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November 1, 2006
Last week, President Bush stated "
href="http://freeinternetpress.com/story.php?sid=9005">absolutely,
we're winning," referring to the situation in Iraq.
Now, he assures us that
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/01/AR2006110102555.html">Rumsfeld
is doing a…
November 1, 2006
Jonah Lehrer, at
href="http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2006/10/depression_induces_bone_loss_1.php">The
Frontal Cortex,
points out a recent PNAS article (published online ahead of print) that
indicates an unexpected finding. Using a mouse model or
depression, they find that the risk of…
October 31, 2006
The
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/29/AR2006102900628.html"
rel="tag">Washington Post reports that
there may be changes in Washington lobbying practices, if the Democrats
take control of Congress.
...If Democrats gain the 15 seats they need to win
control…
October 30, 2006
The Neurocritic has the latest edition of
href="http://neurocritic.blogspot.com/2006/10/synapse-spooky-issue-10.html">The
Synapse. It's nicely done. Info
of the next one, and instruction for submission, are at Jake's place,
href="http://scienceblogs.com/purepedantry/2006/10/…
October 30, 2006
The latest issue of
href="http://www.fastcompany.com/subscr/110/index.html">Fast
Company has an article about
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Bell" rel="tag">Gordon
Bell, who is running a project to digitize and record all of
the information he generates and encounters in the…
October 30, 2006
This is a mother Tapir and her offspring, as photographed in the
Hagenbeck Zoo, in Hamburg, Germany. Ailton was four weeks old
at the time. The photo is from
href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/10/photogalleries/pow-week1/photo5.html">National
Geographic.
October 29, 2006
Art Z over at
href="http://cheerfulcurmudgeon.com/2006/10/22/bacteria-use-radioactive-uranium-instead-of-energy-from-the-sun/">Cheerful
Curmudgeon links to an interesting story about subterranean
href="http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/4229.html">bacteria
that derive energy from…
October 28, 2006
A while back, I wrote about the new treatment for
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADHD" rel="tag">ADHD
that is under
development,
href="http://www.nrpharma.com/products/NRP104.htm" rel="tag">NRP104.
The original post is
href="http://trots.blogspot.com/2005_02_27_trots_archive.html"…
October 28, 2006
I knew the economic news was bad, but I did not know how bad, until I
saw
href="http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8079134">this
article in The Economist, thanks to a
href="http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2006/10/the_economist_g.html">link
from Brad DeLong.…
October 27, 2006
Just for kicks, in case anyone cares, and is not already familiar with
these sites, here are a few that I use:
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October 27, 2006
It is never easy to make decisions about the use of medication by women
who are pregnant. For the vast majority of drugs, the
manufacturer's statement says something to like this: 'Product X should
only be used if the benefit outweighs the risk.' But there is
never any specific guidance about how…
October 27, 2006
Shelled edamame
(soy beans) can be found in all natural food stores,
Asian grocery stores and the natural food sections of most
supermarkets.
rel="tag">Tahini is sesame paste and can be found
in the same
places. The crushed ice keeps the mixture cool while processing and
allows less oil to be…
October 26, 2006
A bunch of others beat me to it (
href="http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2006/10/lush_rumball_an_ignoramus.php">1
href="http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2006/10/despicable_rhetoric_from_rush_limbaugh_1.php">2
href="http://scienceblogs.com/bushwells/2006/10/…
October 25, 2006
I want a robot vacuum cleaner that goes around the room by itself, saying "Warning! Warning! Alien Approaching!"
October 25, 2006
Now, there is another element in the controversy. What
happens if a corporation essentially buys an undue degree of influence
in the formulation of treatment guidelines?
Treatment guidelines have always promoted controversy in medical
practice. Most physicians like the idea of a concise…
October 24, 2006
Nature News reports on a preliminary study
href="http://www.chestnet.org/about/press/chest2006/briefing.php">presented
at the annual
meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians.
The study indicates that the cholesterol-lowering drugs in
the statin family may protect against lung…
October 24, 2006
That's the title of
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/24/health/24cons.html?ex=1319342400&en=e370af46c3a1c13b&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss">an
article in the New York times. It is about clusters
of illness that are discovered by people posting on the Internet.
The…
October 24, 2006
The British are famous for the clever turn of the phrase, and the
headline writers at the BBC are among the best.
href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6062688.stm">
Search for least-worst option in Iraq
By Paul Reynolds
World affairs correspondent, BBC News
website
A "helluva mess…
October 23, 2006
I just love this cover. I haven't actually read the magazine
in over 30 years, but this cover is a gem.
October 23, 2006
More headline comparisons:
href="http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/health/15823690.htm"
id="r-1_0">College kids add on pounds past 1st year
San
Jose Mercury News, USA - 15
hours ago
AP.
BOSTON - The "Freshman 15" is more like 5 to 7, but it is followed by
the "Sophomore…
October 22, 2006
Here are two headlines about the same subject:
href="http://psychcentral.com/news/2006/10/17/meds-help-preschoolers-with-adhd/">Meds
Help Preschoolers with ADHD
Psych Central News Editor
Tuesday, Oct, 17, 2006
href="http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/news/nation/15805876.htm"…
October 21, 2006
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October 20, 2006
One of the most hotly marketed supplements in
the
Complimentary/Alternative Medicine arena is
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHEA" rel="tag">DHEA
(dehydroepiandrosterone). Just as a quick index, a Yahoo
search for DHEA turns up over three million hits, and an impressive
array of…
October 19, 2006
No, it is not the name of a new rock band. It is a phenomenon
that is increasing in frequency in the world's oceans. The
dead zones are areas with very low oxygen content, so low that nothing
can live there.
Neil Barry Rincover, writing on
href="http://rincover.blogstream.com/v1/pid/137945.…
October 18, 2006
There has been talk of this for a while. At first, I did not
think it would be feasible, but it appears that progress is being made:
Doc
at a Distance
By Jacob Rosen and Blake Hannaford
Robot surgeons promise to save lives in remote communities, war zones,
and disaster-stricken areas
On a…
October 17, 2006
Answer: They both look the other way.
A recent article in Wired details how Kevin Poulsen
caught a registered sex offender by scanning MySpace
profiles.
href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71948-0.html?tw=wn_culture_5">MySpace
Predator Caught by Code
...I've been invited here…
October 16, 2006
href="http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2006/10/poverty_and_nature.php">Hedwig's
recent post got me to thinking.
Poverty, Nature and Progress
Category: Cultural Observation • Environment • Ethics
• Politics
Posted on: October 15, 2006 1:56 PM, by "GrrlScientist"
Wealth accumulated…
October 15, 2006
href="http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2004/subvocal/subvocal.html">NASA
is working on a
href="http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2004/subvocal/subvocal.html">new
type of speech recognition. Rather
than analyzing sounds, it detects nerve impulses in the throat…
October 13, 2006
Look for even more pedestrian and bicycle accidents because of this:
href="http://www.nydailynews.com/business/story/461093p-387919c.html">I
can't hear you: Sony's new Walkman blocks out noise
BY DANIEL DUNAIEF
DAILY NEWS BUSINESS EDITOR
Sony's new Walkman wants to bring in 'da music an…
October 13, 2006
I ran across a press release (
href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-10/uoa-ltf100606.php">1
href="http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/26739/LSD_treatment_for_alcoholism_gets_new_look.html">2)
pertaining to a journal article (‘Hitting Highs at
Rock Bottom’: LSD Treatment…