Friends

The New York Times recently ran this article on the health benefits of friends. There is some very innovative research and some dramatic results.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/health/21well.html?_r=4&ref=health

230 Million…and counting

This morning on National Public Radio I heard a report on worldwide major surgeries…and concern for errors (I guess you might say ‘errors and omissions’ – they forget to do things). There are 230 million major surgeries worldwide each year – one in twenty five people have a ‘major’ operation.
The report went on to say [...]