• NIH Puts a Stop to it’s Alcohol Study Due to Internal Corruption

    NIH Puts a Stop to it’s Alcohol Study Due to Internal Corruption

    The National Institute of Health (NIH) announced that they are no longer going to conduct an alcohol study, that was intended to critically evaluate the benefits or drawbacks of long-term, moderate drinking.  In a statement, NIH said that funding from alcohol companies was undermining the objectivity of the search.  Not only that, but a number…

  • Self-Care: An Important Aspect of Life, or Nonsense?

    Self-Care: An Important Aspect of Life, or Nonsense?

    I don’t really know why, but the term “self-care” keeps popping up in my life.  I see it on Twitter, in online articles and even in an audio book I’m listening to.  So what is self-care? And why the sudden movement around it? A few definitions I found online all suggest that it is when…