Entry 47582 (Berkeley CSUA MOTD)

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2007/8/10-13 [Health/Disease/General] UID:47582 Activity:nil

8/10    This isn't new, but:
        http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2007/fit.nation/obesity.map
        It looks like obesity is a disease that began in the midwest
        and then took over the coasts.
        \_ Obesity is not a contagious disease.  Or even a disease.

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        (scientists, engineers, doctors, chefs, plumbers, nannies, ...) except
        bad guys, transport them to a distant earth-like planet with abundant
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        I can't help noticing in the video:
        - how the doctor stayed standing up while examing this Jessica
          Schnaider sitting down,
        - how often he checked her heartbeat with his stethoscope, while
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        http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20090512/sc_mcclatchy/3231765
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        \_ Now that is cool. And by cool I mean totally rad. Wicked. Almost
           as sweet as a ninja.
        \_ It's not like the zombie ants attack other fire ants.
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5/7     "More cell phone users dropping landlines"
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        disproportionately low-income, ..."
        1. Don't cancel your land line.  That low-tech thing is a status
           symbol!
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9/16    You probably should try and limit your exposure to this stuff.
        I threw out my polycarbonate water bottle:
        http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080916/sc_nm/chemical_heart_dc_1
        \_ HOLY SHIT I've been drinking from the bottle since I was
           a baby. Plastic today is like lead in the old days. I am FUCKED.
           \_ The important thing is don't put hot things in plastic
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