Food deserts are an important concept. The formal definition of a food desert is an area where residents have to travel over a mile to access a grocery store. Yet while it is powerful to name this phenomenon, this name hides deeper inequalities, inequalities which require solutions more complex than simply building a grocery store front. It is not difficult to guess which … [Read more...] about Beyond Food Deserts: Inequality, Health, and Limited Vocabulary
Thirst for Tea: India
While last time, we discussed the impacts of British “tea mania” on China, this week we will turn to its effects on India. We last left off with the idea that the British were willing to do anything to have greater control over the tea market, including organize a drug smuggling ring and then take China to war over attempting to crack down on said opium smuggling. However, … [Read more...] about Thirst for Tea: India
Thirst for Tea: China
Tea is immensely, ridiculously popular. Today, it is the second most drunk beverage in world after water, but its popularity and the West’s efforts to control its market resulted in the decline of China. Tea is native to China, and its fabled first use dates back to an emperor in (exactly!) 2732 B.C. In 200 B.C., the character for tea first appeared, picturing man and nature … [Read more...] about Thirst for Tea: China
Pick a Card, Any Card: An Examination of Electronic Medical Records and a Proposition of an Alternative Record Storage System
After athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush observed a patient transfer from a hospital to a nursing home, Bush was shocked at the inefficiency of the process, commenting on how the individuals involved typed “the printout from the brand new [electronic medical record] into their EMR, so that their fax server can fax it to the bloody nursing home” (Whitney par. 2). Unfortunately, … [Read more...] about Pick a Card, Any Card: An Examination of Electronic Medical Records and a Proposition of an Alternative Record Storage System
if the tuna dies, everything else dies, and then the PICs lose their jobs, but we don’t seem to care
Tuna is incredibly and understandably popular. It is the basis of so many yummy and nutritious foods all over the world, ranging, for example in the United States, from tuna salad sandwiches to upscale tuna sushi. Be it from a can or a slab at the sushi counter, tuna has a global appeal, and the demand is only growing. Although new trends in fishing and aquaculture allow more … [Read more...] about if the tuna dies, everything else dies, and then the PICs lose their jobs, but we don’t seem to care