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Medical marijuana | Reefer madness | Economist.com
by mikepower & 1 other
IF CANNABIS were unknown, and bioprospectors were suddenly to find it in some remote mountain crevice, its discovery would no doubt be hailed as a medical breakthrough.
MySA.com : Printer Friendly Story
by mikepower
If diseases like AIDS and bird flu scare you, wait until you hear what's next. Doctors are trying to find out what is causing a bizarre and mysterious infection that's surfaced in South Texas.
KirstenMortensen.com : Blog Archive : The Vitamin Wars
by nbd (via)
So don’t sneer at my supplements, pharma-boy, until you show the grace to admit to the demons in your own closet.
The sixth sense your place in space
by YukuanMark
In addition to the familiar five senses—touch, sight, smell, hearing, and taste—scientists know of a sixth sense called proprioception It 's the sense of where your body is in space that allows you to touch your nose even with your eyes closed. Propri
WHO | Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative
by jdrsantos
The HINARI program, set up by WHO together with major publishers, enables developing countries to gain access to one of the world's largest collections of biomedical and health literature. Over 3230 journal titles are now available to health institutions in 113 countries, benefiting many thousands of health workers and researchers, and in turn, contributing to improved world health.
2005
WorldChanging: Another World Is Here: Bioprospecting Historical Texts
A vast, untapped source of biomedical information may be sitting on the shelves of old libraries.
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