And this above all unto thine own self be true and it shall follow as the day the night - thou can'st not then be false to any man. - William Shakespeare

Patho Liar

What do you do when a relative is a pathological liar?

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Medical Ethics

Principles for Allocation of Scarce Medical Interventions

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German Soldiers Less Fit Than Civilians

The German military, it seems, has been traveling too much on its stomach.

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Chicago may ban little baggies

Tiny plastic bags used to sell small quantities of heroin, crack cocaine, marijuana and other drugs would be banned in Chicago, under a crackdown advanced Tuesday by a City Council committee.

Angry Barack Obama bombarded by media

An exasperated Barack Obama scurried away Monday from the toughest news conference of his campaign, telling reporters who kept shouting questions that he'd spent enough time on the grill.

Wen Says Olympics Key for Development

China launched a shake-up of its bloated government bureaucracy Wednesday and ordered stern measures to tame inflation that threatens to erode the living standards of ordinary Chinese.

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Alabamians dust off their tricycles and get ready to head off to work

It would be petty, I suppose, to say "serves 'em right" in response to the news that Boeing lost the big aerial refueling tanker contract...

Clinton Tries to Raise Bar for Obama

Recasting what would keep her campaign alive, Hillary Rodham Clinton's advisers said Friday that if rival Barack Obama loses any of Tuesday's four presidential primaries, it would show Democrats are having second thoughts about him.

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The Cholesterol Con -- Where Were the Doctors?

This brings me to the question I ask in my headline: During the many years of the Cholesterol Con, where were the doctors? When everyone from the makers of Mazola Corn Oil to the Popes of Cardiology assured us that virtually anyone could ward off heart disease by lowering their c …

Cleaning ant nest

It was +2C outside and I thought, that it would be good idea to clean the formicarium a little bit. So I placed the formicarium outside and waited about 10 minutes. The cold did it job quite fast and ants quit moving.

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Photo Gallery: ''T. Rex of the Ocean'' Found in Arctic

Dubbed the "the Monster," this newly identified fossil predator is one of the largest marine reptiles ever found, scientists announced today. (Read full story.)

Thank you San Francisco Police Department

Tonight at about 7:45, I was assaulted by a homeless man on my usual bus ride home. Today was an ordinary day, went to work, the usual crowd of lunchtime walkers from the office and I went on our noon romp around the Financial District.

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Cook Accused of Putting Hair in a Steak

A restaurant cook is out of a job and facing a felony charge after being accused of hiding hairs in a ribeye because a customer complained the first steak served to him was overcooked.

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Using Nature To Rediscover Intuition

I just returned from Burlington Vermont where I spent a few days with my son (a student at the University of Vermont) and gave a talk in the Medical School.

Donald Trump on Surviving Housing Slump

Donald Trump, who boasts developments from Panama to Phoenix, from the Middle East to Midtown Manhattan, admits that away from the sparkling oasis of Manhattan, times are hard.

William F. Buckley Jr. : a remembrance

Bill Buckley wanted Bach played at his funeral. In my headphones, Glenn Gould plays the Brandenburg #2, the Firing Line theme music chosen by Buckley himself.

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Kick Start CHANGE Now America

When I was a kid, there was a saying in the common vernacular; "Will it play in Peoria?" This saying embodied the idea that something would sell to average America; that great all encompassing mass of people who aren't on the extremes of any ideology.

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Tiny tags track brainy bumblebees

In a laboratory in the heart of the east end of London, an unmistakeable buzz fills the air. The small room is packed with bumblebees - hundreds upon hundreds of them going about their business in small wooden hives.

Yahoo Launches Digg Competitor

Yahoo has finally launched its long-rumored Buzz portal, a social news site where you can vote stories up or down, with the chance to send the day's most popular stories to a featured spot on the Yahoo homepage.

Scientists pinpoint why some people become addicts

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have identified the part of the brain that may hold the key to why some cocaine users become addicts while others just take the drug socially, researchers said on Tuesday.

Newsvine is full of racists??? No not really.

I have a question for newsvine and all the members here.

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Clinton Says Debate Remark Not Meant as Farewell

In an interview on the CBS "Early Show," Mrs. Clinton was asked directly if her closing debate remarks meant she thought she was going to lose the race. Mr. Obama has won 11 straight contests since the Super Tuesday races on Feb. 5, all by double-digit margins.

Analysis: Clinton Chooses Graciousness

Hillary Clinton, the front-runner no more, sought to bury Barack Obama, but also to praise him in their latest campaign debate and revive her own White House hopes in the process.

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CIA Leak Prosecutor Back on the Hunt

When he went looking for a new federal prosecutor for this corruption-plagued city, then-Sen. Peter Fitzgerald focused on one thing.

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Strategists Set Up Pro-Clinton Group

Looking to boost Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's sagging fortunes, a group of Democratic political strategists has assembled an organization that will raise money from wealthy donors and run ads promoting her views in Texas and Ohio.

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