OK,
Tally Time. It is time again to see whether my predictions for 2009 were right. Or if I was way off the mark.
The Highly Likelies first
1. Francis Collins will become the Director of the NIH……..You Betcha I pegged that one.
2. We will see a pharmacogenetics lawsuit……Well, still haven’t seen that yet, despite the FDA label [...]
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January 2010 Volume 7 Number 1, pp 1 – 85
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Irish Roots magazine is a must for those interested in Irish genealogy. What pleases me the most about it is that the term Irish Diaspora is commonly found among its pages. This is significant to the vast number of genealogists who claim Irish heritage and who are seeking to find their origins in [...]
I have a new guest post up at The Reef Tank blog: Arthur C. Clarke and The Grand Banks, which takes a look at how Arthur C. Clarke’s scuba diving adventures off the coast of Australia and Sri Lanka influenced some of his fiction.
Tags:science fiction, marine biology
It is not unusual these days for family members to insist that the healthcare providers perform tests and prescribe treatments that may be inappropriate or medically futile but for which the family will feel more comfortable that “everything was done” to improve or preserve the life of their ill loved one. This type of family [...]
New Volume/Issue is now available on ScienceDirect
Cell
Volume 139, Issue 7, [...]
Drawing by EMSH, from a mid-20th century issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Part of the cheery Science Fiction Christmas Art: Hillman Nostalgia Christmas page.
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Dear Project Administrator,
2009 is coming to a close and we’re finishing [...]
I unwrapped the NEJM this week and to my surprise it has a Lp(a) stuff in it. One of the things we do to prevent heart disease is take family histories. We also check cholesterol levels and include something called a Cardio-CRP. One thing we haven’t been including is a Lp(a). Why? The only data [...]