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 An apology. Finally. After 50 years."The German manufacturer of a notorious drug that caused thousands of babies to be born with shortened arms and legs, or no limbs at all, issued its first ever...

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Although genetic testing (and medicine) will be in our future----- and although I tend to think it will be a good thing------ I'm also a big follower of the Socratic method of critical thinking. So,...

Nocebo Nonsense by Steven Novella  You have probably had the experience of having a heated conversation with one or more other people and after things calm down and you are comparing notes you...

   A temple in Tikal, one of the Mayan city states.CREDIT: Zap Ichigo, Shutterstock View full size imageThe city states of the ancient Mayan empire flourished in southern Mexico and northern...

Grief is good news for pharmaceutical companiesThe proposal by the American Psychiatric Association to create a new illness – prolonged grief disorder – and to redefine children's mental health...

http://northcoastcitizen.com/opinion/article_297cb288-cc42-11e1-b80a-0019bb2963f4.html

[plus Penn state officials and other too numerous to mention] When the cover-up is almost as despicable as the crimePosted on July 28, 2012 by Carolyn ThomasAs a recovering Catholic (and...

It's the Guns - But We All Know, It's Not Really the GunsExcerpts from an article by Michael Moore, on HuffPost:http://tinyurl.com/bupfczz***And now the Aurora shooter last Friday. There have always...

I have permission to post this thanks to Carolyn Thomas at:The Ethical NagMarketing Ethics for the Easily Swayed A philosopher’s take on Big Pharma marketingPosted on July 24, 2012 by Carolyn...

I have permission to post this thanks to Carolyn Thomas at:The Ethical NagMarketing Ethics for the Easily Swayed A philosopher’s take on Big Pharma marketingPosted on July 24, 2012 by Carolyn...

The Polypill---- bad for so many reasons! Just one of them being:"Wald says the vision of his group at the Wolfson Institute is that everyone over a certain age, say 50 or 55 years, will take the...

The following is just the first part of a lively discussion on another forum, in another time.MENS RULESNote that they are all numbered "1" on purpose!1. Men are not mind readers.1. Learn to work the...

I've been quiet on my journal. No reason. But this just has to be posted:http://whitecoatunderground.com/ In Michigan this week, lawmaking took an Orwellian turn as the House discussed what could...