Who would have thought that self-advocacy for one’s own healthcare would become such an essential part of caring for ourselves and loved ones? But it is. Maybe the pandemic experience accelerated the process, but the resulting impersonal characteristics of the healthcare machine have become very visible. Where caring for one’s health was something that could…
Before COVID-19 became a referendum on political ideologies, there were scientific answers about human genetics, lifestyle choices, and the expression of viruses in world populations. Before climate change was elevated from typically variable environmental behaviors to weather events that are mysteriously responsive to the shaming of humans and the expenditure of vast amounts of money,…
I am sometimes concerned that blogs like this are responsible for taking a lot of the fun out of eating food. We go on and on about the healthy types of foods and nutrients to consume on a regular basis in order to support our bodies. “Good” carbohydrates, “healthy” fats, and don’t forget the latest…
Like so many other experiences growing up, I always thought that fear was something reserved for dangerous events and private thoughts. People in war and natural disasters were always excused for their understandably inappropriate behaviors while under duress. Aggressive and destructive words and actions, even to the extent of murder, were all in context. The…
Being Healthy has certainly been the headline of the year. COVID-19 brought all of its political baggage and started to move in. We learned: about a novel virus – both the real and the perceived threats to ourselves that Public Health measures can help retard the spread of the virus through a population that political…