Showing results for "Caravan" in Health & Wellness

Already technology enables parents to select some genetic traits for their children, and soon it will be possible to begin to shape ourselves as a species. Countering loud cries of alarm, bioethics expert Ronald Green explains why our fears about genetic engineering are overblown and how we can move forward responsibly to create a better future.

The media constantly bombard us with news of health hazards lurking in our everyday lives. But many of these hazards turn out to have been greatly overblown. According to author and epidemiologist Geoffrey C. Kabat, this hyping of low-level environmental hazards leads to needless anxiety and confusion on the part of the public as to which exposures have important effects on health and which are likely to have minimal or no effect.

Two books from Scott Alderman:Get Off: The Sordid Youth and Unlikely Survival of A Queer Junkie Wonder Boy - Set against a backdrop of New York City in the grungy, glittering 1980s, Get Off is a memoir about desperate living, hidden promise, double lives, and the danger of getting too much too soon.Caravan of Pain: The True Story of the Tattoo the Earth Tour - Brace yourself for a roller coaster thrill ride as you join the Tattoo the Earth 2000 summer tour of America, the most insane tour ever inflicted on a continent, featuring Metallica, Slipknot, and Slayer.More at scottalderman.com

A runaway flight medic, flight nurse and a retired ambulance turned campervan recount their shenanigans of the week, and maybe share some knowledge and wisdom along the way.

Fulfilling a deathbed request, Nancy Nichols writes about the connection between the industrial pollution in their hometown and the rare cancer that was killing her sister, Sue.