Category: Interesting Links

Headlines I Wish I Hadn’t Seen

“To press seated just below the [inauguration] podium, in front of the “President’s Own” Marine Corps Band, it was evident that the band wasn’t actually playing during [Beyoncé’s rendition of the national anthem] — even though band director Colonel Michael J. Colburn was conducting energetically and the band members mimicked blowing into their instruments.”

Because of the tax law, U.S. companies have $1.7 trillion indefinitely invested overseas: A lot of it is actually sitting right here at home in U.S. banks.

Sperm donor sued by the state for child support.

Jan 25, 2013 | 11 comments | by John Goodman

More Children Means Longer Lives, and Other Links

Will having children make you live longer?

Should you trust your gut instinct?

Can “negative emotions” lead to alcohol and drug abuse?

Texting while walking is dangerous.

Can daylight savings time affect heart attacks?

Jan 24, 2013 | 9 comments | by Devon Herrick

Headlines I Wish I Hadn’t Seen

In the past decade, the annual health care costs of an average U.S. family nearly doubled, from $9,660 to $17,040. This effectively erased the income gains of middle-income families during this time period.

New York’s nanny Mayor strikes again: “I’ll buy your ice cream for $5 a pint, no questions asked.”

Pork in the fiscal cliff bill: “market loss assistance” for asparagus farmers.

Jan 22, 2013 | 15 comments | by John Goodman

Choice of Partner Affects Your Health, and Other Links

Study of 19,000 Norwegian couples: your romantic partner affects your health.

Whole Foods CEO regrets comparing “ObamaCare” to fascism. What else would you call it? A “walk in the park”?

Can a smart phone detect cancer?

Jan 21, 2013 | 7 comments | by John Goodman

Headlines I Wish I Hadn’t Seen

Hospital patients and their families rarely are informed when medication errors occur.

Very little of the money collected from tobacco taxes or the tobacco settlement is being used on anti-tobacco programs.

Mental health experts say New York’s gun control law might interfere with treatment of potentially dangerous people and even discourage them from seeking help.

Jan 21, 2013 | 6 comments | by John Goodman

Austin Frakt Endorses Health Savings Accounts, and Other Links

Austin Frakt endorses health savings accounts.

You can’t be CEO if you’re fat.

There is no nursing shortage.

There is no doctor shortage.

Jan 16, 2013 | 7 comments | by John Goodman

Headlines I Wish I Hadn’t Seen

Advice to new Democratic congressmen: spend half your time fundraising; days are 9 to 10 hours long.

Eight Chicago hospitals turn away ambulances. We’re becoming more and more like Canada.

Robert Reich: there is no need to reform entitlements.

Jan 15, 2013 | 8 comments | by John Goodman

Headlines I Wish I Hadn’t Seen

James Watson, co-discoverer of the double helix structure of DNA: “The time has come to seriously ask whether antioxidant use much more likely causes than prevents cancer.”

Virginia hospital-goers warned: Wear masks to avoid flu.

AHIP: ObamaCare will cause your premiums to rise.

Why 64.8% of Americans didn’t get a flu shot.

Between 30 and 50 percent of all the food that’s produced on the planet is lost and wasted without ever reaching human stomachs. HT: Brad Plumer.

Jan 14, 2013 | 8 comments | by John Goodman

Headlines I Wish I Hadn’t Seen

Counterfeit cancer medicines multiply.

The F.A.A. has no proof that electronic devices can harm a plane’s avionics, but it still perpetuates such claims, spreading irrational fear among millions of fliers.

NYT editorial: Let’s junk the Constitution.

Jan 11, 2013 | 5 comments | by John Goodman

Sugar as a Pain Reliever, and Other Links

Sugar eases pain.

Energy drinks no better than a cup of coffee.

17% of Singaporeans are millionaires; in the U.S. it’s 1.7%.

Quote of the day: “There is no such thing as a cut to a provider that isn’t a cut to a beneficiary.”

Grapefruit can dramatically increase the potency of 85 different drugs.

Jan 11, 2013 | 6 comments | by John Goodman