Month: September 2006
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Health disparities for men
Health disparities for men Health Disparities Persist for Men, and Doctors Ask Why – New York Times – health disparities for men exist in all socioeconomic groups, all are doing poorly in terms of health. Health disparities for men is a multi-factorial problem including economic marginality, adverse working conditions, and gendered coping responses to stress.…
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Unstuck
Quick reviews of Unstuck and 11 1/2 Ideas that work. I had been meaning to get around to reading this book for a good while. Unstuck is a trouble-shooting guide for situations when you can’t think your way out of a problem or are suffering from inertia. The book was based on a set of…
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Everything bad is good for you(sort of)
I had wanted to read Steven Johnson’s Everything bad is good for you: how popular culture is making us smarter since he gave a talk in association with Demos last year. I finally got the chance to read the book on a three-day business trip to Dresden in eastern Germany. The proposition of the book…