Monthly Archives: November 2007

Love advice for the ladies: Watch out for men born in winter, especially Swedish ones

November 26, 2007
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Love advice for the ladies: Watch out for men born in winter, especially Swedish ones

Ladies: if you are marrying a man born in the winter, keep a closer eye on him than if you are marrying a man born in the summer, fall, or spring.   Gabriel Max, “The Lion Bride,” (via NYPL Digital Gallery) Men having “thrill-seeking” genes who are born in winter are more “venturesome” than...

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Weight Loss Meds Updates: New Phen-fens and leptin

November 19, 2007
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Weight Loss Meds Updates: New Phen-fens and leptin

Happy pre-Thanksgiving! On that note, I thought I’d catch up on weight loss abstracts. 1. New Phen-fens without the side effects look good, and they may also be useful in treating diabetes. They may have an “anxiety” type side effect initially. 2. Leptin plus a satiety protein (Amylin’s pramlintide) makes 200+ pound people lose...

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Weight Loss, Entertainment

November 17, 2007
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The Kinks “Skin and Bones” via YouTube

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Neuro-entertainment: Why Men Don’t Get PMS — Death of the Species

November 15, 2007
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From Youtube, via MaleMenstrualCramps channel. Bob, Part 1: Bob, Part 2:

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Fragile X research: A boy’s Fragile X gene reverts to normal and premutation carriers produce antisense DNA

November 14, 2007
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Fragile X research: A boy’s Fragile X gene reverts to normal and premutation carriers produce antisense DNA

Imagine you are a 10 year old and your whole life you’ve lived with two mentally disabled brothers who have Fragile X. You are told you have the thing in your body that could make you have problems when you are older, too. And then one day, you are told you are fixed. I...

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Oxytocin makes people generous

November 13, 2007
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Oxytocin makes people generous

And you thought it was because you are a humanitarian and philanthropist. Nope. Oxytocin. Abstract after the jump

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Neuropolitics: Campaign advice for Hillary Clinton and Fred Thompson

November 12, 2007
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Neuropolitics: Campaign advice for Hillary Clinton and Fred Thompson

The Clinton Neurons, Quian Quiroga et al., “Invariant visual representation by single neurons in the human brain,” Nature 435: 1102-1107 (2005) Neurodemocracy, you gotta love it. Branding, celebrity and politics — all evoke neurological responses in primitive brain areas. How can the candidates best position themselves to have the best neurological response in swing...

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