Last year, we were fretting about melamine contamination in foods from our biggest creditor. Again, this week, it’s happening - melamine was put into milk by some scummy businessmen.
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FuturePundit comments on the recent story about the shift away from the “Mediterranean diet” in the Mediterranean, specifically Greece. This is naturally leading to greater obesity. FuturePundit states:
Fresh produce and olive oil can’t compete with hamburgers and fries. We need to either genetically engineer ourselves to dislike junk food or we need to genetically engineer […]

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Morgellons “disease” is not a disease in any classic sense. There are no agreed-upon definitions of a case, so all else is meaningless. That being said, people are suffering. Since they feel ignored by doctors, they seek help elsewhere.
It’s a problem in thinking, in some ways. When you don’t feel well, you should seek help […]

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So, let’s see what was new in PLoS Genetics, PLoS Computational Biology, PLoS Pathogens, PLoS ONE and PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases last week. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. Here are my own picks for the week - you go and […]

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I’m off to the west coast (of Michigan) for a few days, and if I don’t blog, I shall die…or something. So I have a few posts from my old blog to share with you.

Sure, we all have our biases about food and health. I think chicken soup is great when you’re sick—but not because […]

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In todays context we face two major challenges both of which stem largely from the abundance of gasoline driven cars on American roads. On one hand the U.S. and the world is facing high oil prices a looming shortage of oil as oil fields around the world go into depletion. On another hand […]

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You know, I’m really, really beginning to like this Dr. Rahul Parikh guy.
Yesterday, he delivered an absolutely delicious smackdown of that chief propagandist for the mercury militia and antivaccine movement, David Kirby. It was at least seven kinds of awesome, and I was truly grateful to Dr. Parikh for doing it so that I didn’t […]

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What is my blood pressure? Is it OK?
Have I been checked for diabetes?
How is my cholesterol? Is that OK?
Am I due for any vaccinations?
Do I need any cancer screening, such as PSA, colonoscopy, mammogram, pap smear?
How is my weight? What is my body mass index (BMI)?
Here is my medication list–does it match yours?
What is my […]

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In a long-awaited display of responsibility, the European Parliament’s Environment committee has voted through a strong package to reduce emissions from cars. As the committee went into session, it seemed certain that a compromise package riddled with loopholes would be the one to pass. However, the MEPs voted to stick with meaningful legislation, turning their […]

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