By KIM BELLARD Recently in The Washington Post, author Daniel Pink initiated a series of columns he and WaPo are calling “Why Not?” He believes “American imagination needs an imagination shot.” As he describes the plan for the columns: “In…
Year: 2024
In 2018, Michael B. Greene, PhD, received a letter that took his breath away. A woman who might be his biological daughter was looking to connect. He knew it was possible. In the 1970s, he donated sperm many times to…
“Be brave enough to take off the masks you wear out there and get to know who you are underneath. Be vulnerable enough to accept your flaws and know that they are what make you human; they are what make…
Prescription drugs heal us when we’re sick, ease our pain when we ache, and prevent or control long-term conditions. But sometimes, even when they do the job they’re supposed to, they have unwelcome side effects. Don’t let that make you…
If you are overweight or have obesity, you might think you need to lose a lot of weight to improve your health. It can feel daunting. But actually, you can start to get health benefits from a small amount of…
Feb. 13, 2024 –When it comes to the germiest objects around, here’s a gross one: Your keyboard may contain more bacteria than a toilet seat. The concentrations and variety of bacteria on a keyboard surface are “disturbing,” said Josh Gordon,…
By KAT MCDAVITT and LESLIE KIRK Innsena has made a $100,000 contribution to CancerX, making Innsena the public-private partnership’s first Impact Supporter. Why? There are few conditions in which the disparity in innovations benefiting underserved communities is more apparent than…
“Our brains are wired for connection, but trauma rewires them for protection. That’s why healthy relationships are difficult for wounded people.” ~Unknown If popular culture is anything to go by, everyone has the perfect gang to hang with in coffee…
By MIKE MAGEE Not surprisingly, my nominee for “word of the year” involves AI, and specifically “the language of human biology.” As Eliezer Yudkowski, the founder of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute and coiner of the term “friendly AI” stated in Forbes: “Anything…
Feb. 12, 2024 – Clean. Natural. If the labels on your cosmetics and skin care products don’t include these descriptors, you’re not looking as great as you could and perhaps even jeopardizing your health. At least that’s the marketing message…