Lessons from being Interviewed by NPR

Lessons from being Interviewed by NPR

I gave you my media secrets on how to get interviewed by NPR.  Now that I've heard the final cut of the Project Calliope segment, I can look at 'was it worth it'?  Short answer: absolutely…
New screening criteria proposed for Alzheimer's

New screening criteria proposed for Alzheimer's

I had a "driveway" moment today listening to NPR - you know, where the story is really interesting and you've arrived at your destination but want to hear the end and folks walking by your car stare…
Healthier Pizza in Lunch Lady Land

Healthier Pizza in Lunch Lady Land

Big news, school lunch eaters - your rectangle-shaped pizza will soon be burned and served up cold1 with less sodium! Schwan's Food Service, based in the lovely state of Minnesota, is ahead of…
A Tale Of Three Drugs

A Tale Of Three Drugs

In February 1999, the giant German pharmaceutical company Bayer celebrated the centenary of the launch of ASPIRIN, the world’s most successful legal drug. One thing they did NOT celebrate is the…
View from the South

View from the South

On the 12th July 2010, I was watching Rich Hall's 'The Dirty South'.  The programme trailer says: Rich Hall sets his keen eye and acerbic wit on his homeland once again as he sifts truth…
60 Years Of End Of The World Sci-Fi: 1956

60 Years Of End Of The World Sci-Fi: 1956

Survivalism, British Style John Christopher’s 1956 No Blade of Grass is an extremely compelling page turner that portrays our moral traditions and social glue as being so fragile that they can be…
Mercola: Truer Words Were Never Written?

Mercola: Truer Words Were Never Written?

Mercola, webster of woo, he of the get your vitamin D through our tanning bed fame, has a new post up at Huffington Post. I tell you, I find it endlessly comforting to know that these medically-…