Occupational Hazards
Jan 11, 2018
Norman Lear: Self-Described ‘Bleeding-Heart Conservative’ (Audio & Transcript)
Oct 6, 2017 Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer talks with the television icon in the second installment of a two-part interview. [Transcript added.]
Smoking
Mar 28, 2015
Christopher Hitchens: ‘Mortality’
Sep 1, 2012 “Mortality,” Jeff Sharlet writes of the late Christopher Hitchens’ small, posthumously published book of essays, composed while the author was dying of cancer, is death-writing “at its most generous and most human: just another man dying, making a joke and telling a story.”
Inactivity Kills More Than Cigarettes
Jul 18, 2012 Physical inactivity -- defined as less than 150 minutes of moderate exercise each week -- kills 5.3 million people worldwide annually, more than the 5 million who succumb to the dangers of cigarette smoking, researchers at Harvard report.
Werner Herzog Doesn’t Fear Death
Apr 14, 2012 The German filmmaker has spent a career chronicling the struggles of odd heroes, real and imagined. Now approaching his 70th year, Werner Herzog confirms he doesn’t fear the inevitable final cut -- neither for himself nor the human race.
Troubled Times Slash G-8 Aid Pledge
Jun 26, 2010 With the scent of the global financial crisis swimming in their nostrils, G-8 leaders pledged a mere $5 billion in aid to reduce deaths among African mothers and infants, a decrease of 90 percent in the funding promised five years ago at the group's meeting in Gleneagles, Scotland.
Study: Beware of Vitamins
Apr 16, 2008 Health nuts, take heed: A sweeping review of almost 70 scientific studies of the health benefits of vitamins and, in particular, those trendy antioxidants, has found "no convincing evidence" of increased lifespan. In fact, vitamins A, E and beta-carotene could even increase a person's chances of dying prematurely, according to scientists at Copenhagen University.
