Moore Lowdown
Minimizing the Worker: Why Attacks on Raising the Minimum Wage Come Up Short
Over the course of a generation productivity in the American workplace has doubled and CEO pay has increased exponentially. So with all that success, why has the minimum wage failed to keep pace even with simple cost-of-living increases?
Celebrity Health
Kristin Chenoweth Knows Her Count. Do You?
Realizing how much she, and other asthmatics rely on their inhalers, Chenoweth has partnered with the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America to launch a public service campaign called “Know Your Count”
Moore Lowdown
No Government Oversight of Dietary Supplements? Enter LabDoor
With the government abdicating its responsibility to ensure that dietary supplements are all they're cracked up to be, the door is wide open for LabDoor, a service that promises to bring the facts.
Moore Lowdown
What Our Treatment of Orcas Tells Us About Our Societal Health
Most of us would agree that cruelty is unhealthy. And so a recent failure to act by the California legislature gives us a window into another way in which we are a very unhealthy society.
Moore Lowdown
Plastic Bans: Curbing Choice for the Public Good
Freedom in the United States has never been freedom to do absolutely anything. So none of us should get too bent out of shape by cities finally choosing measures to reduce municipal solid waste.
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Limiting Exposure to Unhealthy Food Choices on Campus the Right Move
Some might say it's government intrusion, but we're talking about children, and we're only saying that public schools ought to be providing them with more than just proper mental nourishment.
Moore Lowdown
Should Medical Research Ever Be Crowdfunded?
Since there’s more science happening than could ever be funded by the government, maybe crowdfunding is an important tool to start these things off - Reid Rubsamen, M.D.
Celebrity Health
Mr. Rogen Goes to DC
So, what does a funny man do when faced with a not so funny problem? And no, it had nothing to do with the legalization of marijuana. Instead, he talked about something much more important and personal - the costs of caring for someone with Alzheimer's
Health Musings
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If I Get Breast Implants Too Big Will I Tip Over?
Probably not. But, bigger is better, at least that is the American way of life. We drive big cars, we live in big houses, we eat supersized meals and we drink big gulps sitting in front of a big screen TV
Moore Lowdown
BioHacking...The Perils of Progress
If Plato were brought up to speed on the 21st century, he might think twice about labeling necessity as the mother of invention, because in today's world it seems opportunity is at least as driving a force.
