Category Archives: medicine

Nut Cases

The Right Sends In the Quacks Covid-19 highlights the conservative reliance on fake experts.   By Paul Krugman/ New York Times / April 20, 2020 Over the past few days there have been noisy, threatening demonstrations at various statehouses demanding … Continue reading

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THE SURPRISING CAUSE OF THE RISE & FALL OF OUR CRIME RATE?

America’s Real Criminal Element: Lead New research finds Pb is the hidden villain behind violent crime, lower IQs, and even the ADHD epidemic. And fixing the problem is a lot cheaper than doing nothing. By Kevin Drum/ Mother Jones/ January/February, … Continue reading

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Latest Republican Science Lesson

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UGANDA? ZAMBIA? KENYA?

Where To Escape the Individual Mandate (Hint: Not Canada) By Amy Bingham/ ABC News/ June 30, 2012 Good Luck Finding A Developed Country That Has No Individual Mandate The Supreme Court’s ruling upholding Obama’s health care law on Thursday made … Continue reading

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Turn on, Tune in, Get Cured?

LSD Study Spotlights Decades-Old  Research On Hallucinogen For Drinking, Mental Illness  by David Freeman/ Huffington Post/ March 9, 2012 Talk about flashbacks. New research suggests that LSD–a mind-altering drug known to cause recurrent hallucinations–may find new popularity not as a recreational … Continue reading

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