January 2011
3 posts
comfortably numb
i just watched this TED Talk by a woman named brene brown on the subject of vulnerability. my favorite point she made was that we americans are currently the most in debt, obese, addicted, and medicated group of adults in history. i’m not condemning our modern lives - there are a lot of unprecedentedly good things about living the USA in 2011 - but on the whole i believe this observation...
the deal with anti-biotics: the pill, the runs,...
antibiotics. they are possibly humanity’s biggest scientific breakthrough. but like all of humanity’s big breakthroughs they come with a price. here are some of their most popular unintended consequences and what to do about them.
1. the runs. antibiotics for more than a couple days can mess up your belly, and give you the runs. they do this by killing your gut’s good guys, ie...
sick this winter? mystery solved
this month i’m working at NBC in the medical center they have for their employees. NBC and Universal are one company, and they have their own fully-staffed medical center for their workers around the world, from the SNL grips to the CEO. the medical director here has taken me under her wing, and she is awesome, not only because she’s young and super fun to hang out with, but also...
