Daily Archives: November 6, 2008

Does environmental arsenic contamination cause obesity by disrupting thyroid hormone mediated gene regulation?

November 6, 2008
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Does environmental arsenic contamination cause obesity by disrupting thyroid hormone mediated gene regulation?

Daniel Lambert, weighing almost 40 stone, oil on canvas, British, 19th century, (via Wellcome Images) Another theory, this one having nothing to do with Goldman Sachs: Arsenic disrupts thyroid-mediated gene regulation, and may be a cause of diabetes, as well as obesity. Arsenic, used predominantly to treat lumber for building, steeply increased in the...

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Pres Elect Obama, our nation turns its lonely eyes to you, woo woo woo

November 6, 2008
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Prof Krugman — who won the Nobel for economics this year — says it best: Opinion: The monster years, NYT Published: November 5, 2008 Last night wasn’t just a victory for tolerance; it wasn’t just a mandate for progressive change; it was also, I hope, the end of the monster years. What I mean...

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