Abortions: past, present
Whenever I see a comparison of abortion rates in the pre-Roe v. Wade past and abortion rates since it’s been legal in this country, I think of a book I read long ago. It was a memoir by a woman … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Health
The Epstein autopsy report
Suicide by hanging. I doubt anyone who didn’t already think that Epstein was a suicide will be convinced by the report. I already was leaning somewhat in the suicide direction and still am. But I also believe there was a … Continue reading →
The human/monkey chimera
I find this news very disturbing: According to the newspaper [El País], the Spanish-born biologist Juan Carlos Izpisúa Belmonte, who operates a lab at the Salk Institute in California, has been working working with monkey researchers in China to perform … Continue reading →
Evaluating newborns
Here’s an interesting article about how Virginia Apgar came up with the Apgar scoring system for newborn babies, back in 1952. Till then: There [had been] no routine examination of the newborns’ vital signs and, if there was, the methods … Continue reading →
The offending shoe: 3rd go-round
In one of the previous shoe threads, this comment caught my eye: Once you start thinking about it, it does become rather gross to sit on a pro-shoe carpet. Someone literally may have walked in dog urine, or bubble gum … Continue reading →
Observational nutritional studies: garbage in, garbage out
Observational nutritional studies are inherently unreliable. I think that’s rather obvious. And most nutritional studies are observational. So we have this situation: …[N]utrition research critics, such as John Ioannidis of Stanford University…point out that observational nutrition studies are essentially just … Continue reading →
A little addendum to the shoe post: signs of the times
I am gratified to see all the responses to the shoe post of yesterday. So much so that I thought I’d add that I noticed a listing on airbnb that said under “rules”: “This is a shoe-free house.” I think … Continue reading →
News you don’t want to have to use
“How to Survive 75 Hours Alone in the Ocean.” After reading the article, I’d say the gist of it is try not to get yourself into that situation in the first place.
Continue reading →Lickers: among the enemies of civilization
When I decided to title this post “the enemies of civilization”, I didn’t mean what’s often meant by the phrase: barbarians who plunder and murder and rape and pillage. I’m talking about the sort of thing Sarah Hoyt was referring … Continue reading →
California proposal to expand illegal immigrant health coverage
California is poised on the brink of expanding Medi-Cal (the state Medicaid program) to cover illegal immigrants 19-26. When I read that, my first thought was aren’t they already covered in California? It turns out that previously they only had … Continue reading →
Bars without alcohol: it’s a trend
It seems to be a growing trend among young people: Getaway is a sober bar, a new kind of dry nightlife option that is cropping up in New York City. The idea is to provide outlets for people who want … Continue reading →
The case of Noa Pothoven
There are at least three elements involved in the case of Noa Pothoven, a 17-year-old girl in The Netherlands who was widely reported to have received state euthanization for severe depression and related suffering. The first is the girl’s illness … Continue reading →