Health, Fitness and Style
Why Worry? Relationships and GAD
A new research study shows that worrying can be so intrusive and obsessive that it interferes in the person’s life and endangers the health of social relationships; the negative methods they use to cope — from over nurturing to extreme detachment — may be destructive more »
GAO Investigates Instances of Questionable Access to Prescription Drugs
CMS has systems to identify individuals with doctor shopping behavior; however, federal law may not authorize them to restrict these individuals’ access to drugs, including highly abused drugs, such as hydrocodone and oxycodone. more »
Never Too Old to Talk Tech: Ah Yes, I Remember It Well
In my previous life my office desk, computer, bathroom mirror, and other surfaces were covered with Post-It Notes. Then ancient tree products and writing instruments were old hat, and programs or applications replaced all of those Pitman-penmanship stickies more »
CultureWatch Reviews:
Biographer Gwinn writes in Emily Greene Balch: The Long Road to Internationalism that Balch “had been fundamental to the life and work of Jane Addams and other settlement and peace workers; she had been an influential teacher, revered friend, a respected scholar and visionary thinker." Dr. Mukherjee, author of Emperor of All Maladies, explains with great clarity just exactly what cancer is, how much we know about it at this point, and possible new directions in which the world of science might proceed to deal with it. more »
