Thinner people appeared to have more brown fat than heavier people; younger
people more than older people; people with lower glucose levels, presumably
reflecting higher metabolic rates, had more than those whose metabolisms were
more sluggish; and women had more than men …
Taking effect July 1, the policy prohibits any pharma-funded gifts and
entertainment, no matter how small their value. Drug reps will be
restricted to no-patients-allowed parts of the teaching hospital and its
clinics–and will be allowed even in those areas only by invitation. And
beginning in 2010, the school will also bar free drug samples. …
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Burt’s Bees, Tom’s of Maine, Naked Juice: Your Favorite Brands? Take Another Look (AlterNet C/O OCA)
I began to wonder about the other products I liked, trusted and respected for
their independence and their social responsibility. How many were really owned
by big corporations, who were going out of their way to hide the link between
the big corporate company with the small, socially responsible brand? It didn’t
take long for my list of disappointments to grow and grow. …
It turns out that zapping saltwater with low-voltage electricity creates a
couple of powerful, nontoxic cleaning agents. Sodium ions are converted into
sodium hydroxide, an alkaline liquid that cleans and degreases like detergent,
but without the scrubbing bubbles. Chloride ions become hypochlorous acid, a
potent disinfectant known as acid water. …
The power of the acupuncture technique is that rare or limiting specimens can be
examined for expression levels without harming them so they can be used for
other studies such as DNA or protein analysis. …
Dr. Kennedy’s Vocabulary Course for 3/14/2009
Recent research by Sergio Luiz de Souza Vieira shows that Maculele is an
indigenous manifestation, a ritual to express homosexuality among the natives,
not a fight. …
The aim of each stick fighter was to deliver a blow that would hit the opponent
on the body – any part above the waist – hard enough to fell him to the ground.
Blows were usually aimed at the head and damage to the skull was a very common
occurrence in stick fighting. …
A practicing Buddhist monk knows more about the nature of reality than a
conventional subatomic physicist, and he didn’t have to spend ten billion
dollars in order to catch a glimpse of enlightenment. …