A mated pair of bald eagles twenty yards above me both tip their wings and set a synchronized dive wing-tip to wing-tip toward me. The Willamette River and the Oregon City’s Willamette Falls are the sources of interest for these youngsters. The raptors are giving me pause and hope – a certain sanity floods my […]
I vividly recall the most unexpected reaction I got when I told a friend that we were pregnant with our daughter. He asked me not to mention it in front of his wife. He explained that she was in the midst of an emotional crisis. Their attempts to conceive had been unsuccessful, and the doctors […]
Bisphenol A or BPA is ubiquitous in the modern environment. Used to form plastics for array of products (and found in fracking waste water, as we just learned), BPA exposure is almost unavoidable these days. A study in 2008, showed just how unavoidable demonstrating high levels of BPA in 93% of the individuals tested. Like many […]
Perhaps for the first time in human history our children face a decline in life expectancy compared to previous generations. Much of the research suggests the increase in obesity and the co-morbid chronic health issues such as diabetes, heart disease, liver disease, and cancers are to blame. Pointing the finger at the modern diet is […]
So, let me get this straight….For people who are not pregnant, Zika is about as consequential as the common cold. Per the CDC, “Zika is usually mild with symptoms lasting for several days to a week. People usually don’t get sick enough to go to the hospital, and they very rarely die of Zika.”The only people who […]
We like smoking guns in modern medicine. Identify the pathogen, kill the pathogen, and develop a vaccine to prevent pathogenic exposures, illness solved (and money made). This has been the trajectory of modern medicine for decades and, for all intents and purposes, it appeared to work, at least on the surface. The approach is linear, logical, easily […]
Perhaps I’m naive, but I’ve always assumed that academic and government scientists were generally trustworthy, unbiased (or, at least as unbiased as possible given their humanity), and that they should be viewed as sources of truth. Academic and government scientists have minimal conflicts of interest, and they seek truth and the protection of the public, […]
The number of women suffering from lung disease such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cystic fibrosis (CF) is increasing and researchers speculate hormones may have something to do with this. A recent report found that women experience higher morbidity and mortality from these diseases but also linked the onset and progression of […]