Rufus Blooter

Are plants protective for cancer? The evidence has been mixed, to say the least. Evidence, that is, in the form of specific human interventi...

A recent study came out observing a higher risk of heart disease within a 30k+ sample of Italian women who consumed higher carbs, or higher...

Speaking of air travel, there's been none of it here since Iceland has launched its Dr. Evil volcanic assault on the rest of europe. Onc...

or "when did United become a discount airline?" or "you're doing it wrong!" Flew United Airlines domestically for th...

Been a while. Maybe 12 years. No cavities, no problems. I attribute my overall cavity-free streak to my gum-chewing habit. I have no eviden...

London cold is a dense, damp thing. Seeps into homes & bones... seeps, settles, won't be sloughed. London is (subjectively) the cold...

[and you shall know them by the badness of their malts... ] Saw a rumor that the entire Project Gutenberg library will be freely available f...

Irony is a virus. Early exposure is crucial for health later in life. An irony deficiency can have dire consequences if left untreated too l...

I have strange lower-leg cramping -- calves, feet, toes -- only at night and only after either drinking alcohol or eating lots of sugar. The...

My 12-yr-old and his buddies love Scrubs. I enjoy it a lot. Nice and goofy. I only belatedly realized that for him it's basically what M...

I get a kick out of watching the personal trainers do their thing at the club. They seem to operate out of the same playbook. The current sc...

The health care reform that has just passed in the US is mainly concerned with insurance reform. It doesn't turn the US into Canada or t...