Category: Health
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Time to Convert to a Standing Workspace (NPR)
100 Years Ago, Exercise Was Blended Into Daily Life : NPR.
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Endosulfan Pesticide Ban (thedailygreen.com)
Always good when something poisonous gets banned. Endosulfan Pesticide Ban – Endosulfan Pesticide Found on Cucumbers Squash Beans – thedailygreen.com.
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eat local…know your butcher
Cute little article describes how a locovores are helping revive local butcher business. I think it’s a great idea to know where your meat comes from and who butchers it. Local economy! The Associated Press: Local food movement boost local butchers’ business.
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Bike Tour of Urban Chickens!
Sounds really fun! Tour de Coop – A bicycle tour of Bellingham urban chicken dwellings.
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Researcher links autism, testosterone (OttowaCitizen)
There’s been a lot of ideas about autistic spectrum. This is yet another. Researcher links autism, testosterone.
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More Reasons to Trust Dow, Monsanto
Do they think that somehow they are not polluting themselves? http://www.opednews.com/articles/Would-You-Care-for-a-Side-by-Meg-White-100506-484.html
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Biking When Pregnant? #biketowork
Wow, conventional wisdom certainly doesn’t agree with biking to work. I love too see this notion challenged. However, I’d guess that recumbents would be so much more comfortable when pregnant, no? http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2010/may/21/pregnant-cyclists
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Gout and Soda?
When people think of gout, the first foods they think of are shell fish, turkey, and beans. Here’s an article showing a correlation between soda, fructose and gout. No witty comment at this time, sorry. Possibly the notion of using soda as a de-greaser is an urban legend…has anyone proved that yet?
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Box My Bike? Whuutchatalkinbout? #bike
Apparently, Portland is going to adopt “bike boxes” in busy intersections. These are setback to the limit-lines painted in intersections where cyclists are allow to land ahead of cars–and right-on-red turns are prohibited! Here’s a picture from the article: These bike boxes will not obviate the need for cyclists to learn to claim the lane…
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Insulin Patch Applicators Being Developed (Tech Nation)
Some overwhelming numbers related in this interview with Eric Thomlinson: there are 340 million people with diabetes and, if I heard correctly, 4000 new cases diagnosed every day…? A major hurdle to treatment is the prescription of insulin shots, which Altea Thereputics appears to want to solve with patch applicators. The convenience of patch applicators…
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