On the anxious mind

The anxious mind…
According to this article in the New York Times Magazine, research has shown that  it is possible to see if a baby will turn out to be a worried adult, with the mental illness that ails so many Americans, anxiety.
Apparently how we manifest it does not change the fact that we have it, [...]

Alcohol may cause you to end up in the ER, but it also may be what saves you

So according to one of my very vaforite blogs, Booster Shots from the LA Times, some researchers have found that even though alcohol related accidents are common and profound, the patients who actually check in under an altered state of conciousness have a better chance of leaving quickly.
“Turns out, the drunken ones fared better. Only [...]

Nap Time

Ok so yesterday I thought I would be sleeping for a total of an hour, tops, right after work and before going to see an acoustic band with my friends.  I left my phone on silent and found myself waking up at 12:35 a.m., completely disoriented, to quickly realize that I had slept for six [...]

Reshaping Universities as we know them

This NYT Column by Mark C. Taylor, the chairman of the religion department at Columbia University, caught my attention. As a matter of fact, he managed to put into words what I have been trying to articulate for a while: the reason why even though it sounds like such a fun idea, I cannot find [...]

The soy myths

While waiting to retrieve my daily non-Starbucks iced Chai soy latte yesterday,  a  40-year-old-looking man whispered in my ear in a very incospicuous manner to watch out for soy milk, since it has high levels of estrogen, and this had made him shrink. I didn’t say anything back, especially not to ask exactly what type [...]

A herbal medicine that could treat mild depression

St. John’s Wort is a mild extract of a yellow flower, taken by many to treat depression, often without prior doctor consultation. Companies who sell it say it promotes a positive mood and emotional well-being.
The extract has been used for centuries to treat mental disorders and nerve pain, St. John’s wort has also been used [...]

Finally, a real reason to not smoke pot?

According to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, men who began using marijuana as adolescents or who smoked pot at least once a week were twice as likely as those who never tired the drug to develop testicular cancer.
“Researchers interviewed 371 men aged 18 to 44 who had been diagnosed with testicular [...]

Should we shed a tear?

How healthy is it to cry anyways?
I remember that for two years of my life I decided not to cry. It was my personal, childish way of protesting my parent’s divorce, as if a lack of tears stood next in sacrifice to a hunger strike. I have always wondered if it would have done me [...]

Eating in Christmas

For me, coming home entails a four hour flight, passports and crossing an ocean. I have been in Bogota for a week, seeing my family, friends and most of all, eating.
I have always pondered about the obesity problem in the U.S. I have been here, eating more than I have eaten all semester, yet I [...]