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3 Reasons Why It would Be Great if Apple Made Cigarettes

My blog buddy Johnny Ancich created this very smart cartoon about cigarettes: and asked, “If Apple made cigarettes, would they be called iCigs?” It may not be a bad idea if Steve Jobs gets into the cigarette manufacturing business. Just consider at least these 3 benefits:

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British Doc Pisses People Off by Calling Out Fat

Dr. Hamish Meldrum is the head of the British Medical Association and has upset a lot of people because he wants to stop sugar-coating the obesity problem and start some serious prevention. Meldrum’s view is that obesity is not always a “medical” problem, but a behavioral one, and when doctors are too quick a write [...]

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Religious Doctors May Not Be Called to Serve the Poor

For many doctors (religious or not), the practice of medicine is more a “job” than a “calling”, even though there may be an undercurrent of “desire to serve”. Ask any job applicant, and you’ll get the typical answer: “I am applying for this job because I want to help people.” Doctors enter medicine for many [...]

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Menstruation and Bone Rebuilding in Anorexic Women

Reuters reported on a study that was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition that suggests the restoration of normal menstrual periods in anorexic women to be necessary for normal bone metabolism and prevent osteoporosis. One of the limitations of this study is the small sample size: when I checked out the abstract, the [...]

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Ladies, Let’s Zap Your Periods

First it’s zapping bad memories (see previous article) and now – monthly periods for women. Gents, you may think of this post as “for ladies only” but keep reading: this has general biological implications for either gender. Did you know that a small percentage – 8% according to this NYT report – of women have [...]

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