AIF Blog - Health
April 16, 2011
“From April 2007 to August 2009, there’s been more learned about the root causes of disease than in the history of mankind,” says Eric Topol of Scripps Translation Science Institute in Los Angeles Times Magazine’s “Making Medicine Personal.” (Read the full article.) “I’ve been a scientist and researcher my entire life—that’s 30 years—and I’ve never seen anything like this.” These genetic discoveries are giving many...
April 12, 2011
Another three books for your pre-Festival reading stack!The Climate War, Eric Pooley. With impressive access to many of the key players, Pooley examines the issues and people involved in the struggle to cap global warming pollution.Power Hungry, Robert Bryce delivers a state-of-the industry overview of energy policy, with arguments about why some renewable energies are not a suitable solution.In The Emperor of All...
February 12, 2011
Food in America is cheaper and more plentiful than ever, but we are not healthier for it. The issues around food and nutrition today are rife with questions and contradictions. In fact, the government recently issued a new set of nutrition guidelines that some, including Festival presenter and food advocate Mark Bittman, argue are still convoluted and serve industry more than individual health. (See his recent blog...
January 25, 2011
As the 2011 Festival takes shape, we will periodically share titles from some of the speakers presenting as well as books about the topics we’ll be discussing this summer. We hope you’ll be inspired to read them and join the discussion in Aspen.Please visit our Bookstore to purchase.The Decision Tree: Taking Control of Your Health in the New Era of Personalized MedicineThomas Goetz, executive editor of WIRED...