Homs, Syria, during the February bombings by the Syrian military loyal to President al-Assad. Photo courtesy of Freedom House
Swedish Anonymous activists embark on bold trip to Syria
by Jeff Johnston, with additional reporting by Kathlyn Stone
Activists within the Anonymous culture in Sweden headed to Syria this week amidst the chaos and inhumanity
Rupert Watch - the Kiss of Death
By Michael Collins When things don't work out, doing business with Murdoch can be the kiss of death. No matter how hard you try, how loyal ...Rupert watch - signaling the end
By Michael Collins Rupert Murdoch's reign over the $33 billion News Corporation hinges on events surrounding the company's ownership share of Britain's dominant ...Rupert watch - Apocalypse when?
By Michael Collins Rupert Murdoch is in big trouble. It is not a perfect storm but we're getting there. British attorney Mark Lewis is in New ...-
Progress in Health: Trending Treatments for Rare Diseases
by Jon Dawson People suffering from rare diseases often find themselves up against a wall when it comes to treatments for their conditions. The National Institutes
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Michael Collins: Gaddafi Jihadist Rehab Program Spawns Rebel Military Leaders
Monday was the day we heard that the "US believes al-Qa'ida is on the verge of defeat after deputy leader's death" as The Independent headlined -
The War on You
Let the word go forth from Washington! The corporate rulers occupying our nation's capital have declared war on just about every citizen. Have no doubt: -
Congressional Criminal Conspiracy! Defaulting when you don't need to is a crime
If we defaulted on our debt when we were perfectly capable of paying it, we would be be prosecuted for fraud. But when Running Rupert to Ground – Vox Populi, Vox Dei
By Michael Collins How will they get rid of Rupert Murdoch and his toxic enterprises? July 4, 2011 may turn into the people's Independence Day. On-
Is News Corp Finished - Senator Rockefeller Tells Feds to Investigate Fox Hacking of 9/11 Victims
There are some crimes so universally offensive that even mentioning the suspected crime has devastating effects. Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) raised just such -
Michael Collins: The Wisdom of the People - the Populist Rationale
The citizens of the United States have excellent judgment. They have shown it consistently over time. When that judgment shifts briefly allowing a -
The Edwards Prosecution - They have better things to do
Michael Collins We can draw several clear conclusions from the indictment of John Edwards. The case is a joke, quite literally. It mocks justice. The cast of -
Beyond ForeclosureGate - It Gets Uglier
by Michael Collins The ForeclosureGate scandal poses a threat to Wall Street, the big banks, and the political establishment. If the public ever Killing Us Quickly - Ryan's Medicare Proposal
Michael Collins House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) proposed a Medicare plan that combines Social Darwinism and a bailout for health insurance carriers,
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The Crazies versus the Sleepwalkers -- Big Budget Showdown
By Michael Collins The Republican crazies are in a celebrity death match with sleepwalking Democrats. It is a fabricated drama amounting to not much -
Are healthful foods really more expensive?
A common belief is that foods that are “good for you” are more expensive than those that are less healthful. However, the results of a
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On Wisconsin and on to Tripoli, Libya
By Michael Collins Wisconsin: Where to start? Republican Governor Scott Walker is a hypocrite. When he campaigned for governor, he made promises for new
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Zonolite’s continued threat and the government’s inaction
by Eric Stevenson In the rural town of Libby, Montana, mining gave the residents a source of income since the 1920s. Ironically, the same mine
Decline and Fall (Maybe) Jan 31 - Egypt and the False Dilemma
By Michael Collins Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
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Researchers continue to demonstrate that fish "feel" pain
When a fish is hooked and it fights being hauled into your boat, it’s not just playing with you. It’s more likely reacting to pain
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Egypt’s interim government accepts “Desert Development Corridor” plan
Egypt’s interim government has adopted a plan for developing a 1,200 kilometer stretch of desert along the Nile River Valley and delta developed by Boston
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Concerns rise as robust flavor of India black tea falls
For millions of people around the planet a morning without the strong wake-up call of India black tea is like a day without a smile. Climate
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Weather and volcanic eruptions could eclipse tonight's rare lunar event
Tonight and into the wee hours of Tuesday morning, sky watchers will have their first opportunity in 456 years to see a total lunar eclipse
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Fed Judge: Mandatory Health Insurance Unconstitutional
U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson ruled Monday that a central requirement in the health care reform law is unconstitutional. Hudson ruled that requiring people to
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Call for global ban on asbestos intensifies
There should be a total ban on asbestos across the globe in favor of safer synthetic alternatives, according to scientists at the Collegium Ramazzini, an
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Vitamin D and Calcium Recommendations Updated
The Institute of Medicine released new guidelines for vitamin D and calcium intake today, specifying slightly higher recommended dietary allowances by age and sex, and set Not Even Children are Immune from TSA Scan or Grope Policies
Last week John Tyner was evicted from San Diego International Airport and threatened with a fine after telling TSA staff “Don’t touch my junk.”
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Stealing Ideas
Reading about Aaron Swartz’s most recent run-in with the law dredged up all kinds of feelings. I’m a long-time admirer of his work and was obviously
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Reaction to Osama bin Laden's death runs deeper than celebration videos
Video of Americans' first reaction to the news that Osama bin Laden had been killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on May 1, depict young men and
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Tea Party Crashes: The Most Unpatriotic Act
by Susan Lindauer I confess that since November I've been holding my breath, watching the clock for how long Tea Party newcomers could hold out against
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Revolutions Know No Color
By Michael Collins The legitimate demands of the people everywhere have no color, nor do their revolutions. These are not the revolutions arising
5 reasons Mubarak can’t silence Egyptian democracy demonstrations
1. An army captain joins the protesters in Cairo on Saturday, Jan. 29: Robert Fisk: Egypt: Death throes of a dictatorship 2. YouTube: “We will not be silenced.
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Saturn accused of 'murder' and other violent acts
Ya gotta love press release writers, especially those of the astronomical science persuasion. I’d say they are frustrated fiction novelists, but I think their
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Memo to Sarah Palin: There are Death Panels, they’re called health insurance companies
K. J. Lansing Make no mistake. There are Death Panels. This is what the American public gets when it listens to craven, whacked-out tea baggers: A Republican -
Happy New Year!
Sending our best wishes for the coming year. Thank you for stopping by Flesh & Stone to read and comment. Glad to have you and hope
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Decline and Fall (Maybe) January 1, 2010
The Happy New Year Edition (with some good news about 2011) Michael Collins The best thing about 2010 is that it's over. It was a year Winnie the Spoof: Presidental Executive Order Renames Black Friday
In a stunning announcement from the White House, President Barack Obama issued an executive order banning all future references to the day after Thanksgiving as
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Despicable Them: Fewer Buses, Higher Fares, Subway-to-Sea Do Not Make a Transit System
Los Angeles -- One million trees, greenest city in America, 12-2 building permit process, they all have one thing in common: They are all empty
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Put the rust-busting bacteria devouring Titanic to work
Deep North Atlantic Ocean -- Until recently scientists thought the once majestic “unsinkable” Titanic had another 30 or so years to continue resting and -
Reality check: Where is the leadership in L.A.’s fiscal crisis?
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who is contemptuous of our intelligence and never talks about anything relevant to the financial predicament Los Angeles faces, offers
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Physician: Heal thyself?
Newly elected Andy Harris (R), a Maryland anesthesiologist who pledged to repeal health care reform and opposed the so-called “public option” as a steppingstone to About those soaring giraffe-size pterosaurs
"Were giant pterosaurs old, flightless members of a species that could fly before they hit the flight-size limit and simply retained their flight
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JSTOR drops charges against Swartz; US government will pursue
In July, Aaron Swartz, an internet freedom activist and former Harvard Ethics fellow, was arrested and charged with data theft for downloading millions of academic
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Forces Behind the Egyptian Revolution
By Michael Collins (Washington, DC) -- Two critical forces behind the Egyptian Revolution are missing from the front pages, or any pages, of
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Oxfam Report: Pakistan flooding crisis could worsen
Malnutrition and homelessness are a continuing threat to victims of the July 2010 floods that stuck Pakistan. The flooding covered one-fifth of the country and
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The Plot to Destroy Social Security
Michael Collins (Washington, Dec 10) Bill Clinton showed up at the White House for an "impromptu" press conference to discuss the president's tax compromise Status of legal challenges to the health insurance reform law
The ink used to sign the Affordable Care Act into law was barely dry before opponents – from state legislators and religious groups to anti-abortion
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Mayo Clinic launches social media training hub for health care providers
With yesterday’s public launch of its Center for Social Media, the Mayo Clinic is embarking on a new project to advance its own online social -
A global public health policy based on science, not demagoguery
by Bonnie Bricker and Adil E. Shamoo. Edited by Erik Leaver As the swine flu threat level grew at the end of April, World Health Organization
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Green Power: Here if you can afford It
Green power is a government-endorsed, but not mandated, source of electricity for homes, businesses, automobiles, machinery and all kinds of appliances. The term “green power”
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The facts behind Israel's "Gourmet Gaza" claims
The IMEU offers the following facts and figures on Israel's blockade and how, after more than 1,000 days, it has affected life for the roughly
Center for Constitutional Rights files suit over “social isolation” experiments in prisons; prisoners keep arriving
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) has filed a federal suit (Aref, et al. v. Holder, et al, pdf) challenging social isolation policies at two
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GAO: After spending $1 trillion in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. still lacks a strategic plan
Since 2001, the United States has spent over $1 trillion to “secure, stabilize, and rebuild” Iraq and Afghanistan and more recently, to address the terrorist
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Insurer UnitedHealthcare ends practice of dropping clients ahead of law
Private insurer UnitedHealthcare said it has ended its “limited” use of rescission, the practice of dropping patients from insurance coverage after they become sick. The -
Elderly American homelessness on the rise
Homelessness among people 65 and older -- the U.S. Census Agency’s definition of the elderly -- is on track to increase 33 percent by 2020,
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Advocates seek Congressional support for more research into autoimmune diseases
Can you name an autoimmune disease? Apparently, only 13 percent of Americans can. That needs to change, according to the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association
WHO calls avoidable maternal deaths ‘shameful’
The World Health Organization (WHO) today labeled as "shameful" the fact that 90 percent of maternal deaths in the Western Pacific Region could be avoided
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Is Iran Preparing to Strike Back?
By Brian M. Downing These attacks are almost certainly directed by Israeli, Saudi, and US intelligence services. They may also be acts of war. "This business will -
IMF Rates Up Dictatorships Just Before Revolutions
By Michael Collins The International Monetary Fund (IMF) made an embarrassing error just two days before the start of the Libyan people's revolution on
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IAVA calls SOTU statements on VA electronic medical records system ‘misleading’
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) says a statement made by President Obama during his second State of the Union address on January 25 -
Deadbeats Bush and Gingrich Say "States Better Off Bankrupt"
Michael Collins Not if a state owes you money! Jeb Bush and Newt Gingrich just published an OpEd in the Los Angeles Times arguing that states would The Hornet's Nest Kicked Back - A Review of Susan Lindauer's Extreme Prejudice
Michael Collins Fiction delivers justice that reality rarely approaches. Victims endure suffering and emerge as victors after overcoming incredible challenges. Stieg Larsson's-
Feds wage cupcake wars on moms with school age kids
The Feds thought it would be a ‘piece of cake’ to slip some vague rules and regulations into the child nutrition bill that Preudent Obama
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Moms, dads pull 'parent trigger' to shoot down a California school
Compton, California -- The Wall Street Journal suggested it could be the "shot heard 'round the world." The New York Times called it -
L.A.'s mayor is all wet when it comes to reforming the water and power department
Los Angeles -- Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, presumably after deep soul-searching, suddenly decided Tuesday afternoon to make a stand for good government -- his -
California rivals Alaska with a $4.15 billion train to nowhere
Ever hear of Borden or Corcoran, two tiny cities in California’s Central Valley? No? Well neither have most people who live in the state. The politics of dancing
Bristol Palin lost her bid to win on Dancing With the Stars. It turned out that fans of Mom couldn’t fix the results by jamming
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Charter School Renamed in Honor of California's Governor
Los Angeles, California -- Tucked away in a cozy corner of greater Los Angeles is the suburban community of Woodland Hills. Its claim to fame
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Scanners – The Prequel
by Michael Collins How did we get to the point of full body scans at airports, the massive personal intrusion that represents, and the tens
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Goldman Sachs Investor Buffett Thanks "Uncle Sam" for Bailout
The peoples' oligarch Warren Buffett just wrote a thank you letter to "Uncle Sam" published in the New York Times. It is the height of cynicism.
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Where's the criminal investigation of the Murdoch Empire? Shareholders to the rescue
By Michael Collins There was something tawdry and disgusting about the phone hacking by Rupert Murdoch's News of the World. The News Corporation owned -
Books Banned in Arizona - Latinos Fighting Thought Control
By Michael Collins Bad things are happening in Arizona … again. Good things too! The extremist Arizona legislature enacted a law that just recently caused -
Netanyahu's pretext for war - Islamic Jihad missiles
By Michael Collins Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has his pretext for an attack on Iran. He left Washington disappointed by President Obama's reluctance -
Santorum Hearing Voices
By Michael Collins Satire (Washington, DC) Senator Rick Santorum knows something many of us do not. Satan is waging war on the United States. Women Strike Back! Georgia Leads the Way
By Michael Collins Georgia Democratic Representative Yasmin Neal has an answer to recidivist Republicans in Georgia, Virginia, and across the country seeking to limit a-
Just Short of Treason in Georgia and Kansas
By Michael Collins It's official. The crazies have arrived for the 2012 presidential race, florid in their deviant and repulsive rhetoric. Andrew B. Adler, -
Oops, We're Doomed!
By Michael Collins We don’t have a substantial cushion between today's climate and dangerous warming. James E. Hanson The head of NASA's Goddard Institute for -
Abandoned Youth - No More Future
By Michael Collins If you are twenty four or younger, you are likely either under or unemployed. Only about 60% of those 16 -
War Crimes in Libya - The Smoking Guns
The UN said in its resolution said that they wanted to protect civilians. I am a civilian. I'm asking the United Nations Quds Force II - The Storyline Repeats Itself
By Michael Collins (Washington, DC) A faction of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard called the Quds Force (QF) is center stage in the War on-
20 Dems in House Call for Clarence Thomas Investigation
By Andrew Kreig Justice Integrity Project Twenty Democratic members of Congress wrote federal judicial authorities on Sept. 29 to request a formal -
Super Congress in Session - More of the Cruel Charade
Wall Street and the big banks owe $1.5 trillion for the bailout (at least). The Super Congress needs to cut $1.5 trillion over ten -
Countering Rhetorical Tricks - "9/11 and the Successful War"
By Michael Collins (Washington, DC) Stratfor Global Intelligence just published an essay announcing that the nation's rulers have conducted a "successful war" on -
Coup Fears Stalled Obama on War Crimes Prosecution
by Andrew Kreig, Justice Integrity Project President-Elect Obama’s advisors feared in 2008 that authorities would oust him in a coup and that Republicans
Murdoch in Free Fall - Credibility Gone Billions to Follow
Rupert and James Murdoch conjured up a fictional report that serves as the fig leaf used to cover the naughty secret of News
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Japan Earthquake Update (12 March 2011 2110 CET)
by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 12:07pm Japanese authorities have informed the IAEA that the explosion at Unit 1 -
Japan awaits word on possible nuclear reactor leak
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has issued an emergency decree regarding the possibility of leaking radiation from the damaged Tokyo Electric Power Company’s (TEPCo) multi-reactor
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Dangerous High-Level Nuclear Waste with Nowhere to Go
The Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future is meeting January 26-28 in Atlanta, Georgia By Celia Sampol, DC Bureau Many nuclear power advocates appeared in front -
Who Owns Wild Rice?
by Jeff Nygaard, Nygaard Notes Whenever we look at the world from an indigenous perspective the issues of ownership and wealth come up almost immediately. In
The test behind our water pollution program failures
by Peter Maier, PhD, PE Sewage contains carbonaceous (fecal) waste and nitrogenous (urine and protein) waste, which both are used by two different types of bacteria.
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World going nuts over California almonds
Bakersfield, Calif. -- California almond growers announced a record 1.65- billion-pound production of almonds for local consumption and export in a recent harvest. Reflecting a
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Grain importers pestered by beetle larvae arriving in rice shipments
Port of Los Angeles, Calif. -- For the fourth time since November 2010 U. S. Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP) agriculture specialists have seized
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Federal Protection of Wilderness Study Areas Reinstated
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar today restored a policy allowing the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which he oversees, to recommend undeveloped lands for federal protection
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Kimberly-Clark on a roll to eliminate toilet paper tubes
Kimberly-Clark plans to help save the environment by introducing tubeless toilet paper rolls, therefore reducing landfill use by eliminating billions of paper tubes from being
California men float their visions of changing current agriculture methods
Greenhouses no longer rule in the Pajaro Valley in California’s Central Coast. Once the home to blooming cut-flower businesses, it’s now dotted with empty nurseries.
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It’s not your imagination, this may be hottest summer on record
With 43 days into summer and 51 to go, this is shaping up to be the hottest summer since records have been kept, and not
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Bathers warned to watch their step in Southern California coastal waters
They’re big. They’re flat. They hug the sandy bottoms of shallow coastal waters. They’re not know to attack people unless provoked, like say being stepped
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BP Texas refinery had huge toxic release just before gulf blowout
by Ryan Knutson, ProPublica. This story is part of an ongoing collaboration between ProPublica and FRONTLINE (PBS). TEXAS CITY, TEXAS -- Two weeks before the blowout -
Agreement reached in Gulf to prevent sea turtle burning deaths
NEW ORLEANS— An agreement reached Friday among conservation groups, BP and the Coast Guard will ensure measures to rescue sea turtles from
Gulf sea creatures and birds struggle to survive spreading oil
Ocean creatures may be smarter than we think they are, or they’re following their instincts by migrating from the fetid waters of the Gulf of
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Dalai Lama helps scientists understand meditation's affect on health
The Dalai Lama joins neuroscientist Richard Davidson in a public dialogue on the intersection of science, meditation and health on Sunday, May 16, at the
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Thai diet a good step toward balanced health
Many people are aware of the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet but how many have considered the healthy aspects of the Thai diet? The authentic Thai
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Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu honored for modeling compassion
“Given the political and social climate in the United States and around the world, a little more compassion and forgiveness could go a long way
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Boundryless Energy
Boundryless Energy Warren Grossman Look at the “white space” surrounding an image. See background, not picture. When others have pain or despair, See beyond symptoms. See
Beyond the Campfire
By making us stop for a moment, poetry gives us an opportunity to think about ourselves as human beings on this planet and what we
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May 3 is the international day for laughter
Laughter is good for you. The old saying, “Laughter is the best medicine,” has now been backed up by scientific and unscientific research. So many people
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Nuns see upsurge in free health clinic visits
The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondolet have operated St. Mary’s Health Clinics with a network of nine neighborhood clinics throughout the "twin cities" of
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Public embraces holistic healing, conventional medicine follows
Ruth Ann Plourde suddenly interrupted the workshop as her class was trying to recreate the graceful but agonizingly slow T’ai Chi forms she’d taught moments
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A relationship journey to wholeness
Image: CC DerrikT "Relationships are work because they relate to creating a third entity and they are not about personal benefits." -- Bernie Siegel MD Pam
Heal your body by giving voice to your soul: An interview with John Fox
John Fox is a certified poetry therapist, an adjunct associate professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, and author of two
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PBS to air 'Healing Words: Poetry & Medicine' this summer
A growing body of medical studies, including one recently published in The Oncologist journal, demonstrate that writing helps patients change their thoughts about their illness
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Divine Will
Our snow white cat, Will, drops his leather mouse at my feet, begging me to throw it so he can do the chase, and return
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Energy healer David Nelson explains Qigong to a novice
Back in 1984, Minnesota medical device and technology companies, health plans and insurance companies, hospitals and consultants of all kinds, formed a trade association, named it
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Wiley launches new open access journal: Brain and Behavior
Wiley & Sons will begin publishing Brain and Behavior, an open access journal, this spring. Brain and Behavior is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal, providing
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Botox irons out the wrinkles for some Parkinson's patients
Botox is no longer just for looking beautiful; it's for feeling beautiful, too. Botox is the commercial name for a medication containing Clostridium botulinum, a bacteria
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Seniors scoring better on intelligence tests
It’s not just children who are scoring higher on intelligence tests compared with decades past. Researchers in Sweden say that today’s 70-year-olds score far better
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Neurology at the movies
Through “Neuro Movie Nights” the Montreal Neurological Institute at McGill University has found a unique way of sharing its fascination with the brain with
Report: New mothers gain brain volume in areas responsible for nurturing behaviors
A small study of women in their mid-30s suggests that there’s more at work than instinct when a woman becomes a mother. A Yale
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Tips for finding the best hospital for neurology treatment
The most important factor to consider when seeking neurology treatment at a hospital is whether it specializes in the disease for which you seek treatment.
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Monitoring neurological effects of H1N1 vaccine and other neurology news
AAN collaborating with CDC on H1N1 vaccine safety monitoring The American Academy of Neurology and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are asking neurologists to report
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Researcher says brain replica feasible in 10 years and other neurology news
Professor and neuroscientist Henry Markram of the Brain Mind Institute in Switzerland believes scientists could have a brain model that replicates the functions of the
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Neuro Scans
Women, pregnancy and epilepsy About 500,000 U.S. women of childbearing age have epilepsy and many of them take medications to control seizures. An analysis of several
Neuro Scans
Stem cell ban lifted but researchers must remain vigilant to protect scientific integrity Earlier this month, President Obama through executive order lifted the ban on federal-
Neurology Scans
The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) urges Senate to include $10 billion for NIH in economic recovery plan Support increased federal funding for scientific research? The SfN says
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Neurology Scans - a new Flesh & Stone feature
The field of neurology intersects with so many aspects of research, culture, business and politics that it seems important to pass along some of the interesting finds that might not
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The funniest man on wheels
This story begins as a nightmare. Brian Shaughnessy walked in for surgery on his spine when he was 24 years old. He never dreamed, nor
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Artist takes life-affirming action after cancer
Connie Allen was 43 when she discovered a latent talent. “I woke up one morning and did a portrait,” said Allen. No one was more
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Farewell, Mikael the Mime
Mikael Rudolph, a mime, actor, dancer, teacher and political activist, passed away Fri., Feb. 26, at his home in Minneapolis. He was 51. I first met
The Cane Mutiny
I was reluctant to use my cane even after I bought it. I figured I might need one eventually so I chose a plain black
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Art competition seeks artists touched by cancer
Adult artists touched by cancer are invited to take part in the 2010 Oncology On CanvasSM Expressions of a Cancer Journey competition and exhibition sponsored
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Illuminating Health Care for All
“Jeff's right that when it comes to our health care grid, America resembles a developing country,” commented George Trone, PhD, managing editor at The Yale
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Poem: Pre-existing Conditions -- Jeff McCallum
Pre-existing Conditions Cultures where the aged and dying, The toothless and slow wander off, Trek as purposefully as their unstable gait allows Toward the wilderness, the elephant burial ground To
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Jesse Springer returns as Science Idol
Jesse Springer, graphic designer and part-time editorial cartoonist in Eugene, OR, took the honors in this year's Science Idol contest. Springer won with
H1N1 (swine flu): 'Menace or media hype?'
Now that the country has mostly moved beyond H1N1 stage 4 or 5 alerts from the WHO, nonstop breaking news flashes, knee jerk outbursts from politicians (er, scratch
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Mime uses humor to put cancer in its place
When the brother traveled to Italy to bolster his sister after she was hospitalized with a stroke, it seemed inconceivable that they’d soon both be
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Embrace the Wheel - poems by Roy M. Nuzzo, MD
Embrace the Wheel On the grit of mortality It is heavy. Lightened by goodness You float. Empty hands let it roll. Break for innocence. Renewed as a child. Embrace the wheel, but make it sing
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Where do Minnesota robins go in the winter?
I was surprised to look out my window this morning and see a flock of six or seven robins on my step. Why? Well, first,
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