Care Bill - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com
nice summary. (I LOVE that it includes a tax on indoor tanning.)
health  politics 
march 2010 by epersonae
How the Health Care Overhaul Could Affect You - Graphic - NYTimes.com
another version.
politics  health 
march 2010 by epersonae
What does the health care bill mean to me? (washingtonpost.com)
I wish they would have added an option for "I have a medical condition", but interesting anyway.
politics  health 
march 2010 by epersonae
The curious triumph of RomneyCare - The Week
politics  health 
march 2010 by epersonae
Harvard Medical School: The dubious practice of detox
health  science 
march 2010 by epersonae
Science-Based Medicine » Plausibility in Science-Based Medicine
"But not knowing everything is not the functional equivalent of knowing nothing." linked for that quote.
history  science  health  philosophizing 
march 2010 by epersonae
Op-Ed Columnist - The Spread of Superbugs - NYTimes.com
terrifying.
health  science  food  politics 
march 2010 by epersonae
Drugs World | Information Is Beautiful
good to know, I guess.
health  science  psychology  depression 
february 2010 by epersonae
Snake Oil? The scientific evidence for health supplements | Information Is Beautiful
cool graphic representation.
health  science 
february 2010 by epersonae
The Washington Monthly
good grief. "Respondents were asked what they think about the Democratic plan, and opponents outnumbered supporters. Those respondents were then given information about what's actually in the plan, at which point supporters outnumbered opponents."
politics  psychology  health 
february 2010 by epersonae
Rupert Cornwell: The incredible story of the most important woman in the history of modern medicine - Rupert Cornwell, Commentators - The Independent
"If our mother's so important to science, why can't we get health insurance?" indeed. sounds like a fascinating book.
science  health  history  politics 
february 2010 by epersonae
Skepchick » Yellow! Do you feel more aware now?
"How delightfully devious and titillating! Except that it’s stupid."
blogosphere  society  gender  medicine  health 
january 2010 by epersonae
A negative phys ed teacher can cause a lifetime of inactivity
not a surprising finding to me. (of all the PE teachers I had over the years, only two ever stood out as NOT being horrible.)
exercise  personal  psychology  academia  health 
january 2010 by epersonae
t r u t h o u t | Not So Pretty in Pink
"In the post-feminist United States, issues like rape, domestic violence, and unwanted pregnancy seem to be too edgy for much public discussion, but breast cancer is all apple pie." If I see one more thing (Triscuits? Really?) branded with a pink ribbon, I'm gonna barf. (I don't know whether to be amused or disappointed at how the comments fixate instantly onto breast cancer treatment issues vs anything else raised in the article.)
gender  politics  science  medicine  health  society 
december 2009 by epersonae
design is mine : isn't it lovely?: thought of the day : you had me at...
funny  personal  politics  arts  health 
november 2009 by epersonae
Uninsured ER patients twice as likely to die - Health care- msnbc.com
::sigh::
health  medicine  politics 
november 2009 by epersonae
An Epidemic of Fear: How Panicked Parents Skipping Shots Endangers Us All | Magazine
"In certain parts of the US, vaccination rates have dropped so low that occurrences of some children’s diseases are approaching pre-vaccine levels for the first time ever. And the number of people who choose not to vaccinate their children (so-called philosophical exemptions are available in about 20 states, including Pennsylvania, Texas, and much of the West) continues to rise." WTF, people? (C had pertussis once, a couple of years ago. I wouldn't wish that kind of coughing on my worst enemy.)
science  politics  health 
october 2009 by epersonae
Really? - The Claim - Always Wash Your Hands With Hot Water, Not Cold. - Question - NYTimes.com
"Hot water for hand washing has not been proved to remove germs better than cold water." with our insanely slow water heater (I love it, but it takes a while to get the hot to us), this is good to know.
science  health  personal 
october 2009 by epersonae
Op-Ed Columnist - Let Congress Go Without Insurance - NYTimes.com
"At root, universal health care is not an economic or technical question but a moral one." This. (Also, quote from 1917 magazine article: US the only major nation w/out universal health insurance! 1917, people.)
health  politics  history 
october 2009 by epersonae
Healthcare@Intel · Women, Boomers, and Growing a Careforce Through Healthcare Reform
on the role of women in healthcare, both as nurses (94% of nurses are women) and informal caregivers, esp to aging parents.
health  society  gender  politics 
october 2009 by epersonae
What else could our bailout money have bought? | Salon
"The price paid to defeat humanity's greatest foe wouldn't cover a 24-hour day of Iraqi combat operations. In Wall Street bailout terms, there's no way to even talk about sums this tiny. To do that, we have to go the level of overcompensated individuals. So, sure, $300 million could eradicate history's greatest killer of humans -- yet the same sum wouldn't cover the bonus pool for the executives of the insurance company AIG after its great meltdown." Also: description of Guinea worm? Brief but horrifying!
health  politics  science  finance  history 
october 2009 by epersonae
Woman’s Shattered Life Shows Ground Beef Inspection Flaws - NYTimes.com
"Ground beef has been blamed for 16 outbreaks in the last three years alone, including the one that left Ms. Smith paralyzed from the waist down." Worth noting: Costco insists on testing by its suppliers.
food  politics  health  science 
october 2009 by epersonae
Are Your Friends Making You Fat? - NYTimes.com
interesting story on this research that's been bouncing around the popular press for a while. (all my life I've been an "isolate," which is something that's also always bothered me. perhaps I need to make my peace with that.)
psychology  society  health 
september 2009 by epersonae
Placebos Are Getting More Effective. Drugmakers Are Desperate to Know Why.
"By casting placebo as the villain in RCTs, he ended up stigmatizing one of his most important discoveries. The fact that even dummy capsules can kick-start the body's recovery engine became a problem for drug developers to overcome, rather than a phenomenon that could guide doctors toward a better understanding of the healing process and how to drive it most effectively." I've been fascinated by placebo (and its evil twin, nocebo) for quite a while now.
science  health  depression  medicine 
september 2009 by epersonae
How American Health Care Killed My Father - The Atlantic (September 2009)
"blood clots following surgery or illness, the leading cause of preventable hospital deaths in the U.S., may kill nearly 200,000 patients per year" that bit startled me...an uncle died of a blood clot after surgery for a brain tumor, which had seemed to go well...I hadn't realized this was a serious (and preventable?!) health issue.
society  finance  politics  health  science 
august 2009 by epersonae
Mass. bashers take note: Health reform is working - The Boston Globe
health  politics 
august 2009 by epersonae
Donkeylicious: The Flowchart
nice health care reform flow chart. (3rd version has corrections, more detail)
politics  health 
august 2009 by epersonae
New Report Examines Insurance Company Practice of Denying Coverage To or Discriminating Against Americans Who Have Pre-Existing Medical Conditions
"12.6 million non-elderly adults — 36 percent of those who tried to buy insurance on the private market — were discriminated against in the past three years because an insurance company deemed them ineligible for coverage because of a pre-existing condition, charged them a higher premium, or refused to cover their condition" (and how many would it be if it weren't for the law that doesn't allow that sort of thing for employer-provided insurance?!?!)
politics  health  finance 
august 2009 by epersonae
Stephen Hawking defends 'evil' NHS | News | The First Post
"I wouldn’t be here today if it were not for the NHS. I have received a large amount of high-quality treatment without which I would not have survived."
politics  health 
august 2009 by epersonae
Health News Review - Objective Ratings of Health and Medical Journalism
with clear criteria, evaluates journalism about medical issues.
health  journalism 
july 2009 by epersonae
How to Fix Bad Ankles - Well Blog - NYTimes.com
"When you damage the ligament, “you damage the neuro-receptors as well. Your brain no longer receives reliable signals” from the ankle about how your ankle and foot are positioned in relation to the ground. Your proprioception — your sense of your body’s position in space — is impaired. You’re less stable and more prone to falling over and re-injuring yourself." this makes a lot of sense. I'd kinda like to go back to that hot yoga stuff. it involved lots of balance work.
health  exercise 
july 2009 by epersonae
Annals of Medicine: The Cost Conundrum: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
"The real puzzle of American health care, I realized on the airplane home, is not why McAllen is different from El Paso. It’s why El Paso isn’t like McAllen. Every incentive in the system is an invitation to go the way McAllen has gone."
politics  society  health 
may 2009 by epersonae
A List Apart: Articles: Burnout
all my web peeps should be reading this NOW.
psychology  depression  productivity  health  society  webdev 
may 2009 by epersonae
What Makes Us Happy? - The Atlantic (June 2009)
this leaped out at me: "the Glueck study data suggested that industriousness in childhood—as indicated by such things as whether the boys had part-time jobs, took on chores, or joined school clubs or sports teams—predicted adult mental health better than any other factor" a fascinating study/set of studies.
science  psychology  history  health  depression 
may 2009 by epersonae
Stumbling towards ecstasy « Kate Harding’s Shapely Prose
"I’ve decriminalized my thoughts about food — I’m allowed to consider getting hot chocolate, or having pie for breakfast, or taking second helpings, without any judgment or shame. But that doesn’t mean I always decide to do those things, and in fact, simply being allowed to think rationally about food means that I often don’t." YES.
health  food  psychology 
may 2009 by epersonae
“Swine Flu Hemagglutinin”: amino acid sequence as ambient music | Stephan Zielinski: Dwa
want to download & listen
weird  science  health  flu  arts 
may 2009 by epersonae
Official Google Blog: Tracking flu trends
creepy (based on aggregated search trends) and useful (faster than CDC reports, and possibly more inclusive) at the same time.
flu  science  google  health 
november 2008 by epersonae
Food for thought: Thinking makes us pig out - Diet and nutrition- msnbc.com
a cause of the mid-afternoon sugar cravings?!
health  science 
september 2008 by epersonae
Games Without Frontiers: Fun Way to Lose Weight: Turn Dieting Into an RPG
weight watchers points as an equivalent to skill points or spell slots. :)
psychology  gaming  funny  health 
august 2008 by epersonae
Glassy Eyes | Deals on Online Eyeglasses. Good eyeglasses. Cheap.
a blog about getting glasses online. next time I want to get a replacement pair (you know, not because they just got broken and it's Thanksgiving weekend), I think I'm going online.
reference  personal  health 
august 2008 by epersonae
Personal Health - Sorting Out Coffee’s Contradictions - NYTimes.com
after reading the article, I don't see a whole lot of contradictions: not a diuretic, no or positive effect on heart disease, hypertension or cancer, only minor contribution to bone loss, possible benefit vs. Parkinsons & type 2 diabetes.. Some possible contribution to weight gain, oddly enough. (all of this at relatively moderate levels of caffeine.)
health  food  society  science 
august 2008 by epersonae
How hospitals are killing E.R. patients. - By Zachary F. Meisel and Jesse M. Pines - Slate Magazine
"So unless you are having a heart attack and can jump the line, your emergency—though it may still be serious—may wait for so long that you give up and go home." this has happened to us twice in the last year.
society  health 
july 2008 by epersonae
The Quantified Self: From Self-Observation to Medicine
"The idea is that if you monitor your body in your daily life over time you'll have more than just a snapshot of your health, you'll have baselines and long-term trends." exactly.
science  health  misctech 
july 2008 by epersonae
The Hacker's Diet with OpenOffice.org - Projects of Jon Thysell
just for reference. I love physicsdiet.com, but it's always good to have a local alternative. (All my data is also stored in a Mobile Excel spreadsheet on my phone, too.)
health  reference  misctech 
may 2008 by epersonae
You Name It, and Exercise Helps It
“The single thing that comes close to a magic bullet, in terms of its strong and universal benefits, is exercise.”
exercise  health  psychology  depression  science 
may 2008 by epersonae
Finding Health Insurance if You Are Self-Employed - New York Times
"Many of these people abandon dreams of entrepreneurship altogether because they need jobs that come with a health plan and they cannot find a way to self-insure." - gah.
health  society  politics  business 
april 2008 by epersonae
Lifehacker Top 10: Top 10 Ways to Sleep Smarter and Better
as I said on my friend Joe's blog, sleep deprivation is one of the scourges of western civilization.
health  psychology  productivity 
april 2008 by epersonae
Randy Pausch's Home Page
I watched/listened to the "Time Management" lecture twice today. Practical and yet moving.
productivity  reference  health  webvideo  to-watch 
april 2008 by epersonae
Five Myths About Drinking Water : NPR
where did the whole "filtering toxins" thing come from, anyway?
health  science  society 
april 2008 by epersonae
BBC NEWS | Health | Lots of water 'is little benefit'
health  science 
april 2008 by epersonae
MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Chills
apparently I shouldn't be bundling up when I get chills. huh.
personal  health  reference 
march 2008 by epersonae
MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Fever
trying to understand why fever causes chills.
health  reference  personal 
march 2008 by epersonae
The Simple Dollar » Investing in Yourself: Feeling Good
too tired right now for any extra commentary.
depression  reference  to-read  health  inspiration  productivity 
february 2008 by epersonae
Mythbusting Canadian Healthcare, Part II: Debunking the Free Marketeers | OurFuture.org
"Don't look now: but America does ration care. And it does it in the most capricious, draconian, and often dishonest way possible." - also, terrifying sidebar about health insurance as a national security issue!
health  society  science  politics 
february 2008 by epersonae
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