My family does not consume high fructose corn syrup, as far as we know, which takes considerable effort. The stuff is literally in everything, including Baby Tylenol. To avoid high fructose corn syrup, we try to make as much food as possible from scratch. Otherwise, we are serious label readers! Read more…
Here’s what we are reading today: more on possible causes of Alzheimers ““It is beautiful new work,” which “brings into light what’s happening in the early stage of the disease,” says Jonathan Kipnis, a neuroscientist at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville. Most new Alzheimer’s drugs aim to Read more…
My adults daughters are intrigued by the notion that their mom and dad met at age 12, started dating at age 17, married at age 20, and are still really happy 46 years after their first date. In psychology courses, we often talk about Erik Erikson, and the idea that Read more…
The CDC started a bit of a firestorm recently by making a simple suggestion based on sound public health principles. Because damage to the developing nervous system can result from alcohol consumption even before a woman knows she’s pregnant, the only way to completely avoid risk is to act as Read more…
What we are reading today: genetic manipulation of human embryos “The decision makes Britain one of the first countries in the world to grant this type of authorisation on one of science’s new frontiers and follows months of deliberation by the British embryology regulator. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority Read more…