Dragonfly
I’m not a book reviewer but when I read one I want to share I’ll tell you about it.
This is one for a small audience, those who are space junkies who don’t know a ton about the U.S. Mir space missions. It’s very well written and well sourced, the author having gotten a lot of access to NASA and Mir astronauts and the myriad people who support them.
I’m told by a friend who’s briefly mentioned in the book that the author began as a rah-rah angle but soured on NASA and that probably explains the more than warts and all presentation. It’s not a hatchet job but ...
Source: GruntDoc - August 15, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: GruntDoc Tags: Announcements Source Type: blogs
Senator Rand Paul's Very Good Tax Plan Needs One Important Tweak
Our nation very much needs fundamental tax reform, so it’s welcome news that major public figures - including presidential candidates - are proposing to gut the internal revenue code and replace it with plans that collect revenue in less-destructive ways.
A few months ago, I wrote about a sweeping proposal by Senator Marco Rubio of Florida.
Today, let’s look at the plan that Senator Rand Paul has put forward in a Wall Street Journal column.
He has some great info on why the current tax system is a corrupt mess.
From 2001 until 2010, there were at least 4,430 changes to tax laws—an average of one “fix” a day—alw...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 18, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Daniel J. Mitchell Source Type: blogs
You Ought to Have a Look: Science Round Up—Less Warming, Little Ice Melt, Lack of Imagination
We describe the major changes in processing strategy, including a new method for monthly gridpoint averaging; a new multi-channel (rather than multi-angle) method for computing the lower tropospheric (LT) temperature product; and a new empirical method for diurnal drift correction… The 0.026 C/decade reduction in the global LT trend is due to lesser sensitivity of the new LT to land surface skin temperature (est. 0.010 C/decade), with the remainder of the reduction (0.016 C/decade) due to the new diurnal drift adjustment, the more robust method of LT calculation, and other changes in processing procedures.
Figure 1 shows...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 1, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Patrick J. Michaels Source Type: blogs
Mary figured out how to reverse diabetes . . . on her own
Mary shared her story of how she learned–on her own, at first–that foods that raise blood sugar, such as grains, cause you to “need” diabetes drugs. Not eating foods that raise blood sugar causes you to not need diabetes drugs.
“I started going grain-free in December, 2014 as a last-ditch effort to get a handle on my diabetes.
“My extreme reaction to metformin–stomach problems from diarrhea to esophageal spasms–made me give it up for good early last year. My blood sugars were out of control, but my doctor did not want to start me on insulin. My blood sugar numbers were regu...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - April 16, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Success Stories blood sugar diabetes gluten grains Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Is collagen a good anti-aging ingredient? Episode 73
Do you wonder which anti-aging ingredients really work? Today we’re starting a new series where we review the evidence to find out. We begin with a look at collagen.
Which anti-aging ingredients really work?
When it comes to anti-aging products it’s easy to be tricked into spending a lot of money on products that aren’t worth it. That’s because there’s so much pseudoscientific misinformation out there about anti-aging cosmetic ingredients. Also, once you buy an anti-aging product, it takes you a long time to determine if it’s really working for you or not. That’s why weR...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - March 10, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Perry RomanowskiDiscover the beauty and cosmetic products you should use and avoid Source Type: blogs
Grading the Rubio-Lee Tax Reform Plan
Daniel J. Mitchell
In my 2012 primer on fundamental tax reform, I explained that the three biggest warts in the current system:
High tax rates that penalize productive behavior.
Pervasive double taxation that discourages saving and investment.
Corrupt loopholes and cronyism that bribe people to make less productive choices.
These problems all need to be addressed, but I also acknowledged additional concerns with the internal revenue code, such as worldwide taxation and erosion of constitutional freedoms an civil liberties.
In a perfect world, we would shrink government to such a small size that there was no...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 4, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Daniel J. Mitchell Source Type: blogs
Kepada Semua Ibu untuk pengetahuan anda
by Dr. John Teo & Dr. Nazatul Shiha
Kepada anda yang mempunyai anak, sila TERUSKAN untuk menerima vaksin HPV percuma yang ditawarkan di sekolah dalam minggu ini.
Harap teruskan membaca
Butir – butir; http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/prevention/HPV-vaccine
Vaksin HPV berpotensi untuk mengurangkan kematian yang disebabkan oleh kanser serviks di seluruh dunia sehingga sebanyak dua pertiga, dan untuk mencegah kanser anus pada lelaki dan wanita. Gardasil juga mampu mencegah penyakit ketuat kemaluan (genital warts).
Kerajaan Malaysia sudah melaksanakan Program Vaksinasi HPV Kebangsaan sejak tahun 2010 menyert...
Source: Malaysian Medical Resources - February 12, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: palmdoc Tags: - Guest - Health tips Source Type: blogs
The FDA Approves a New HPV Vaccine Containing Over Twice as Much Aluminum As its Predecessor
According to recent reports, the FDA has approved yet another HPV vaccine, despite documented safety issues and the new vaccine containing an exceptionally high level of aluminum, a known neurotoxin.
Until now, only two vaccines have been manufactured to protect men and women against human papillomavirus (HPV), a virus believed to be the leading cause of cervical cancer: Cervarix, which is believed to protect against strains 16 and 18 of the virus, and Gardasil, which is believed to protect against strains 6, 11, 16 and 18.
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A Third HPV Vaccine Hits the Market
In December 2014, Gardasil 9 vaccine, manu...
Source: vactruth.com - February 1, 2015 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Christina England Tags: Christina England Physical Top Stories aluminum hydroxide Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Gardasil 9 HPV Vaccine Merck Sharp and Dohme Source Type: blogs
Are Well-Meaning but Misguided Conservatives Being Seduced by the Value-Added Tax?
Daniel J. Mitchell
Having a vision of a free society doesn’t mean libertarians are incapable of common-sense political calculations.
For example, the long-run goal is to dramatically shrink the size and scope of the federal government, both because that’s how the Founding Fathers wanted our system to operate and because our economy will grow much faster if labor and capital are allocated by economic forces rather than political calculations. But in the short run, I’m advocating for incremental progress in the form of modest spending restraint.
Why? Because that’s the best that we can hope for at th...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 29, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Daniel J. Mitchell Source Type: blogs
The Not So Scary Truth About HPV
There’s a downside, I think, to educating the public about the link between HPV infection and cervical cancer. And that’s scaring the bejesus out of every woman who happens to find out she has HPV.
It’s not surprising that you’re scared.
You see, we want you to know that HPV infection is linked to cervical cancer, and that we have a vaccine against HPV that can prevent cervical cancer. So we’ve been doing our best to get the word out. (With no small bit of help from the HPV test and vaccine manufacturers.)
But in our zeal to get you screened and vaccinated, we sort of forgot to tell you something equal...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - September 11, 2014 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: HPV HPV & Cervical Cancer abnormal Doctor frightened Gyno High risk pap smear Positive Scared Test Source Type: blogs
Hpv vaccine trial for treatment of topical wart
A recent study discusses using hpv vaccine to prevent genital wart recurrence. I have not personally used this in clinical practice but initial trial looks promising.
Efficacy of RG1-VLP vaccination against infections with genital and cutaneous human papillomaviruses.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/23752042/ (Source: War On Warts)
Source: War On Warts - August 5, 2014 Category: Dermatologists Authors: Dr. A Tags: Uncategorized Anal Warts common wart condyloma fighting the war on warts hpv men Penile Warts penis Source Type: blogs
The Delusional Fantasies We Live With Each Day
‘Most human beings spend 50 to 90 percent or more of their time in their imagination, living in fantasy.’ ~Charlotte Joko Beck
By Leo Babauta
We fail at creating new habits because of fantasies.
We procrastinate because of fantasies.
We get frustrated with other people, with ourselves, because of fantasies.
We miss out on the wonder of the world because of fantasies.
We — all of us — live our lives in delusion most of the time. That might not seem true, but consider:
When you wake up and start thinking about what you’re going to do today, your plans aren’t really happening, but are all...
Source: Zen Habits - July 28, 2014 Category: Life Coaches Authors: zenhabits Tags: Happiness Source Type: blogs
One Page First Aid Guides for Parents and Caregivers
From Allergic Reactions to Warts, KidsHealth has one page first aid guides for 50 common childhood accidents and illnesses. Parents, grandparents, babysitters and other caregivers can bookmark the page and be ready to respond to (almost) any mishap.
One Page First Aid Guides (KidsHealth): http://bit.ly/1mCtws9
What to Include in Your First Aid Kit (KidsHealth): http://bit.ly/1sfiEDy (Source: BHIC)
Source: BHIC - July 14, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Kate Flewelling Tags: Children and Teens Emergency Preparedness Source Type: blogs
What are active ingredients? The Beauty Brains Show episode 37
What are active ingredients in cosmetics? What does active even mean? And are the rest of the ingredients “inactive?” This week we give you some tips on how to spot which ingredients really work.
Click below to play Episode 37 or click “download” to save the MP3 file to your computer.
Show notes
Name that brand
We try out a new game where I ask Randy to name beauty brands based on their advertising taglines. How many of these can you name?
Look Ma, no cavities.
Because I’m worth it.
That’s the beauty of nature plus science.
99 and 44/100′s pure.
Strong enough for a man but m...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - July 1, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Perry RomanowskiThe Beauty Brains Tags: Beauty Biz Podcast Source Type: blogs
My professional college beclowns itself
A fisking of a paranoid, ill-considered and frankly stupid idea a 9th grader would be ashamed to put forth. From the American College of Emergency Physicians ‘leadership’.
ACEP Clarifies Campaign Rules
By James M. Cusick, MD, FACEP
Chair, Candidate Forum Subcommittee of the ACEP Council
ACEP is a member-driven organization with a representative body of our peers – the ACEP Council – chosen through component bodies, including our chapters (1 representative per 100 members), our Sections of Membership, and other aligned organizations.
There follows some boilerplate language designed to get you to tune out.
No...
Source: GruntDoc - June 26, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: GruntDoc Tags: Policy Rants Source Type: blogs
