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Beer Cheer Here

Rozanne Gold | Posted 01.26.2012 | Food

Read More: Birreria, Jimmy Carbone, Beer, Trends, Craft, Tap, Food, News, Breweries, Beer Halls, Craft Breweries, Beer Houses, Craft Beer, Food News
Rozanne Gold

Beer seems to be moving the same way wine did 20 years ago: Lots of new entrants, the emergence of "beer geekery"... and the growing popularity of monster, high-alcohol beers.

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PHOTOS: Editors' Picks Of The Week

Posted 01.20.2012 | World

Read More: Photos of the Week, Photos, Best Photos World, Costa Concordia, Best Shots, Photos World, Best Photos, News, Syria, World News

From the rage-filled protest photos of the Arab Spring to the shots of demonstrators in Guy Fawkes masks occupying anything and everything, the events...

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Public Health and the Illusion of Your Autonomy: Kill the Umpire?

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 01.06.2012 | Healthy Living

Read More: Brian Wansink, Health Policy, Healthy, Public Health, Food Labels, Kelly Brownell, Dr. Marion Nestle, Michael Pollan, Health, Dr. David Katz, Michael Jacobson, News, Health Information System, Public Health Policy, Health Information, Information on Health, Health and Safety, Personal Health, Information for Health, Healthy Living News
David Katz, M.D.

I won't speak for my friends and colleagues in public health, although I suspect they feel the same; I'll just speak for myself. I am nobody's nanny. But as you play with the military-industrial establishment with your health on the line, I don't mind being a referee.

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Amazon Aims to Empty Competitor Shelves of Indie Ebooks

Mark Coker | Posted 02.08.2012 | Books

Read More: Future of Publishing, Ebook Distribution, Indie Authors, News, Amazon, Ebooks, KDP Select, Books News
Mark Coker

Amazon yesterday launched a broadside against competing ebook retailers when it introduced a new program that requires authors to remove their books from competing retailers.

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Cat With 26 Toes To Foot The Bill For Animal Rescue Center (VIDEO)

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 12.09.2011 | Weird News

Read More: Cat Pictures, Video, Cat Toes, Cats, Uk News, Milwaukee Animal Rescue Center, Cute Animals, News, Cat 26 Toes, Weird News News

Meet ginger-and-white tabby Daniel, the cat with 26 toes. This cute tom has two extra toes on each foot, making him a near record breaker in the t...

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Do Dogs Experience PTSD After Trauma?

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 02.08.2012 | Healthy Living

Read More: Battle, Mental Health, Healthy, Trauma, Healthy People Healthy Pets, War, Syndromes, Psychology, Clinical Care, Diagnosis, Health, Dr. David Katz, Psychosomatic, Doctors, Ptsd, News, Medicine, Dogs, Conditions, Pet-Health, Healthy Living News
David Katz, M.D.

As a society, we understand the need for a splint when a bone is broken. When "all" that is broken is one's composure or spirit, we often expect you to just get over yourself.

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News Becomes Interactive: Turning Articles Into Open Discussions Online

Hillary St. Pierre | Posted 02.06.2012 | Media

Read More: Hillary St Pierre, Support, Linda Keenan, Suburgatory, Social Networking, Technology, Trends, Community, Media, Facebook, News, Communication, Ideas, Media News
Hillary St. Pierre

Using The Huffington Post's online format and social networking capabilities, the news can now be interactive allowing everybody involved to have their opinions heard and discussed quickly and easily.

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How Can Doctors Become Part Of The Obesity Solution?

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 02.04.2012 | Healthy Living

Read More: Behavior Modification, Counseling, Lifestyle, Healthy, Weigh Forward, Medical School, Clinical, Weight, Obesity, Physical Activity, Medical Education, Katz, Clinical Care, Weight Watchers, Exercise, Health, Nutrition, Dr. David Katz, Residency Training, Medicaid, Medicare, Clinician, News, Conditions, Cmms, Personal Health, Healthy Living News
David Katz, M.D.

With a nod to my many colleagues who are genuinely expert in weight management counseling, and have long addressed it well -- and especially to those who taught me to do so -- I must acknowledge that the track record for the large majority of our clan is not pretty.

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Restoring Fact-checking

Craig Newmark | Posted 01.28.2012 | Media

Read More: Widgets, Future of Journalism, Factchecking, Trust, Social Networks, Citizen Journalism, Technology, News, Journalism, Factcheck.org, Media News
Craig Newmark

Recently, Jeff Jarvis held an event on restoring fact-checking to the news business. Here's my very brief attempt at getting my head around what happened and what's happening with big deal fact-checking.

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Pizza As A Vegetable? Thanks, But No Thanks!

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 01.28.2012 | Healthy Living

Read More: Food Companies, Congress, Pizza, Healthy, Children, Lobbying, Thanksgiving, Obesity, Diet, Health, Nutrition, Dr. David Katz, Vegetables, School Food, Diet and Nutrition, Diabetes, Tomato Sauce, News, Conditions, Healthy Living News
David Katz, M.D.

Good health is perennially on the list of reasons any family has to be thankful, and food is among the most potent of influences on health. The differential effects of pizza and a mixed green salad on health don't change just because politicians play around with the lexicon.

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Overcoming Paralysis by Analysis

Jennifer Hamady | Posted 01.21.2012 | Healthy Living

Read More: Media, Meditation, Anxiety, News, Being Overwhelmed, Consciousness, Over-Analysis, Overcoming Anxiety, Stress, Media-Influence, Healthy Living News
Jennifer Hamady

Acknowledging that we -- rather than a lack of information -- are generally the largest obstacle to action is the first step in becoming clear on exactly what and how much information we really do need.

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The Scales of Human Value

Warren Adler | Posted 01.14.2012 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Hamas, News, Gilad Shalit, World News, World News
Warren Adler

I have been trying to make sense out of what appears to be a strange bargain between the Israelis and Hamas to exchange a single kidnapped Israel sold...

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Why I Still Love the New York Times

Warren Adler | Posted 01.08.2012 | Media

Read More: New York Times Book Review, Newspapers, News, The New York Times, Reading the Times, New York Times Bias, Reading the New York Times, Media News
Warren Adler

Through the years, even when I left New York for decades, I continued to read the Times on Sundays, then every day when technology made it possible.

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Red Grape Compound May Mimic Diet In Obese Men, Study Says

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 01.02.2012 | Healthy Living

Read More: Calorie Restriction, Aging, Longevity, Katz, Healthy, Anti-Aging, Antioxidants, Lifespan, Resveratrol, Calories, Health, Dr. David Katz, Wine, Life Expectancy, News, Conditions, Cell Metabolism, Diet & Nutrition, Healthy Living News
David Katz, M.D.

Based on a small, brief, but nonetheless profound and compelling study in the current issue of the highly regarded scientific journal, Cell Metabolism, I intend to start taking resveratrol.

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Confession of a Judgmental Latina

Voto Latino | Posted 12.25.2011 | Latino Voices

Read More: Latino in America, English, Bilingual, Immigration, Youth, News, Spanish, Mexico, Latino Voices News
Voto Latino

It was quite a shock to meet three Latinas who weren't fluent, and I let them know many times how weird it seemed to me. I'm embarrassed about it now, but I questioned their Latina identity. Like who made me the arbiter of who is and isn't Latino?

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Any Day But Food Day

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 12.24.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Katz, Healthy, Prevention, Nutrition, Health, Dr. David Katz, Michael Jacobson, Food, Food Day, Weight, Diet, News, Cspi, Conditions, Chronic Disease, Diet and Nutrition, Healthy Living News
David Katz, M.D.

This is not about Food Day. This is about the other 364 days this year; the 365 days last year; and the 365 days next year. Why aren't THEY Food Day?

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New Nutrition Guidelines: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 12.22.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Dr. David Kessler, Katz, Healthy, Front-of-Pack, Cdc, Usda, Nutrient, Fda, Health, Nutrition, Dr. David Katz, Report, Institute of Medicine, Gma, News, Nuval, Conditions, Iom, Nutrients, Fmi, Kessler, Diet-Amp-Nutrition, Healthy Living News
David Katz, M.D.

A committee commissioned by the Institute of Medicine just released its report on front-of-pack nutrition guidance. The recommendations are good in that they may help prevent the food industry from doing bad. The recommendations are bad if they forestall the implementation of superior approaches. And the recommendations are downright ugly if...

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Christiane Amanpour, Brian Williams, Charles Osgood and Me!

April Rudin | Posted 12.17.2011 | Media

Read More: Broadcasting, Cnn, Christiane Amanpour, Library of American Broadcasting, Reporters, Ad Council, Cbs, Charles Osgood, News, Charles Kuralt, Brian Williams, Sunday Morning Talk Shows, Media News
April Rudin

I scanned the room quickly to get a sense of who was there. Immediately, I noticed Christiane Amanpour talking quietly with Charles Osgood. I walked over and began listening as Christine told Charles of their first meeting.

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Bank Fees, the N-word, and Steve Jobs

David McMillan | Posted 12.13.2011 | Black Voices

Read More: Steve Jobs, News in Color, Politics, Brian Moynihan, Bank of America, Sherri Shepherd, Barbara Walters, Hazel Jones, The View, Occupy Wall Street, Rick Perry, News, Whoopi Goldberg, Sarah Palin, Black Voices Video, Video, Black Voices News
David McMillan

News in Color contributor Hazel Jones shares her thoughts about Bank of America's recent fee increases, Sarah Palin's decision not to run for President, the n-word controversy on The View, and the untimely passing of Steve Jobs.

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Is It Time To Stop Taking A Multivitamin?

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 12.13.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Multivitamin, Vitamin D, Nutrient Supplements, Mortality, Diet, Iron, Calcium, Minerals, News, Multivitamin Harm, Multivitamin Benefits, Diet and Nutrition, Healthy Living News
David Katz, M.D.

A multivitamin is very, very unlikely to kill anyone. If there is risk attached to the use of such supplements, it is very small. But there may be some risk -- and there is no reliable indication of benefit.

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Reading the Pictures: Occupy Demographics: Dirty Hippies?

Michael Shaw | Posted 12.12.2011 | Media

Read More: Ows, Politics, Occupydc, Protest, Occupy Wall Street, Media, Hippies, Bagnewsnotes, Michael Shaw, News, Photojournalism, Media News
Michael Shaw

2011-10-12-Screenshot20111012at9.08.15AM.jpgIs Occupy Wall Street comprised of hippie youth? Not according to these photos.

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On Social Security, Romney Just As Dangerous As Other GOP Candidates

Scott Hochberg | Posted 12.11.2011 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Gop, Social Security, Social Security Privatization, Mitt Romney, Republican Debates, Rick Perry, News, Mitt Romney 2012, Elections 2012, Politics News
Scott Hochberg

As much as Romney wants to play Social Security's savior to Perry's menace, the truth is that there's really not much separating the two at all.

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Prostate Cancer Screening: More Trouble Than It's Worth?

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 12.10.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Uspstf, Katz, Healthy, Prostate Cancer, Prostate, Screening, Health, Dr. David Katz, Task Force, Cancer, News, Ahrq, Conditions, Psa, Cost, Probability, Finance, Biostatistics, Health Care, Healthy Living News
David Katz, M.D.

Please stop asking whether or not men have prostate cancer by using this test, in other words, because it is tantamount to asking for trouble.

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Weekend Box Office: Real Steel Wins Over the Kids, While Ides of March Does the 'Clooney Average'

Scott Mendelson | Posted 12.09.2011 | Entertainment

Read More: Politics, Box Office (Weekend Box Office Rundown), Moneyball, George Clooney, Ryan Gosling, Imax, Ides of March, Real Steel, News, Disney, Hugh Jackman, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

There were two major releases this weekend, and both of them more-or-less did what was expected of them. Disney/Dreamworks unleashed the robot-boxing/father-son drama Real Steel, which easily topped the weekend.

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Fox News' Michael Jackson Trial App: More Like An Ad Than News

Leo C. Wolinsky | Posted 12.08.2011 | Culture

Read More: Dr. Conrad Murray, New Media, Fox News App, Michael Jackson Trial, News, Fox News Michael Jackson Trial, Culture News
Leo C. Wolinsky

The fragile wall that separates news gathering from advertising sales is there to assure the independence and credibility of the information. But it's been gradually disintegrating for some time.

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