Health & Fitness

By Annette McGivney
Read more at Source: The Guardian

Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process

Dennis Arp was feeling optimistic last summer, which is unusual for a beekeeper these days.

Thanks to a record wet spring, his hundreds of hives, scattered across the cen…[Read more]

The Seattle area school system could only find about 2,000 kids who need vaccinations. That number would include students whose parents simply forgot, didn’t know, blew it off, etc. The number of anti-vax families is probably quite small. Most of them are probably home schooling, so it may be imposible to know for…[Read more]

I’ve been a fast walker, even before I retired at 65, so I figured, as I age, there’s a glimmer of hope… OTOH, if you walk slower, it generally related to that thing that is bound to happen to your joints and spine, right? Some people with orthopedic issues still get around it, even though their fast walk days are over… What do YOU…[Read more]

Well, that’s it: no more teabags for me.

I’m a tea drinker and vastly prefer loose tea over tea bags. The problem is that loose chamomile tea is hard to find in the stores, consequently I’ve been buying the bagged version for years. This story absolutely appalls me; I’m very upset that now I’ve got billions of microplastics in my system. Read it…[Read more]

Who would ever think a device would be a solution for Alzheimer’s?

Alzheimer’s: Head device reduces memory loss in 7 out of 8 people

Published Friday 20 September 2019 By Maria Cohut, Ph.D. Fact checked by Paula Field

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An open-label clinical trial working with eight people with Alzheimer’s disease concluded that a new wearable device…[Read more]

I’m preaching to the choir, I know…