Archive for the ‘Medical Thoughts’ Category
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HPV Vaccine For Older Women Delayed
US News reported some bad news for older women who want the HPV vaccine. Deborah Kotz points out that it’s arbitrary that once you celebrate your 27th birthday, it’s no longer approved. I suppose you have to have some age though.
I realize some of you might not know much about HPV - I [...] -
Scientists Make a Heart in a Lab
I received a Wired article this morning about scientists growing a heart and was amazed. Now that I’ve got your attention, here come the conditions…
It was a rat’s heart, not a human one.
It required cells from a newborn rat’s heart. Those cells were then added to a cadaver’s heart
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Health Scare, What Do You Do?
Today I’d like to introduce you to The Travelin’ Man. He’s a frequent commenter on Lazy Man and Money and occasionally we’ll go into longer e-mail chains. Unfortunately, I received a recent e-mail from him that was a far different topic than any we’ve ever discussed. His doctor says that he might [...]
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Andy Grove and Health
What’s the difference beteen Lazy Man and Health and Andy Grove and Health? Andy Grove is not lazy. If you are familiar with him, you know him as the co-founder of Intel. According to this Wired article, he’s
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Witness a Stroke, What Should You Do?
I was reading Ray Kurzweil’s Fantastic Voyage (a book that I high recommend) - specifically the chapter on the brain. In it he references some research that cooling the brain after a stroke can prevent neurological damage. It does seem to make sense as cooling is a natural way to slow movement of [...]
