Health and Wellness Blog
The Health and Wellness blog, written by New York Times columnist Tara Parker-Pope, hosts a wealth of information for readers about nutrition and better health. Parker-Pope's blog is designed to arm users with practical advice to help make healthy choices. As she writes, "healthy living doesn't happen at the doctor's office."
We love the range of topics the blog covers, from A Better Way to Spend Breast Cancer Funds to How Does Tanning Change Your Brain. The tone is down-to-earth and practical; there is even an entry on hot vegetables for cold weather.
Parker-Pope also benefits from the depth of the Times newsroom, including occasional items from other reporters such as Jane Brody, and a physician who writes the Doctor/Patient column.
The site is well organized, with plenty of relevant graphics and photographs (but no video), and is updated two or three times a day.
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Kurtz and Waxman on Media Company Compensation
April 27th, 2012Compensation for media executives is skyrocketing – and occasionally bears no relationship to the success of the company. Our Howard Kurtz discusses with The Wrap’s Sharon Waxman.
A Sneak Peek at the Future of the Television Industry
April 27th, 2012A reminder of how the world of television is changing: “Five years ago, we didn’t have the ability to carry video around with us.” That was Jamie Byrne, Global Head of Content Strategy for Google/YouTube, during a panel at yesterday’s Digitas NewFront event, held in lower Manhattan. Byrne’s panel included heavyweights from MSN, Yahoo!, AOL, and Hulu, exploring how their companies anticipated increasing distribution of video.
Not ABC. Not Fox. MSN, Yahoo!, AOL.
Digitas NewFront co-opts its name from the traditional process by which networks announce new line-ups of shows. “Upfronts” are held by networks to present a season of programming to advertisers, setting rates and firming up the business side of the process. NewFront seeks to do the same – but for new media content. Its goal: to “[connect] brands to brilliant content creators, their projects, and their latest ideas.”
Ethical Shopping and the Guilt Trip: A Love Story
April 27th, 2012Fashioning Change is already beta-testing a great site called Wear This, Not That, which invades any big-brand shopping sites you may be browsing and offers ethical alternatives to clothing items you may be interested in. You can also use it from the Fashioning Change site, where you can select a number of fashion retail brands and search for better alternatives.
The tool will also tell you what good you’ll be doing by buying from Fashioning Change instead of the mainstream option. For example, if I buy a United By Blue messenger bag, instead of one from J Crew, I not only save $19, but I also give my money to a company that “removes 1 pound of trash from oceans for each product sold” and get a product that is 100 percent organic cotton. On the other hand, the site tells me, J Crew has a lack of transparency in its supply chain and no commitment to eco-friendly manufacturing.
Why Studying the Sex Life of Worms is a Good Investment
April 27th, 2012A thoughtful piece at the Post makes the case for why even odd-sounding experiments shouldn’t be dismissed out of hand. Like many small investments, they can pay big returns over the long run.
Fifteen Years of Research: Cell Phones Are Safe
April 27th, 2012A fifteen year study has found no link between cell phones and health problems. So if you still use your cell for phone calls – go right ahead.
