Electric Cars Lower Health Costs

Electric cars have an intended consequence: lowered health care costs. The effect looks to be a secondary or tertiary effect, Continue reading →

Cloning Gets Easier

Cloning and stem cells are controversial topics, particularly when they used cells that were part of the reproductive process. Now, Japanese Continue reading →

Income Inequality Is Unhealthy

Income inequality is being uncovered in health care and life expectancy data. “I believe income inequality rivals smoking and obesity Continue reading →

Linking Smoking And Obesity

Unintended consequences The good news: smoking is down dramatically, and people are much less likely to contract certain cancers. The Continue reading →

Climate Change Thaws Diseases

It has already happened. Unusually high temperatures thawed carcasses that were frozen. Anthrax infected the local wildlife and some humans, killing Continue reading →

Human Animal Hybrids Allowed

The US National Institute of Health released a restriction on creating human-animal hybrids. The fact that the NIH had a Continue reading →

Higher Minimum Wages Saves Lives

“One recent study found that if every state in the country had bumped up its minimum wage by one dollar Continue reading →

Ice Bucket Stunt Succeeds

Remember the summer of the ice bucket challenge? Lots of videos of creative people and celebrities dumping buckets of ice Continue reading →