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July 14, 2007
A
couple of
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rel="tag">Parkinson's Disease related items came
across the news wires,
briefly. There are lessons in both of them, but both leave me
with unresolved questions.
The first one I noticed was a report based upon a journal…
July 13, 2007
I'm
not the best one to comment on this, not being a starving grad
student, but I find it a bit disturbing. In Science
today: an article on the unintended consequences of increased NIH
funding.
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NIH…
July 13, 2007
Here
are ScienceBlogs, we have been
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July 12, 2007
One sure sign of acceptance in the mainstream media occurs when a
publication gets picked up by Google News (as illustrated in the screen capture image, above).
Yesterday, reading the Public Library of Science Medicine journal (
rel="tag" href="http://medicine.plosjournals.org/">PLoS…
July 12, 2007
This
is not really news, I guess, but it is a good reminder.
In fact I've written about
it twice before (
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July 12, 2007
A study
published in the British
Medical Journal indicates that use of a
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drink can reduce the frequency of antibiotic-associated diarrhea in
general, and of
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rel="tag…
July 11, 2007
The
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just can't win. When they restrict something or say something
negative, they are being too restrictive or complicit with big pharma.
When they approve something too slowly they are insensitive
to the needs of patients. When they…
July 11, 2007
This afternoon, I had the pleasure of hearing
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Goodman interview
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Mooney about the subject of his new book,
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July 10, 2007
This
is starting to look like a never-ending saga, and I have written
about it extensively before. But this latest update certainly
deserves some attention.
It comes from an article (
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Attempts Among Patients…
July 10, 2007
(RWOS=Republican War
on Science) In
case you haven't noticed (and why would you?), the USA is without a
Surgeon General. The old one, Dr.
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Carmona, unhired himself for unclear reasons last July, as
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July 9, 2007
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accustomed to seeing power generation windmills on dry land, here in
the USA. In Europe, some are on land and some are offshore.
They generally are considered eyesores. Myself, I
think they are beautiful. I love to see them up on a ridge,…
July 9, 2007
"It
won't be easy, but it is time to ask the American people to be
patriotic about something other than war."
--
title="From the ScienceBlogs Interview"
href="http://scienceblogs.com/clock/2007/07/exclusive_interview_with_senat.php">John
Edwards
July 9, 2007
Insurance companies have discriminated against their mentally ill
customers for years. Sadly, they have done so with t he
comlicity of the Federal government.
There have been many attempts to change this, but the attempts
generally are made by constituents who have little power, and meet with…
July 8, 2007
...And
tell me what the poll means.
These are from a poll conducted on July 5, 2007, by the
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Research Group (sorry, no permalink):
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Question:
Do
you approve or disapprove of President George W…
July 8, 2007
On
June 21, 2007, the American Psychiatric Association issued a press
release on the subject of video game addiction. Apparently,
it had been rumored n the media that the APA was going to have a vote
on whether to classify excessive video gaming as an addiction.
That was never a possibility. …
July 7, 2007
Speciation
is the formation of new species of organisms. Often, the term
is used to describe an event in the course of evolution in which one
species gets divided into two groups, after which the process of
genetic change occurs differently in each group. When the
differences are so great, that…
July 7, 2007
The
term "entitlement" has garnered a strongly negative connotation in
recent years. Usually, the word entitlement is
used to refer to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, plus other
programs that provide direct assistance (Aid to Families with Dependent
Children, student aid, housing, food…
July 6, 2007
It is
a cheap shot, indeed, but an exceptionally good one. And
given that Cheney is the only person in history to get an apology from
someone after shooting him in the face with a shotgun, it is strangely
appropriate...
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July 6, 2007
The
news article does not state specifically why it is happening, but it is
a trend over the past two years:
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Lakes fish getting worse: Study
Jul 05, 2007
11:36 AM
Catherine
Porter
Toronto Star
Environment
Reporter…
July 5, 2007
The
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hypoallergenic cat...
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is a
hot commodity right now. The company claims a 15-month
waiting list for the $4,000 pets. They supposedly have many
virtues:
An
ALLERCA GD…
July 4, 2007
Recently, a friend asked my opinion on an article that
appeared in Life Extension magazine: How
Congress Is Being Misled to Think That DHEA Is an “Anabolic
Steroid”.
title="Dehydroepiandrosterone">DHEA has been
a topic here before; I wrote about it (
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July 3, 2007
T
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is another post in a series detailing the selection of antidepressant
medication. Use the "Antidepressants" link in the
"Categories"
part of the sidebar to find the other posts in the series.
In this post, I am sort of assuming that the reader has…
July 1, 2007
If you have no shaving cream, you can use a bit of hair conditioner
instead.
June 30, 2007
The
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Panda has a Latin name that suggests it is a cat.
It is not, being more closely related to bears and raccoons.
They are similar to the more famous Giant Pandas, but
sufficiently distinct so as to have their own family name, Ailuridae…
June 30, 2007
There
is a refreshingly whimsical article, on a very serious subject, in this
month's edition of Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain.
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Potter and the Curse of Headache
Fred Sheftell MD…
June 29, 2007
A
recent study in the Archives of Internal Medicine caught my attention,
because it has significant implications for stress management by
physicians. The study also generated a bit of
attention in the popular media. For example, this article in
NYT:
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June 28, 2007
I
really like the idea behind the Farmer's Diner. This guy,
Tod Murphy, started a restaurant that only servers food that was grown
or produced within seventy miles.
There's
an interview with him in
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rel="tag">Orion…
June 20, 2007
Why are people, all over the country, all of a sudden, searching for "Asian flying carp video?"
June 20, 2007
Not
posting much this week. I'll be taking down my computers for a few
days, making it difficult to post at all.
Maybe I will finally find out where all those little wires behind my
computers go. If I can get them all plugged in to the right
spots again, regular posting will resume next week.
June 18, 2007
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The
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hopes to see them become commonplace in the third world.
Strange, because the…