TumbleSteph

Dec
5th

Sat

Waking up is hard to do...

Me: i want to get up and about, but my bed is like a huge magnet
Aimee: hahah poor little electron...cant leavel your low energy orbital

Aug
14th

Fri

“Clearly, this is an unlikely scenario if taken literally,” they wrote. “But possible real-life applications may include allegiance to political parties, or diseases with a dormant infection.”

Right.

— Mathematical Model for Surviving a Zombie Attack

My new medical role model.

Aug
11th

Tue

British films to fight mental health stigma!

Aug
7th

Fri

Chickens boycott genetically engineered corn!

Really moving trailer for documentary about female genital mutilation.

Aug
6th

Thu

Guess I better find a running group...

New life goal: work at animal sanctuary and play with baby goats all day.

Now that the dust has settled, the New York Times and other journals have pointed out that the early estimates of the efficacy of SSRI’s was skewed by over-eager researchers. The actual efficacy rates for Prozac-like drugs is more like 37 percent, a thirty percent drop from the initially enthusiastic rates. It’s worth noting that 37 percent is only four points above the placebo effect.

— Ghostwritten medical articles cast doubt on reliability of psychiatric drugs

Jul
30th

Thu

Two researchers at the University of Chicago estimated that switching to a vegan diet would have a bigger impact than trading in your gas guzzler for a Prius (PDF). A study out of Carnegie Mellon University found that the average American would do less for the planet by switching to a totally local diet than by going vegetarian one day a week.

— http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/28/AR2009072800390.html