Posted in Health on 18 August 2007 | 1 Comment »
Written by a surgeon, this book is a collection of essays about medicine and much more. Dr. Gawande is a staff member of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, graduate of Stanford, Oxford, and Harvard.
The essays are seamless and extraordinarily easy to read, even when explaining complex issues. The overarching theme [...]
Posted in Appellate Law, Health, Law, Military Justice, Military Law, Political Commentary on 4 August 2007 | No Comments »
In five recent cases last week, two of which are by ex-military members , the Court of Federal Claims has dismissed the cases because “Plaintiff’s counsel has submitted filings which contain numerous errors and exhibit a fundamental misunderstanding of this Court’s jurisdiction.“ (emphasis added). The court referred the matters, along with three other cases, to the Chief [...]
Posted in Health, Science on 20 June 2007 | No Comments »
Nothing sensationalist about this headline, despite our imaginary 24-hour buyout by Rupert Murdoch.
Indeed, new study results published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences the first evidence of a link between a compound found in fatty goose and duck liver and the rare disease amyloidosis, which is an abnormal buildup of amyloid deposits.
Such abnormal [...]
Posted in Appellate Law, Health, Law, Science, Supreme Court, Tech on 22 May 2007 | 2 Comments »
Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal reported on the alarming news about the diabetes drug Avandia, which places users at a 43% increased risk of suffering a heart attack. I have a close relative on the drug, so it’s of immediate concern to me. More about the Avandia news here.
Dr. Steven Nissen of the Cleveland [...]
Posted in Environment, Health, Personal on 3 May 2007 | No Comments »
Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal reports on scientific studies suggesting strongly that the increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere results in hardier, larger, and more potent allergens from allergy-inducing vegetation. For the 35 million people in the U.S. that suffer nasal allergies, none of this is good news.
Giant Ragweed
Dr. Lewis Ziska of the [...]
Posted in Exercise, Gaming, Health, Music, Personal, Xbox 360 on 3 May 2007 | 1 Comment »
When I lived in Japan, one of the thrills of the weekend (cheap thrills, to be sure) was to go to the local Japanese video arcade and see the throngs of Japanese teens dancing “Padda Padda,” as I recall the game was called, or as we call it here, “Dance Dance Revolution.” [...]
Posted in Exercise, Health on 23 April 2007 | No Comments »
The proposition might seem hyperbolic, but a new study published in Journal of Nutrition supports the proposition that a high fat meal has the opposite effect as does the proverbial “an apple a day.”
The study, conducted by, among others, the Penn State Vascular Health Interventions Lab, found that “[t]he consumption of a single high-fat meal [...]
Posted in Culture, Exercise, Health, Personal, Science on 1 April 2007 | 3 Comments »
The 29 Mar 07 Wall Street Journal reports World Health Organization (WHO) figures that indicate obesity is only getting worse in the States, and around the world. Estimated obesity rates for people aged 15 and older have grown since 2002:
United States. 2002: 34.9%. 2005: 39.2%.
UK. 2002: 20.0%. 2005: 22.9%
Germany. [...]
Posted in Exercise, Health on 31 March 2007 | 1 Comment »
As if we all haven’t heard enough about 300, there’s one thing haunting me that just won’t go away. No, it isn’t the horrible ginormous man-hands of Xerxes on Leonidas’ shoulders (That’s “Xerxes,” as in “Pat” and “Chris”). Rather, it’s the perfect condition of each and every one of those damn [...]
Posted in Culture, Health, Personal, Psychology, Science on 16 March 2007 | No Comments »
Center for Disease Control reports that Americans still don’t eat right:
March 15, 2007 — Fewer than a third of U.S. adults eat enough fruits and vegetables, according to the CDC.From coast to coast, no state (or Washington, D.C.) meets the CDC’s goals for adult fruit and vegetable consumption.People should eat at least five daily servings [...]
Posted in Culture, Environment, Health, Personal, Science, Tech on 13 March 2007 | No Comments »
High time. I ditched my Mercedes because, frankly, the quality was crap. I replaced it with a Toyota Prius, and the family, to my surprise, loves the car. (The wife picked the Mercedes, so she thought it was my turn and only reluctantly initially agreed to the Prius.)
Now, assuming Mercedes doesn’t learn [...]
Posted in Health, Science, Science Fiction, Tech on 12 March 2007 | No Comments »
Wired 15.03: Be More Than You Can Be
Check this bit of journalism witnessing firsthand the products of R&D ongoing at DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), in Virginia.
All it takes is a chilled metal sphere, your hand tightly gripping the sphere, and a vacuum around your hand, and not only won’t your body overheat, but [...]
Posted in Culture, Health, Personal, Psychology, Science on 9 March 2007 | 1 Comment »
The nation’s schools — under fire for unhealthy school lunches, well-stocked vending machines and phys-ed cuts — may actually do a better job than parents in keeping children fit and trim. A study found that 5- and 6-year-olds gained more weight over the summer than during the school year, casting doubt on the assumption [...]
Posted in Health on 23 February 2007 | No Comments »
Study Suggests Vasectomy-Dementia Link
Chicago’s Northwestern University in fact found just such a link. Apparently men with Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA), a fairly rare condition evidenced by steady loss of language skills, are 40% likely to have undergone a vasectomy.
The general male populace has a 16% rate of vasectomies.
Looks like a link. Caution, of [...]
Posted in Environment, Health on 23 February 2007 | No Comments »
This is nothing new–there’ve been many studies that suggested that toxins leech out of those Nalgeen bottles into your water. One purported side effect is reproductive damage — genetic defects in reproduction as a result of the chemicals. The exact extent and risk, however, is unknown. This sidesteps the issue–and why not? [...]
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