The good news: Thinking happy thoughts accelerates recovery from depression. The bad news: It doesn’t work for Asians.
The secret ingredient in low-fat, high-fiber foods: wood pulp.
Night Owls who sleep late eat 248 more calories per day than early risers.
RediClinic is offering medically-supervised, weight-loss program inside H-E-B grocery stores.
What can trigger a stroke? Exercise, coffee drinking, blowing your nose and having sex.
Top ten baby names are out. John isn’t one of them. Neither is Barack.
One-half of the population frequently uses dietary supplements. As a result, they appear to engage in more health-risky behavior.
For the first time on record, most Americans said they did not believe today’s young would have better lives than their parents. New survey data from Gallup.
Climber scales the Eiger in 2 hours and 47 minutes (video). HT to Austin Frakt.
Inequality (at least as conventionally measured) is on the rise in most developed countries.
Paul Krugman: Let’s Not Be Civil.
Tax compliance employs more workers than Wal-Mart, UPS, McDonald’s, IBM, and Citigroup combined.
Becoming a California prison guard is better than a Harvard degree. Prison guards can retire at the age of 55 and earn 85% of their final year’s salary for the rest of their lives, plus continue to receive medical benefits.
Should schools redistribute GPA scores? (video interviews with student who believe in redistributing income)
Everything you ever wanted to know about why dogs die. Study covers 74,556 doggie deaths.
Texas wildfires. Stark photos.
Bayer-funded study: Aspirin does not cut death or stroke risk.
Eat the rich. Very good video.
In a typical month, 79 percent of physicians report at least one vaccine refusal; 8 percent report refusals for more than 10 percent of children. And, 89 percent report at least one request to spread out vaccines — 20 percent report these requests for more than 10 percent of children.
In richer countries, people are more trusting. Interesting graphics. Income equality conclusion probably wrong.
One in seven births should be Caesarian. Otherwise there will be more still births.
Poor report cards hurt bad surgeons, but do not help good ones. (HT to Jason Shafrin)
Veterans Affairs: Testing every patient for MRSA is effective at reducing hospital acquired MRSA infections.
Mayo Clinic: Testing every patient for MRSA is NOT effective at reducing hospital acquired MRSA infections.
