Entries tagged with health

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Interesting Links for 29-04-2016

Zelo Street: Telegraph’s Junior Doctor Isn’t
Apparently he's a recently graduated foundation year doctor not yet at the point of being allowed to work on people alone.
(tags: NHS health politics not-fair-not-safe lies comment Conservatives journalism news )

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Interesting Links for 25-04-2016

Oklahoma House passes bill banning all abortions
(tags: abortion USA health law rights sexism Republicans )

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Interesting Links for 15-12-2015

Nurofen's maker misled consumers over painkillers' contents, court rules
(tags: health drugs medicine lies-damn-lies-and-statistics lies advertising Australia )
"One World of Darkness"
Interesting. Will have to see what they do with this. It's from White Wolf, i.e. effectively Paradox the game company, not from Onyx Path.
(tags: Interesting Gaming tabletop-RPGs World-of-Darkness )

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Interesting Links for 30-05-2015

The case for prescription heroin » The Spectator
‘Whatever gave you the idea folk in authority operate according to reason? Your trouble is you’re being rational.’
(tags: Interesting drugs war-on-drugs medicine health law crime culture UK USA )
Rickrolling is sexist, racist and often transphobic in context - Boing Boing
(tags: culture discrimination BoingBoing Internet amusing silly )

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Interesting Links for 18-10-2014

Sugar Puffs now 'Honey Monster puffs', slightly less sugary
Because sales are down
(tags: amusing is-this-really-news business image health food )

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Interesting Links for 26-06-2014

BBC News - Campaigners lose 'right to die' case
'but the judges said Parliament should now act.'
(tags: Interesting human-rights death illness health euthanasia UK law )
What Remains: Portraits of Women Wearing Their Ex-Lovers Shirts
(tags: Interesting photos photography love relationships )

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Interesting Links for 16-04-2014

Twitter / hrtbps: "OK, here are the stats. Make a graph so it looks like gun deaths have fallen since 2005."
Also, says 'gun deaths' at top, but 'murders' is what the chart actually is.
(tags: WTF fail lies-damn-lies-and-statistics graphics design death guns-guns-guns USA )
Could offices change from sitting to standing? - BBC News
(tags: Interesting health work office exercise )
Lembit Opik now hosts a pro-Iranian propaganda ‘comedy’ TV show | Political Scrapbook
(tags: WTF weird politics Westminster UK Iran )

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Interesting Links for 31-03-2014

Black death was not spread by rat fleas, say researchers | Science | The Observer
'Evidence from skulls in east London shows plague had to have been airborne to spread so quickly'
(tags: Interesting death health disease history London )

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Interesting Links for 20-03-2014

What Life Is Like When Getting Your Period Means You Are Shunned
(tags: culture religion health discrimination menstruation Jezebel )
Former nurse who persuaded online contacts to take their own lives while he watched via webcam is freed - Americas - World - The Independent
'Minnesota's Supreme Court finds that while 'assisting' suicide may be illegal, 'encouraging' it is not'
(tags: what-the-everliving-fuck humanity;-we-are-a-fucked-up-species death suicide Internet crime USA )

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Interesting Links for 21-01-2014

Suspension of Lord Rennard
He'll be back in if he apologises, I think, but it's some action at least.
(tags: politics Westminster House-of-Lords Lib-Dems )
Hero Forge wants you to design your own 3D-printable tabletop minis - Crave
'allows you to customise the race, gender, facial expression, pose, physical build, size (28-30 millimetres, three inches and six inches), hairstyle, armour and weapons of an existing base — rather like creating an avatar in an MMORPG.'
(tags: Interesting 3D-printing Kickstarter Gaming gaming-minatures technology living-in-the-future )
Jet lag and night shifts disrupt rhythm of hundreds of genes, study shows
(tags: Interesting health biology sleep work travel )
Time to Bite The Ballot: National Voter Registration Day is coming | Metro News
(tags: interesting politics Bite-The-Ballot democracy voting culture young-people UK )

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Interesting Links for 13-01-2014

TV adverts to be just picture of thing, name of thing
“You’ll buy our product anyway. We only spend money on advertising because otherwise we would literally drown in cash.”
(tags: amusing The-Daily-Mash parody design image advertising )
"Threshold" to be Called Windows 9, Ship in April 2015
One wonders whether the inverse Star Trek rule will continue to apply (odd numbered versions of Windows are good, even numbered are crap)
(tags: Interesting technology computers Windows Windows-8 operating-systems Microsoft )
India Manages to Free Itself of Polio
(tags: Interesting Awesome medicine vaccination health disease via-Andrew-Ducker India )

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Interesting Links for 10-12-2013

Nobel winner declares boycott of top science journals
(tags: Interesting Publish or Perish academia culture science university )
Metal 3D printing and six key shifts in the 'second industrial revolution'
'From a 3D printer that you can build from stuff lying around the house to 3D printing steel, food or plastic in the home'
(tags: 3D printing awesome interesting living in the future technology )
Growing Up Unvaccinated - Voices for Vaccines
Someone growing up on a super-healthy diet/lifestyle, but still getting lots of vaccinateable diseases
(tags: vaccination health culture healthcare )
BBC disciplines Graham Norton for wearing AIDS awareness ribbon on chat show · PinkNews.co.uk
Do you make a list of approved symbols? Essentially the question is where do you draw the line on what stuff presenters are allowed to wear and thus show their support (and arguably plug) - e.g. political party rosettes during an election.
(tags: image BBC AIDS rules symbols culture the code is more what you'd call 'guidelines' than actual rules )
Can young people influence Government policy by voting? | ampp3d
Politicians woo the grey vote, because it makes a difference. They shit on the young people, because they don't vote.
(tags: voting democracy UK westminster benefits age )

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Interesting Links for 28-11-2013

BBC News - Cigarette packaging: Ministers launch fresh review
With a pilot scheme planned.
(tags: health interersting law lobbying smoking )
Vote online – the Speaker’s plan to revive politics
Interesting, democracy, politics, UK, Westminster, internet, living in the future,
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Interesting Links for 14-11-2013

Man Dies Mysteriously After Opening Box Labeled 'Pandora'
'An official inquest into the mysterious death of Jason Airey was unable to determine exactly what led the 37-year-old to suddenly stop living shortly after opening a container inscribed with the words "Pandora's box."'
(tags: wtf weird UK news death Do Not Open The Box You Must Not Read From The Book )
Labour’s plan for Tea and Coffee prohibition « Complicity
'It appears those drafting the amendment did not realise that the scary sounding phrase “psychoactive drugs” includes caffeine.'
(tags: amusing law fail drugs War on drugs Labour party )
George Osborne to announce cuts while covered in diamonds
'The chancellor is upping his game in response to the Prime Minister’s declaration of permanent austerity amid the gilded splendour of the lord mayor’s banquet.'
(tags: Conservatives The Daily Mash UK amusing austerity benefits goverment parody )
Calorie labels fitted to staircases - Telegraph
'Trials at three large office buildings found that signs advertising how many calories could be burnt by climbing a particular set of stairs increased the number of people using them by up to 29 per cent'
(tags: exercise health UK interesting )

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Interesting Links for 10-11-2013

American photographer Angelo Merendino photographed every stage his girlfriend went through in her battle with cancer - Imgur
Powerful. But not for the faint-hearted.
(tags: love life death art health relationships cancer photography )

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Interesting Links for 29-09-2013

'It is time to end the war on drugs', says top UK police chief
'Mike Barton, Durham's chief constable, says NHS 'could be used to supply addicts' and urges drugs policy revolution'
(tags: UK War on drugs crime drugs health interersting organised crime police )

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Interesting Links for 23-09-2013

BBC News - Scientists take big step towards universal flu vaccine
(tags: posttofacebook interesting disease medicine health via Andrew Ducker research academia healthcare )

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Interesting Links for 06-09-2013

A £5,000 cap on donations?
'Manifesto at 2015 general election expected to include pledge to 'take the big money out of politics' - but it has yet to reach a consensus with Tories and Lib Dems'
(tags: party funding politics posttofacebook money westminster UK interesting Labour party )
Bacteria from slim people could help treat obesity, study finds | Society | The Guardian
'Experiments show microbes from thin or fat people's intestines can cause mice to lose or gain weight'
(tags: posttofacebook via James Graham poo interesting health biology science )

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Interesting Links for 19-07-2013

Satanists Turn WBC Founder's Mom Gay in Ceremony Held On Her Grave
(tags: religion posttofacebook amusing weird wtf via bart calendar )
Give Blood - Statements - Blood from UK donors is not sold for profit
I've not seen any of the people worrying that it would be sold for profit, but this seems worth making sure people see it.
(tags: posttofacebook bloooooooood important UK health privatisation )
A scientist's view: equality, feminism and men's rights | Andrew Holding | Science | guardian.co.uk
Yes, equality is important. Yes, there are issue that men face. But no, the 'men's rights' issues are not at the same level as the systemic and cultural disadvantage women face.
(tags: sexism comment is free posttofacebook discrimination equality image comment on comment feminism interesting fairness comment culture )
BBC News - 10 ways the UK is ill-prepared for a heatwave
Insufficient ability to tow the country north when we need to!
(tags: heatwave weather UK interesting culture )

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Interesting Links for 09-07-2013

BBC News - Aye, robot: Scotland's rise of the machines
'Robots are to be placed into the homes of people with dementia as part of a pilot on the Western Isles, but it is just one of many uses machines are being put to in Scotland amid a wider debate on robotics.'
(tags: Scotland robots posttofacebook living in the future via andrew ducker interesting old people culture )
Sex, friends and strangers: what to expect when you stop shaving
'he was normally too happy to have someone getting naked in his bed that he sincerely could not care less whether she had some hair on her body or not.'
(tags: sex posttofacebook image via andrew ducker interesting women hair culture )
How new UK spouse visa rules turned me into an Englishman in exile | Richard Fabb | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
(tags: love politics immigration UK interesting marriage fairness )
Still no evidence for St John Ambulance's life-saving claim | Full Fact
Knowing first aid is good. But making claims you can't back up is bad.
(tags: posttofacebook first aid advertising image via andrew ducker interesting health lies damn lies and statistics )