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The safety of soda has been in the news a lot lately. The news even seems bad for diet coke, which hits close to home for me given my diet coke addiction. The worst seems to be this correlative study proposing a link between diet sodas and stroke risk: The study, which followed more than 2,500…
Thank the Intelligent Designer it's Friday. Links for you. Science: Reviewer Blues Broad Director wins prestigious medical prize Dengue virus returns to Florida after decades Humans found to have sixth taste - fat Body mass index (BMI) as a measure of obesity and health: a critical appraisal…
Halfway through the week. Some links for you. Science: Poll: American Public Supports Investment in Prevention As Part of Health Care Reform A SMART Plan? No, A Wackaloon Dumbfuck Plan! The common cold and influenza Holy Shit! A new way of finding out how diet affects gut microbes What's killing…
Democrats didn't lose the battle of 2010. They won it. - By William Saletan - Slate Magazine "Politicians have tried and failed for decades to enact universal health care. This time, they succeeded. In 2008, Democrats won the presidency and both houses of Congress, and by the thinnest of margins…