A “tsunami of aging” is coming to our state. AARP Washington state director Doug Shadel said the percentage of Evergreen State residents 65 or older will grow from 12 percent today to 20 percent by 2030. Read more here:[...]
Archive for November, 2013
Diabetes: A Business Opportunity for Enterpreneurs
From a Website Devoted to Making Money Off Of Folks With Diabetes The interesting thing about the site is the lack of any mention of expertise! What it does mention is a bit sanctimonious, “Yet despite the potential for profitmaking in a diabetes clinic startup, the field has no tolerance for [...]
Berkeley Blog: Scientific Fraud at SCIENCE
Open access is not the problem – my take on Science’s peer review “sting” Michael Eisen, Associate Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology | 10/4/13 | 11 comments In 2011, after having read several really bad papers in the journal Science, I decided to explore just how slipshod their peer-r[...]
November 10th, 2013 - 12:58 pm § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Kudoes to Paris
France blamed for blocking Iran deal Tehran says six-party agreement scuppered by one nation[...]
Is GMO OK If It Cures Horrid Disease in a Poor Country?
VIETNAM RELEASES MOSQUITOES WITH BACTERIA THAT CURE DEMGUE FEVER!!!!!! This bacteria, though not cut and spliced, is a genome and it may solve the horrible problem of Dengue. from CBS News: VietnamNguyen Thi Yen rolls up the sleeves of her white lab coat and delicately slips her arms into a box cove[...]
November 10th, 2013 - 11:03 am § in Uncategorized
Science Hype: Building Organs
Actually, the voice over is rather reasonable.[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: When Humans Act LIke Leeches
From last week’s HA Bible Study at HorsesAss: Proverbs 30:15 The leech has two daughters. ‘Give! Give!’ they cry. 4. God spews: “The horseleech hath two daughters that say: Bring, bring. There are three things that never are satisfied, and the fourth never saith: It is enough.”[...]
November 10th, 2013 - 4:47 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Was the Zimmerman Verdict God’s Will?
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy[...]
What is a mitzvah?
Why Are Jews So Different? My niece will soon go to the front of her congregation to read from the Torah. This is the act by which she will become a bat Mitzvah .. daughter of the law, a Jew entitled to lead other Jews in reading about our laws and history. I hope she […][...]
Diabetes and The GMO Initiative
The other night at dinner, I had a conversation about Washington States ant 522 initiative requiring labeling of GMP foods. The conversation led to a discussion about the problems most people have understanding the science behind today’s miracle drugs and even foods. For example, David Men[...]