this was not the advisory panel
a federal advisory panel has recommended that the government put a ban on vicodin, percocet, and their generic equivalents–drugs prescribed 100M times per year in the us. the ban is recommended because the drugs are mixed with acetaminophen that is known to cause liver damage (not because of the booze they often guzzle them down [...]
heart=broken
the first thing i heard about michael jackson was that he had suffered a heart attack. apparently, he died from cardiac arrest –they’re not the same thing. according to webmd, “sudden cardiac death (scd) is a sudden, unexpected death caused by loss of heart function (sudden cardiac arrest). it is the largest cause of natural [...]
just ‘cause you can, doesn’t mean you should
didn’t we used to worry about babies having babies? modern science has done it again and knocked up another old lady. elizabeth adeny of great britain got herself to the ukraine for fertility treatments and is now going to have a baby. she joins fellow country woman, 62 year old dr. patricia rashbrook (ironically a [...]
so what do chess players take?
of recent late, we’ve learned that every sport has a drug problem. this past month we learned that:
manny ramirez’s tests showed elevated levels of testosterone –he took a drug that women use for fertility (does this mean that shot into every man’s behind is a great woman?).
richard gasquet who made it to the wimbledon semi-finals [...]
more mommy issues
here’s the newest bit of research confirming that in the beginning and the end, it all boils down to mom: “a wider than expected range of birth defects that are more likely to plague babies born to obese women.” the journal of the american medical association study says that children of women with pre-pregnancy bmis [...]
