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  • Raises Interesting Follow-Up Questions

    The result that the number of fat cells is set in adolescence and remains constant through adulthood, by the bodies fixed fat cell replacement rate boggles my mind. I have questions about pushing the limits of this. The summary talks about people who were overweight in adolescence. What about a person who was lean in adolescence? How much ...
    Posted to Medical Examiner by EnergyLawyer on May 14, 2008
  • Problematic Statement from Host and Guest

    Below are some comments from the guests and hosts that seem to be at odds with the scientific literature. Andrew Leuchter: “In those studies where this increase[d] thoughts about suicide and agitation were noted, actually, there were no suicides - that people thought about it but they didn’t act on it.” This is a problematic statement. ...
    Posted to Medical Examiner by jon leo on May 7, 2008
  • what am i doing here?

    What a great article. I google searched ''is law school hard?'' and got this article! Well, I thank you so much for this, for some reason I feel very confident. Little old Sociology major me, thinking of law school. sounds like a challenge-- a very expensive one, but a lucrative one none the less. Public Health/JD here I come!
    Posted to Jurisprudence by rjc05d on May 1, 2008
  • body parts

    I'm NOT knocking the medical advances. I AM knocking the military's apparent motivation. To believe ANY military body actually puts a value on relieving human suffering, EXCEPT to have enough superiority of cannon fodder, is very naive. ''Today's permanent wound will be tomorrow's bad memory. Blow off our fingers, and we'll grow them back....'' ...
    Posted to Human Nature by kenforst on April 21, 2008
  • Under Pressure

    I'm curious to know if there is any anecdotal evidence that the pressure to breastfeed in some communities can actually lessen the satisfaction a mother gets from sharing this event with her child. I've noticed that in affluent, educated circles, there are a lot of community enforced norms of the ''proper'' way to rear a child. Women or couples ...
    Posted to Medical Examiner by rose3000 on April 8, 2008
  • Sugar-free, too

    I am a guy, and read your article for support of my own sugar free attempt. Thought it was great. I once was a South Beacher - and I do think it a great and healthful diet. However, I fell off the wagon, re-gained the 20 lost pounds, just like all the diet criticizer say you will. But nw, I am trying again to lose weight, and have ientified ...
    Posted to Medical Examiner by JohnV on April 5, 2008
  • Psychologist says De-Stress with High-Tech/Low-Cost FREEWARE

    In order to complement the positive effects of meditative hypnosis, I highly recommend the following unique FREEWARE program (the “Virtual Light & Sound Machine” Meditation Software) that effortlessly induces DEEP MEDITATIVE states, via the phenomenon of audio-visual stimulation... FREE ...
    Posted to Medical Examiner by Jerry0065 on April 1, 2008
  • Candidate Requirements

    I think any candidate for a significant office (President, U. S. Senator or Congressman, state Governor) should present two sets of documents, each time he/she files to be a candidate. 1. Edacted copies of the preious 7 years of tax returns, verified by the IRS, and, 2. A complete, reliable, health examination report (to catch health and ...
    Posted to Hot Document by Glen Scutt on March 31, 2008
  • Re: Actually

    Yes, please question ''conventional wisdom'' with regard to this crazy ''science'' which passes off for AIDS research. Why did five Nobel Prize winning scientists bitterly condemn the AIDS establishment within 10 years of Gallo and Heckler's announcement? Why did three congressional hearings declare the US discovery of HIV and patenting of the ...
    Posted to Fighting Words by keidi on March 27, 2008
  • Re: Adherence to prescriptions

    This was one of the best summaries of the issue I have ever read. I would add that pharmaceutical companies are key to solving the problem. I know of a drug used to treat MS, which has adherence rates of 95%, because of the patient support program launched by its manufacturer. Because the drug costs $20,000/year, they can afford to provide ''gold ...
    Posted to Medical Examiner by jeanlalonde on March 22, 2008
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