Is Your Music Too Loud?
http://www.wsj.com/articles/is-your-music-too-loud-experts-say-yes-if-its-louder-than-a-microwaves-beep-1425921356 At max volume iPod w/ default white earbuds is 102 dB. Safe for 5′. Listen all day at 80dB
Blood, Simpler http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/15/blood-simpler
One woman’s drive to upend medical testing. No more filling vials at the doctors, just a finger prick
Great profile
Annals of Innovation DECEMBER 15, 2014 ISSUE
BY KEN AULETTA
The Excrement Experiment
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/01/excrement-experiment Fecal transplants have been successful against disease but should they be considered a #drug
Medical Dispatch DECEMBER 1, 2014 ISSUE
The Excrement Experiment
Treating disease with fecal transplants.
BY EMILY EAKIN
Ageing does not have to bring…frailty http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11326136/Ageing-does-not-have-to-bring-poor-health-and-frailty-say-Kings-College-scientists.html Good #cyclists are as fit at 79 as 55 but how many are there at 79 HT @timjph
Do I Really Need Regular Checkups at the… Doctor?
http://lifehacker.com/do-i-really-need-regular-checkups-at-the-dentist-and-do-1491777950 Juxtaposed against the opposing view, viz:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/09/opinion/skip-your-annual-physical.html
Other article:
Skip Your Annual Physical – NYTimes.com
What Happens When We All Live to 100?
http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/09/what-happens-when-we-all-live-to-100/379338 Will the 3month/yr increase in life expectancy plateau? Will it affect society?
QT:{{”
The university, a significant aspect of the contemporary economy, centuries ago was a place where the fresh-faced would be prepared for a short life; today the university is a place where adults watch children and grandchildren walk to Pomp and Circumstance. The university of the future may be one that serves all ages. Colleges will reposition themselves economically as offering just as much to the aging as to the adolescent: courses priced individually for later-life knowledge seekers; lots of campus events of interest to students, parents, and the community as a whole; a pleasant
college-town atmosphere to retire near. In decades to come, college professors may address students ranging from age 18 to 80.
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Cereal killer: Are you eating too much iron? http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22429980.500-cereal-killer-are-you-eating-too-much-iron.html Too much from vitamins is potentially linked to heart disease, cancer &c
On Amazon but reviews indicate that computer interface is a bit problematic
Seems to have a complex computer interface; not available from Amazon
works with iphone but doesn’t appear to available as of Dec-2014
http://www.myspiroo.com/
http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/04/my-spiroo-can-tell-your-doctor-when-youre-out-of-breath/