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wasteur — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:32:18 +0000

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wasteur — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 00:32:45 +0000

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wasteur — Sun, 29 May 2011 00:32:44 +0000

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wasteur — Sun, 01 May 2011 00:32:41 +0000

Boycott the royal wedding: Americans are supposed to hate monarchs, not worship them. – By Mark Oppenheimer – Slate Magazine

We call them “the Queen Mother,” “Prince Charles,” or “Your Highness,” instead of the more American, and more dignified, “Mrs. Windsor” or “Charles.” We accept their worthless titles. We forget ourselves.

tags: royal wedding republic usa uk
ACP PIER

PIER: The Physicians’ Information and Education Resource. Find authoritative, evidence-based guidance to improve clinical care.

tags: medicine usa reference ebm
National Guideline Clearinghouse | Home

NGC is a public resource for evidence-based clinical practise guidelines.

tags: medicine usa reference

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wasteur — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:32:22 +0000

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wasteur — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 00:32:25 +0000

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wasteur — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 00:32:20 +0000

Anaesthesia UK : Oesophageal Doppler monitoring

This somehow made British national news last night on the basis that it could reduce post-op admission duration by two days! I feel some http://www.nowforthesciencebit.com coming on…

tags: medicine anaesthesia surgery nowforthesciencebit
Origami Pigeon

tags: orig

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wasteur — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 00:32:32 +0000

14th Amendment « Prospect Magazine

“American politicians line up to praise the Constitution, but getting them to agree on its interpretation is a trickier business.”

tags: usa politics

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wasteur — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:32:32 +0000

Activists Call for a ‘Jasmine Revolution’ in China – NYTimes.com

“Some of these videos were posted on social networking sites, forcing censors to have to decide if they should take down videos of senior leaders that could be explained as an expression of patriotism.”

tags: revolution china censorship freedom freespeech politics
Secrets of a Mind-Gamer – NYTimes.com

tags: psychology mnemonics memory learning

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wasteur — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:32:39 +0000

Get bishops out of our law-making – Johann Hari, Commentators – The Independent

tags: uk secular religion politics
FDA Announces New Boxed Warning on Plavix

“It is estimated that 2 percent to 14 percent of the U.S. population are poor metabolizers. The FDA recommends that health care professionals consider alternative dosing of Plavix for these patients, or consider using other anti-platelet medications. Tests are available to assess CYP2C19 genotype to determine if a patient is a poor metabolizer.”

tags: cardiology pharmacology

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