20 Nov 2007
Women aren't men

You don't say ...

Women's medical needs are vastly different than men's. Yet, there is a cavernous void in research based on sex and gender. Northwestern University has launched the Institute for Women's Health Research to spur much needed research on health issues that affect women throughout their lifespan. Some topics on the ambitious research agenda: cancer, autoimmune disease, anesthesia, cardiovascular disease, depression, sleeping disorders, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis and menopause.

(link) [EurekAlert!]

07:35 /Humor | 0 comments | permanent link

Beowulf: A review in verse...

The teaser:

Lo! Let this humble scribe unlock her word-hoard
To tell of great Zemeckis, he of Gump
And Contact, Back to th' Future, Cast Away.
He, stone-romancer, framer of Roger Rabbit,
Hollywood myth-molder, box-office bard.

Read the review - it's hilarious! But from what I've heard here and elsewhere, don't bother with the movie, at least not until it comes out on DVD.

(link) [Slate]

07:15 /Humor | 2 comments | permanent link

Old McDonald Had a Farm...and He Got Arrested?

Somebody from something resembling the mainstream media has noticed the plight of the small farmer...

The wide discrepancy in prices farmers receive by selling direct and cutting out corporate distributors and processors, not to mention grocery chains, may help explain why the government is coming down as hard as it is on farmers. Regulators and their legislator bosses are clearly prepared to use intimidation to put a halt to such nonsense before it gets completely out of hand.

(link) [The Nation]

via NoNAIS

07:10 /Agriculture | 0 comments | permanent link