This is a detailed overview of the human chakra system, one of the best we here at MFL have seen on the web. Read! Learn! Enjoy! Pure Heart of Yoga – Chakras – Gaiam Life.

If you ever wondered how to refute the mindless, knee-jerk conservative blather about how we have “the best healthcare in the world,” use this: The United States spends more than any other nation on healthcare — roughly 16 percent of its economy — but still has higher rates of infant mortality, diabetes and other illnesses [...]

*laughing uproariously* Of all the over-amped rhetoric on a bill that should simply have been a legislative act of compassion, this was a breath of fresh air. How to spot a Death Panel when it comes for you | Analysis & Opinion | Reuters.

The following article was released on Reuters Health feed today, reviewing a very biased study about the interactions of herbal remedies and modern prescription drugs. Herbal remedies, heart drugs don’t mix: review | Reuters. Of course the study found that herbal remedies and prescription drugs “interact.” The breathtaking bias is however in the automatic assumption [...]

This article from the BBC is a good layman’s explanation of how research on MRSA has delved into its genetic code — and what that means to us. BBC News – MRSA superbug strain ‘tracked’ via genome.

If you are currently taking antidepressants and believe they work for you, you’re not going to like this at all. In fact, recent revelations publsihed by the New England Journal of Medicine seem to reveal that your belief in your antidepressant may well be the only reason it works for you. Alternet.org covers the studies [...]

Some long-time readers of this blog will remember our son’s life-and-death struggle against MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) three years ago. A few others will know I also fought a similar infection last summer, and that Michael wrestled with a skin-level infection last fall. Though our son’s infection was much more serious and was treated through [...]

“I’m not fat. I’m suffering from the disease of obesity.” These were the words that went through my head this morning as I read this headline at Yahoo: Obesity must be treated as disease -expert. And while I may admire the intentions of the physicians, researchers, and others involved with the 14th European Congress on [...]

Originally written and published in May 2005. On stem cells, roses, and the fallacies inherent in the “culture of life” philosophy. All life has intrinsic value. I was inspecting our new roses this weekend, removing pests, fertilizing the soil after this month’s nearly incessant rains, removing any weeds lest the beautiful, fragrant flowering hedge in [...]

According to this report from Reuters today, “Health insurance premiums will cost families and employers an extra $922 on average this year to cover the costs of caring for the uninsured.” How does this happen, you may be asking? Well, it’s what is otherwise known as a “vicious circle”: The costs of traditional medical care [...]