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Abel Pharmboy is the nom de plume of an academic researcher and educator who took his PhD in Pharmacology and Therapeutics and BS in Toxicology. He writes on natural product drugs and dietary supplements, academic career development, medical journalism and, occasionally, making and listening to music and, with the help of his colleague, Erleichda, wine appreciation.
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March 31, 2009
Category: Drugs of Abuse
A man who lost his son 6 years ago to a poppy seed brew reminds us that users can never know the morphine content of the tea. More importantly, even those of us in science and health care fail to appreciate the danger of this tea. Processing of morphine poppies and concentration by tea making can result in potentially lethal concentrations.
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March 28, 2009
Category: Academia
In our neck of the woods, we've all been mourning the loss and celebrating the life of historian and civil rights legend, Dr John Hope Franklin. Dr Franklin passed away on Wednesday morning at Duke University Medical Center of complications from congestive heart failure. He was 94. Dr Franklin, or John Hope as he preferred to be called, will forever be known as one of the most influential African Americans of the 20th century. Franklin is perhaps best known as a historical scholar for his 1947 treatise, From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African-Americans.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 10:02 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 27, 2009
Category: I Can't Believe My Life Happens to Me
Congratulations to Tara Parker-Pope, Scott Hensley, Jacob Goldstein, and Sarah Rubenstein
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 1:02 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 26, 2009
Category: Academia
For the Diversity in Science carnival, the story of a women who made a different for all underrepresented groups in the biomedical sciences that continues today.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 9:45 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 25, 2009
Category: Academia
"We could have beaten anyone," says [the late Coach John] McLendon, now a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame. But there was no way to prove it. Neither the National Invitational Tournament nor the N.C.A.A. tournament allowed black colleges to participate.
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March 23, 2009
Category: Blogging community
A print guy who truly groks the scientific blogosphere is moving on, much to our dismay. Yes, we need professional science and medical journalists - so kill me.
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March 22, 2009
Category: I Can't Believe My Life Happens to Me
I once again joined Coturnix and Kirshenbaum (with Isis online) for GenomeBoy's superb public policy class.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 9:51 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 21, 2009
Category: Science/medical journalism
Classic Mooney: content-rich, persuasive, and illustrative of the impressive breadth of knowledge of this journalist.
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Category: Academia
A lesson could have been learned from the 1806 example of the German chemist and pharmacist, Friedrich Wilhelm Sertürner.
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March 20, 2009
Category: PharmKid BlogFodder
...it must be Spring in the Northern Hemisphere
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