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The (Pseudo)Science of Homeopathy
by Nyarlathotep » Mon Jul 22, 2013 12:32 am
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The technobabble of Homeopathy paired up with the technobabble of Star Trek . Almost indistinguishable. I especially liked the part...
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Mon Jul 22, 2013 12:32 am
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Possibly there will be a cure for Down's Syndrome
by Abdul Alhazred » Thu Jul 18, 2013 2:58 pm
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No not eugenics. A cure. Really.
Scientists Show Proof-Of-Principle for Silencing Extra Chromosome Responsible for Down Syndrome
Science Daily
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As the brain continues developing during childhood and the skull is maaleable,
Let me clarify : what it is is that the formation of the brain,...
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Fri Jul 19, 2013 6:41 am
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Mon Jul 15, 2013 6:54 pm
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Now poor folks can afford it too.
by Abdul Alhazred » Wed Jul 10, 2013 1:58 am
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Really really poor folks. :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
Doctors create $260 IVF procedures for developing countries
Life Site News (publication of...
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Aren't there enough poor people without making more in tube?
Can you make a rich patron of the arts for $260? If so, count me in.
I'm poor and I...
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Wed Jul 10, 2013 8:38 pm
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Acupuncture, Emphasis on the Puncture
by Llacheu » Fri Jul 05, 2013 4:25 pm
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An acupuncturist/massage therapist in Ontario has changed a woman's life... and not for the better. The therapist pierced her lung with an...
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A friend of mine who has been through multiple transplants insists on getting acupuncture. I grit my teeth.
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Mon Jul 08, 2013 3:59 pm
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Faith healing conviction upheld
by Ronin » Thu Jul 04, 2013 10:41 pm
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If this has been posted elsewhere, I don't give a shit. :)
The state Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the convictions of a Weston couple who...
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I am not aware of an appeal increasing a sentence if the appeal is initiated by the convicted. Outside the United States, prosecutors have...
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Fri Jul 05, 2013 9:35 am
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"clearwater wellness program" ha
by scaredtd » Sat Jun 22, 2013 10:53 pm
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I was a patient at a wellness center in clearwater....I read pyrro's post. please contact me. I am desperate for an answer. am not a kook. just a...
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I am not lying,
No one claimed you were.
am not a hypochondriac.....
No one claimed you were. However you do confess to conditions that are...
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Sun Jun 30, 2013 11:12 pm
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Attention asthma sufferers!
by Abdul Alhazred » Fri Jun 28, 2013 4:36 pm
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Ancient wisdom that has been suppressed. 8)
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It's a wizard wheeze but I think I'll stick with the steroids, thanks.
Incidentally, Potter's is still in business.
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Fri Jun 28, 2013 5:37 pm
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Alleged cure for brain trauma
by Pyrrho » Sun Feb 03, 2013 6:34 pm
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Any time people start touting CURE! I am ever so doubtful...
Kosar's treatment for what he describes as his concussion-related problems began...
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Double what Pyrrho said--go to an E.R. and explain to them everything you know about what you've been through. For all we know, you may be having a...
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Mon Jun 24, 2013 2:14 pm
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Bad idea for a contest
by Anaxagoras » Sun Jun 23, 2013 12:56 pm
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World Sauna Championships Finalist Vladimir Ladyzhensky DIES At Event
This is a couple years old but I don't remember seeing it.
A Russian...
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There have been worse . . .
--J.D.
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Sun Jun 23, 2013 6:59 pm
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Alternative medicine: the harm ignorance can do
by Pyrrho » Tue Jun 18, 2013 2:55 pm
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The 12-year-old girl arrived at the hospital wracked with abdominal pain.
Doctors diagnosed her with acute pancreatitis, in which pancreatic enzymes...
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Pancreatitis--not just life threatening but a horrible thing for a child to endure.
--J.D.
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Last post by Doctor X
Tue Jun 18, 2013 3:04 pm
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Dolphin Assisted Birth
by Llacheu » Thu Jun 13, 2013 6:03 pm
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From David Brin :
An expectant couple from North Carolina are currently in Hawaii awaiting the birth of their baby. When the time comes, they will...
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Fuckin' dolphins. That was too embarrassing to watch
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Thu Jun 13, 2013 6:19 pm
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Morgellons Disease
by Llacheu » Mon Jun 03, 2013 5:09 pm
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Slate has a quick but interesting blog entry about how a CDC study has debunked the claims about Morgellens disease .
The blog also mentions how...
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Check out the comments session.
Yes they are insane.
Sample:
MORGELLONS is NOT psychosomatic, you LIARS! It is a MAN MADE SYNTHETIC SELF...
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Last post by Nyarlathotep
Sat Jun 08, 2013 3:21 pm
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Paramedic ruled
by Pyrrho » Fri Jun 07, 2013 11:08 am
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Thieved from somewhere.
PARAMEDIC RULES:
#1. Always look out for your partner
#2. Always wear gloves at a scene
#3. Don’t believe what you are...
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#52. No one ever loses consciousness. 1
#53. Put in the smallest gauge lines possible.
#54. Have no idea what GCS 8 clinically means. 2
#55....
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Last post by Doctor X
Fri Jun 07, 2013 11:21 am
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Now Here is a Brave Woman
by Doctor X » Tue May 14, 2013 11:39 am
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Anjolina Jolie.
Who will remain a NBL .
I was going to make people search for it, but figured that would be MEAN.
She has publicly described her...
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Like she needs the money.
Yeah . . . well . . . apparently she just wants attention :roll:
In a bit of serendipity provided by ass-raping Misses...
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Sun Jun 02, 2013 4:00 am
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New use for Krusty-Os prizes
by Pyrrho » Sat Apr 27, 2013 7:39 pm
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Basically, tiny metal stars that fold at certain temperatures, seize bits of tissue, and are retrieved with magnets.
Gracias and his team came...
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And, they're magnetic. So doctors can — in theory – get them all back.
In the bile duct , we could retrieve 95 percent of them, Gracias says. But...
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Last post by Anaxagoras
Tue May 07, 2013 8:03 am
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Vaccine to Help with Autism Symptons
by Llacheu » Tue Apr 30, 2013 4:57 pm
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While not a cure or prevention, this is interesting news about a vaccine that can help control some symptoms related to autism. I hope it is verified...
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Indeed. The problem, of course, is that different diseases require different treatments.
--J.D.
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Last post by Doctor X
Wed May 01, 2013 11:04 am
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Are there still any living HIV deniers?
by Anaxagoras » Mon Apr 01, 2013 12:19 pm
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This seems an important milestone in the fight against AIDS to me:
This is what science currently has to offer. The next best thing to a cure....
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There's all that, true, but all the real woos I know tend to be unhappy with their lot and desperately search for something more. Some meaning or...
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Sun Apr 28, 2013 10:31 pm
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Sun Apr 14, 2013 7:31 pm
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I smell a class action lawsuit coming
by Anaxagoras » Wed Mar 20, 2013 12:29 pm
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In a study that’s sure to shake up the soda ban debate, Harvard researchers have linked the sugary drinks to 180,000 deaths a year worldwide, 25,000...
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Up your intake in calories . . . you gain weight and risk the complications of such.
Quelle suprise. . . .
--J.D.
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Wed Mar 20, 2013 3:41 pm
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Measles News.
by asthmatic camel » Fri Feb 08, 2013 1:25 pm
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Congratulations, anti-vaxers .
Teenagers who were not vaccinated with MMR a decade or so ago due to the controversy, are behind an 18-year high in...
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Good. The more stupid people who die from measles, the less there are to annoy me.
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Wed Mar 13, 2013 3:28 pm
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One in the eye for the homeopaths.
by asthmatic camel » Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:32 pm
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Good on her .
Homeopathic remedies are “rubbish” and do not serve as anything more than placebos, England’s chief medical officer has claimed.
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Homeopathy hasn't helped any amputees. Neither has religion.
See what engineering has done for 'em.
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Last post by DrMatt
Tue Mar 12, 2013 2:06 pm
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I need to unblock your sexual energy points.
by asthmatic camel » Wed Mar 06, 2013 9:55 am
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With Reiki.
I do, really, I do .
'Sexual healer' who abused eight women is jailed for 16 years: Charismatic Reiki master conned vulnerable...
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Oddly enough, I could derisively comment, but it is worth reviewing the history of the vibrator.
--J.D.
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Wed Mar 06, 2013 2:26 pm
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Your Friendly Health Coach
by Pyrrho » Sun Feb 10, 2013 2:12 pm
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Used to be I could go to the doctor, get a diagnosis, get a prescription, pay my bill, and the health benefits would pay whatever portion they pay....
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Why in the world would anyone talk to a stranger about their health issues?
Bruce is happy to tell us about his intestinal difficulties, as am I.
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Last post by asthmatic camel
Mon Feb 11, 2013 4:21 pm
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If you think *our* anti-vaxxers are bad (and they are) ...
by Abdul Alhazred » Fri Feb 08, 2013 9:23 pm
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Nigeria polio vaccinators shot dead in Kano (BBC)
Nine female polio vaccinators have been killed in two shootings at health centres in northern...
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There are a number of sordid stories re vaccines used in Africa. No, I don't have a link.
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Fri Feb 08, 2013 9:29 pm
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Quick Easy Recipe Help
by Cloverlief » Tue Sep 18, 2012 3:38 pm
A bit of background: I am a pediatric care coordinator working for a non-profit. One of my challenges is to help parents find resources to improve...
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Last post by asthmatic camel
Thu Jan 31, 2013 4:03 pm
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NIH recommending acupuncture?
by Anaxagoras » Thu Dec 20, 2012 4:04 pm
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This page about menopause:
Near the bottom of the page:
See an acupuncture specialist.
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Translation: there is fuck all we can do so maybe placebo will help.
--J.D.
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Thu Dec 20, 2012 4:26 pm
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US congressmen promote anti-vax nonsense
by Anaxagoras » Wed Dec 05, 2012 3:46 am
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Congress Promotes Dangerous Anti-vaccine Quackery
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The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing trying to look...
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In the war of the human race versus disease, they are partisans of disease.
They are enemies of human existence and should be regarded as such....
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Last post by Abdul Alhazred
Wed Dec 05, 2012 2:53 pm
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Publication bias
by Anaxagoras » Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:50 am
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Something ought to be done about this:
The drugs don't work: a modern medical scandal (Ben Goldacre)
Reboxetine is a drug I have prescribed. Other...
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Speaking from personal experience, Reboxetine does indeed have some very unpleasant side-effects, as do many antidepressants. It changed me from...
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Wed Nov 28, 2012 8:42 am
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Don't eat the mushrooms, Alice
by Pyrrho » Fri Oct 05, 2012 10:59 am
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Toxic wild mushrooms are being blamed for hospitalizing a dozen people in Northeast Ohio, and University Hospitals doctors are warning of a possible...
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Two residents of a senior living facility in Loomis, Calif., died after eating a meal that contained wild mushrooms picked on the property, officials...
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Mon Nov 12, 2012 8:21 am
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Latest health scarce: energy drinks
by Anaxagoras » Wed Oct 24, 2012 10:16 am
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5 people may have died in three years.
This is worth reporting why?
ETA: if you keep reading it's actually 5 people over 8 years. They've been...
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5 people may have died in three years.
This is worth reporting why?
ETA: if you keep reading it's actually 5 people over 8 years. They've been...
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Last post by Rob Lister
Wed Oct 24, 2012 11:28 am
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Doctor claims modern wheat is poison. Another crank?
by Anaxagoras » Sun Oct 07, 2012 6:44 am
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The big red flag I see is that he doesn't seem to be referring to any scientific studies, just anecdotes.
Modern wheat a perfect, chronic poison,...
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Maybe if you have celiac disease. Other than that...eh. Wheat is like the new high fructose corn syrup.
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Last post by Ronin
Sat Oct 13, 2012 12:43 am
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Daily fail? Or is this a real thing?
by gnome » Sat Jun 30, 2012 6:47 pm
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If the Daily Mail reported that the sun was coming up tomorrow, I'd get up early and check.
So, anyone got the scoop on this that ISN'T from an...
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Following up on the Kwiatkowski hepatitis business, I stumbled across
this bit of earth-shattering news...
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Thu Aug 02, 2012 8:55 pm
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Fri Jul 06, 2012 5:49 pm
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Don't touch the filthy little vermin
by Anaxagoras » Sat Jun 16, 2012 10:31 am
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US man gets plague while saving mouse
A man is critically ill in a hospital in Oregon, suspected of having plague, the disease that caused the...
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Resistance to plague is an unintentional gift of natural selection. The plague never went away, the humans who were susceptible did.
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Mon Jul 02, 2012 2:21 pm
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World's first approved stem cell drug.
by Anaxagoras » Mon May 21, 2012 5:01 am
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A Stem-Cell-Based Drug Gets Approval in Canada
Unfortunately I'm not sure how effective it really is:
Prochymal is approved in Canada for...
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A little hard to parse what that all means, but it doesn't seem to be quite a magic bullet.
When you look at a field like Oncology, many drugs are...
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Sun Jul 01, 2012 11:07 pm
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And you thought Jenny McCarthy was bad ...
by Abdul Alhazred » Thu Jun 14, 2012 12:17 am
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Pak cleric warns jihad against polio vaccination teams
Rediff (Mumbai, India)
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The cleric went to the largest mosque in the area and declared...
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Cool.
Lesse...'Fanatical religion=No vaccines
Evolution? Natural selelction?
Hate to be callous...but ..'Can't fix stupid.'
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Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:45 pm
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Salt, We Misjudged You
by Anaxagoras » Mon Jun 04, 2012 4:03 am
We Only Think We Know the Truth About Salt
THE first time I questioned the conventional wisdom on the nature of a healthy diet, I was in my salad...
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Last post by Anaxagoras
Mon Jun 04, 2012 4:03 am
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Can anyone read this?
by ed » Tue May 29, 2012 2:28 am
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This is part of the death certificate of an artist that I am researching. The press reported his death as being due to Brain Fever which is...
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Oh, yeah, Susy Clemens died of Quirpl.
Makes sense.
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Tue May 29, 2012 2:33 pm
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Had any Nutella (tm) lately?
by Abdul Alhazred » Sun Apr 29, 2012 1:25 pm
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Then you are due reparations:
Today in Food Finance: Nutella Is Not Broccoli (Yahoo)
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While the total award sum is a not-too-shabby $3.5...
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The serving size and calorie amounts are clearly labelled on nutella. Why does the government mandate this info if people can just plead ignorance...
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Last post by corplinx
Sat May 26, 2012 6:02 am
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Acupuncture for pets
by Anaxagoras » Thu May 24, 2012 3:29 am
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Pet acupuncture more popular as practice becomes more mainstream
The practice has become more popular as acupuncture for humans has become more...
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She is not hot:
therefore, unlike Jenny McCarthy, we must ignore all she says.
--J.D.
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Thu May 24, 2012 6:34 am
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Mon May 21, 2012 11:44 pm
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Measles making a comeback
by Anaxagoras » Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:12 pm
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Great job anti-vaxxers! :x
Nine out of 10 U.S. measles cases could be linked either to a U.S. resident who was infected in a foreign country or to...
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Hmmmmmm.
Perhaps we should require vaccination to get back into the country...
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Last post by clarsct
Fri Apr 27, 2012 11:55 pm
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72 hour rule on this one?
by En folkefiende » Thu Jun 09, 2011 6:34 am
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Chemicals cause autism, not vaccines. Or that's what it says...
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Anax asked: What isn't a chemical?
Sub atomic particles, but you knew that....................... :)
Wait a minute.
Either it's a chemical or...
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Mon Apr 23, 2012 2:42 pm
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Don't run with sticks
by Anaxagoras » Fri Apr 06, 2012 4:29 am
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Meet Dez Heal. He’s a 13-year-old Virginia boy who was just playing ninjas with his friends when all of a sudden, according to his friend and eye...
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Hey, not kidding about the sticks. I was once just standing outside my apartment, talking to my roommate, happened to be futzing around with a small...
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Last post by gnome
Tue Apr 10, 2012 11:37 pm
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This notion that sweating = "detoxing"
by Anaxagoras » Fri Mar 30, 2012 4:31 am
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There seems to be a common idea out there that sweating a lot is a way of detoxing.
Take this NY Times article on people who like to work out in...
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If anything, excess sweating dehydrates you and CONCENTRATES toxins in your bloodstream.
Drinking water afterwards helps reverse that, but if you're...
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Last post by DrMatt
Fri Mar 30, 2012 2:29 pm
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www.stopjenny.com
by Eos of the Eons » Sun Oct 05, 2008 6:35 pm
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Jenny McCarthy has been running off her mouth with no dissenting voice for too long.
A website has been started to try to offset the misinformation...
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You're very welcome :)
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Last post by Eos of the Eons
Thu Mar 22, 2012 2:43 am
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Top 10 Worst Anti-Science Websites
by grayman » Thu Dec 22, 2011 9:24 pm
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Top 10 Worst Anti-Science Websites
Many of these sites promote some particular ideology, but I want to be clear that that's not why they're here....
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Aw, never knew I'd ever be missed anywhere, thank you 8) You can pm me for my facebook profile link. I have interesting convos like this there a lot.
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The Great Pink Slime Beef Scare of 2011/2012
by corplinx » Tue Mar 20, 2012 4:47 am
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Yet another food scare.
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Quick.....somebody take an image of the Pillsbury dough boy, color him pink and give him a bad attitude as well. The Pink Slime Boy!!Eleventy
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Last post by sparks
Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:07 pm
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From The Journal of Medical Ethics
by Anaxagoras » Thu Mar 01, 2012 6:10 am
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After-birth abortion: why should the baby live?
Abstract
Abortion is largely accepted even for reasons that do not have anything to do with the...
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The link is to a 404 not-found error.
Maybe this journal of ethics changed their mind about publishing it.
VRWC, you know. 8)
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Last post by Abdul Alhazred
Wed Mar 07, 2012 2:11 pm
