East West RX

12/12/2023

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/12/business/claudine-gay-harvard/index.html

Embattled Harvard President Claudine Gay has gained the unanimous support of the university’s board, Harvard’s highest governing body said in a statement Tuesday, giving Gay significant cover to remain in her position after a tumultuous week in which many donors and politicians have called for h...

02/07/2023

My son Jack has autism. He is eighteen.

In July Jack moved into a residential space. He takes classes at a nearby college.

We decided his first year away wasn’t about academics. It was about finding out if our son could live away from us.

Every week he bakes for the other students and staff in his residence.

He chooses a recipe.

He makes a list.

He goes to the grocery store and puts the ingredients in his cart.

Today he made spider cookies.

This boy Jack.

He is building a life for himself.

Food. Fellowship. Community.

To say I never imagined this day would come is a tremendous understatement.

The year of Jack. Indeed.

CREDIT: CARRIE CARIELLO

11/28/2020

https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2020/11/28/retrain-your-brain-how-to-smell-again.aspx?ui=106b1390e1392ea8d90bbd37b40f9703827ae4bfea9d3f815e6c7f0b7a68b29c&cid_source=dnl&cid_medium=email&cid_content=art2HL&cid=20201128_HL2&mid=DM732014&rid=1021969854

Anosmia is a common symptom of COVID-19 and also occurs due to aging, but in many cases smell training may be effective in restoring your olfactory senses.

11/22/2020

https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_pelling_could_we_treat_spinal_cord_injuries_with_asparagus?utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_campaign=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_content=button__2020-11-20

Take a mind-blowing trip to the lab as TED Senior Fellow Andrew Pelling shares his research on how we could use fruits, vegetables and plants to regenerate damaged human tissues -- and develop a potentially groundbreaking way to repair complex spinal cord injuries with asparagus.

10/10/2020

https://wakeup-world.com/2020/10/09/7-anti-aging-secrets-from-ancient-india/?utm_campaign=Wake+Up+World+e-Newsletter+%28Free%29&utm_content=Latest+Headlines+inc.+The+Easy+Way+to+Sweep+Away+Negative+Energy&utm_medium=email&utm_source=getresponse

Guest writer Nick Polizzi shares a few of his favorite Ayurvedic techniques for staying healthy, fit, clear, and happily energized throughout life - lifelong vitality is yours for the taking!

10/04/2020

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/10/01/baby-yoda-child-firefighter-wildfire-oregon/?utm_campaign=wp_the_optimist&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_optimist

“Here is a friend for you, in case you get lonely," wrote Carver, 5, who donated the Baby Yoda to firefighters.

08/17/2020

https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/plan-your-vote-state-by-state-guide-voting-by-mail-early-in-person-voting-election/index.html

When is the deadline to register to vote? Can I vote by mail without an excuse? Can I still vote in person? Everything you need to know about casting a ballot in the 2020 presidential election.

07/20/2020

Farmers have long applied limestone to their fields to reduce acidity and provide nutrients, but a new study claims that replacing lime with crushed calcium and magnesium-rich silicate rock could help pull carbon from the air. (Farm Images/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)By Lyndsey LaytonLyndsey...

07/20/2020

https://news.tulane.edu/pr/tulane-scientists-build-high-performing-hybrid-solar-energy-converter

Tulane University researchers are part of a team of scientists who have developed a hybrid solar energy converter that generates electricity and steam with high efficiency and low cost.