Interesting Articles

On one of those rare days when I have a chance to clean my office, I figured I would post some quick things that are in my “Blog Pile”. In no particular order, here are some of the things I ripped out of magazines, printed, and/or otherwise captured and meant to write about.

• Kids affect your blood pressure
• US obesity rate leveling off
• Find a bright spot and clone it (Switch book)
• Interesting 2×2 grid in Spirit Magazine called “State of Attraction” which shows which states keep people and which states have lots of non-locals
  • 76% of Texans never move
  • 86% of Nevadans were born elsewhere
• Pew Research Interactive tools
• British researchers at Keele university found that swearing can actually help increase your pain tolerance (seems like a story a kid tells parents)
• Biotech was the #1 funded area for VCs in Q2-2009 (Med Devices #3, Healthcare Svcs #14)
• 17% of us respond to spam (come on people)
• A new metric – EVA Momentum
• An Arms Race of Goodness (how are you positioning your company?)
• The Gene Bubble
• Google Wave (seems like lots of buzz, but I haven’t heard much)
• Rebranding Nurses
• Money Matters, but relationships play a part in happiness
• 7 Digital Fitness Coaches
• What Health Reform Means for the States
• Fat Fees and Smoker Surcharges
• Overparenting
• Why Your DNA Isn’t Your Destiny

Anyways, a few things you should read and look at.