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Granddad has secrets

I was watching a youtube video where people's ancestors were investigated, and while discussing a person's great grandparents, it was noted that the great grandmother had three children die at an early age, and then went…
Mrs Gay vs socialized medicine

I get Mrs. Gay Caswell's blog because a lot of the stuff she writes about is what I have seen when I worked in the IHS (Indian Health Service). True, she tends to be cranky, and was sued for claiming a local prosecutor…
Cassava poisoning

NYTimes has an article on Cassava poisonings.NYTimes Konzo, a disease that comes from eating bitter cassava that has not been prepared properly — that is, soaked for days to break down its natural cyanide — has long bee…
Medical news and comments

A Ghanaian study link pu suggests moms who sleep on their back have a higher rate of stillborn infants.well, when a woman sleeps on her back late in pregnancy, the heavy baby puts pressure on her inferior Vena Cava, thus…
Increasing STD risk

A new article in an Australian site (ABC Network) says that the "mini pill" increases the risk of getting Chlamydia. "When women are on the contraceptive pill and are taking a lot of progesterone, that decreases the lev…
Stuff and nonsense from around the web.

I've been busy but here is a bunch of stuff I posted on my main blog: A FilAm has his DNA analyzed and finds a male gene from China but a lot of other genes from "Taiwan" or "Europe". The "Chinese" part is because Chines…
Strategies to lower violence? CDC already has lots on that

I often post this cdc article on youth risk behavior Because it shows a shockingly high rate of sexual abuse of those surveyed (5%), especially of children who as teenagers identify themselves as gay (20%).No, no one bot…
One world problem

NYTimes has an article on yellow fever in the Sudan, and China is worried that their workers could bring it home. Local health authorities were asked to scan all travelers arriving from Sudan for fevers. Chinese citizens…
is sex selection behind rape in India?

controversial question originally asked by an essay on Time Magazine discussed at http://www.nationalreview.com/human-exceptionalism/337124/sex-selection-abortion-behind-india-rape-crisis">Secondhand smoke. the answer i…
Die of Obesity? Yup. We can do that

Lolo is 87 and went to another funeral of one of his school friends, who died at 85, Lolo's mother died at 94. He grew up during the depression and World War II, so knew hunger and lack of decent food, but as a result,…