Please Teach Your Kids To Send Text Messages In Complete Sentences

My 10-year-old son and I communicate by text message on the nights that his mother has custody. Usually, he’s asking me for technical support because there is a problem with his laptop. Sometimes, he asks me to bring something to school for him in the morning. Occasionally, he wants permission [...]

The New Health Care: The Surprising Failure of Calorie Counts on Menus

It turns out that knowing calorie amounts is not necessarily going to change what people eat. What else might work better?

ObamaCare's Marie Antoinette Moment

ObamaCare could be facing a Marie Antoinette moment. In case you didn't know, she was the Queen of France who reputedly said of the starving peasants, "let them eat cake." That was of course, just like telling someone who is hungry and broke, why don't you just eat at the [...]

More Employees Are Picking Benefits Online Via Private Exchanges

The private exchange, which allows employees to navigate health benefits through an online portal, is catching fire among the nation’s employers as it slows healthcare costs by putting more decisions into the hands of workers. A private exchange works by giving employees a menu of choices with a general idea of [...]

New Variety Of Rice Fights Global Warming And Global Hunger

As the COP21 climate change talks get underway in Paris this week, it’s nice to see real progress on a critical front that doesn’t get enough attention – food and climate. A slight change in a single gene of rice can avoid the same amount of greenhouse gas emissions each year as all the wind turbines in the world, or 15 nuclear power plants.

An Overburdened Physician System Is Yet Another Obstacle To Getting Wearables To Those Who Need Them

You know that wearable data--the one that's supposed to solve that big chronic health problem for those long-time sufferers? Well, its useless if there's no one to analyze it.

WATCH: 6 Ways You're Sleeping Wrong on the Road

We all want to accomplish more in less time but we’re not meant to be zombies. A good night’s sleep is not out of the question for anyone dealing with a high-powered job or daily stress.  WATCH as we chat about the ways to sleep better: According to Dr. Rebecca Robbins, The Benjamin Hotel’s [...]