Twitter had a field day when President Donald Trump bashed wind power, telling House Republicans: “They say the noise causes cancer.” Tweeted @Pourmecoffee: “Get the Bose Cancer Cancelling headphones.” Spoiler alert: Wind turbine noise does not cause cancer. There isn’t a scintilla of evidence in scientific literature that the noise from wind turbines is linked… Read More »
There was a lot of news this week about a study, published in the medical journal BMJ, that looked at how diet affects heart health. The results were unexpected because they challenged the conventional thinking on saturated fats. And the data were very old, from the late 1960s and early 1970s. This has led many… Read More »
Even a wonderful life sometimes doesn’t feel very wonderful when the ghosts of Christmases past don’t just float back, they rush in to remind us how terrible we are or how life’s burdens are just too great. So we stockpile our perceived failures to validate and unwrap old shames and self-hatred. Personal negativity then merges… Read More »
In addition to these internal feelings of despair and disinterest in past hobbies and activities, I was also battling with major self-esteem and negative self-image issues. A few years earlier, I managed to transition from a cute eight-year-old boy with dirty blonde hair to a pudgy preteen with a boring, brown mop of hair. My dad… Read More »