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Category Archives: Science and Medicine
Sugar is only toxic sometimes
Finally, a very sane analysis of what sugar does in your body. Robert Lustig, who is most famous for saying “Sugar is toxic,” lays out the case in a more sensible, less sloganistic fashion by saying that the fructose in … Continue reading
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The Meaning of Pupil Dilation
From The Scientist magazine, a really interesting roundup about pupil diliation and what it can tell us about human cognition. It’s an old subject, but finding many new applications and helping create new insights (no pun intended). The Meaning of … Continue reading
Inherited Resistance to Cocaine
Male rat pups of cocaine using fathers are less likely to become addicted to cocaine and find the drug less rewarding, according to new research. This is due to inherited, epigenetic changes induced by the cocaine use. “The findings, published … Continue reading
Grapefruit is a powerful drug
For 43 of the 85 drugs now on the list, consumption with grapefruit can be life-threatening, Dr. Bailey said. Many are linked to an increase in heart rhythm, known as torsade de pointes, that can lead to death. It can … Continue reading
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More bad news for Ibuprofen during exercise
I’ve written about how ibuprofen may interfere with muscle development when taken after exercise, but it is not good to take during exercise either. For a while it has been known that it can cause people to ignore damage happening … Continue reading
Risk Management: The underestimated cost of Lyme disease
The New York Times Magazine has an article on Ina Drew, who was supposed to oversee trading operations at JP Morgan and was reportedly a great risk manager. But her unit lost $5 billion. To me, the underplayed role in … Continue reading
Selling exercise
How to convince people to exercise? People need it, but most people don’t do it. A study says that we are marketing it all wrong. Forget exercise to lose weight, be healthier, or live longer. Try telling people exercise will … Continue reading
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Lack of exercise is not the cause of the problem (but it is part of the solution)
Yet more evidence that a lack of exercise and energy expenditure is not the cause of the epidemic of obesity. This is part of the evidence that simply exercising more is not the answer to losing weight or reducing the … Continue reading
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Simpleminded science questions worthiness of family dinners
In the Sunday Review section of the NY Times, there is an opinion piece about a study that questions whether family dinners are overrated. All previous studies show that kids in families that eat dinner together regularly are more socially … Continue reading
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MIT camera records subtle changes in motion, color
This is an interesting story (via BoingBoing) of a new video technique from MIT that records very fast, subtle changes in motion or color from frame to frame, allowing you to see someone’s pulse or see the flush of blood … Continue reading
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