musings on medicines from the Earth
Abel Pharmboy is the nom de plume of an academic researcher and educator who holds a PhD in Pharmacology. He writes on natural product drugs and dietary supplements, academic career development, medical journalism and, occasionally, making and listening to music and wine appreciation for the monetarily-challenged.
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"Why Terra Sigillata?" will tell you about the origin of the blog name.
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May 16, 2008
Category: Academia
These highly-trained craftspersons do a great deal behind the scenes to keep the laboratory operation running, sometimes at significant personal risk.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 10:39 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 13, 2008
Category: Academia
Not entirely a revolutionary concept but if you pay close attention to the eating experience, you may be able to overcome mindless addiction to food.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 12:03 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 11, 2008
Category: Personal
I had a lovely chat with PharmMom today and I am truly grateful for her example and all of the opportunities she gave me. Mom, I love you - but I urge you and all of my readers to saunter...
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 9:34 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 10, 2008
Category: Politics
More effective in influencing public science policy than ranting on a science blog???
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 1:33 PM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 8, 2008
Category: Academia
The increasing number of failed competing renewal applications for NIH funding is now coming home to roost for those lucky enough to have gotten a non-tenure track research faculty position.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 8:43 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Cancer
Or, when is CAM not CAM?
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 11:45 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 7, 2008
Category: Blogging community
Jim Neal may have lost the fight to run against Sen Elizabeth Dole in the fall, but he and his supporters have everything to be proud about. I wish Mr Neal all the very best in deciding next how he will continue his service to the community.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 10:22 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 5, 2008
Category: Stuff I don't know about
As Johnny Carson would say, "I did *not* know that."
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 7:16 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 4, 2008
Category: Tar Heel Tavern
For the first time in a couple of decades, the NC Democratic presidential primary might make a difference in the party's nominee. To give the world a cross-section of this paradoxical part of the US, we host the state's blogger carnival, the Tar Heel Tavern.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 11:02 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 3, 2008
Category: Humor
I was unaware that DrugMonkey and PhysioProf were on the payroll of The Onion.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 7:34 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 2, 2008
Category: Scientific publishing
Become a social magnet by wearing your PLoS T-shirt.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 6:14 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 1, 2008
Category: Politics
NYT's Bob Herbert: "why. . .if he is so passionately committed to liberating and empowering blacks -- does he seem so insistent on wrecking the campaign of the only African-American ever to have had a legitimate shot at the presidency."
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