Monthly Archives: May 2008

Friday Dysfunctional Roundup: “Man shoots” ; “Woman murdered” and miscellaneous other dysfunctional behavior in the news (16+ stories)

May 30, 2008
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“Man shoots“ Man shoots wife, child and himself Independent Online, South Africa - May 27, 2008 “It was alleged at the scene that the man had shot his family before turning the gun on himself.” said Dollman. Police were not immediately available for … Augusta Man Shoots Neighbor During Dog Dispute NBC Augusta, South...

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Obesity research: Tesofensine and NS2359 drug family for weight loss – Better to block three receptors than only 5HT2c? Nah.

May 30, 2008
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Obesity research: Tesofensine and NS2359 drug family for weight loss – Better to block three receptors than only 5HT2c? Nah.

So far, lorcaserin is the only weight loss drug in the near future that makes commercial sense to me, not to say it is the most wonderful drug in the world and the science is, imo, sort of a yawner. I keep an eye out for better weight loss drugs on the horizon —...

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DNA Research Roundup: Fragile X Premutation, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder and Major Psychosis all related to DNA misprocessing

May 29, 2008
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DNA Research Roundup: Fragile X Premutation, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder and Major Psychosis all related to DNA misprocessing

Fragile X premutation, schizophrenia, biopolar and major psychosis are all related to mistakes in DNA processing complicated by failure of DNA repair mechanisms to correct it.

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Exhibitionists: Flashing your privates is about power, not sex.

May 28, 2008
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Exhibitionists: Flashing your privates is about power, not sex.

So, what possesses anyone to show their genitals to a stranger in public? Research on exhibitionism discussed.

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Which psychopathic child molesters are likely to get reconvicted? The dumb ones.

May 27, 2008
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Which psychopathic child molesters are likely to get reconvicted? The dumb ones.

Henry Darger, “Storm Brewing” via Ovation TV (Outsider Art) Child molester news and pedophile research discussed. It used to be, if you were a father raping your daughter, or a priest raping your alter boy, you could pretty much stay anonymous; the community would turn a blind eye, the church would cover for you,...

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About that “high school . . . with money” post. . .

May 23, 2008
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About that “high school . . . with money” post. . .

OK, time to close the book on adolescent self-indulgent angst-like introspection: on blogging. After the Research Bloggers complained that I wasn’t research-y enough, (although they did backtrack a bit), I thought about it and concluded they were correct, in that I’m really not interested in the “gee-whiz” science so much as “what can this...

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Friday Dysfunctional Roundup: “Man shoots wife, self. . .”

May 23, 2008
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Friday Dysfunctional Roundup: “Man shoots wife, self. . .”

Further to the report on murder-suicides (26 stories): Man shoots . . . Gunman shoots 3 at church festival- LOS ANGELES, May 17 (UPI) — . . . .Los Angeles Police Officer Norma Eisenman said the man and his girlfriend were believed to be involved in a custody dispute. . . .We have a...

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Neuroimaging article in Wired

May 21, 2008
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Brain Scans as Mind Readers? Dont Believe the Hype This is just a link to a terrific article in Wired magazine by Dr. Daniel Carlat. Dr. Carlat goes through various types of brain scanning and meets with different neuroimaging experts. He concludes that his own neuroimaging, in its present state, is useless for diagnosis...

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The Post-Smoking Society: Smokers – quick – band together and sell your genomes.

May 21, 2008
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The Post-Smoking Society: Smokers – quick – band together and sell your genomes.

The anti-smoking drug Chantix is in the news for having significant side-effects — which brings up a conundrum: which is worse, the drug or the addiction? New research shows the nature and the environment: (a) some people are clearly genetically loaded to smoke; and (b)  when people quit, they quit in groups of three....

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An off topic observation: The world is turning into high school. With money.

May 21, 2008
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Senator Kennedy has a brain tumor — I just heard. I felt sad, like it was my “Uncle Teddy”. No matter that I always personally blamed Sen. Kennedy for totally spending the jillions for the gorgeous and expensive Federal District Court in Boston as well as the Big Dig (I was always just galled...

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