Andrew Sullivan: Christianity in Crisis - The Daily Beast

I'm beginning to think that Thomas Jefferson had it right.

Andrew Sullivan: Christianity in Crisis - The Daily Beast:

MIT develops new jet injection system for drug delivery - SlashGear

This new device from MIT sounds a lot like Bioject's device.  It isn't clear to me what the difference is, or if MIT is using some of Bioject's patents.

MIT develops new jet injection system for drug delivery - SlashGear:

Aspirin and cancer - Health Report - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

This seems like an important study, and I think everyone should be made aware of it.
It seems like 20 years ago, aspirin was touted as a way of preventing cancer and heart disease.  Elaine and I started taking a little piece of aspirin every day.  I was interested because we do have cancer in the family.   Then about 10 years ago, studies showed that aspirin didn't do much for cancer, but was still good for heart disease.  Our doctors have been prescribing it for us for the past 12 or 14 years.   Now it appears from this fairly important study that taking daily aspirin is now back as being a good cancer prevention medication.  I suggest you listen to this report and decide for yourself.

Aspirin and cancer - Health Report - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation):

Preventing obesity may simply be a matter of time (of eating): Salk study : North County Times - Californian

This is interesting:

Preventing obesity may simply be a matter of time (of eating): Salk study : North County Times - Californian:

But it would be tough to get "three square meals in within an 8 hour period...

A Machine That Sniffs Out Cancer

Wow!
I've heard several times over the past decade about dog's ability to "sniff out cancer" --and I do remember hearing that people were trying to make a machine to do it too.  It sounds like we're getting close!


A Machine That Sniffs Out Cancer - Businessweek:

This machine, if it can be developed and approved by FDA, will be a wonderful improvement over  the many different other types of screening, and hopefully will allow for earlier detection and treatment of cancers.

What Do I Know?: Homophobic? Maybe You’re Gay

The New York Times had an article that seemed to resonate with thoughts I've had over many years.  I have noticed that some of my friends and acquaintances when I was growing up who seemed to be the most against gays, seemed to also have some sort of a gay persona, or later they "came out" as gay.   I often wondered if the anti-gay slurs and act was simply a facade.  This article is a blog concerning the article, but it does have quotes from it.

What Do I Know?: Homophobic? Maybe You’re Gay:

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Stand Up for Fitness - NYTimes.com

This article seems to say it all about the need for exercise.  I've read the research in tidbits over the past few years -- but this seems to put it all together.

Stand Up for Fitness - NYTimes.com:
Gretchen Reynolds, who wrote the article also wrote a book: " The first 20 minutes" which identifies good forms of exercise.