Source: The New York Times Continuing with Abigail Trafford’s analysis of health care reform, the next comparison between the Obama and Clinton failures is the ongoing empathy gap. Trafford describes an experience she had with supporters of Clinton’s health reform. In 1994 she traveled with the Health Security Express, a busload of individuals who suffered… Read more
Category Archives: Arts & Media
Valentine's Day: Free hugs for heart health
Source: The Huffington Post February has been American Heart Month since 1963, and it’s surely no coincidence that February features Valentine’s Day. For the American Heart Association, it’s a month devoted to increasing public awareness of heart health and raising money. In support of such a good cause, a gentleman from Ohio (Jeff Ondash) raised… Read more
FDA video on health fraud: So boring it makes you wonder
Source: Dipity The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has a new video on health fraud awareness. A worthy topic. It touches on weight loss products, HIV scams, cures for cancer and diabetes. What’s noteworthy about the video is that it’s SO boring. The inflections of the voiceover are totally inauthentic. It has the pacing of… Read more
Daily Dose: Climate change: How bad can it get; FDR's death; Yawns; Facebook
Source: Sacramento for Democracy Climate change Copenhagen climate summit: Five possible scenarios for our future climate (The Guardian) Concise summary of what we can expect for each increase of one degree Celcius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) in global temperature. Here are a few of the health implications. 1C: “Most of the world’s corals will die, including… Read more
Daily Dose: Celebrity health; Livestock antibiotics; Transplants
The body as machine Source: The Daily Mail Inventor spends Christmas with his perfect woman – a £30,000 custom-made fembot (The Daily Mail) “Inventor Le Trung spent Christmas Day with the most important woman in his life – his robot Aiko. … Her touch sensitive body knows the difference between being stroked gently or tickled.… Read more
This mess we’re in – Part 3
Part two of this post discussed disillusion with the idea of progress and a yearning for a higher purpose. How did we end up in this unsatisfactory situation and is there hope that things will change for the better? I recently read Robert Reich’s book Supercapitalism. I was impressed with the clarity with which he… Read more
Music: Rosen Movement Playlist December 15
Source: Wunderground Warm Up o Michael Buble – I’ve got you under my skin o Jamie Cullum – These are the days o Linda Ronstadt – That’ll be the day Stretch o Willie Nelson – Stardust o Willie Nelson – Georgia on my mind Circle o Greencards – The Ghost of who we were o… Read more
Music: Rosen Movement Playlist December 8
Source: flickr Warm Up o Elton John – Blessed o Renee Olstead – On a slow boat to China o Rod Stewart – It had to be you Stretch o Caccini – Ave Maria o Kitka – Tikho Nad Richkoyu Circle o Bello Veloso – Toda Sexta-Feira o Jehro – Continuando o Otis Spann –… Read more
Music: Rosen Movement Playlist December 1
Source: Wunderground Warm Up o The Ink Spots – My Prayer o Rod Stewart – Embraceable you o Jason Mraz – I’m yours Stretch o Ella Fitzgerald – Reach for tomorrow o K D Lang – Hallelujah o K D Lang – After the gold rush Circle o Liz Wright – Stop o Blues Etilicos… Read more
Music: Rosen Movement Playlist November 24
Source: flickr Warm Up o Big Bands – You made me love you o Rod Stewart – As time goes by o B52s – Love Shack Stretch – Scarves o Offenbach – Tales of Hoffman Barcarolle o Delibes – Lakme/Viens, Mallika o Eva Cassidy – Songbird Circle o Emmylou Harris – Here there and everywhere… Read more
Sin taxes: Financing health care with soda pop
Sourch: On the dash Sugary soft drinks are under attack from obesity experts, health commissioners, nutritionists, Congress, and President Obama. And the soft drink industry is fighting back. Health experts have proposed a tax on soft drinks of one cent per ounce. That’s an extra 12 cents on a 12-ounce bottle of Pepsi, which may… Read more
Music: Rosen Movement Playlist November 17
Source: Ellf House Warm Up o Rod Stewart – I only have eyes for you o Rod Stewart – Let’s fall in love o Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris – For a dancer Stretch o Caccini – Ave Maria o Rachmaninoff – Vocalise Circle o Eric Clapton – Malted milk o Cher – Believe o… Read more
Music: Rosen Movement Playlist November 10
Lisa Thompson, right, with Marion Rosen Warm Up o Madeleine Peyroux – I’m All Right o Kiri Te Kanawa – I got the sun in the morning o Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Rich Woman Stretch o Tracy Chapman – I’m ready & Save a place for me o Natalie Cole – The very… Read more
Music: Rosen Movement Playlist November 3
Source: AppuVista Warm Up o Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Killing the blues o Talking Heads – Take me to the river Stretch o Richard & Linda Thompson – Dimming of the day o Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris – You’ll never be the sun o Carl Orff – In trutina from Carmina… Read more
Music: Rosen Movement Playlist October 27
Source: AppuVista Warm Up o Iz – Somewhere over the rainbow – What a wonderful world o Neville Brothers – Little piece of heaven Stretch o Ella Fitzgerald – I cried for you o Ella Fitzgerald – I hadn’t anyone til you o Ella Fitzgerald – I’m getting sentimental over you o Ella Fitzgerald –… Read more
Music: Rosen Movement Playlist October 20
Source: AppuVista Warm Up o Rod Stewart – Smile o Pink Martini – Hang on little tomato o Carly Simon – You belong to me Stretch (Partners) o Hot Club of San Francisco – Till we meet o Linda Ronstadt – Blue Train o Norah Jones – Lonestar o Tracy Chapman – Less than strangers… Read more
Dementia, denial, and high school football
Source: NFL Football 360 The National Football League (NFL) commissioned a survey on the incidence of dementia and other memory-related diseases among its retired players. The results that came back showed early-onset dementia occurring “vastly more often” compared to the national population. The NLF dismissed the study as unreliable. The data comes from the 88… Read more
Is football the moral equivalent of dogfighting?
Source: Collegiate Sports Medicine Malcom Gladwell (of Outliers, Blink, and The Tipping Point fame) has an article in the New Yorker called “Offensive Play.” The subtitle is “How different are dogfighting and football?” In dogfighting, the dogs are injured and suffer permanent damage. It’s becoming clear that the same is true for professional football players.… Read more
Music: Rosen Movement Playlist October 13
Source: New7ob Warm Up – Hot club of San Francisco – Lullaby of the leaves – Sandrine Kiberlain – M’envoyer des fleurs – Brett Dennen – The one who loves you the most Stretch – Eva Cassidy – Over the Rainbow – Kitka – Tikho Nad Richkoyu Circle – Bing Crosby – Blue Skies –… Read more
Music: Rosen Movement Playlist October 6
Source: AppuVista Warm Up – Elton John – Blessed – Jack Johnson – Symbol in my driveway – Bonnie Raitt – I will not be broken Stretch – Cecilia – Prayer – Massenet (Yo Yo Ma) – Meditation from Thais Circle – Jamie Cullum – Singin in the rain – Bob Dylan – Things have… Read more
Money-Driven Medicine, the documentary, available on the web
Source: Bill Moyers Journal Maggie Mahar announced today (on her Health Beat blog) that the documentary of her book, Money-Driven Medicine , will be available for free on the web for two weeks. As Mahar says in her post today, the director and field producer “did a brilliant job of finding doctors and patients who… Read more
Have fun. Help the environment. Sell cars.
Source: Virgin Media The Volkswagen E-UP! model is not only electric. It has over 10 square feet of solar panels. And it comes with an electric scooter that folds up and fits in the back. That way you can park at a recharging station, as long as it’s not too far from your destination. Clearly… Read more
Music: Rosen Movement Playlist September 29
Source: Junjaowka Click photo for larger view. Warm up Neil Young – Harvest Moon Queen Latifah – Hard Times Stretch Linda Ronstadt – Cry me a river Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – Summertime Willie Nelson – Stardust Circle Franco De vita – Tu de que vas Eva Cassidy – Wade in the water The… Read more
Keith Olbermann & the Fight against Death
The Nose on Your Face The thing about Keith Olbermann is, I tend to agree with his positions far more than I care for his over-the-top, full-of-himself histrionic shtick. So I approached his “Special Commentary” on health care — one hour of nothing but the largest talking head on TV — with both interest and… Read more
Music: Rosen Movement Playlist September 22
Source: God Hear Me I suppose I always love all the music I use in class, but this playlist has some of my most favorite favorites – Hot Club of San Francisco, Roy Orbison, Linda Ronstadt. Enanitos Verdes is one of my favorite groups. I use several of their songs in classes. For the Linda… Read more
Music: Rosen Movement Playlist September 15
Source: TruthSeeker The Rod Stewart Great American Songbook albums have many songs that are perfect for Warm Up, Circle, or Across the Floor. There are four of them: It Had to Be You, As Time Goes By, Stardust, and Thanks For The Memory . The Voice of the Violin album has many songs that work… Read more
Why is it so hard to reform health care? Political structure
Source: Amazon A country’s health care system reflects its character, ethics, and cultural values. Politics, medicine, and economics may shape the particular design of a system, but when it comes to deciding who will be included, that’s a moral question. The United States is the only industrialized democracy that does not guarantee health care to… Read more
Carl Jung's Red Book, an illustrated chronicle of horror and madness
Source: Amazon Anyone who has an interest in Carl Jung will want to read this New York Times article on the upcoming publication of Jung’s The Red Book. For most of the last century, the very existence of this work has been only a rumor. Jung wrote this illustrated journal between the ages of 39… Read more
Why is it so hard to reform health care? The historical background
Some segments of the American population receive excellent health care. Statistics on their life expectancy, mortality, and risk factors for disease compare favorably to citizens of other advanced countries. What throws off the numbers for the US — the reason our overall statistics are 23 points behind Britain, Canada, France, Germany, and Japan on a… Read more
Couples who prefer to sleep alone: Your room or mine?
Source: Timeless Lesons In pursuit of a good night’s sleep, an increasing number of couples now choose to sleep alone. Couples who share a bed suffer 50% more sleep disturbances than those who sleep apart, according to recent research by a sleep specialist in Britain. In a separate study, a British sociologist found that when… Read more