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January 31, 2007
Category: Economics
Not that it seems to help. But, by way of Gadflyer.com, I came across this table which lists national weekly gas prices.
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Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major public health threat. Currently, there are only a few antibiotics that are effective against it, and resistance is even a problem with these antibiotics. There is a potential treatment that might be effective against MRSA: heteropolymer (HP) antibody therapy.
Posted by Mike at 4:04 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 30, 2007
Bush is trying to do an end run around the newly elected Democratic Congress. Because we all know the American people spoke clearly in the last election, and they said, "We want to gut environmental and worker protection!"
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January 29, 2007
I recently posted about creationists who want their 'biology' courses to be taken seriously by universities. Josh takes to task a libertarian who states "if we chose to mandate what is taught about human origins, and we are true democrats, we should mandate equal time for creationism and evolution." So, I found on the internets a description of Biology for Christian Schools, a creationist textbook, written by the textbook's authors.
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I write often about irresponsible antibiotic use. But I want to make one thing clear: antibiotics are critical, life-saving and health-improving drugs. In the U.S., every year roughly two million people contract hospital-acquired infections (this ignores infections contracted outside the hospital). Roughly 96% don't die. Antibiotics are a major reason, if not the major reason, for why the mortality rate is so low. I'm pointing out the obvious because of an email I received.
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January 28, 2007
Here are some weekend links for you. First, lotsa science:
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Here's an excerpt from an essay by Albert Camus "The Unbeliever and Christians." I think it's an interesting humanist perspective on religion.
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January 27, 2007
Sara Robinson raises an interesting solution to "end the Intelligent Design fiasco", one that has been discussed here at ScienceBlogs before. Her suggestion is to have universities declare: "Teach what you like, it's all fine with us. But if you put ID in your science courses, we will not accept those courses as adequate for admission to our campus."
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Category: Healthcare
Because a good healthcare system isn't like the Manhattan Project or putting a man on the moon.
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January 26, 2007
The Peter Pan syndrome is in full effect at the White House. After meeting with George Bush, Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi described the meeting.
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