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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Study Shows Marijuana Withdrawal Effects Similar to Nicotine Withdrawal

Granted, this is a small study.  But even if it is slightly true in what it suggests, there may some evidence that marijuana has physiological addictive properties.

Link:  http://abcnews.go.com/Health/kicking-pot-habit-lead-withdrawal/story?id=17333197#.UGS3502HLh5

Neuroscience and the Marketplace of your Mind

Despite advances in psychology and neuroscience, economist continue to disregard the science behind what we choose to do and why.

Link:  http://chronicle.com/article/The-Marketplace-in-Your-Brain/134524/

Gun Violence Spiking upwards, Contrary to NRA Argument

"In the wake of the slaughters this summer at a Colorado movie theater and a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, we set out to track mass shootings in the United States over the last 30 years. We identified and analyzed 60 of them, and one striking pattern in the data is this: In not a single case was the killing stopped by a civilian using a gun. Moreover, we found that the rate of mass shootings has increased in recent years—at a time when America has been flooded with millions of additional firearms and a barrage of new laws has made it easier than ever to carry them in public. And in recent rampages in which armed civilians attempted to intervene, they not only failed to stop the shooter but also were gravely wounded or killed."

Link:  http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/09/mass-shootings-investigation

Friday, September 21, 2012

NYT Blog Post on Bikram Yoga

I both love and miss Bikram Yoga...  hope to get back into it someday.  It's easy (good for beginners), extreme (good for extremists), and fun (good for everyone).

Link:  http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/25/drugs-sweat-and-fear/

Poor and Uneducated White Americans Have Reduced Life Expectancy of up to 4 years

Both men and women who are white in the United States are as a group experiencing a massive reduction in life expectancy, bringing their numbers roughly in line with that of Black Americans, whose life expectancy is traditionally the lowest - but is still rising.

Link:  http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/09/21/health/a-troubling-trend-in-life-expectancy.html?ref=us