The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from tackling the matter at hand.

Presidential hopeful "a jerk"

Seeded on Sat Nov 10, 2007 3:59 PM EST (Wall Street Journal)

Draws the line between tough women and tough leaders... an important distinction.

elections, 2008, politics, obama, margaret-thatcher, hillary, dynasty, politicians, feminism, whining

Great white shark sighted (probably) off Chatham

Seeded on Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:46 AM EDT (The Boston Globe)

The animal that was spotted eating a seal last weekend off North Beach in Chatham was probably a great white shark, a state environmental official said today.

animals, sharks, life, migration, hunting, science, new-england, boating, marine, fishing

Pelosi arm-wrestles over cash for the House gym

Seeded on Wed Aug 8, 2007 10:59 AM EDT (TheHill.com)

After dueling with House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell (D-Mich.) to pass a renewable energy bill, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) faces a wrestling match with another rogue chairman. And this one can bench-press 265 pounds.

fitness, congress, taxes, usa, politics, gym, house, building, spending, abercrombie

McDonald's Secret Ingredient REVEALED!

Seeded on Tue Aug 7, 2007 2:22 PM EDT (Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine)

What is it that makes McDonald's burgers taste so good (if you're so inclined)? According to this recent study, apparently it's all in the wrapping paper. The author's comments are worth reading!

tv, food, study, youth, health, children, obesity, advertising, television, mcdonalds

Victory at last for placenta-eaters

Seeded on Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:58 PM EDT (ReviewJournal.com - News)

How bizarre, how bizarre You can't have your placenta and eat it too. Ask Anne Swanson.

blood, baby, odd-news, birth, medicine, alternative, public-health, shamanism, placenta

Fat girls less likely to go to college

Seeded on Fri Jul 27, 2007 2:41 PM EDT (The Houston Chronicle)

Obese girls, often suffering from negative self-images as teenagers, are half as likely to attend college as girls who aren't as overweight, according to a new study at the University of Texas.

texas, college, food, drugs, obesity, education, and, sex, university, school

Prescription Painkiller Addiction on American Indian Reservations

Seeded on Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:05 PM EDT (kaisernetwork.org)

Overprescription of painkillers is "fueling serious painkiller abuse" on American Indian reservations in Montana and across the nation, the Great Falls Tribune reports.

drugs, health, abuse, health-care, theft, painkillers, narcotics, pharmacy, native-americans, prescriptions

International collaboration for the peas

Seeded on Wed Jul 25, 2007 12:14 AM EDT (Science Daily)

Sorry, couldn't resist. US Scientists Help Africans Breed Disease-Resistant Plant. UVA's esteemed botany professor Mike Timko.

africa, science, crops, farming, genetics, biology, parasite, botany, uva, gmos

Apples don't fall far from trees, obesity study suggests

Seeded on Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:23 PM EDT (California Agriculture:61 (3))

Many correlations between maternal behavior and child obesity.

energy, food, study, diet, health, children, obesity, body, research, weight

Welcome to the Jungle

Seeded on Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:58 AM EDT (ScienceBlogs)

Missouri poultry processing plant fined for "serious, willful and repeat" health and safety violations.

plant, food, health, safety, bird-flu, chicken, violations, poultry, tyson, gross

Thief calls jail 'holiday camp' and gets sent back for 5 years

Seeded on Sat Jul 21, 2007 11:41 AM EDT (New Zealand Herald)

Smooth criminal?

arrest, sentence, jail, new-zealand, burglary, odd-news, gambling, alcohol

Chimp ban may impact research

Seeded on Wed Jul 18, 2007 4:20 PM EDT (United Press International)

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently announced a permanent end to breeding government-owned chimpanzees used in biomedical and pharmaceutical research.

animals, medical, research, science, medicine, hepatitis, biology, animal-rights, chimps, nih

New technology transforming life for the deaf

Seeded on Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:14 AM EDT (PhysOrg.com)

Multi-function phones, webcams and other new technological innovations have transformed the lives of the hard of hearing, delegates at an international congress of the deaf said Tuesday.

technology, congress, europe, hearing, phone, vodafone, deaf

Screen kids a worry

Seeded on Mon Jul 16, 2007 4:06 PM EDT (Australian News Network)

PARENTS who leave their children with electronic babysitters such as TV and computers risk turning them into "screen kids" who are unhappier, argumentative and materialistic, research has found.

tv, health, children, poverty, psychology, materialism, babysitting, first-world-problems

Few Children Walk or Bike Even Short Distances to School

Seeded on Mon Jul 16, 2007 4:02 PM EDT (HBNS)

Nationwide, more than a third of children live within a mile of their schools, yet only half of those students regularly bike or walk to class, a new study concludes.

health, children, obesity, school, exercise, walking, urban-planning, public-health, biking, zoning

The Science of Death: Reviving the Dead

Seeded on Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:44 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Bill Bondar knows exactly where he died: on the sidewalk outside his house in a retirement community in southern New Jersey.

death, pennsylvania, health, revival, medicine, heart-attack, cardiac-arrest, newsweek

Overweight girl taken from parents

Seeded on Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:20 PM EDT (Nursing in Practice)

An eight-year-old girl has been taken into care because she is dangerously overweight.

diet, custody, health, obesity, nursing, child-obesity, public-health-law

APHA opposes Bush surgeon general pick

Seeded on Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:29 AM EDT (Sciam)

Only other nominee they've opposed is C. Everett Koop, interestingly enough.

health, public-health, hhs, surgeon-general, holsinger, apha, georges-benjamin

Czech Airways passengers to sue traveller with tuberculosis

Seeded on Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:04 AM EDT (Canada.com)

The suit is being launched on behalf two Czech sisters who sat beside Andrew Speaker on Czech Airways Flight 0104 from Prague to Montreal on May 24, as well as a Laval man who travelled on the flight.

health, flight, airplane, tuberculosis, speaker, public-health, infectious-diseases, epidemiology, tb, commincable-diseases

'Huffing' not covered by NY DWI laws

Seeded on Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:00 AM EDT (niagara-gazette.com)

Case exposes loopholes and leaves them gaping wide--although the glory days of dusting and driving may soon become a thing of the past.

drug, health, dwi, driving, drinking, drunk-driving, huffing, aerosol, inhalants

Suit filed over scent

Seeded on Fri Jul 13, 2007 12:48 AM EDT (berkshireeagle.com)

A "fragrance free" future in store for Pittsfield nursing home

office, health, allergies, workplace, perfume, public-health-law

Google unites mapping mashups

Seeded on Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:25 PM EDT (Business Week)

"It's a really powerful innovation," said John Hanke, Google's director of maps. "It's like combining chocolate and peanut butter. They're good by themselves, but the combination is much more valuable than when they are served in isolation."

google, technology, internet, maps, web, applet