medical

I have to admit to not paying adequate attention to the story about the avian flu.  When I read a little closer it finally hit me.  Baxter distributed vaccines to 18 countries for the flu.  When examined, the vaccine was shown to have the avian flu virus in it.  Now let’s be serious here… this [...]

The year was roughly 1975, the venue was Congress, the subject was the Church Committee.  This was when the CIA was called on the carpet and admitted to mind control experiments.  This is public record.
There may be prior history but let’s call it the end of World War II.  Nazi scientists were doing all sorts [...]

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post about the local tumult and a hundred square feet of bloody paw printed carpet, the cat injured himself yesterday.   When I last wrote, he was stationed on his own personal fluffy towel on the kitchen floor (blood comes off lineoleum better than carpet, I suspect).  My wife was going [...]

There is a hue and cry in this nation for a national (socialized) healthcare program.  I don’t blame people for making noise on this topic… let’s face it: we’re long overdue for some kind of change, hopefully for the better.
It is a good thing that the S-CHIP program passed recently, providing healthcare to children with [...]

There are certain days when the headlines (and the jokes) write themselves.  This is one.
It would seem that two mice injected with the plague organism went missing.  The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey facility refers to this as the mice `have not been accounted for seven weeks after being discovered missing’.
In case [...]

Ok, there are people reading this (or skipping it) who are making tin foil hat references at about this moment.  If they have skipped it, good.  If they are still reading, why bother?
I read a lot.  Information is good.  I don’t necessarily believe everything I read but it’s good to gather information.  I’ve always been [...]

Marshall got a haircut last week.  Against my wishes, he got cut way too short.  I have very loosely specific ideas about how a cocker should look.  The official Cocker Cut makes it look as if the dog is wearing a dress.  I’m sorry, not even if my dog was female would I suffer a [...]

DEPRESSING (DEPRESSIVE?) NEWS
Nearly 5 Percent Of U.S. Population Suffers From Persistent Depression Or Anxiety
Why Are Some People More Susceptible To Depression Than Others?
Is There Really an Epidemic of Depression?

Mindreading 101? Identifying images by watching the brain
Japanese researchers create images from thoughts using thoughts about images
Amazing research.  Amazing topic.  Amazing potential for misuse.
Fears of gender-bending chemicals [...]

The following was posted to the Yahoogroups Acoustic Guitar group.  I don’t know who posted it, but my hat goes off to him…
For the past twenty odd years or so a couple times each month I take my guitar over to the local hospital and play for patients who request it.  This is usually a [...]

First, let me start by letting you in on a little secret: dentistry is a racket.  It’s a license to print money.  Dental insurance, on the other hand, is laughable.  At one point I had two dental insurance policies and still wound up paying out-of-pocket in addition.
In spite of my lack of actual dental knowledge, [...]