Health, Fitness and Style
Addressing Race and Genetics; Health Disparities in the Age of Personalized Medicine
It means the development of medicines and therapies tailored to patients’ unique genetic traits and risks. Individually tailored drugs based on a patient’s genetic makeup are far off, and the cost of developing drugs for genetic subpopulations with largely similar genetic traits for one or more diseases hinders developments in this arena. more »
Pew Research Looks At Older, 'Attentive' Americans and Opposition to Ryan Medicare Plan
Those ages 50 and older oppose this proposal, which is part of Rep. Paul Ryan’s deficit reduction plan, by a 51% to 29% margin. And this opposition is intense: 42% strongly oppose this kind of change, while only 19% strongly favor it. more »
VA Health Care: Actions Needed to Prevent Sexual Assaults and Other Safety Incidents
GAO found that many of the nearly 300 sexual assault incidents reported to the VA police were not reported to VA leadership officials and the VA OIG. GAO found significant weaknesses in the implementation of these physical security precautions ... including poor monitoring of surveillance cameras, alarm system malfunctions, and the failure of alarms ... more »
Aphoristic Idiocy
You may try with all your might to keep that particular shade of blonde, to stay au courante with fads and the media, to indulge in plastic surgery, to wear trendy clothes and an uplifting bra, to find a terrific hair stylist or wig, but your hands and neck and crow’s feet will always give you away, and you’ll wind up looking like what you are: a sad case of trying to stay too long at the fair. more »
