On Awakening

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On Awakening In modern society, most of us feel busy, responsible, and realistic. We are functioning, productive, and outwardly successful. Yet we are often living far below our capacity to be fully alive. There is little time for genuine rest, for deep reflection, or for sustained attention to anything that is not immediately urgent. There is little time for grief, for wonder, or for moral reckoning. Many of us barely see family and friends, and some no longer have the … Continue reading

Did John F. Kennedy borrow his most famous line?

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John F. Kennedy’s famous line from his inaugural speech ‘Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country’ has been quoted countless times since 1961. Today, I would like to offer you a different excerpt: “Are you a politician who says to himself: ‘I will use my country for my own benefit’? If so, you are naught but a parasite living on the flesh of others. Or are you a devoted … Continue reading

What I Learned Surviving 3 Bouts of Cancer

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This article was first published at The Huffington Post. Most people say that their life was not the same after being diagnosed with cancer. When one experiences three separate diagnoses of cancer (in my case it was lymphoma each time), and when every subsequent time the prognosis of recovery drops significantly, one re-evaluates every single aspect of one’s life. Perhaps the single advantage of spending endless weeks in bed, ultimately accumulating to well over a year, is that I had … Continue reading

3 Ways To Prevent Antibiotic Resistance, The Latest Global Health Threat

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This article was first published at MindBodyGreen.com. The World Health Organization (WHO) released a report on Wednesday stating that the “post-antibiotic” era is near. What does it mean?   In short, it means that an infection that doctors were able to successfully treat for decades can now kill the patient. This is a major global threat because data gathered from 114 member states showed extensive antibiotic resistance in all parts of the world. The main cause is the overuse of … Continue reading

Predicting Alzheimer’s Disease

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  Today the question of the day is whether or not you would like to know if you are going to develop Alzheimer’s Disease. A collaborative work by research groups at the University of Rochester and Georgetown University was published in Nature Medicine earlier today.  In it they describe a new blood test that allowed them predict Alzheimer’s Disease with over 90% accuracy within a 2-3 year time frame. So, the question is: would you like to know if you … Continue reading

EXERCISE CHALLENGE starts on February 3rd, 2014

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Hello, Precious One! I would like to invite you to participate in an Exercise Challenge. If you would like to gain energy, lose weight, prevent many diseases and reverse others, alleviate depression, improve cognitive function, improve your self-esteem and body image, reduce stress and simply feel great… then this three-week long Exercise Challenge is for you!  You see, exercise is not just for weight control.  Your heart, your brain, including your memory, learning, and mood – everything benefits when you … Continue reading

Amazing Science: Nanotechnology

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Animals’ whiskers have and continue being inspiration for ultra-sensitive pressure sensors based on nanotechnology.  The goal is to further improve human-machine interaction by helping robots sense human touch. http://bit.ly/1eZ8Xzi … Continue reading

‘Emotional’ Map of the Human Body

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An interesting article was recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.  A team of Finnish scientists asked about 700 people where in their body they feel different emotions. Specifically, the participants “were shown two silhouettes of bodies alongside emotional words, stories, movies, or facial expressions. They were asked to color the bodily regions whose activity they felt increasing or decreasing while viewing each stimulus.” Volunteers were asked to report bodily sensations to six basic and seven … Continue reading

Before Making Your New Year’s resolutions

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Whether you are going to make New Year’s resolutions… Whether you are tired of making (unaccomplished) resolutions… Whether you find New Year’s resolutions humbug… …ask yourself the following question.  Why do you still have unmet goals – goals that would change (the quality of) your life – when you could have achieved them a long time ago?   At the end of each year most people review the old year and contemplate their hopes/plans/expectations for the approaching year.  We, humans, … Continue reading

FDA to oversee the medical apps

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After few years of seeking oversight approach for certain health-related mobile applications (apps), FDA announced that it is going to apply a risk-based approach to assure safety and effectiveness of some apps – specifically, for certain moderate-risk (Class II) and high-risk (Class III) mobile medical apps. According to some experts the number of health-related apps already reached several tens of thousands. It is clear that the agency will not be able to  – and is not intending to – oversee … Continue reading