Google Giggles

I guess at least one other person saw an infomercial for the Schticky and wondered how long that thing has been around.  Because today's giggle that tickled me was that someone found the Asylum searching on:how old is the schtickyWe know the Atkins Diet has been around for 40 ...

Health Care Dysfunction Explained by the Fallacy of "Maximizing Shareholder Value"

Over the last two weeks, the Naked Capitalism blog ran a multi-part series (1-4) on what has gone wrong with US public for-profit corporations.  Although not targeted specifically on health care, the series included several themes we have discussed on Health Care Renewal, and suggested some important new ones.  So let us review the most relevant topics."Financialization," and the Exclusive Ostensible Focus on Shareholder...

Cold Adaptation, BAT & Thermogenesis

Lerner posted a link to this study in comments on another post:  Cold-Activated Brown Adipose Tissue in Healthy Men.  A small part of the study where they looked at BAT activity for the three subjects with the most BAT under neutral thermal conditions caught my eye, and I think this is central to some of the confusion Kaptain Konfusion has introduced into this whole discussion.  They tested all subjects lying on their backs in...

 what's up?!!  today i am enjoying peace and quite....and it feels oh so good.  happy wednesday!!*images courtesy of atlantic- pacific, a creative mint,  flourish design style/ abc home, house of turquo...

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