Crazy Cat Drives Cat-Owner Crazy!
Well, maybe not. But it sounds like there's growing evidence that the Toxoplasma gondii parasite can have an affect on animals, including humans. Kinda creepifying … #ddtb Embedded Link How Your Cat Is...
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Okay, if I had ten hours to sleep each night, I'd be willing to do 4 asleep,…
Okay, if I had ten hours to sleep each night, I'd be willing to do 4 asleep, 1-2 up, and then another 4 asleep. My problem, is that I too often just end up with a single 4-hour sleep. :-P #ddtb...
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"But I think you'll be impressed by its insouciance!"
We know that people have different taste sensitivities and react to different flavors differently. E.g., some people are sensitive to particular chemicals in broccoli than others, hence finding it more...
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Explaining how the Pill works to the four-times married Rush
Of course, maybe that explains in part the multiple marriages … "Once you wade through the bile and the realization that the country's most popular conservative radio host has devoted hours on his show...
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Bits and Bobs from 2012-08-06
Olympics Our unpatriotic Olympians! – Fox Sports commentator critiques US Olympians — especially the gymnasts, especially Gabby — for not wearing the stars and stripes, calling it “soft...
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Wheel! Of! Urine!
Ah, for the good ol' days when doctors really earned their fees. Why send a urine sample off to the lab when you have a perfectly good chemical analysis system right in your own mouth? (h/t to +Jason...
View ArticleHPV vaccine doesn't promote promiscuity
Which makes sense, since I don't think most teens are most concerned about HPV and cervical cancer when they make decisions about sex. I'd like to think this would increase vaccination rates … but I...
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Suck on this!
As best as I recall (it was a decade or more ago and I was very tired then), we occasionally used our mouths to "clean" Kay's pacifier. (We also used water and the occasional dishwashing, too.) We...
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I'm just another Feeble-Minded Lefty
And I'm talking hand preference here, not political affiliation. This brief article talks about how prejudice against left-handers remains a problem in much of the world. Which sounds trivial compared...
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Coding for Turtles!
It's something funny and ridiculous, and it has to do with medical care, so why wouldn't "Dr. Paul" use it to lambaste Obamacare. Problem is, it has nothing to do with Obamacare, and was actually...
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Best. Study. Ever
I will, of course, reach out to Margie on this, in full support. Reshared post from +Ben Robbins An ounce of prevention… Squeezing breasts could prevent cancer, best study ever says Getting to second...
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Generic answers
Good article on generic vs name-brand OTC drugs — analgesics, sleep aids, etc. — and where there are (and, more often, not) differences between them. What’s the Difference Between Pain Relievers?...
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Oh, look — another GOP rep mouthing off about rape
Really? Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) didn't get the memo (or twelve) from the RNC to Ixnay on the Aperay Ommentscay? Because he seems determined to maintain that whole GOP "Pregnancy from rape is...
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Sanity from SCOTUS and Intellectual Property law? Inconceivable!
But true! The Supreme Court ruled (unanimously!) that a company could not patent the concept of a test for a naturally occurring gene it had isolated and identified because, basically, that's nature...
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"Side Effects May Vary!"
So it's important to understand three things: 1. All medications have effects — usually multiple ones. The hope (and hopefully confirmed by testing) is that the effect you want ("Make me not be sick...
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In that case I should be so sharp I'll cut myself
If I wasn't born with a book in my hand, I sure picked one up as soon as possible. (Actually, I remember the first time I read a book — it was about Popeye, and I would have been in no later than...
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Needles! To the heart!
I really dislike needles, though frankly my squeamishness to seeing them is not all that different between when they are gently inserted into an arm and jammed into a heart. But the latter will likely...
View ArticleWait, I’m used to California P…
Wait, I’m used to California Prop 65 over-warnings about everything. But booze cancer warnings? Really? http://t.co/9okqreX00A
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Get your flu shot
Okay, laziness and procrastination and forgetfulness I can appreciate (cough), if not approve of. But if you're making a conscious decision to avoid a flu shot for quasi-scientific reasons … don't....
View ArticleEliminating trans fats
This seems like an eminently reasonable thing to do. Which is why I'm waiting to hear that the House will be passing the "American Donut Freedom Act" any day now, taking away the FDA's charter to do...
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