The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
Breastfeeding Wars: Why Locking Up Baby Formula Is A Bad Idea
Mayor Bloomberg’s campaign against formula feeding in hospitals is profoundly out of touch with the realities of motherhood
http://ideas.time.com/2012/08/03/why-locking-up-formula-is-a-bad/?hpt=hp_c2
If this wasn’t on Time I would have thought it …
Cancer Stem Cells May Be Responsible For Tumor Growth
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/248537.php
A very interesting concept and one that, if proven to be true, basically means that all our efforts in the last 40+ years to combat cancer have been totally wasted. …
The Brain Set Free
Lifting neural constraints could turn back time, making way for youthful flexibility
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/342559/title/The_Brain_Set_Free
It is interesting to me that it might be practical to ‘soften’ the brain a bit to allow for learning complex new subject …
Catching a Cancer
Viral culprits may explain a host of tumors with as-yet unknown triggers
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/342223/title/Catching_a_Cancer
This is really interesting to me as it helps explain a lot of observed information. I have know that certain viruses unambiguously cause certain …
Food In Smaller Pieces May Help Control Weight
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/247693.php
This is a really interesting study to me. Just like the power of the placebo, humans actually have a tremendous ability to convince themselves of things (why I think our …
SCOTUS upholds ‘Obamacare’! Roberts backstabs the GOP! Insurance companies rejoice!
Well, were I a bettin man (I do gamble, but with cards, not law) I woulda bet that the ACA would have been overturned. Still, with the 5-4 decision it …
Certain Diets May Help Body Burn More Calories: Study
Low-carb and low-glycemic plans work best, but low-carb regimen has drawbacks
http://www.ivillage.com/certain-diets-may-help-body-burn-more-calories-study/4-a-468579
I wanted to title this “Another thing that makes you go ‘Duh!'”, but felt that would be too repetitious, …
Health Care as a Privilege: What the GOP Won’t Admit
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/06/health-care-as-privilege-what-gop-wont-admit.html
This article very nicely sums up what has been floating around in my head: is access to health affordable care something that we, as a society, should consider an …
Earlier I talked about the human ‘microbiome’ and the hygiene hypothesis. I was discussing this with my lovely wife over the weekend (got to kill 4 hours each weekend in the car somehow) and felt that there might be …
Injection wells: The poison beneath us
The hidden risks of pumping waste underground
http://www.salon.com/2012/06/21/injection_wells_the_poison_beneath_us_salpart/
This is a really amazing article and I really encourage you to read it. I had no idea this was going on and I follow the …