Thomas Bartlett of The Chronicle of Higher Education on The Man Who Would Murder Death: A rogue researcher challenges scientists to reverse human aging: Aubrey de Grey is indeed a […]
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Tag: Health and Medicine
If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free. – P.J. O’Rourke (1993)
Light Blogging and Website Updates
You've probably noticed that my blogging has been light over the last week. Last Friday, I had minor surgery to correct a condition I've dealt with for about five or […]
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Mental
Sheldon Richman of the Future of Freedom Foundation on Bush’s Brave New World: President Bush’s little-publicized New Freedom Commission on Mental Health has proposed comprehensive mental-illness screening for all Americans. […]
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Repairing the Body, Restoring the Soul
Johann Christoph Arnold writing for All Gulf Vets Magazine on Listening to the Wounded: Facing the incoming from Iraq: It is easy to forget that it has been more than […]
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Aftermath of Gulf War II
Stephen L. Robinson, Executive Director of the National Gulf War Resource Center, has authored a new report titled Hidden Toll of the War in Iraq: Mental Health and the Military […]
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More on Gulf War Illness
The Guardian, August 4, on Gulf Allies 'All Faced Chemical Exposure' US investigators researching illnesses suffered by veterans of the first Gulf war yesterday insisted that all troops and civilians […]
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September 11th – Bone Marrow Registration Drive!
Folks, I’ve been on the National Marrow Donor Registry since January 1997. While it only took a few minutes out of my life, it may one day save someone else’s […]
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Medicare Backlash
The New York Times on Officials: Ex-chief of Medicare broke law: Investigators want former head of the agency to return pay because of threats. The Bush administration illegally withheld data […]
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More on Gulf War Illness
Iain Harrison of the The Sunday Post on Top-selling author says flawed vaccinations caused disease: Scientist blasts MoD over Gulf War Syndrome: AN award-winning scientist says his research into Gulf […]
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One Year – Sixty Pounds
Update. A year after changing to a low-carb lifestyle, I'm sixty pounds lighter and much happier. Actually, I lost all that weight from June 2003 – October 2003. I've been […]
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