Friday, October 16, 2009

10 Ways You Put Yourself at Risk for Swine Flu Without Realizing It - Page 2 - MSN Health & Fitness - Cold and Flu

10 Ways You Put Yourself at Risk for Swine Flu Without Realizing It - Page 2 - MSN Health & Fitness - Cold and Flu:

sent in by Mike Larsen

"First, check the ingredients in your hand sanitizer: It should contain 60% to 95% alcohol, ethanol, or isopropanol, to work best. (If alcohol-based sanitizers are not available to you or not allowed in your workplace, alcohol-free products may also be helpful, the CDC says.)"

Thursday, October 15, 2009

"Bill Watterson
from Quotes
'Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.'"

Artificial Retina Can Restore Sight to the Blind : Discovery News


Artificial Retina Can Restore Sight to the Blind : Discovery News: "The artificial retina is designed to help people with advanced macular degeneration or retinitis pigmentosa, progressive diseases that permanently blind patients, usually older patients.
Some drugs can delay the process, but once the cells that detect light (rods) and color (cones) die, they are gone."

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

"George Bernard Shaw
from Quotes
'If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion.'"

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Will Rogers

"'Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.'"

Monday, October 12, 2009

Commentary: Health care as a moral issue --Calling Dr. Salk | McClatchy

Commentary: Health care as a moral issue --Calling Dr. Salk | McClatchy: "this conversation between famed broadcaster, Edward R. Murrow and Dr. Jonas Salk, inventor of the polio vaccine. �

Murrow asked, 'Who owns the patent on this vaccine?'

Salk answered, 'Well, the people, I would say. There is no patent. �Could you patent the sun?'"