News on the March-Parkinson’s Personality

Some personality traits appear to be linked with the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, a new study suggests. The tendency to avoid taking risks appears to be a stable personality trait across a patient’s lifetime — as far back as 30 years before symptoms began, those with Parkinson’s disease said they did not often engage [...]

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Their Great Moments-3

Aneurin Bevan (1897-1960) Is he still relevant? I think so. Especially when in America medicare is still an explosive issue. The collective principle asserts that… no society can legitimately call itself civilised if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means. —Aneurin Bevan, In Place of Fear, p100 On the “appointed [...]

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Bizarre! Bizarre!

The United States is one of the few Western democratic countries that permit independent militias. Their rapid growth coincides with a sharp rise in partisan rhetoric as the November U.S. congressional elections draw nearer. Depending on your perspective, they are either patriots or paranoid. Experts in law enforcement and academia are divided as to how [...]

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News on the March

‘AUSTIN, Texas – Texas has ordered a recall of all products ever shipped from a now-closed Peanut Corp. of America plant in Plainview amid a nationwide salmonella outbreak. The order came Thursday evening from the Department of State Health Services. The agency says “dead rodents, rodent excrement and bird feathers” were discovered Wednesday in a [...]

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News on the March-health

I just came across an item titled ‘Billing the Doctor for Your Time’. First let me quote: ‘Over at the Economix blog, Princeton economics professor Alan B. Krueger applies economic theory to the doctor’s waiting room. He writes about the “opportunity cost” of being a patient. Any student of Econ 101 knows that economists measure [...]

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