GREEN LIVING, GREEN TRAVELING
Posted in Alternative medicine, Food, Health, Pharmaceuticals on Nov 3rd, 2010
Our Science News arrived in the mail today with an interesting article about vitamin D. It says adults should take 1500 to 2000 IU of vitamin D every day – a big increase over the earlier standard recommendation of 400 IU per day. Below is the Science News page with the news. Or click here [...]
Posted in Africa, Animal welfare / animal rights, Pharmaceuticals, Wildlife, Wildlife survival on Feb 19th, 2010
This post now on Google News and on BasilandSpice Text and photo by Sally Kneidel, PhD U.S. is the world’s leading importer of primates I learned while researching our book Going Green that the United States is the biggest importer of primates worldwide. According to an American University document, the U.S. imports more than 20,000 [...]
Posted in Health, Pharmaceuticals on Feb 1st, 2010
According to the CDC, about one in five Americans are affected by depression and/or anxiety. That seems about right to me, or maybe even a low estimate. Perhaps women talk about it more, but it seems to me at least half my close friends struggle with anxiety or depression at some point. Could be because [...]
