A patron exhales vapor from an e-cigarette at a store in New York. Juul and other vaping companies face an escalating backlash that threatens to sweep their products off the market. (Frank Franklin II, File) The Independent ( UK) published an OP-ED validating the message that we have been sending out from the castle. …
Tag: Sciency Stuff
Depressed, do what the club kids do…
Well, not really but something used as an anesthetic and abused as a club drug is now in trials to be used as an antidepressant. My first thought is, "huh?" While I am a big fan of evidence-based medicine, the trials of "club drugs" makes me always skeptical. It's weird to think about how progressive …
Surprise of all Surprises…
Or maybe I should say, "this in from Captain Obvious" NPR published an article (surprisingly because that's their job), When LA's Air Got Better, Kids' Asthma Cases Dropped Children who live in areas with bad air pollution are more likely to develop asthma, which is the most common chronic illness among young people. …
No sex until marriage…
(I am sure only my husband gets the title) So we start with a recent survey on the “Purity Pledge” you know that is the one where a young lady pledges to be a virgin until marriage. That she remains pure until her wedding night. How Victorian of them. I wonder if they do it …