This is an inspiring news story about a famous journalist in the UK who gave birth to her child after three miscarriages. I held my baby daughter in my arms for the first time on November 1 with my husband PY at my side. After an eight-hour labour, some might think I'd had it easy. But we've waited three long years f…[more]

Interesting bit of news for those of us that live in rainy parts of the world.  According to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Cornell University researchers said children living in rainy counties appeared to have higher reported rates of autism than those in drier areas, after analyzing data from Washington, Oregon and California. Washin…[more]

Here's an excerpt from the NPR story: The master of the "techno thriller," Michael Crichton, has died at the age of 66. He was battling cancer. Crichton was best known for scary stories of science gone wrong in popular books like The Andromeda Strain and Jurassic Park. NPR just mentions it, but besides being a producer, screenplay write…[more]

I read the most remarkable story in a local community newspaper here in Seattle. It's about a woman who opted out of her healthcare coverage.  Instead, she created her own "personal Universal Healthcare Plan."  In her own words, I walked away from the health insurance industry one year ago after realizing that it was causing m…[more]