For a full year, A.J. Jacobs followed every piece of health advice he could — from applying sunscreen by the shot glass to wearing a bicycle helmet while shopping. Onstage at TEDMED, he shares the surprising things he learned.
http://www.ted.com/talks/aj_jacobs_how_healthy_living_nearly_killed_me.html
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June 30th, 2010
We’ve talked about Participatory Medicine and DIY in various ways, but we’ve only scratched the surface of what people are starting to do by collecting and sharing their health-related information.
If you read Gary Wolf‘s> recent New York Times Magazine cover article, The Data-Driven Life, you’ll enjoy this call. He and Kevin Kelly recently started the multiparty blog The Quantified Self, where they (and Alexandra Carmichael, who just joined the fray) are describing the many facets of QS.
With Gary, let’s discuss:
http://podcast.yi-tan.com/2010/06/yi-tan-call-284-the-quantified-self/
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Join us this week as we discuss all things cholesterol with Chris Masterjohn.
http://thehealthyskeptic.org/the-healthy-skeptic-podcast-episode-11
Meditation exercises to help you get to sleep quickly and easily.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/audio/2011/jan/28/headspace-sleeping
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In case you don’t read The Journal of Neural Engineering, here’s the news: scientists have created a brain implant that restores lost memory function and strengthens recall.
A brain implant. Now, it was in a rat. But it’s proven what can be done.
And offered a glimpse of what’s coming for humans. There is lots of talk about the “bionic brain.” To repair injuries, like Gabby Giffords’.
To supplement brains like yours and mine. Check out this headline: “Intel Wants Brain Implants in Customers Heads by 2020.”
It’s exciting, and it’s scary.
Science, technology, environment and health news and discussion from the makers of the NPR public radio program Science Friday with host Ira Flatow.
Robb Wolf author of The Paleo Solution The Original Human Diet visits UW Radio to discuss his book and how simple dietary changes can vastly improve our overal Sep 01
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/undergroundwellness/2010/09/02/the-paleo-solution-with-robb-wolf
He39s back Robb Wolf author of The Paleo Solution returns to UW Radio to to discuss how simple nutrition exercise and lifestyle changes can radically change y Apr 14
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/undergroundwellness/2011/04/15/more-paleo-solution-with-robb-wolf
Mark Sisson author of the The Primal Blueprint stops by UW Radio to discuss the Paleolithic Diet and The Ten Immutable Laws of primal living. The Primal Bluepr Apr 28
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/undergroundwellness/2010/04/29/the-primal-blueprint-with-mark-sisson
Robert H. Lustig MD UC San Francisco Childrens Hospital pediatric endocrinologist joins Sean for a discussion about the dangers of excess fructose consumption. May 13
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