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Public health is on the ballot this Election Day

The election I am going to watch today is in San Francisco. On the ballot there is Proposition E, an initiative to add a 2-cent tax for every once of sugary beverage. Choose Health SF, a group supporting the tax, estimates it would raise $54 million, which would go towards, get this: “funding active recreation […]

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Choices…

For the health-inclined and for those who celebrate mastery of the obvious as the key ingredient of wellness, the story of public health guru, Dr. Lester Breslow, shines like a beacon. As reported this weekend in the NYTimes, the scientist that linked healthy habits to living longer dies (at home) at age 97. Dr. Breslow’s […]