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by susanc Posted: Wed., April 16, 2008, 01:05 pm
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A new documentary was aired yesterday on Frontline (PBS) called "Sick Around the World." This documentary focuses on health care in five capitalistic democracies - the United Kingdom, Japan, Switzerland, Germany and Taiwan.
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by susanc Posted: Sun., April 13, 2008, 11:39 am
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Since more and more of us are overweight, you might think body acceptance would be more common. However, a Yale study shows this is not necessarily so.
Using 1100 subjects (ages 35-74), Yale's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity gathered information on topics ranging from job discrimination, to housing, to name calling and other forms of harassment.
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