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Category: Biology
Alcohol's Good for You? Some Scientists Doubt It: For some scientists, the question will not go away. No study, these critics say, has ever proved a causal relationship between moderate drinking and lower risk of death -- only that the...
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Category: Biology
When I found out a while back that Jonah Lehrer's next book was titled How We Decide, I knew I was going to check it out. It's no coincidence that I recently reviewed Predictably Irrational, I blog because I'm...
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Category: Culture
Low Vitamin D Causes Problems For Acutely Ill Patients: Dr Paul Lee, Professor John Eisman and Associate Professor Jackie Center, researchers at Sydney's Garvan Institute of Medical Research, examined a cohort of 42 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients. Forty-five percent...
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Category: Biology
I blogged about this a few months ago, but Dan MacArthur reports that the firm which was going to roll it out first claims that it doesn't really work as advertised....
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Category: Biology
I'm in the mood for a "feel good" story with the past week's fixation in swine flu. Half A Glass Of Wine A Day May Boost Life Expectancy By Five Years: The Dutch authors base their findings on a total...
Posted by Razib at 8:11 AM • 7 Comments •
Category: Biology
Carl Zimmer points out that Marianne Williamson is making some real strange suggestions in regards to the swine flue in The Huffington Post: l) Pray it away. Just pray it away, asking God as you understand Him, the Divine Physician,...
Posted by Razib at 10:17 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Biology
Serum Vitamin D Levels and Markers of Severity of Childhood Asthma in Costa Rica. See ScienceDaily. Anecdote: my own asthma has gotten much better since I started Vitamin D supplementation. Not only have I had many fewer bouts of bronchitis...
Posted by Razib at 10:28 AM • 4 Comments •
Category: Biology
See FuturePundit & Effect Measure. Also see H5N1. CDC recommends (especially for residents of California & Texas):...
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Category: Biology
The New York Times has a story about a new paper, Humans at tropical latitudes produce more females: Skews in the human sex ratio at birth have captivated scientists for over a century. The accepted average human natal sex ratio...
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Category: Biology
So says John Hawks in Slate....
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