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Author: Erin Elizabeth

Playgrounds For Older Adults Increase Physical Activity and Decrease Loneliness

Playgrounds For Older Adults Increase Physical Activity and Decrease Loneliness

Posted by | Oct 10, 2019 | , , ,

It’s not uncommon to see children’s playgrounds sprinkled throughout neighborhoods. They provide a place for both parents and kids to get out of the house, play, exercise, and build community. Many cities are now expanding upon this concept and building playgrounds for senior citizens, hoping that it will benefit them both physically and socially. The History Of Senior Citizen Playgrounds The first playground for senior citizens was probably built in China in 1995. The country had passed a law that created a national physical fitness program focusing on older people. China evaluated its parks and decided to build playgrounds...

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NY Times: Scientist Who Discredited Meat Guidelines Didn’t Report Past Food Industry Ties

NY Times: Scientist Who Discredited Meat Guidelines Didn’t Report Past Food Industry Ties

Posted by | Oct 10, 2019 | , , ,

An unexpected new study challenged decades of nutrition advice and gave consumers the green light to eat more red and processed meat. But the study didn’t disclose that the lead author has past ties to the global meat and food industry. Dalhousie University’s Bradley Johnston said Saturday that he followed the disclosure rules of the Annals of Internal Medicine, which published the work. They require him to reveal outside funding received within three years. Johnston indicated on a disclosure form that he did not have any conflicts of interest to report during the past three years. RELATED STORY: Business...

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CNN: Three Babies Have Died from Bacterial Infection at a Pennsylvania Hospital

CNN: Three Babies Have Died from Bacterial Infection at a Pennsylvania Hospital

Posted by | Oct 9, 2019 | , , ,

(Editor’s Note: Wow, how incredibly sad. I was recently at Sanoviv, the only integrative hospital in the world, where they filtered all of their water. They didn’t use dirty tap like this hospital, who admitted they have to do checks regularly on their tap water, which is probably full of carcinogens and bacteria. RIP to the babies.) Eight premature infants were infected with a waterborne bacteria while in a neonatal intensive care unit of a Pennsylvania hospital. Three of the infants have died. The babies were in the NICU at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania. One baby is...

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This Tiny Alligator Is Wearing an IRL Snapchat Filter

This Tiny Alligator Is Wearing an IRL Snapchat Filter

Posted by | Oct 9, 2019 | , ,

You can take a million photos using Snapchat’s golden butterfly crown filter, but you’ll never look as magnificent as this caiman alligator did in this most perfect IRL play on selfies. It might look like something out of a children’s movie, but no Photoshop is involved. Mark Cowan captured this fantastic image while he was on a scientific expedition studying reptile and amphibian diversity in the Amazon with researchers from the University of Michigan. RELATED STORY: ABC: Cancer-causing compounds found in alligators, dolphins, wildlife at Kennedy Space Center RELATED STORY: Humanity ‘Sleepwalking towards the edge of a cliff’: 60%...

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REUTERS: Jury Says J&J Must Pay $8 Billion in Case Over Male Breast Growth Linked to Risperdal

REUTERS: Jury Says J&J Must Pay $8 Billion in Case Over Male Breast Growth Linked to Risperdal

Posted by | Oct 8, 2019 | , ,

Johnson & Johnson must pay $8 billion in punitive damages to a man who previously won $680,000 over his claims that it failed to warn that young men using its antipsychotic drug Risperdal could grow breasts, a Philadelphia jury said on Tuesday. The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas jury’s verdict in favor of Nicholas Murray came in the first case in which a Pennsylvania jury had been able to consider awarding punitive damages in one of thousands of Risperdal cases pending in the state. Murray’s lawyers, Tom Kline and Jason Itkin, said in a joint statement: “This jury, as...

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