Category Archives: Health

Bird Flu is not that Bad

Posted on 4 January 2012 by

From time to time, usually when nothing else of interest happens, the news remind us of bird flu (avian flu, H5N1) again. See The Wall Street Journal, Business Week and The Washington Post for examples from the past few days only. It is … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, Health, Philosophy, Statistics | 9 Comments

Smoking Cigars

Posted on 29 October 2011 by

The following e-mail might have been well-intended, but not only the subject line has too much of a condescending and dismissive tone to it. Subject: Brainwashed by photographs of writers and other intellectuals From: Andy Kopra (andykopra@mac.com) To: Andreas Moser (moser@moser-law.com) … Continue reading →

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Loneliness doesn’t kill, people do.

Posted on 5 March 2011 by

If you want to lead a healthy life and avoid disease and early death, there is an abundance of medical studies with often conflicting advice. Once coffee is bad for you, then coffee is good for you. Once wine is … Continue reading →

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My half marathons

Posted on 28 March 2010 by

A half marathon is 21 km = 13 miles. 4 April 2004 – Amberg, Germany – 2:02:06 (2 hours, 2 minutes, 6 seconds) 10 April 2005 – Amberg, Germany – 1:47:44 14 September 2008 – Eschenbach, Germany – 1:59:40 26 October … Continue reading →

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