Stuff below the fold

Want to know your risk for osteoporosis related fractures? Look in the mirror...

Probably because those who smoke have more wrinkles, and obese women have fewer wrinkles and more estrogen which also prevents osteoporosis.

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Japan's nuclear crisis produced less radiation than Chernobyl, but the bad news is that it's still going on, says MotherJones.

in a related item: not earthquakes but fires inside the plants are the biggest hazard for Nuclear plants.

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Docs won't be paid as much, under the new health rules, and the gov't won't pay them if they don't switch to electronic records which cost a fortune to implement, and now we are being told to make sure our technology is "green" (i.e. spend even more money)

and so the headline on Drudge: Solar flare warning.

if I'm cynical, it's because our clinic records were once put out of commission for a week by a virus...luckily we only had the patient summaries there, and could use paper records, but the stress on only e records had a lot of problems, including hacking, that make me question their universal use.

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the next time you read that the way to stop poverty is for governments to donate more money to officials in poor countries, read this.

It's the corruption stupid...and sometimes there is a lack of local expertise...
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another amazing Gurkha...

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and from Dave Barry:

another sign that the end of the world is nigh.