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    Harvard Medical School's H1N1 App Lets You Panic On the Go

    Exos Braces Heal Your Bones, Look Cooler Than Casts

    Electroscalpel Hunts Down Cancer Like a Cougar at a High School Kegger

    MIT's Eyeball Chip Could Make the Blind See

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    Image of Odin Odin
    10/28/09

    In reply to Harvard Medical School's H1N1 App Lets You Panic On the Go
    All this fuss over something that's about as bad as a regular seasonal flu but is just more contagious. #swineflu
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    10/27/09

    In reply to Harvard Medical School's H1N1 App Lets You Panic On the Go
    shouldn't a PUBLIC health app be free???? #swineflu
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    OCEntertainment promoted this comment pagercam was starred pagercam was unstarred
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    10/27/09

    @pagercam: Pffsh. We wouldn't those dirty poor people with iPhones surviving, would we? #swineflu
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    10/27/09

    In reply to Harvard Medical School's H1N1 App Lets You Panic On the Go
    Hey, Harvard has to make back the grant money that it lost by investing with Madoff somehow. #swineflu
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    10/27/09

    In reply to Harvard Medical School's H1N1 App Lets You Panic On the Go
    Please, Harvard needs to worry more about that sodium azide, not swine flu.
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    Image of chauncy that billups chauncy that billups
    10/27/09

    In reply to Harvard Medical School's H1N1 App Lets You Panic On the Go
    Yeah, sales from this will really help make a dent in that massive Endowment loss. #swineflu
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    10/20/09

    The US Will Not Prosecute In States That Permit Medical Marijuana

    [bit.ly]

    #tips #marijuana #medical #420
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    10/15/09

    In reply to Exos Braces Heal Your Bones, Look Cooler Than Casts
    I once knew a chick back in college who didn't want to wear her cast at a party. She didn't eat for 3 days so it was loose enough to side off. #exosbraces
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment Numerous was starred Numerous was unstarred
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    10/15/09

    @Numerous: It's nice to have priorities. #exosbraces
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    Image of SigmundTheSeaMonster SigmundTheSeaMonster
    10/15/09

    In reply to Exos Braces Heal Your Bones, Look Cooler Than Casts
    Best part is, no broken pencils, and other devices to help with the itchies! #exosbraces
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    Image of Curves Curves
    10/15/09

    In reply to Exos Braces Heal Your Bones, Look Cooler Than Casts
    This looks like it helps with what I hear is the worst part of wearing a cast. If you get an itch on the covered area, you can actually scratch it. I wonder about people taking it off too soon though. I am SURE kids will do just that. #exosbraces
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    10/15/09

    In reply to Exos Braces Heal Your Bones, Look Cooler Than Casts
    I was in a full leg cast for close to a year after I tore my knee to shreds and man, what I would have given for something like this. Being in a cast that long has more issues than just being a complete pain in the butt to take a shower, it smells, it itches, and it chafes.

    The main problem I hate was that the padding inside the cast wore away around my kneecap and since I had so much work done my knee was pretty numb so I never felt it wear right through my skin. When I went in for a new cast it was a horror show. I was just lucky that it didn’t get infected. #exosbraces
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    10/15/09

    In reply to Exos Braces Heal Your Bones, Look Cooler Than Casts
    So you just set it...and forget it? #exosbraces
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    Image of BergenCountyJC BergenCountyJC
    10/15/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_I'mMonkeypig: He could definitely push those casts like nobody else. Just look at those price slashes! #exosbraces
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    GitEmSteveDave_#GitEmSteveDaveRocks promoted this comment BergenCountyJC was starred BergenCountyJC was unstarred
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    10/15/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_I'mMonkeypig: hahaha, I just saw that infomercial yesterday morning. #exosbraces
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    GitEmSteveDave_#GitEmSteveDaveRocks promoted this comment Rhew was starred Rhew was unstarred
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    10/15/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_I'mMonkeypig: beat me to it #exosbraces
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    GitEmSteveDave_#GitEmSteveDaveRocks promoted this comment twitzgall was starred twitzgall was unstarred
    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    10/15/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_I'mMonkeypig: I assume that since it is adjustable, the doctor may occasionally make an adjustment to keep it fitting well???

    On a side note...I seem to no longer have a star since the new look... anyone else have that problem, or did Giz take my star away? (I guess I didn't think I did anything to warrant a revocation.) #exosbraces
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    GitEmSteveDave_#GitEmSteveDaveRocks promoted this comment Bigbadbikernerd was starred Bigbadbikernerd was unstarred
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    10/15/09

    @BergenCountyJC: Let's just hope the Dr. doesn't goto crazy with the flavor injector. #exosbraces
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    10/15/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_I'mMonkeypig: Who knows, maybe some roid rage might do the leg some good #exosbraces
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    Image of Curves Curves
    10/09/09

    In reply to Electroscalpel Hunts Down Cancer Like a Cougar at a High School Kegger
    One of the bad parts about cancer treatment is they treat all the cells, hoping to kill the cancerous ones and hope that some of the healthy ones live, so this is a great step in sorting the two. Way to go!

    (RIPJT)
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    Image of DreamTheEndless: Death's little brother DreamTheEndless: Death's little brother
    10/09/09

    @Curves: There was a great story about a guy who came up with a process of bonding gold nanoparticles to a certain protein and then injecting them. The protein bonds to cancer cells in the body and then you irradiate them with low power microwaves. Just like the aluminum foil in the microwave, the microwaves cause the gold to heat up and cook the cancer cells without causing any damage to the surrounding tissue.
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    10/09/09

    @DreamTheEndless: Death's little brother: Not gold nanoparticles but this is what you are thinking of. [www.cbsnews.com]

    Its a cool story, no medical training but makes you wonder. I bet cancer researchers already knew this or had this idea. Think about all the cancer funding... its a huge business but there is no money in a procedure based cure. If its a pill, then book it! What if the cure was as simple as this story points out but hasn't been tried because there's no money in it? I don't know if thats true but as a scary thought.
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    Curves promoted this comment Ridley was starred Ridley was unstarred
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    10/09/09

    @Ridley: I have heard before, and pray its not true, that there are effective, but inexpensive cures, and since cancer research is a giant industry, no one wants a cure since they would be out of a job. I surely do hope that just gossip, but, in this world, it has more than just a ring of truth to it.
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    Image of Accelerata Accelerata
    10/09/09

    @Ridley: Very doubtful. Cancer isn't something you treat once and then you never have it again. It can recur multiple times (and if you have unfortunate genetics, it very likely to). And the longer people live, the higher probability they will develop a cancer, so its a growing market. Dead people don't usually pay you more money, but living ones you treated successfully before will when they need you again.

    There's some really promising anti-viral drugs like Peregrine, that may work on cancer cells too. They affect cells expressing certain marker proteins that apparently are unique to cancerous and virally infected cells:

    [www.newscientist.com]
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    Curves promoted this comment Accelerata was starred Accelerata was unstarred
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    10/09/09

    @Curves: The company that patents and releases a cure for cancer will make 10's of billions of dollars easily. Cancer will never go away because its a natural breakdown of cellular system, so the profit incentive is to be that company that has the cure. Any academic researcher would be set for life if they discovered it (guaranteed tenure, probably unlimited future research budget, guaranteed Nobel prize, likely endorsement deals by private pharm. companies). No one has a good incentive not to release any discoveries.
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    Curves promoted this comment Accelerata was starred Accelerata was unstarred
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    10/09/09

    @Accelerata: Knowing there is a positive financial and career incentive as well as the whole "good of mankind" aspect, I feel better. I hope if anyone ever has to decide between the two incentives, (good of mankind vs $$) that they go for the good of mankind.

    Thanks :)
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    Image of Hiphopopotamus Hiphopopotamus
    10/09/09

    In reply to Electroscalpel Hunts Down Cancer Like a Cougar at a High School Kegger
    Is this meant to suggest that a cougar at a high school kegger is vigorously hunting down cancer?
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    10/09/09

    @Hiphopopotamus: In recent years, cougars have dramatically changed their ways to improve their negative image as depicted by the media. They no longer openly promote their pedophillic ways and promote their public image by taking on the fight against cancer.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/09/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: : It's not pedophilic if they're drinking age :P
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    Image of johnnytsmitw johnnytsmitw
    10/09/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: I believe the saying is, "if there is grass on the field play ball." and why were none of my underage drinking parties attended by cougars?
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    UnderLoK promoted this comment johnnytsmitw was starred johnnytsmitw was unstarred
    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    10/09/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: If it's a high school kegger, they're certainly not drinking age.
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    10/09/09

    @johnnytsmitw: Mine were, but it was always the "cool" Moms and well... You would have needed to be really drunk.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/09/09

    @Sticks Calhoun: Unless of course, you're the cast of Dawson's Creek, then you'll never get carded.
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    10/09/09

    In reply to Electroscalpel Hunts Down Cancer Like a Cougar at a High School Kegger
    Mmmmm, Troi.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/09/09

    @Xeno: Quite a tossup between her and Jadzia Dax. You'd think the spots would make the decision easier, but it doesn't.
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    10/09/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Well if it's ranking then I'd put the top 5 like this:
    7 of 9, J. Dax, Kes, Troi, Kira
    Not that I'd given it any thought...
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    Image of AndrosZ AndrosZ
    10/09/09

    @Kaiser-Machead:
    The spots run all the way down. Its like a great road map.
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    Image of DreamTheEndless: Death's little brother DreamTheEndless: Death's little brother
    10/09/09

    @Xeno: This is fantastic news - I must not be nearly as much of a geek as I thought - I have no idea who Kira is... (Although I'm sure I'd remember the second someone said "Remember the girl who....?")
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    Xeno promoted this comment DreamTheEndless: Death's little brother was starred DreamTheEndless: Death's little brother was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/09/09

    @AndrosZ: +100 for remembering that line.
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    10/09/09

    @DreamTheEndless: Death's little brother:
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    Image of DreamTheEndless: Death's little brother DreamTheEndless: Death's little brother
    10/12/09

    @Xeno: Oh - yeah, her.... I never liked her much and I never liked DS9 much...
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    Image of Fractal the Meek Fractal the Meek
    09/24/09

    In reply to MIT's Eyeball Chip Could Make the Blind See
    Not entirely comfortable with power being wirelessly transmitted... through my skull. But holy awesome.
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    Image of Phroby Phroby
    09/24/09

    @Fractal the Meek: It doesn't seem like it's any different from other radiation going through your skull, like radio waves, etc.
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    09/24/09


    @Phroby: That's why I take my cue from this guy.
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    09/24/09


    @Fractal the Meek: You should try Velo-stat, like my lovely assistant. [www.stopabductions.com]
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    09/24/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_WillingToBeTased: Can I have a cute assistant too?
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    Image of Fractal the Meek Fractal the Meek
    09/24/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_SaysHappy40thJesus: His Alieometer wasn't calibrated during original design. Clearly the pads inside aren't spaced correctly for alien frequency bands.
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