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July 26, 2007
href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/24/content_6424764.htm">These
are sooo precious...
The
one on the left is the cub. They are
href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Chrotogale_owstoni.html"
rel="tag">Owston's Palm Civets, Chrotogale…
July 25, 2007
Infections
with
href="http://www.wpro.who.int/media_centre/fact_sheets/fs_20050802.htm"
rel="tag">Streptococcus suis
have been reported in a cluster in Viet Nam, plus one
apparently-isolated case in China. This is not the first
outbreak of the pig-borne illness. A
href="http://www.who.int…
July 25, 2007
Today the US House of Representatives voted to pass
href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-2929">H.R.
2929:
To
limit the use of funds to establish any military
installation or
base for the purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of
United States Armed Forces in…
July 23, 2007
I was
reading about the
href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/24941.php">epidemic
of vitamin D deficiency, got curious
about albinism,
and ended up finding this picture of a white lion. It is
distributed under a
creative commons license, attribution required. The
photographer is…
July 23, 2007
The latest American Research Group poll shows the lowest approval
rating ever for President Bush, a 2-point decline in the past month.
I
can't help but think
the statement about having the Justice Department ignore
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/23/…
July 23, 2007
href="http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/357/3/e3">
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">This image
shows what can happen to your retina from a sudden increase in venous
pressure. What could cause such a sudden increase?
Jumping straight down, followed by sudden upward
acceleration…
July 22, 2007
As
reported in the journal, The Lancet, a man has
been found who had a
small brain, but a normal life. The article is subscription
only so I am not even going to link to it. But it is still
noteworthy.
There is a fair summary in the online version of
href="http://www.spiegel.de/…
July 22, 2007
This
is from the transcript of a discussion with
href="http://snowe.senate.gov/public/" rel="tag">Olympia
Snowe on
href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/07/22/ftn/main3086832.shtml"
rel="tag">Face the Nation, earlier today:
SCHIEFFER:
Already we’re beginning to hear
American senior…
July 22, 2007
This morning's Washington Post has a headline:
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/21/AR2007072101359.html?hpid=topnews">
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Envoy Urges Visas For
Iraqis Aiding U.S.
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">
Targets of…
July 21, 2007
The
href="http://www.sanofi-aventis.us/live/us/en/index.jsp">Sanofi-Aventis
obesity pill,
rel="tag">rimonabant, will be labeled with
stronger warnings as a result of
href="http://www.irishhealth.com/?level=4&id=11864">a review
by The European
Medicines Agency (EMEA). …
July 21, 2007
Someone
(Jim) at
rel="tag">Motley
Fool linked to the last LED lighting post.
Apparently he tracks the Cree Inc. stock. Anyway,
he linked to a site that has more information on the
href="http://www.lumecon.com/imsa_led_street_lighting_article.html">Ann
Arbor LED
street light project.…
July 20, 2007
This
is marketed as a brush to be used for shampooing dogs.
However, it is also very good for dry brushing of cats.
It is particularly effective at getting those extremely fine
hairs from the undercoat.
It is
also effective for removing cat hair from furniture.
One nice thing about this…
July 20, 2007
The New York Times contained two statements, in different contexts,
that say opposite things. The first appears in their "most
blogged" box. It is from July 15:
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/15/business/15gilded.html?ex=1342152000&en=b93e1c0193b4182c&ei=5090&partner=…
July 20, 2007
Science
fiction has often centered on the theme of "what if?"
Many of the finest works have explored alternative futures,
based upon just one or a few changes in contemporary society.
Indeed, science does have a powerful influence on culture, so
some of these alternative futures are quite…
July 19, 2007
There
was an outbreak of botulism in the past several days in the
United States. The problem was traced to contaminated canned
chili sauce intended for use on hotdogs. Product from
Castleberry Food Company based in Augusta, Georgia is suspected.
But what is botulism, exactly, and how/why is it…
July 19, 2007
It is
not taking off very quickly, but it could have a big impact.
rel="tag"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raleigh%2C_North_Carolina">Raleigh,
NC agreed to the "
href="http://www.raleigh-nc.org/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_2_276_208_0_43/http%3B/pt03/dig_web_content/news/public/…
July 19, 2007
Back in February, I
href="http://scienceblogs.com/corpuscallosum/2007/02/now_what_i_thought_things_were.php">wrote
about the irony of the Bush Administration touting their
efforts to improve food and drug safety, while at the same time
planning to close 7 of the 13 FDA laboratories.
In the…
July 18, 2007
The
Pentagon needs to crack down on KBR and other contractors, said Dorgan,
head of the Democratic Policy Committee. "It requires a change in
mind-set at the Pentagon, for them to slam their fist down on the table
and say, 'We're not going to put up with this anymore.' "
What got US Sen.
rel…
July 18, 2007
There is new information
indicating that an
rel="tag">oxytocin
nasal spray could be used to
treat shyness. Oxytocin is a peptide hormone best known for
its role in childbirth and breastfeeding. These are known as
peripheral actions, meaning they take place outside of the central
nervous…
July 17, 2007
href="http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/tc/Clostridium-Difficile-Colitis-Overview"
rel="tag">Clostridium difficile cases
are on the rise,
according to a
study in Archives of Surgery. It seems
odd to me that this study would come out now, just a few days after I
href="http://…
July 17, 2007
This
qualifies for "quote of the decade" status. Unfortunately it
is in Times Select, but
href="http://choosingdemocracy.blogspot.com/2007/07/waiting-for-health-care.html">clever
persons can
href="http://www.technorati.com/posts/tag/Paul+Krugman">figure
out how to find the whole text (…
July 16, 2007
Apparently
it is now the role of the Chief Executive to tell
businesspersons how to run their business.
In the context of the pro and con lobbying over the proposed expansion
of the State
Children’s Health Insurance Program, pharmaceutical
companies decided to join the pro side. After all, if…
July 16, 2007
While
looking for information for my last post, I encountered another
interesting article at PNAS. This one is about a new molecule
that improved survival in mice infected with
href="http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/pubs/fsheet_faq_notice/fs_ahscrapie.html"
rel="tag">scrapie.
Scrapie is one…
July 15, 2007
There is a
letter published online at Nature, ahead of the
print version, that describes a technique of analyzing an entire genome
to find genes that may be associated with disease.
The newly-identified gene, in this case, is linked to Type 1
href="http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec13/ch165/ch165a.…
July 15, 2007
We
already knew that
rel="tag">varenicline
could be used to help people stop smoking. Now there is a
report that it can help reduce alcohol consumption, at least for rats.
This was reported in
title="Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences">PNAS
(Varenicline, an α4β2
nicotinic…
July 15, 2007
There
is a compilation of polls taken of Iraqis, and of service members, at
href="http://www.iraqanalysis.org/info/55">Iraqanalysis.org.
They say it is a comprehensive list. They invite anyone who
knows of a poll that they have not included to let them know.
July 14, 2007
Remember
the
href="http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/07/cdc-halts-texas.html">recent
reports about lab workers at a biodefense
laboratory (Texas
A&M) who became infected with "select agents" (
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brucellosis">Brucella
and Coxiella
burnetii)? An…
July 14, 2007
Knowing
full well that it violated the Constitution of the United
States, the State legislatures in
href="http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/190122">Arizona,
Florida,
href="http://news.aol.com/elections-blog/2006/10/31/bush-lied-they-died-t-shirt-censored/">Louisiana,
Texas,
and
href…
July 14, 2007
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">
href="http://www.kcl.ac.uk/phpnews/wmview.php?ArtID=1918">This
press release (HT:
href="http://www.medgadget.com/archives/2007/07/got_moles_they_might_be_good_for_you.html">medGadget)
from King's College tips us off to an article in the journal,…