Respectful Insolence
Archives for March, 2009
Animals in research and medical training
Posted by Orac on March 2, 2009 Over the weekend, some readers sent me a link to a story that, presumably, they thought would be of interest to me, given that I graduated from the University Michigan Medical School back in the late 1980s. Specifically, it’s a report that U. of M. has halted the use of dogs in its surgical training:…
Senator Tom Harkin: NCCAM has “fallen short” because it hasn’t validated enough woo
Posted by Orac on March 2, 2009 Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) owes me a new irony meter. I’ll explain in a minute, but first you have to know why I even give a rodent’s posterior about Harkin. As you may recall, no single legislator in the U.S. has done more to damage the cause of science- and evidence-based medicine than Tom Harkin.…
“Gentlemen, nerd girls are the world’s most underutilized romantic resource”
Posted by Orac on March 1, 2009 I can’t argue with that: I’d mention that the same thing applies to nerd boys. I know, given that I used to be one and now, thirty years on, remain arguably a nerd man. (Via Stupid Evil Bastard) (Yeah, I know I basically took the weekend off, posting only a couple of videos. Don’t worry,…