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Sep 4 / 2:41pm

How football helped me to live with depression | The Guardian

Good as it sounds in theory to be a Manchester United fan, guaranteed to collect at least one piece of silverware each season, there doesn't seem to be much joy to be found there. One regulation win after another, with no one really needing to break sweat. Least of all the supporters. Where's the fun in that? Indeed, in a moment of weakness, my mate Kevin the Bright – he is very bright, despite being a Chelsea fan – recently confessed he rather missed the old days at Stamford Bridge, when his side was slipping to a home defeat to QPR on a crap pitch in front of a crowd of about 25,000, because then he was at least aware he was alive and watching a contest and not just a cog in a corporate machine bankrolled by a Russian oligarch.
via guardian.co.uk

Filed under  //  foci/soccer   health  
 
Jul 26 / 3:32pm

Sunlight launches the Sunlight Health mobile app

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Sunlight Health helps you make more informed health care choices by putting trusted information from multiple sources at your fingertips. Use Sunlight Health to learn about hospitals, nursing homes, dialysis clinics, health care suppliers and prescription drugs.

Sunlight Health lets you learn about options in your area, and gives you information you can use in consultation with your physician or health care provider.

via sunlightfoundation.com

Filed under  //  health   mobile   open government / transparency  
 
Jun 25 / 6:19am

World's Top-Selling Weedkiller, Roundup, confirmed to cause birth defects.

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industry regulators in Europe have known for years that glyphosate, originally introduced by American agricultural biotechnology giant Monsanto in 1976, causes birth defects in the embryos of laboratory animals.
via huffingtonpost.com

Filed under  //  environment   health  
 
Jun 24 / 4:11pm

It's about time: package-free grocery stores!

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When we debut in 2011, in.gredients will be the first package-free, zero waste grocery store in the United States.
via in.gredients.com

Filed under  //  environment   health  
 
May 15 / 12:33am

CDC Says Lemon Eucalyptus As Effective As DEET.

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In two recent CDC publications, when oil of lemon eucalyptus was tested against mosquitoes found in the US, it provided protection similar to repellents containing DEET,  (N,N-diethyl meta-toluamide). Until now, DEET was the only repellent recommended by the CDC, and approved for individual use by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
via mattermore.org

Filed under  //  children   health  
 
May 11 / 7:58am

Sitting is Killing You

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As we enter the second decade of the 21st century, there is one thing nearly all modern Americans have in common: we sit all the time. Though our great shift towards computer-based work has done great things for productivity, it has, unfortunately, done terrible things for our health. From increased risk of heart disease and obesity in the long term, to sharply hampered cholesterol maintenance in the short term, the negative health effects of sitting are starting to weigh heavily against the benefits. Even the medical field – the greatest advocates and reducing sitting time – is plagued by this new health issue. Though doctors and nurses get plenty of walking time, it usually falls to the secretaries, billers, and coders to do all the sitting. And, as we can see, something has to change.
via medicalbillingandcoding.org

Filed under  //  health   infographics  
 
Apr 30 / 7:29am

American Lung Association's State of the Air Report 2011 not good...

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The State of the Air 2011 shows that...over 154 million people—just over one half the nation—suffer pollution levels that are too often dangerous to breathe.
via stateoftheair.org

 

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Apr 9 / 6:07am

Chart: What Planned Parenthood Provides.

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The pie chart above depicts all the services Planned Parenthood centers around the country provided in 2009. As you can clearly see, only three percent of those services were abortions, while the majority of the other 97 percent were STD tests, contraception provisions, and cancer screenings. In other words, relative to its other services, Planned Parenthood does almost no abortions at all. And of the abortions it does provide, not a single one is paid for with federal funds.

What this means is that Senator John Kyl (R-Az.) is outright lying when he says abortions are "well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does." It also means that Republican lawmakers, who say they won't make a budget deal unless Planned Parenthood is stripped of all its federal funding, are almost literally holding the nation hostage in order to stop some abortions—but mostly to stop poor women from having cancer screenings and access to contraception.

via good.is

Filed under  //  budget   government/politics   health   infographics  
 
Apr 8 / 4:57pm

The Fitbit Public API has arrived.

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Fitbit is more than just a gadget - it’s a platform for wellness and awareness. Tracking steps, activities, food, sleep and a whole range of attributes about your life allows insights into how you can change your life and improve your well-being.  But so far you’ve been limited to using Fitbit’s website for what you can do with that data.  Well today all that changes.
via blog.fitbit.com

 

Filed under  //  REST   api's   gadgets   health