Daylight Savings Time: A Good Idea?

    Daylight Savings Time: A Good Idea?

    by | Nov 4, 2013 | Health Across America

    Well, once again I have changed my clocks. I hope my heart has not noticed. The October 30, 2008 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine reported an increase number of heart attacks after daylight saving time was implemented. Why is that? It is speculated that...
    Happiness Matters

    Happiness Matters

    by | Oct 21, 2013 | Health Across America

    Kim Painter, in the USA Today, September 10, 2013 has reported that Americans are not the happiest people on Earth but rank 17 out of 156 countries. This second annual World Happiness Report finds the highest levels of happiness in northern Europe. Here are the...
    As a Person Thinketh

    As a Person Thinketh

    by | Sep 30, 2013 | Health Across America

    Friday, August 30, 2013 in the Journal Science, Sendihil Mullainathan from Harvard, Eldar Shafir from Princeton, and Jiaying Zhao reported that people worrying about money to pay bills lose the equivalent of 13 IQ points. In a release by the Associated Press,...
    Is it Edison’s Fault?

    Is it Edison’s Fault?

    by | Sep 2, 2013 | Health Across America

     A good night’s sleep seems like it is something hard to come by if the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is correct with their statistic: one in twenty-five or 4% of Americans are now using sleeping pills. Dr. Farkas, in the August 22 issue of The New England...