syrinx

It is so painful witnessing the U.S. health debate. To our U.S. friends, here's the trade-off in our system: I waited 2+ years for a carpel tunnel procedure, but a more serious issue was treated immediately. Recently I went in to emergency with an attack of pericarditis, an incredible painful inflammation of the lining surrounding the heart. I had attacks of this condition several times before (they occurred after a flu or other virus and/or severe stress of some sort) although not for 10 years now...

tags: health care

Politics and business are often run as a zero - sum game. You lose, I win, and vice versa.
Education is the opposite. You lose, I lose. You win, I win.
It is important to refuse to play the zero sum game.

tags: imaginarylifeboat

an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). The article, a primer for physicians, outlines various treatments and approaches for migraine headaches.

read about the article here

tags: migraine

The length of the wings of the migrating Monarch butterfly population in northeastern North America has been shaped by the forces of evolution, it has been discovered through scientific investigations at the University of Georgia. Nice to know, now that they're an endangered species...

tags: monarch butterfly migration endangered

Our fortune-teller sees something analogous to the sinking of the Titanic as it gazes into the future. Now that the Copenhagen talks have produced next to nothing, it’s time to listen to James Hansen’s plea for a direct carbon tax on fuels.