Infanticide As A Right: Killing Babies No Different From Abortion, "Experts" Say?

Holy Hippocrates...This is nihilism at its finest. This is what happens when "education" turns into madness. Infanticide of newborns becomes a right:The TelegraphFeb. 29, 2012http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9113394/Killing-babies-no-different-from-abortion-experts-say.htmlParents should be allowed to have their newborn babies killed because they are “morally irrelevant” and ending their lives is no different to abortion, a group of...

Semi-Retirement of a Salesman - Weldon to Retire as Johnson and Johnson CEO

The extremely well compensated CEO and Chairman of Johnson and Johnson, the huge and recently hugely troubled US based pharmaceutical and device company, is going to retire, at least as CEO.  Reporting on this event may shed a little more light on the sorts of leadership problems that now commonly afflict health care organizations.The CredoJohnson and Johnson was once one of the US' most respected companies.  Its credo, written...

Live Blogging from the Paleo Summit VII: Mat Lalonde (rocks)

Link:  Mat LalondeTitle:  An Organic Chemist’s Perspective on Paleo?Ratings:     ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼     just go watch/listen!!  OK folks ... I've got me a new sci-crush!  This guy is saying what I've been saying for a long time now -- if you're gonna make claims about something, you better have the stuff to back it up.  Mat, there is no problem with your delivery man, don't change. ...

Live Blogging from the Paleo Summit VI: Nora Gegaudas

Link:  Nora GedgaudasTitle:  Safe Starches: To Eat or Not to Eat?Ratings:☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼  Entertainment Value☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼  Content☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼  Informational Accuracy☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼  OverallSummary:Nora Gedgaudas takes on Paul Jaminet's rationale for including safe starches in the diet.  Her arguments boil down to the oft repeated meme that we humans have no dietary need for glucose because we can make all we need.  She goes...

i'm off to stand in line w/ a bunch of hard core moms waiting to see if walker gets into preschool.  he's been on the waiting list for a year and half.  seriously.....i can't image what i'm going to have to do to get him into college.  wish me luck. *images courtesy of pinter...

Spring Sorbet

The Spring 2012 catwalks where awash with sorbet colour palettes from mint greens to lemon yellows.Honeycomb Gem Cluster NecklaceOur Kit Heath Honeycomb gemset designs embrace this trend and are the perfect choice if you can’t decide which of the soft sorbet colours suit you. Perk up a simple neckline with this blue topaz, peridot and purple amethyst necklace. From design to reality, our designers...

World Class Welsh Sport: The Minister for Sport, Huw Lewis AM

In our third installment of opinion pieces to celebrate St David's Day we hear from the Minister for Sport, Huw Lewis AM, about what he thinks makes Wales such a great sporting nation.“Wales is a great sporting nation. For a small country, we certainly have impact on the World’s sporting stage. Our Welsh Rugby Team has achieved great things in the World Cup and in this year’s Six Nations and the players...

Palatability, Satiety and Calorie Intake

WHS reader Paul Hagerty recently sent me a very interesting paper titled "A Satiety Index of Common Foods", by Dr. SHA Holt and colleagues (1).  This paper quantified how full we feel after eating specific foods.  I've been aware of it for a while, but hadn't read it until recently.  They fed volunteers a variety of commonly eaten foods, each in a 240 calorie portion, and measured how full each food made them feel, and how much they...

The best feature you never knew existed

Bonjour Reader!,I know I have large gaps in my blog posts, its not for a lack of ideas but it is for a lack of time. With the economic recovery in full swing in the legal world we are very busy. However, I still need to finish my new book and start getting back to blogging more regularly so please feel free to harass me on twitter @hecfblog if I don't write a post once a week. In this short post I am going to point out a feature in FTK that has...

BLOGSCAN - Keeping the Echoes Alive

We frequently discuss the anechoic effect, how many of the cases and issues of interest to Health Care Renewal, which conversely may be troubling to the powers that be in health care, often fail to inspire as much discussion, or the echoes that they deserve, either in the "main-stream media," or in the medical and health care literature.  A new post on the 1BoringOldMan blog likened the anechoic effect to the "flooding" phenomenon seen in psychotherapy,...

Live Blogging from the Paleo Summit V: Dr. Thomas O'Bryan

Link:  Dr. Thomas O'BryanRatings: ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼  Entertainment Value☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼  Content☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼  Informational Accuracy☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼  OverallSummary & Recommendations:  Go listen to this. It is hands-down the best of the Paleo Summit thusfar. My regular readers know that gluten and wheat are not high on my list of worries, and I have not changed my mind that the gluten/wheat = root of all evils is an exaggeration...

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just in case you didn't get the memo....stripe are hot!!  you better get some :)*images courtesy of vanessa jackman, decor pad, pinterest, tick tock cl...

Blogging from the Paleo Summit IV: Sarah Fragoso, Erwan LeCorre, Paul Jaminet, Matt Stone, Thomas O'Bryan

Hi folks!  Due to some unexpected personal stuff yesterday I was unable to do the "Live" blogging on these two.  I listened to Sarah's interview but never got around to Erwan's.  I very much enjoyed Sarah's even though I don't have kids so it was mostly irrelevant to me.  I'd probably buy that Paleo Pals book for my kid or something else directly from her rather than buy the Paleo Summit if I were to have a use for her works. ...

World Class Welsh Sport: Michaela Breeze and Melissa Hyndman's Views

In our second installment of opinion pieces to celebrate St David's Day we hear from Commonwealth gold medallist, and one of Wales’ most experienced athletes, former Olympic weightlifter, Michaela Breeze and Welsh National Netball Team coach, and Celtic Dragons Super League coach, Melissa Hyndman about what they think makes Wales such a great sporting nation.Michaela Breeze MBE“The passion and...

Soda-Free Sunday

Last Thursday, I received a message from a gentleman named Dorsol Plants about a public health campaign here in King County called Soda Free Sunday.  They're asking people to visit www.sodafreesundays.com and make a pledge to go soda-free for one day per week.  Drinking sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), including soda, is one of the worst things you can do for your health.  SSB consumption is probably one of the major contributors...

True or Not? Death By Deletion, Adventist Health System IT Whistleblower Patricia Moleski Speaks Out

Not sure what to make of this yet:Whistleblower Patricia Moleski speaks out about health IT abuses - play at http://workmancompensationlawyers.net/12/23/death-by-deletion-adventist-health-system-it-whistleblower-patricia-moleski-speaks-out/A former hospital IT worker claims very deliberate mass spoliation (e.g., deletion) of electronic medical record evidence to limit her (ex)-employer's liability...

Local Food Policy Brief Available for Download!

The fourth and final policy brief pertaining to the Buffalo Food System is available for download.  This brief includes the current city, county and state regulations that impact the food system and opportunities for healthy eating.  Please review it above or download it he...

Health IT Culture: Severe Overconfidence (Arrogance?) Shows In The Industry's Very Terminology For Their Deliverables

Health IT commentator Neil Versel notes in his piece "HIMSS12 notes" at his site Meaningful Health IT News that:I am in 100 percent agreement with something Dr. Wendy Sue Swanson, a.k.a. Seattle Mama Doc, said during an engaging presentation Monday at the HIMSS/CHIME CIO Forum. She made the astute observation that there needs to be better distinction between expertise and merely experience when it comes to celebrities being held up as “experts”...

Today was a a ____ day to be a professor

At the end of every day, I make a statement like, "Today was a good day to be a professor", or, "Today was a bad day to be a professor". (And some days are partly cloudy.)It's interesting to reflect upon which activities bring me the most joy, and which are the most frustrating. So, let's see:Favorite thing: Meeting with my RAs. They are just good kids. They are sweet, fun, and brilliant. I love sitting around and bouncing ideas around with them...

Live Blogging from the Paleo Summit III: Leptin Man!

Link:  Dr. Jack Kruse ... Neuuurosurgeon!Title:  Leptin Circadian Cycles Ratings:☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼  Entertainment Value☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼  Content☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼  Informational Accuracy☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼  OverallSummary:Everything you'd expect in thirty minutes with Dr. Jack Kruse, or Leptin Man as we call him in these parts.  Ah what the heck, it's my blog.  Can we put up that slide...

World Class Welsh Sport: Laura McAllister's View

As we pin on the daffodils and celebrate all things Welsh this week, culminating in the St David's Day celebrations on Thursday (1 March), we spoke to some of Wales' most respected voices in Welsh sport and policy to find out why they think Wales is such a great sporting nation.In this first installment we hear from Wales' top sporting administrator, Chair of Sport Wales, Professor Laura McAllister.“Sport...

Live Blogging from the Paleo Summit II: Diane Sanfilippo

Link:  Diane SanfilippoRating:  ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼Summary & Recommendation:  This is a short and sweet review/summary of Diane Sanfilippo's presentation.  I wanted to get this out there because it's not something I would recommend buying the Summit videos etc. for, but I think for most of my readers, even the anti-paleo types, there's probably something helpful in there.  What you won't find is a lot of information on what...

Three Facets of One Hospital: Coddling the Rich, Hounding the Poor, and Crooked Executives

Juxtaposing three news stories from the past few months raises disturbing questions about the priorities of the leaders of one of the US' more prestigious hospitals."Chefs, Butlers, Marble Baths: Hospitals Vie for the Affluent" This 21 January, 2012 article from the New York Times focused on the ritzy comforts now provided for wealthy (but perhaps not very sick) patients at the renowned New York Presbyterian/ Weill Cornell Hospital.  It...

Proposed new Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights: Is It Too Late For Healthcare?

From the White House:http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/02/23/fact-sheet-plan-protect-privacy-internet-age-adopting-consumer-privacy-bThe White HouseOffice of the Press SecretaryFor Immediate ReleaseFebruary 23, 2012Plan to Protect Privacy in the Internet Age by Adopting a Consumer Privacy Bill of RightsCONSUMER PRIVACY BILL OF RIGHTS The Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights applies to personal data, which means any data, including aggregations...

Paleo Summit ~ FYI if you're gonna buy ~ Please read

Folks if you go to the affiliates link for the Paleo Summit you'll learn some information on how folks will be compensated:  http://paleosummit.com/affiliateinfo/The cost for this summit is not cheap, but if you purchase the "upgrade" for $67 during the summit, $99 afterwards.  If you click through a favorite presenter's link to purchase, they will receive 70% of the cost.  Clicking through from any other link will net the affiliate...

Live Blogging from the Paleo Summit I: Mark Sisson

Link:  Mark SissonRatings:☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼  Entertainment Value☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼  Content☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼  Informational Accuracy☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼  OverallSummary:It is fair to say that of all the paleo/LC folks with whom I have disagreements with on the substance of their message, Mark Sisson is probably the most enjoyable personality to listen to.  If you know nothing about paleo/primal, this is a good overview of the basics. ...

Fat Tissue Expansion: Part III ~ Fat Cell Number

Before reading you may wish to read:  Part I ~ Terminology , Part II ~ Overview of How it Can HappenAs mentioned in Part II, fat tissue expands by an increase (proliferation) of fat cells and/or a growth of the individual fat cells.  This installment concerns the number of fat cells and is likely the least "actionable" in this series in terms of diet, unless you're planning to have a child...