It’s that time of year in case you haven’t noticed – sunscreen season! More than 1,000,000 new cases of skin cancer are diagnosed in the U.S. every year with incidences of melanoma, the most dangerous one, rapidly increasing. I had a melanoma cancer removed from my leg last year, so I know first-hand just [...]
People living in areas with more parks, trees and grass live longer and happier lives, with less violence and improved mental and physical health, according to research presented at the conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Chicago.
“Humans are evolved organisms and the environment is our habitat,” lead researcher Frances Kuo [...]
Just an FYI:
A long-term feeding study commissioned by the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, managed by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Health, Family and Youth, and carried out by Veterinary University Vienna, confirms genetically modified (GM) corn seriously affects reproductive health in mice. Non-GMO advocates, who have warned about this infertility link along [...]
Taos is a different kind of place, as on one side you have what is basically the desert – flat land, no water, sagebrush growing everywhere. And on the other side of town, you have canyons and Carson National Forest – tons of trees, grass and water. It is quite a dichotomy, really. But my favorite part of both sides of town is the silence – I have never experienced silence like this, and it has taken some getting used to. We are so used to traffic, blaring horns, booming stereos and just a general buzz that when we got here and tried to fall asleep the first couple of nights, we couldn’t!
