David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor
Navigating Apps with Changes in Memory: Join Our Study
December 2, 2025
Weill Cornell Medicine seeks older adults with mild memory loss for a study on improving navigation apps. Participation is valuable,...
Herbal Medicine – Definition, Overview and Safety Concerns
What is herbal medicine? It is simply the use of plants for their therapeutic or medicinal value. And it has been around much longer than modern, Western medicine. In fact, all cultures have some form of herbalism – the study…
Why more and more people seek alternative health and healing
Alternative health and healing are becoming more and more popular, with many people turning to alternative therapies as a way to heal themselves. by David Stone Special to The Roosevelt Island Daily News Alternative health and healing modalities are different…
Is the Placebo Effect the Magic Key To Hidden Wisdom’s Door?
Who does the placebo effect worry most? Doctors or the pharmaceutical industry? Hard to say. But whoever it is, scrambling to explain it away is common. By David Stone Assorted Ideas, Large & Small The Subversive Placebo Effect Both have…
Bee Propolis: From Greece, An Unexpected Promising Cure
Like other traditional remedies in continuous use for centuries, bee propolis hasn’t been studied enough because there’s little money to be made from patenting a cure that’s aided wellness since at least Hippocrates. That makes it mysterious, but the potential benefits of propolis are enormous.
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor