The Health Weblog
For that small minority of civilians out there that have wondered what a given doctor-critter was saying on TV, in-print, online, -anywhere; The Medical Library Association has put out a guide just for you.
It’s basically in the format of a small, pamphletized Dictionary with whole & partial terms, prefixes & suffixes, all under each starting-letter and a short, plain-english explanation underneath…
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Deciphering Medspeak-Resources List
I thought it was just tse-tse flies, early cases of west-nile virus, and toxic mold on the walls of the tomb.
But Aeon Magazine pulls out a spooky episode from the Sherlock Holmes Era of science history, and describes how they had such a hard time killing the old ideas of superstition for explaining the unknown in life.
-Even if that particular superstition did get its start in British popular fiction, of all places, instead of the actual Egyptian Book Of The Dead.
Interesting & fun stuff for a spooky time of year…
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Aeon-The Mummy’s Curse
Leonard and Robert have a fascinating info-packed talk about biochemistry, metabolic syndrome, excess insulin & calorie-starvation, mixed hypothalamus signals, fatty liver disease, vicious-circles, wrongly-demonized fats, properly-demonized fats, stress-eating, cortisol, etc. etc. etc.
A Must-Listen if you’re interested in losing Both Weight AND Fat!
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• Source: WNYC-Leonard Lopate, Lustig
