Over the last month there have been a catalogue of accidents at the French nuclear site Tricastin-Pierrelatte. We’ve followed all the breaking stories on our new weblog ‘Nuclear Reaction’. Now Greenpeace France has launched two court cases in an effort to find out what’s really been going on at the site.     Full Story…

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I’m so angry I can barely type coherently. I have very strong feelings about abortion, but I believe it is possible to respectfully disagree about the ethical issues involved. I have an obstetrics colleague who does not perform abortions, but refers patients needing this service to others. That’s the ethical way for a doctor to […]

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How do I try to beat jet-lag:
- book an overnight flight that lands at the destination in the morning, if possible. This really helps.
- start gradually shifting my daily schedule of meals, activities, sleep, a few days in advance.
- once I pass security and have about an hour before take-off, I take clonapen (not sleeping […]

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