The Disabled Veterans of America are pissed, and rightly so: The House majority leadership has shown callous contempt for the sacrifices of America's defenders by attempting to impose overly restrictive […]
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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)
DU Blues
ANTHONY CARDINALE of Buffalo News on Warning of toxic aftermath from uranium munitions: The American use of depleted uranium munitions in both Persian Gulf wars has unleashed a toxic disaster […]
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Testing the Force
The Sydney Morning Herald on US admits to 50 secret tests of bio weapons on troops: The Pentagon used potentially dangerous chemical and biological agents in 50 secret tests involving […]
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Organ Trading
Julian Sanchez of Reason has an interesting article on Whose Organs Are They, Anyway?: David Undis thought he had found a simple solution to a grave problem. In order to […]
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Possible Progress on Gulf War Syndrome
The Department of Veterans Affairs gets a little closer to possible root of Gulf War Syndrome. Warbloggers, ignore the following as it pertains to sick vets and ya'll don't really […]
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Allergy-Friendly Lawns
Rachel Nowak writing for New Scientist on Genetically modified grass snuffs out hayfever: A hypoallergenic grass genetically modified to lack two common hay-fever allergens is set to enter field trials […]
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Dem Bones, Dem Bones
Duncan Graham-Rowe writing for New Scientist on Bad breaks fixed fast by bone 'printer': Shattered bones could soon be replaced by segments of artificial bone that can be "printed" within […]
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Khamisiyah Revised
More Links on the the Khamisiyah incident are below. Longtime readers of my weblog know the deal, but for the benefit of new readers, the Khamisiyah incident occured when the […]
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Six Million Dollar Leg
CBC News on Bionic leg a step up, amputee says: A robotics company has created a bionic limb that allows an amputee to walk and climb stairs with natural motion. […]
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Health Screenings
Ross Bynum of Associated Press on U.S. to Screen Troops Returning From Iraq: Col. Paula K. Underwood, an Army doctor, had just returned to her post in Germany from the […]
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