Eugenics is not possible, it appears
I found this post by a self-confessed Asperger’s sufferer really interesting, though I’m not sure I understand it all. Here’s a snip: I believe it runs in my family somehow, but I got all the negative...
View ArticleWilliam McGurn: Like a Virgin–The Press Take On Teenage Sex – WSJ.com
The chain reaction was something out of central casting. A medical journal starts it off by announcing a study comparing teens who take a pledge of virginity until marriage with those who don’t. Lo and...
View ArticleDeaths caused by hospital mistakes ‘up 60 per cent in two years’– Telegraph
I love the last line: Roger Goss, from the pressure group Patient Concern, told the newspaper: “Patients are already extremely nervous when they have to go to hospital, so they need this news like a...
View ArticleFood: The Rebuttal
I’m so tired of people who wouldn’t visit a doctor who used a stethoscope instead of an MRI demanding that farmers like me use 1930s technology to raise food. Farming has always been messy and painful,...
View ArticleParents aren’t fools; and the Pols are only pushing harder
As the first wave of swine flu vaccine crosses the country, more than a third of parents don’t want their kids vaccinated, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll. Some parents say they are concerned...
View ArticleThe voice of death panel
YouTube – Robert Reich: What An Honest President Would Say About Health Reform. Pretty interesting. Here we have the whole collection: President as national Savior Burdening the young and independent...
View ArticleExercise: bad news and good news
Perhaps just as important, bear in mind that exercise has benefits beyond weight reduction. In the study of obese people who took up exercise, most became notably healthier, increasing their aerobic...
View ArticleWish Pharma’s market was depressed
A new report from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics shows that over a 10-year period, the use of antidepressants has skyrocketed across...
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