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March 26, 2008

Document Freedom Day

Category: Computing

On 26 March 1874, the great poet Robert Frost was born.   Perhaps it is not so notable, but 26 March 2008 is the first Document Freedom Day.   Early in the development of computer technology, the world decided to...

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March 24, 2008

In-Home Test for Bipolar Disorder

Category: Psychiatry

GrrlScientist wrote a post last month about a potential genetic test for bipolar disorder.  Read that first to get some background. Now, it turns out that a company is selling a testing kit that you can use yourself, in the...

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Depression vs. Dementia

Category: Psychiatry

This item just appeared on the news tubes, and I thought I'd pass it along.   Distinguishing signs of early dementia from depression is tricky Mar 24, 2008, 3:07 GMT Berlin - It's often difficult to differentiate between early stages...

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March 20, 2008

Nonsensical Gyrations

Category: Medicine

A reader pointed me to this article, by Miriam Axel-Lute, about the Nonsensical Gyrations that Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield (of New Jersey) is going through to try to avoid paying for health care: What’s Healthy? If you were an...

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March 19, 2008

75th Anniversary of the CCC...Something To Think About

Category: Armchair Musings

This month marks the 75th anniversary of the Civilian Conservation Corps.  This item caught my attention, because I had an uncle who was part of the CCC.  He did forestry work in the U.P.  This helped my father's family eat...

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March 17, 2008

Are Generics Really Just As Good?

Category: Medicine

When generic drugs started to become popular, many people were skeptical.  Many people got switched from brand name to generic products, and complained that the generic did not work as well. These complaints often were treated with skepticism.  After all,...

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Encyclopedia of Life

Category: Science News

There is a new website, Encyclopedia of Life.  It is an online resource that aims "to document all species of life on Earth."  One featured species is Pissodes strobi (Peck), the White pine weevil. The site currently contains: About 25...

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March 16, 2008

A Little Worrisome

Category: Photos of Interest

This is a nice bit of Scandinavian design. But take another look.  Notice the ST segment? HT: Neatorama....

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March 12, 2008

XP13512 Update

Category: Medicine

XP13512 is an experimental new drug currently in phase III trials for the treatment of restless legs syndrome.  I was reminded about this after seeing a post at sleepdoctor, and following the link to Sleep Expert, and browsing from there....

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March 11, 2008

Yet Another Gentoo Defector

Category: Computing

It amused me today to see two blog posts, both about users switching from Gentoo to *buntu.   Why I Am Making The Switch From Gentoo To Kubuntu Bye Gentoo... Welcome Ubuntu Gentoo is the most complicated version of Linux,...

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March 7, 2008

JPMorgan Exploits Taxpayers

Category: Social Commentary

This is interesting.  Banks think they have found a way to make money no matter what happens.   As Houston Auctions Fail, JPMorgan Exploits Taxpayers By Darrell Preston March 6 (Bloomberg) -- The collapse of the auction-rate bond market may...

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A Story of Success with Panic Disorder

Category: Psychiatry

The LA Times has a story about the author's own struggle with panic disorder and agoraphobia.   For a Paxil-free life, she'll take the long route It takes some time, but this student learns there's no quick fix for panic...

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Snow in Chicago

Category: Personal

In late winter, 1979, I knew an architecture student at the University of Michigan.  She wanted some pictures of buildings, in downtown Chicago, for a presentation she had to do.  She was from Chicago, but did not have a car...

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March 3, 2008

Controversies Surrounding Childhood Psychopharmacology

Category: Psychiatry

Hoisted from the comments: I find it particularly alarming that children are prescribed some of these drugs. How much is truly known about how various psychiatric drugs affect the development of the brain? If a fifteen-year-old is put on a...

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March 2, 2008

Can Scientists Dance?

Category: Chatter

Generally, no.  But some can.  Some are rather good at it.  A contest was reported in Science Magazine: The rules were simple: Using no words or images, interpret your Ph.D. thesis in dance form. Entrants were divided into three categories—graduate...

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Socialized Medicine No Longer Pejorative

Category: Medicine

One of the darker chapters in the history of the AMA is their historical opposition to universal, single-payer health care coverage.  The term socialized medicine came into use in the post-World-War-II period, in an attempt to falsely conflate such a...

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