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Monthly Archive for January, 2010

Wise words from former Polish president, Lech Walesa

Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 31st, 2010

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Fellas, if you are 50+ it’s time to get screened

Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 30th, 2010

. . . for potential prostate problems, that is. This from the University of Maryland Medical Center:
Prostate cancer is the third most common cause of death from cancer in men of all ages and is the most common cause of death from cancer in men over 75 years old. Men younger than 40 rarely have [...]

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Ladies, your clock really is ticking: 88% of eggs lost by age 30

Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 30th, 2010

In the Let’s Start Encouraging Young Folks to Marry and Procreate Sooner department, we have this from The London Telegraph:
The new research by the Univeristy of St Andrews and Edinburgh University is the first to colate the actual decline of the “ovarian reserve” – the potential number of eggs [...]

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Above and beyond: Four ethical considerations for IRBs

Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 30th, 2010

Above and Beyond: Four Ethical Considerations for IRBs
For partial credit in
MHE 602 Section I: Research Ethics – Spring 2010
Robert C. Baker

In the past 70 years, notorious ethical infractions have necessitated the development of principles and frameworks to protect individual participants from research abuse. Generally, the Nuremberg Doctors’ Trial (1946-47), which focused on Nazi medical atrocities [...]

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Nice PBS Video on Lutheran Church–Missouri Work in Haiti

Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 30th, 2010

HT: Rev. Matt Harrison at Mercy Journeys with Pastor Harrison.

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Rasmussen: 61 percent say it’s time for Congress to ditch health care

Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 23rd, 2010

Rasmussen’s latest poll confirms what the American people have been trying to tell Congress and the President all along: Drop health care. It’s the economy and jobs, stupid!

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Actress, author Jennifer O’Neill: Abortion hurts women, but Jesus saves

Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 22nd, 2010

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Photo and update from Haiti

Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 22nd, 2010

From my friend, Al Collver’s, ABC3s of Miscellany blog. Al is employed by LCMS World Relief and Human Care and is currently deployed with Rev. Matt Harrison and WRHC staff in Haiti.
An update from Matt Harrison:
I have been having trouble updating my blog for the past day or two. In fact, as I was trying [...]

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Photoshop paints a thousand words

Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 22nd, 2010

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Ding-dong, health care reform is dead

Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 22nd, 2010

Without the Senate’s 60-vote supermajority, health care reform is simply dead this time around. From The Washington Examiner:
Congressional Democrats are abandoning their massive health care package in the face of strong public resistance manifested in the election of Republican Scott Brown of Massachusetts to the
Senate.
Brown’s victory Tuesday halted the intense backroom negotiations aimed at merging [...]

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