Is Total Cholesterol Misleading?
Category: Health and Society
Under 200. That's the usual target for total cholesterol as reported in popular media. But are all 200s the same?
Posted by Jim Fiore at 2:35 PM • 6 Comments •
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Category: Bio-bizarre
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Posted by Jim Fiore at 3:30 PM • 6 Comments •
Bonking in the Name of Science
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Hinckley Reservoir Revisited
Category: Habitats and Humanity
In early October I posted a series of pics regarding the low water level at Hinckley Reservoir in upstate NY. The combination of low rainfall and demand had reduced the lake some 35 feet below spill level. I had hoped...
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Some Smoking Stats
Category: Health and Society
The local paper ran an article yesterday regarding smoking statistics in upstate NY. The major point of the story is seen in its headline "Region's smoking rate is among highest in state". The basic stats involve a region of upstate...
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Another Lactivist-Scientist-Mom Here - It's Not Just Facebook.
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Hitchens' Supreme Sense of Humor
I concede. As self-deprecatory as I can be, I am left in the dust, gasping and quivering, by the mighty Christopher Hitchens who aptly displays the gloriously superior sense of humor that is characteristic of the human male. I am...
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It's the Heat AND the Humidity
Category: The Running Ape
Runners have a tendency to track their workout times. This can be both misleading and dangerous if you don't figure in the effect of weather, a trap both newbies and experienced runners can fall into. Consider long runs.
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Pit Bull Denialism
Category: Catablogic Blathering
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Walk or Ride?
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