Stockholders wake up!!!
Today, as I was driving, I listened to a BBC World Service discussion about antibiotics. Apparently, the pharmaceutical industry is not investing in development of new antibiotics because it would take too long to make a profit. Stockholders would be unhappy to loose any return on their investment. An industry has to have happy stockholders… read more →
“Shamed be he who thinks evil.”
The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded in England in 1344 by King Edward the Third; it is the oldest and most prestigious order of chivalry in the United Kingdom. Its motto is “Honi soit qui mal y pense”, an old French phrase meaning “Shame on him who thinks evil of it.” Legend.. read more →
Change language to change attitudes
I read a lovely blog post today and am going to put my own spin on it and pass it on to you. http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/02/24/10-phrases-progressives-need-to-ditch/ Call particular governmental programs what they are, “earned benefits”. I’ve been paying into Social Security since I was 16; when I get a monthly check from Social Security after age 70, I.. read more →
Entrepreneurial idea of the week: a human milk milkman
When I read this story about a human milk delivery service in China, I wished that such a service was offered in the USA. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2013-02/06/content_16205278.htm The way it works is that the milk delivery man collects the milk from mothers who are at their jobs. He takes it to the daycare so babies get the.. read more →
Public sensibility.
I used to startle and be shocked when I saw young men walking in Philadelphia with their pants below the curve of their buttocks, and their underwear pulled up around their waists.This droopy pants style has lasted at least 10 years. I don’t get it. What’s the attraction? How they get to something in their.. read more →
Wait a minute……one poorly done study is not enough to change practice.
Currently, news media are buzzing about the report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association about breastfeeding and obesity, “Effects of Promoting Longer-term and Exclusive Breastfeeding on Adiposity and Insulin-like Growth Factor-I at Age 11.5 Years A Randomized Trial” (Martin et al. JAMA. 2013;309(10):1005-1013.) The news is heralded, that breastfeeding doesn’t protect against obesity. Here.. read more →