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Two-Thirds of Obese People Now Live in Developing Countries

[Prevalence of obesity in women 20 years or older, 2013] Since one of the consequences of childhood adversity can be obesity, it's interesting to read this report about how obesity is increasing world-wide.  We tend to think of obesity as a rich-country problem, but for several years now evidence has been building that the public-health hazard is assailing low- and middle-income countries as well, even as these same countries struggle with high rates of malnutrition . In perhaps the...

Caring for a baby changes a man's brain, study shows

[Susannah Kay photo] ....a new study finds that the more he cares for his offspring, the more a father's brain looks and behaves like that of a mother engaged in the everyday care of a child. In fact, say the Israeli authors of the study, the very practice of caregiving, whether by a mom who is her child's primary caregiver, a dad who steps in to help or a gay father raising a child with no woman in the picture, activates a recognizable "parental caregiving' neural network." Their research...

Paladin Class of 2014!

My Speech at Paladin's Class of 2014 Commencement Ceremony Congratulations, to all of you who have come so far, and made it to this evening, the celebration of your graduation, the Commencement of the Class of 2014. This past year, these past...

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