By Heather Callaghan A while back I wrote “How TV Affects Your Brain Chemistry for the Worst,” and someone asked, “Don’t you mean for the worse?” No… the worst. I don’t mind getting called a Luddite or skittish about technology because I know TV’s effects…
By Heather Callaghan Have you ever overheard an intense or heart-wrenching discussion only to find out the talkers were actually hashing out the lives of fictional TV characters? Do you ever wonder why people are so easily beguiled into trusting the talking heads? It might…
By Heather Callaghan The American Medical Association (AMA) has, for over one hundred years, trained the American public to only trust their licensed medical doctors. But what happens when one of them – a cardiac surgeon of all things – charismatically fulfills the hungry consumer…
By Jefferey Jaxen Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is at it again. After speaking in Sacramento, California against SB-277, pummeling the Centers for Disease Control during public testimony in Vermontand appearing on Bill Maher’s HBO show to do the same, he has now broke major news…
By Jefferey Jaxen Dr. Oz, choosing not to start the fight, has finished it in expert fashion. He opened his much anticipated episode with the statement, My life’s work has been built around one simple message; you have a right and a responsibility to become a…
Illustrator’s source: The Rundown Live By Heather Callaghan Which came first – the loneliness and depression caused by binge-watching television, or watching television because you’re lonely and depressed? Researchers think they pinpointed the answer to the vicious cycle (below) – and I think they are…
By Heather Callaghan Sheriff Andy comes to the rescue of a nurse – a damsel in distress – by coercing a Mayberry citizen to get a jab. Sheriff Andy Taylor, played by Andy Griffith, is a beloved figure – more so now with the unprecedented…
University of Iowa study shows link between TV programming and children’s learning and development. Parents, turn off the television when your children are with you. And when you do let them watch, make sure the programs stimulate their interest in learning. That’s the advice arising…
