Eight Toxic Foods: A Little Chemical Education
Many people who read this blog are chemists. Those who aren't often come from other branch of the sciences, and if they don't, it's safe to say that they're at least interested in science (or they probably don't hang around very long!) It's difficult, if you live and work in this sort of environment, to keep in mind what people are willing to believe about chemistry.
But that's what we have the internet for. Many science-oriented bloggers have taken on what's been called "chemophobia", and they've done some great work tearing into some some really uninformed stuff out there. But nonsense does not obey any conservation law...
Source: In the Pipeline - June 21, 2013 Category: Chemists Tags: Toxicology Source Type: blogs
California Officials Deliberately Mislead Public on Obamacare Rate Shock
Michael F. Cannon
Ever since Obamacare became law, I have been counseling states not to establish the law’s health insurance “exchanges,” in part because:
to create an Exchange is to create a taxpayer-funded lobbying group dedicated to fighting repeal. An Exchange’s employees would owe their power and their paychecks to this law. Naturally, they would aid the fight to preserve the law.
California was the first state both to reject my advice and to prove my point.
Officials operating California’s exchange–which the marketing gurus dubbed “Covered California“–recently and deliberately ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 31, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Michael F. Cannon Source Type: blogs
Rate Shock in California!––The New Health Insurance Exchange Plans––Comparing Apples to Oranges to Grapefruit
I have to say I was surprised with the press reports last week that there wasn't "rate shock" in California when the California exchange offered preliminary information about their new plans and rates.
At least one prominent health actuarial group had predicted a 30% baseline increase in costs for California's new health insurance exchange plans under the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare").
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Source: Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review - May 28, 2013 Category: Medical Lawyers and Insurers Authors: ROBERT LASZEWSKI Source Type: blogs
Officially retired this week
As usual nothing to say due to the ever deepening depression I'm in the midst of. My 66th birthday came and went last week. I have not celebrated birthdays for quite a few years now, it's just another day.
Here's this week's long list of annoying diversions (at least to liberals and marxists annotying), but ask me if I care, f. them.
5 Things No One Tells You About the Military Industrial Complex
7 Caught Trespassing At Quabbin Reservoir; Patrols Stepped Up Across State
7 Things About The Mainstream Media That They Do Not Want You To Know
75 Years in Prison For Videotaping Police
A Jew Rejects Talmud's Duplicity...
Source: Nightmare Hall - Welcome to my nightmare - May 26, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
The Fog of Science
As you may recall, in our last episode, Abraham Flexner has persuaded the world -- or at least the space between the North Atlantic and the North Pacific -- to put medicine on a scientific basis. But, it turns out that is very easy to say and very hard to do.Back in 1910, people knew more about human biology than they did in 1850 or 500 BC, to be sure. But the usefulness of that knowledge for making or keeping people healthy -- whatever that means, and remember we still haven't figured that out -- was very limited. To take stock briefly of our relevant knowledge at the time, we knew something about pathogenic microbes and ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - May 13, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Source Type: blogs
Slicing navel and blood oranges from Bernard...
: lovagemetender, tumblr.com Slicing navel and blood oranges from Bernard Ranches for all the attendees of @foodbookfair to munch on. #fbf #nofilter #bloodsarethebest Posted on infosnack. (Source: Kidney Notes)
Source: Kidney Notes - May 4, 2013 Category: Urologists and Nephrologists Authors: Joshua Schwimmer Source Type: blogs
I Like my Oranges Bloody lovagemetender, tumblr.com Suddenly,...
I Like my Oranges Bloody lovagemetender, tumblr.com Suddenly, it’s springtime in Brooklyn. The daffodils popped up this weekend, and now the cherry blossoms are coming out. The sun is shining, and deceivingly warm so as soon as I walk out o … Posted on infosnack. (Source: Kidney Notes)
Source: Kidney Notes - April 12, 2013 Category: Urologists and Nephrologists Authors: Joshua Schwimmer Source Type: blogs
#184: Rivaroxaban gets ACS indication recommendation from European regulators; MitraClip narrowly passes major test with FDA advisory panel; new oral anticoagulants in secondary stroke prevention: Apples and oranges?; EMA recommends restricting cilostazol
Rivaroxaban gets ACS indication recommendation from European regulators; MitraClip narrowly passes major test with FDA advisory panel; new oral anticoagulants in secondary stroke prevention: Apples and oranges?; EMA recommends restricting cilostazol (Source: Blogs@theHeart.org)
Source: Blogs@theHeart.org - March 28, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: theheart.org Tags: This week in cardiology from heartwire Source Type: blogs
Bees Benefit From Caffeine
Caffeinated plants provide an unforgettable experience.
Honeybees rewarded with caffeine remember the smell of specific flowers longer than bees given only sucrose, according to a study published in Science. “By using a drug to enhance memories of reward,” the study says, “plants secure pollinator fidelity and improve reproductive success.”
Many drugs used by humans come from plants. But what role do the drugs play for the plants themselves? Frequently, they play the role of toxic avenger, providing a chemical defense against attacks by herbivores. But in smaller doses, they often have pharmacological effects on ...
Source: Addiction Inbox - March 7, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Dirk Hanson Source Type: blogs
One Today, Richard Blanco: Inauguration poem
One sun rose on us today, kindled over our shores,
peeking over the Smokies, greeting the faces
of the Great Lakes, spreading a simple truth
across the Great Plains, then charging across the Rockies.
One light, waking up rooftops, under each one, a story
told by our silent gestures moving behind windows.
My face, your face, millions of faces in morning’s mirrors,
each one yawning to life, crescendoing into our day:
pencil-yellow school buses, the rhythm of traffic lights,
fruit stands: apples, limes, and oranges arrayed like rainbows
begging our praise. Silver trucks heavy with oil or paper—
bricks or milk, teeming...
Source: white pebble - January 22, 2013 Category: Cancer Authors: Patti Niehoff Tags: anthology Inauguration inauguration day Inauguration poem Richard Blanco Source Type: blogs
lingering use of BMI to measure obesity
The Wall Street Journal (1/12) reported that some scientists disagree with last week’s report by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health and the University of Ottawa that used Body Mass Index to measure their likelihood of dying. Researchers refute using BMI as the typical way to define obesity, claiming that it averages together too many factors instead of focusing on unhealthy abdominal fat. Researchers also point to how many are misclassified as overweight by the BMI index. Comment: while I agree with these comments the problem is one of having a case definition that ...
Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - January 19, 2013 Category: Epidemiologists Authors: cbuttery Tags: behavioral change Chronic Disease Community Health epidemiology policy Prevention Translational Research Source Type: blogs
Nuvosa Skin Care: In the Beauty Brains Bathroom
Can I tell you how sick and tired I am of hearing anti-aging claims from companies that don’t provide ANY data to back up what they say?
That’s why it was so refreshing to find that the samples of Nuvosa skin care that I received were accompanied by actual test data showing how well their products work. If you aren’t familiar with Nuvosa, they offer a Deep Wrinkle Remedy, a Reborn Moisturizer and a Flawless Toner. You can learn more here at Nuvosa.com.
Nuvosa test data
According to their data, at the end of a 28 day study here’s what the women said:
94% agreed skin is hydrated.
90% of ...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - January 8, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: thebeautybrains Tags: Questions Source Type: blogs
Weight loss for the new you
WEIGHT LOSS FOR THE NEW YOUOver 50% of Americans are overweight. Are you one of them? To begin the Battle of the Bulge, you must locate your enemy before your battle can begin.You may crave food at all times of the day, except at meal times. You may be just eating because it’s something to do, and eating helps you forget about your worries and anxieties. At dinner and lunch you eat sensibly in front of others, but when alone, wow do you pig out.Most of us spend very little time eating our meals, are always hurried. The body does not have enough time to adjust the feeling of fullnes...
Source: Dr. Needles Medical Blogs - September 27, 2010 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Tags: WEIGHT LOSS FOR THE NEW YOU Source Type: blogs
