Are you considering an electric bike? Well here is the what a lot of people are talking about the Copehagen Wheel. This wheel can replace the back wheel and immediately convert your bicycle into an electric bicycle. The range is up to 30 miles and controllable via your smart phone. It can assist you to… Read More
This is potentially a landmark study published in the October 18, 2017 issue of JAMA Psychiatry that looks at whether a monthly injection of naltrexone (Vivitrol (TM)) is as effective as daily buprenorphine-naloxone (Suboxone(TM)). This study concluded that in the short-term Monthly naltrexone shots (Vivitrol) worked as well as daily buprenorphine/naloxone (Suboxone) for treating opioid… Read More
A recent article recommends to gain the best abdominal results from planks is to, perform three sets of planks and hold them for 60 seconds This is according to Doug Sklar, a certified personal trainer and founder of PhilanthroFIT in New York City. If you can’t hold the planks that long you still get results… Read More
A Medscape poll published October 2, 2017 reports that he majority of healthcare professionals said they have been experienced and been the victims of verbal and physical violence in the work place. This study surveyed nearly 2400 healthcare workers, including nurses, physicians, pharmacists and other providers, about workplace violence following the death of Tracy Sin-Yee… Read More
A October 5, 2017 NBC news story by Kate Baggaley looks at a new development called a volocopter or air taxi. Last week Dubai sent an air taxi on a five-minute test flight — its first unmanned flight over a city. The dronelike vehicle, designed by German aviation start-up Volocopter, features 18 electric-powered propellers and… Read More
Push-ups are a great exercise that have tremendous benefits that include exercising multiple muscle groups and joints. Muscles that are strengthened include the chest muscles (pectoralis major), arm muscles (triceps), shoulder muscles (deltoids), stomach muscles (rectus abdominis and obliques) thigh muscles (quadriceps) and back muscles (erector spinae). What most people dont realize is that pushups… Read More
Insurers and employers are increasingly moving to high-deductible health plans to control costs but this is not necessarily good for the healthcare system nor patients. Now a new alternative is being proposed called the Medical Episode Spending Allowance ( MESA ) plan. According to a University of Minnesota recent study: The number of American workers… Read More
In an October 2017 issue of Wired General Motors announced it is ending its relationship with gasoline and diesel and that it is working toward an all-electric, zero-emissions future. which starts with two new, fully electric models in 2018—then at least 18 more models by 2023. In recent months, Volvo, Aston Martin, and Jaguar Land… Read More
From the October 2, 2017 Guardian which has a very interesting visual of the results of mass shootings The attack at a country music festival in Las Vegas that left at least 58 people dead is the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history – but there were six other mass shootings in America this… Read More
