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    Image of ‘It Feels Like a Derangement’: Menopause, Depression, & Me
    ‘It Feels Like a Derangement’: Menopause, Depression, & Me
    nybooks.com link posted by c_prompt in health
    ‘It feels impossible to beat’: how she was floored by menopause... For Rose George, menopause has proved far worse than ‘low moods’. It feels like a derangement. And what the hell is it for?...

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    Image of Dealing with pain during the holidays
    Dealing with pain during the holidays
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The holidays are often difficult, and can be downright depressing, especially for those who have pain from a loss, a traumatic experience, or just plain loneliness (e.g., not having a date for holida...

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    Image of Killer viruses - should we make them?
    Killer viruses - should we make them?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    We all have previously learned about the Great Flu Pandemic of 1918, which killed between 20-40 million people worldwide in our history classes. Now with the advance of modern molecular biology techn...

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    Image of An interview with David Eagleman, neuroscientist
    An interview with David Eagleman, neuroscientist
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    A neuroscientist is someone who studies "the anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, or molecular biology of nerves and nervous tissue and especially their relation to behavior and learning." Although the...

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    Image of The rationality of alternative medicine
    The rationality of alternative medicine
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    As many mourn the death of Apple founder Steve Jobs, they use words such as visionary, brilliant, innovative, leader, entrepreneur, capitalist, and philanthropic to describe him. Many aren't aware th...

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    Image of Selling organs for education
    Selling organs for education
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Nowadays, you have to take on massive amounts of debt to go to college, only to graduate and find that there aren't any jobs available. So you leave college, go back to living with your parents, and...

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    Image of TIL 18 US veterans commit suicide every day and 1 million are in jail
    TIL 18 US veterans commit suicide every day and 1 million are in jail
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that 18 US veterans commit suicide every day and 1 million veterans are sitting in jail. When Staff Sgt. Brad Eifert, 36, finally made his way to the woods behind his house with...

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    Image of TIL drinking eight glasses of water a day is bunk
    TIL drinking eight glasses of water a day is bunk
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that the accepted wisdom of drinking eight glasses of water a day, including the accompanying reminder that beverages containing caffeine and alcohol do not count, is not supported by...

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    Image of Getting off the sauce - do we choose to drink?
    Getting off the sauce - do we choose to drink?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, over 50% of Americans age 12 or older have used alcohol in the past 30 days, almost 25% are binge drinkers (5 drinks within 2 hours), and 7% drink...

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    Image of The ethics of the placebo effect
    The ethics of the placebo effect
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    A placebo is a sham or simulated medical intervention by a doctor in which some patients experience actual improvements in their conditions. Although it doesn't work on everyone, these effects in pat...

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    Image of The right to health care
    The right to health care
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Here's the backdrop: in 2005, the US Supreme Court ruled in Castle Rock v. Gonzales that a person does not have a constitutional right to police protection, even in the presence of a restraining orde...

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    Image of Is neurobiology making us morally ill?
    Is neurobiology making us morally ill?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Getting people to agree on objective moral principles is difficult, to say the least. Moral codes seem to span the gamut of culture, time, environment, experience, geography, gender, race, etc. Could...

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    Image of Reducing HIV/AIDS by eliminating IP laws
    Reducing HIV/AIDS by eliminating IP laws
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In the adventure film Sahara, General Kazim states: "Don't worry. It's Africa. Nobody cares about Africa." In 2009, it's estimated that 33 million people are living with HIV/AIDS, with almost 70% liv...

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    Image of Drug monopolies courtesy of government
    Drug monopolies courtesy of government
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Contrary to Wikipedia and its source - pseudo-economist Paul Samuelson, who was the "key to Keynes' influence" - there isn't any such thing as a natural monopoly. Any monopoly that comes about and ma...

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    Image of TIL why hair turns grey
    TIL why hair turns grey
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that hair turns grey with age because of naturally-secreted hydrogen peroxide. Guess blondes were onto something. Good to know someone is finally getting at the "root" of the problem....

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    Image of TIL condoms were made of linen
    TIL condoms were made of linen
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned condoms were originally made of linen and Casanova, the womanizer, called them "The English Overcoat." Who created the first colored condom? The Japanese, of course. (In other news, 8...

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    Image of Engineering the perfect human
    Engineering the perfect human
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Recently, Harvard University had a panel discussing the legacy of the Human Genome Project. Started in 1990, and with scientists from six countries and initial funding of $3 billion, the project publ...

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    Image of The BP oil spill - it's sickening
    The BP oil spill - it's sickening
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    A fellow Braincraver wants to alert us, and we should take heed of his warning. He lives in Florida on the coast. Over this past month, his health has been deteriorating significantly. He's getting h...

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    Image of TIL there are surgeons who restore virginity
    TIL there are surgeons who restore virginity
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that there are surgeons who specialize in restoring virginity. FTA: The clinic is not in Dubai or Cairo, but in Paris. And the surgery they are waiting for is to restore their...

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    Image of Mind boggling
    Mind boggling
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Talk about "mind=blown." Imagine a world where you can manipulate objects solely with your mind. It's here, it's now, and it's incredible. Consider every industry. Consider every skill. Consider ever...

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    Image of Cloning - playing God
    Cloning - playing God
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In 1996, Dolly the sheep made headlines around the world as the first mammal to be successfully cloned. As a result of the experiment, President Clinton ordered research into the legal and ethical is...

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    Image of Civil disobedience against the TSA
    Civil disobedience against the TSA
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In case you haven't heard, the US Totally Stupid Administration (aka TSA) has deployed Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) body scanners at many airports that produce radiation to scan your body for po...

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    Image of Do you want to live forever?
    Do you want to live forever?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The mystical Fountain of Youth so long sought after... What if it were real, and the key to life could be discovered in an 18-year old girl that, for all intents and purposes, is a baby? What if, in...

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    Image of Today I learned Tuesday
    Today I learned Tuesday
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Welcome to TIL (Today I Learned) Tuesdays, where we will discuss specific facts about something. Looking to learn about something new every day? Reddit.com has a wonderful and very active TIL communi...

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    Image of Put on your thinking caps
    Put on your thinking caps
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a process of stimulating the brain with magnetic fields that changes/disrupts the way the neurons work. Is it possible to use TMS to unlock "hidden" cogniti...

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    Image of What were you thinking?
    What were you thinking?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Whether you're a moral relativist or absolutist, and based on whatever standards you choose, there are actions that you think are immoral. What is morally contemptible to you now might have been comm...

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    Image of Strong mind, strong soul, strong body
    Strong mind, strong soul, strong body
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    John Lennon composed and sang "Imagine... no need for greed or hunger." Billions of people starve. Death and suffering from starvation are clearly global problems for which there aren't any clear sol...

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    Image of Save someone's life
    Save someone's life
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Generally, people refrain from taking action, assuming that someone else will do it. For example, take medical emergencies. Have you ever seen someone collapse because of a heart attack, expecting so...

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    Image of Bad sex results from bad head
    Bad sex results from bad head
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Bad sex is all on your head. Either that or sugar is now an aphrodisiac. One-third of women having sexual problems experienced a placebo effect from sugar pills. Why is it that some people feel that...

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    Image of Letting life take its course
    Letting life take its course
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Although cutting edge research gives me reason for hope, pancreatic cancer is the fourth most deadly cancer known and THE most horrible and personal disease to me. Two years ago, I lost my mother to...

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    Image of Starving cancer with food
    Starving cancer with food
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Cancer. I hate this disease. My sister was diagnosed with it at about age 5. She, along with my mother, father, and I, spent the next 16 years in and out of hospitals getting treatments that, arguabl...

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    Image of Dealing with emotional pain
    Dealing with emotional pain
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Sadists are those who enjoy giving pain. Masochists are those who enjoy receiving pain. However, most of us attempt to avoid pain, especially emotional pain. In fact, research suggests that emotional...

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    Image of Doctors don't make enough income
    Doctors don't make enough income
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Indian philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti stated "It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society." Speaking of health, the "perfect storm" appears to be coming in a very sick...

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    To cut, or not to cut
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Why is circumcision such a common practice in North America? Does it really make a penis healthier and look "prettier?" You have this beautiful baby boy and after coddling him and caring for him, you...

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    Image of Ideology trumps truth
    Ideology trumps truth
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    Faced with a system that makes their practice unprofitable, doctors are getting out of the business of taking Medicare patients. After stupid laws that ignore economics have finished destroying the h...

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    Image of Soaring healthcare costs
    Soaring healthcare costs
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Go figure... who would have thought that using the philosophy of Socialism to force the reduction of costs, artificially set prices, and provide for everyone would result in long-term problems? Oh, w...

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    Sex - breakfast of champions
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Another good reason to create a profile on braincrave.com: FTA: "...healthier men, no matter their age, have better sex more frequently and desire it more often than healthier women - and a health...

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    Health Insurance - what's the big deal?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The US government has recently passed a healthcare law that REQUIRES Americans to purchase health insurance. The US government also nationalized and now owns the car company General Motors. If the go...

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    Health care legislation
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "We are on the precipice of an achievement that's eluded congresses and presidents for generations." - President Barack Obama, Dec. 15, on health care legislation. Precipice, 1. a headlong fall...

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    Too much weight
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    No, this is not an article from The Onion: Weight Watchers clinic floor collapses under dieters - The floor of a Weight Watchers clinic in Sweden collapsed beneath a group of 20 members of the weight...

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    Pfizer VP Comes Clean & Tells The Truth About Pharmaceutical Companies (Video)
    collective-evolution.com link posted by c_prompt in science
    Below is a clip taken from the “One More Girl” documentary, a film regarding the Gardasil vaccine, which was designed to prevent Human Papillomavirus. In it, Dr. Peter Rost, MD, a former vice...

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    Image of Killer Viruses - Should we make them?
    Killer Viruses - Should we make them?
    editorial posted by Yield4Nothing in Infectious_Disease Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
    We all have previously learned about the Great Flu Pandemic of 1918, which killed between 20-40 million people worldwide in our history classes. Now with the advance of modern molecular biology techn...

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    Tales from the Bizarro World
    linkedin.com link posted by c_prompt in philosophy
    Back in the 1960s, DC Comics introduced a parallel Earth called Bizarro, where everything is inverted and everyone is insane. They even have their own wacky Superman, which ends up being a formidab...

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    Scientists retrieve lost memories using optogenetics
    sciencedaily.com link posted by c_prompt in science
    Researchers have found that memories that have been 'lost' as a result of amnesia can be recalled by activating brain cells with light. They reactivated memories that could not otherwise be retrieved...

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    How to Prevent Running Shoe Blisters With a “Heel Lock” or “Lace Lock” (aka, "so that's what the extra shoelace hold is for!")
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    Image of One dollar blood test using gold nanoparticles outperforms PSA screen for prostate cancer, study suggests
    One dollar blood test using gold nanoparticles outperforms PSA screen for prostate cancer, study suggests
    sciencedaily.com link posted by c_prompt in science
    A test that uses gold nanoparticles to detect early-stage prostate cancer costs less than $1, returns results in minutes and is more accurate than standard PSA screening, pilot studies show. The new t...

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    TIL from a dentist how to floss my teeth in one minute - The One Minute Flossing Technique
    youtube.com link posted by digdug in todayilearned
    Prevention is the secret to a happy dental life and long term health. Brushing is great but it doesn't remove all the bacterial film between your teeth. Flossing is the key to complete what brushing s...

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    The Progressive Decline of Freedom (includes list of things that were legal in 1975 but are illegal now)
    lewrockwell.com link posted by c_prompt in politics
    The process by which the progressive mindset causes increases in the size, scope and power of government never ceases. Robert Wenzel, a leading Liberty Movement blogger, posted a list of things th...

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    Artificial spleen cleans up blood
    nature.com link posted by c_prompt in science
    Researchers have developed a high-tech method to rid the body of infections - even those caused by unknown pathogens. A device inspired by the spleen can quickly clean blood of everything from Escheri...

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    Scientists discover how to ‘switch off’ autoimmune diseases
    bris.ac.uk link posted by digdug in science
    Scientists have made an important breakthrough in the fight against debilitating autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis by revealing how to stop cells attacking healthy body tissue. Rather tha...

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    TIL why alcohol makes you dizzy
    youtu.be link posted by b_independent in todayilearned
    Alcohol dilutes your blood (i.e., makes it less dense) because alcohol is lighter than water. Alcohol-soaked blood builds up more quickly in your ears than elsewhere in the body, and that throws off...

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    Local Vs Organic - What to Buy
    editorial posted by swynts in fitness
    I try my best to buy as close to the farm as I can. I frequent farmers markets, I buy meat from local sources and I always ask where the fish came from when I buy fresh. Do I do this 100% of the...

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    Mars is Retrograde-Beware of Your Actions: 5 Dos and Don'ts - Quotes for the heart,mind,body and soul
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    Resolve Conflict By Compromising---The Mars retrograde period is a time when a simple disagreement can turn into a major upset. Passions can run high and so can frustration and anger. Try to find comm...

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