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Volcanic eruptions can alter our climate for months or years. Probably the most well-known of these is the eruption of Mt.

I have mixed feelings about telemedicine, which has surged forward during the pandemic. What is it's promises and drawbacks? 

For some time, physicians have been moving away from the laying on of hands. An abdominal CT scan will provide the same information or more than that of an experienced practitioner in the now lost art of abdominal examination.

In the vast majority of cases, Lauer reported, the person being investigated has been an Asian man in his 50s. Some three-quarters of those under investigation had active NIH grants, and nearly half had at least two grants.

Epidemiology, the study of the spread of disease within a population, has vaulted into everyone’s awareness over the past four months.

This article was originally published at Geopolitical Futures. The original is here.

“Gravity has a very strong effect. So what happens when an ice sheet melts is sea level falls in the vicinity of the melting ice sheet. That is counterintuitive.

As a surgeon and woodworker, I have always found sustenance in using my hands. I think it touches, for me and many others, on a primal need to literally embody our feelings.

“Research has shown people often misunderstand standard food nutritional labels because of confusion about serving sizes; marijuana labeling is analogous.

Whether this reflects an over or undercount is unclear, you are welcome to your opinion. But it makes all the subsequent analysis just a little more imprecise and should make us not quite so definitive in our conclusions.