Book and Blog Recommendations Books A decade ago, Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, a brain researcher at Harvard Medical School and a national spokesperson for the Harvard Brain Bank, suffered a massive stroke at the age of 37. Unable to walk, talk, read, or...

The "Nice People Take Drugs" campaign. From the UK charity Release comes the project called Nice People Take Drugs. The publicity campaign has caused significant controversy in Britain, as reported by the UK Guardian. Release says on its web site...

Vodka kills more Russians than war, Lancet reports. A team of researchers at the University of Toronto reported in Lancet that 3.8 % of global deaths could be attributed to alcohol. In Europe, the report stated, the rate of premature death from...

Book and blog recommendations for the weekend. Books I just finished reading a splendid book, Barbara Oakley’s Evil Genes: Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed, and My Sister Stole My Mother’s Boyfriend. Oakley, a systems engineer at Oakland...

Health help in the workplace. It’s no secret: Times are tough. The situation at work is uncertain at best, downright Machiavellian at worst. According to a recent survey by the American Psychological Association (APA), the primary source of stress...