Calls for prevention highlighted the opening day of the 16th International AIDS Conference in Toronto last week. Alas, it’s too late. On the same day the Washington Post, carried a photo on its front page depicting a man wearing a…
Author William Styron called it “Darkness Visible.” Another writer labeled it “The Noonday Demon.” Successful and beloved people such as William Holden and Ernest Hemingway were never able to shake off the beast called clinical depression. Depression saps the life…
This just in! New study shows little kids watch lots of TV! Yeah, I know you’re “Shocked, shocked!” What may surprise you, though, is the extent to which these children are being exposed to television and why. Kids aren’t just…
Since returning from my embed in the wild west Iraqi city of Ramadi at the end of April, I’ve gotten some wonderful e-mails from relatives of the troops, some of which I’d like to share. First some background. Despite the…
Remember when microwave ovens caused cancer? Maybe that’s before your time; but what about when power lines and electric blankets caused cancer and computer terminals caused miscarriages and birth defects? Then, of course, cell phones caused brain tumors. And now,…
A year ago I wrote an article titled: “Why the Media Miss the Stem Cell Story.” It discussed the almost total disregard of adult stem cells (ASCs) and the glorification of “miraculous” human embryonic stem cells (ESCs) — notwithstanding that…
Last May, a Korean report in Science magazine prompted headlines around the world by declaring it had made tremendous advances in the heretofore disappointing field of embryonic stem cell (ES cell) research. It’s since been revealed as a complete fake,…
Every once in awhile, in the spirit of “know thy enemy,” you have to brace yourself and take a peek inside the fetid mind of an influential defeat-nik. “Enter, if you will,” as Rod Serling might have said, “the head…
Do you think manmade global warming threatens the planet? Or that it’s little more than an environmentalist sham? Either way it’s time to realize that the celebrated Kyoto Protocol — long touted by the greens as essential to preventing ecological…
The Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has just announced it’s giving its highest honor to Los Angeles paralegal Erin Brockovich, best known for her virtual beatification in the allegedly “based on a true story” film of the same name….