Obesity, Asana Patents, Fear Mongering
Recovering from a cold the past few days has given me lots more internet time. I've been catching up on Fresh Air, creating a Vimeo account, and reading.
Read this discussion of new Canadian physical activity guidelines which recommends that adults 18-64 should get at least 150 minutes per week of moderate-vigorous activity. That is about 20 minutes a day. Are you getting more or less per week?
via Obesity Panacea- good work, thanks!
Oh yes, yoga! If you haven't noticed the TKDL (Traditional Knowledge Digital Library) link located in the top right of my home page, then check it out because in the next few months they will be updating the extensive library to include over 1,000 asanas (yoga poses). Inclusion of postures will make it more difficult for gurus like Bikram Choudhury to patent the ancient asanas.
Score!
I use the Mayo Clinic's website often, mostly to help my grandmother decipher various test results and diagnoses from numerous health care providers. Having a large elderly population combined with generational acceptance of what one doctor says as a cold hard fact make the elderly guinea pigs, for better or worse.
Today's New York Times Magazine featured an essay A Prescription for Fear comparing the Mayo Clinic site to webMD, citing one of the main differences is in how information is framed.
Thanks NYTmag! (which may ask you to log in, but it's free for most articles)
Happy reading, and happy yoga!
Read this discussion of new Canadian physical activity guidelines which recommends that adults 18-64 should get at least 150 minutes per week of moderate-vigorous activity. That is about 20 minutes a day. Are you getting more or less per week?
via Obesity Panacea- good work, thanks!
Oh yes, yoga! If you haven't noticed the TKDL (Traditional Knowledge Digital Library) link located in the top right of my home page, then check it out because in the next few months they will be updating the extensive library to include over 1,000 asanas (yoga poses). Inclusion of postures will make it more difficult for gurus like Bikram Choudhury to patent the ancient asanas.
Score!
I use the Mayo Clinic's website often, mostly to help my grandmother decipher various test results and diagnoses from numerous health care providers. Having a large elderly population combined with generational acceptance of what one doctor says as a cold hard fact make the elderly guinea pigs, for better or worse.
Today's New York Times Magazine featured an essay A Prescription for Fear comparing the Mayo Clinic site to webMD, citing one of the main differences is in how information is framed.
Where WebMD is a corporation that started as an ad-supported health-alarmism site with revenues of $504 million in 2010, the Mayo Clinic is a nonprofit medical-practice-and-research group that started as a clinic.It even recommends blocking webMD in your browser.
Thanks NYTmag! (which may ask you to log in, but it's free for most articles)
Happy reading, and happy yoga!
