Anxiety: America’s Next Great Epidemic? Anxiety is one of the fastest growing mental illnesses affecting the U.S. and Canadian populations and the numbers don’t appear to be slowing. In fact, the number of reported cases of anxiety disorders has risen an astounding 1,200 percent since 1980. The Anxiety and Depression Association of America reports that […]
War takes it toll on veterans!
The statistics are absolutely shocking! 22 veterans commit suicide every day, according to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs — experts say increased awareness among the military community and better treatment options could ease the stigma of mental illness for veterans. Statistics regarding veterans and mental health issues including suicide, are indeed alarming. Veteran suicide […]
Think you can’t beet eye disease? Think again!
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are 14 million Americans who report having a visual impairment. Once the population gets over the age of 50, the percentage of those with a visual impairment jumps even higher for those with and without diabetes. While many suffer in the dark silence […]
Bacteria, viruses and humans
Recent studies have shown, we are much more intertwined with bacteria than scientists were aware of. For example, the human body contains 10 times more bacterial cells than human cells. This discovery has caused a shock in the scientific world; scientists are talking about a fundamental review of how we see an organism. In this […]
Doctor Touts Ultraviolet Light as Miracle Cure for Some Diseases
Summer is here and that means we will get a lot of sunshine. It also means that people will get a lot of warnings about the harmful effects of ultraviolet light (UV) that the sun provides. While people will be donning sunglasses and slathering on layers of sunscreen to avoid the UV light, one doctor […]
Public Sector Pensions and The Fall of the Western World
Pensions are a boring subject. If I write about war, my articles get thousands of views and dozens of comments. If I write about public sector pensions bankrupting the United States, a few hundred people might look at the article and no one, except the occasional irate first responder, ever comments. Pensions might be boring […]