The purslane plant (Portulaca Oleracea) is one of those herbs that sometimes you just can’t decide whether to keep or remove from your garden. It’s often viewed as unwelcome because it pops up beside plants you want to showcase or eat. Purslane has become so widespread in gardens1 today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture… Read More: Purslane: The Weed With Wholesome Health Benefits »
Two Chinese nationals have been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with the massive 2014 hack of Anthem’s computer systems. A federal grand jury indicted Fujie Wang, 32, of Shenzhen, China, and an unnamed individual, whose aliases include Deniel Jack, Kim Young and Zhou Zhihong, with conspiring to commit fraud, wire fraud and intentional… Read More: Chinese nationals indicted for Anthem hack from 2014 »
Dive Brief: House lawmakers on Tuesday released a bipartisan draft bill to ban surprise medical billing and set a minimum payment standard for out-of-network services at the median rate for in-network services in the geographic area the care was delivered. The No Surprises Act does not include an arbitration clause. That will please payers and the… Read More: Bipartisan draft to ban surprise billing sets rates, nixes arbitration »
In relation to food and the body, calories are units of energy that allow the body to work. Food provides this energy, some of which the body stores and some of which it uses. As the body breaks down food, it releases calories as energy. Max Wishnofsky first propagated the concept that there are approximately… Read More: What to know about calories and body fat »