lupusUVA1phototherapy..com

In the new story of the solar system the future is a bit dicey & it all began in chaos

DeBartolo — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:33:36 +0000

The dust speck had been plucked from the tail of a comet more than 200 million miles away. Now, under an electron microscope in a basement lab at the University of Washington, its image grew larger, until it filled the computer screen like an alien landscape. Zooming in on a dark patch that looked like a jagged cliff, Dave Joswiak upped the magnification to 900,000. The patch resolved into tiny, jet-black grains. “Some of these guys are only a couple of nanometers in size—that’s amazingly small,” Joswiak said. His tone was reverent. “We think this is the primordial, unaltered material that everything formed from in the solar system.”

nationalgeographic.com

Few Wash Hands Properly, Study Finds

DeBartolo — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:24:56 +0000

Researchers found that among those who used public toilets in one college town, 10 percent did not wash their hands at all, and almost a quarter used no soap. Only 5 percent washed for longer than 15 seconds; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends rubbing vigorously with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.

nytimes.com

The Architecture of Superman: A Brief History of The Daily Planet

DeBartolo — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:22:28 +0000

smithsonianmag.com

The Heart Perils of Pain Relievers

DeBartolo — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:20:59 +0000

Occasional use of Nsaids is not likely to lead to cardiovascular consequences. But an authoritative and ambitious new analysis that included data from over 600 trials, including detailed case histories of more than 350,000 patients, concludes that people who take high doses of Nsaids daily increase their cardiovascular risk by as much as a third …

nytimes.com

Kids’ TV Snacks Can Up Risk for Heart Disease

DeBartolo — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:50:44 +0000

Certain eating behaviors in small children, including chowing down in front of the TV, were significantly associated with a surrogate marker for heart disease later in life, researchers found.

medpagetoday.com

Obesity Not a Disease, AMA Council Says

DeBartolo — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:41:59 +0000

Obesity is hard to define and diagnose, and partly because of that is not a disease, an American Medical Association council said in a report issued here Monday.

medpagetoday.com

M. C. Escher – Born today in 1898

DeBartolo — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:11:16 +0000

mcescher.com & wikipedia.org