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Michele Rosenthal
Today’s the final day to submit to the Heal My PTSD, LLC, contest! Are you ready for a little healing action? Read the guidelineshereand then shoot me an email. The prize? A little something to help progress your PTSD feeling better quest.In the meantime, a slew of interesting topics this week, including the connection between stress and gast ...
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Triple Pundit
One of the subject matters that we’ve been working on covering more often is that of healthcare. Never mind the politics, the working of hospitals, health insurers, company health programs and so-on should be deeply entwined into the conversation on sustainability.On December 3rd, The Learning Forum is bringing together employee benefits exp ...
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Triple Pundit
This review is part of the Green Books campaign. Today 100 bloggers are reviewing 100 great books printed in an environmentally friendly way. This campaign is organized by Eco-Libris, a green company working to green up the book industry by promoting the adoption of green practices, balancing out books by planting trees, and supporting green b ...
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Triple Pundit
h.u.m.a.n. Healthy Vending is on a mission to change the world–one snack at a time.The Los Angeles -based company is turning the $30 billion/year vending industry on its ear by using state-of-the-art, energy efficient machines filled only with healthy foods and drinks.In addition, h.u.m.a.n. (short for “ h elping u nite m an a nd n utri ...
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Army Folklore: Using Fiction & Mythology to Tell Higher Truths
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epistemocrat
( Above: a very important graphic; a failed social experiment.)Nassim Taleb discusses literature here, noting that he prefers fiction to tell higher truths--the reverse can be dangerous (thanks to Dave Lull & Navanit Arakeri).Since we live by fiction, understanding mythology is an important ancestral tradition that contributes significantly to ...
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ATP: Aliens, Triangles, and Physicians
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epistemocrat
Prelude:Check out Keith Norris' post "Sugar: The Bitter Truth" re: sugar toxicity on Theory to Practice. Then return here...ATP: Aliens, Triangles, and PhysiciansNutrition Education in Medical School Curriculum“You are not what you eat; you are what you do with what you eat. And what you do with fructose is particularly dangerous&rd ...
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Health Headlines - November 21
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Meredy
U.S. Military Studying PTSD Risk FactorsU.S. military researchers are trying to identify genetic and other factors that may help single out soldiers most at risk for post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD.A better understanding of underlying contributing causes might help reduce the incidence of PTSD and improve treatment."Right now, we can't ...
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Vilcabamba World Raw Food Gathering, May 2010
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Angela S.
Vilcabamba World Raw Food Gathering, May 2010Visit, Learn and Play in the Sacred Valley of Longevity In May 2010, raw foods enthusiasts from around the world intend to gather in Vilcabamba, Ecuador, for an informal, free–flow, unstructured, empowering and educational cell–ebration in the Sacred Valley of Longevity, from May the 4th to t ...
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Lowering Blood Sugar Levels-5 Tips to Mind
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Varadharajan R
If you are a diabetic or pre-diabetic, you have some simpler methods to start medications by which you can be confident of lowering blood sugar levels with some effort. It is undeniable that having elevated blood sugar in the blood stream is too bad since it can result in severe consequences if not properly managed. So it is repeatedly warned that ...
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Offline (mostly) until December 8--see you then!
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Meryl Nass
Meantime, today we have had the Irish and US CDC reporting the epidemic has passed its peak, while federal health officials " fear that if they concede the flu has peaked, Americans will become complacent and lose interest in being vaccinated"; there is more tamiflu resistance appearing in both the US and Wales; Canada has had a recall of ...
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