] Widespread inbreeding in Saudi Arabia has produced
] several genetic disorders, Saudi public health officials
] said, including the blood diseases of thalassemia, a
] potentially fatal hemoglobin deficiency, and sickle cell
] anemia. Spinal muscular atrophy and diabetes are also
] common, especially in the regions with the longest
] traditions of marriage between relatives. Dr. Sakati said
] she had also found links between inbreeding and deafness
] and muteness.

Weird.

Saudi Arabia Awakes to the Perils of Inbreeding

] WASHINGTON, April 29 — In rare defiance of the social
] conservatives within his own party, President Bush today
] urged Congress to fight AIDS internationally with a $15
] billion plan that advocates condom use and in effect
] permits money to go to groups that promote abortion.

Good news, on the face of it.

Bush Pushes AIDS Plan Criticized by Some Conservatives

Tea is good for you.

Discovery Health :: Tea Said to Boost Immune System

] NEW YORK, April 15 (UPI) -- Dr. Robert Atkins, the diet
] guru of low-carb, high-protein fame, died Thursday at
] Cornell University Medical Center from injuries received
] earlier this month when he fell.
]
] Atkins, 72, was on his daily walk to work when he fell on
] an icy sidewalk outside his New York City office and
] suffered injuries to his head. A spring snowstorm coupled
] with icy temperatures had left city streets and sidewalks
] slippery.

RIP Dr. Atkins.

United Press International: Diet Dr. Robert Atkins dies from injuries

Dolemite wrote:

] What the hell? Are we looking at a law to prosecute
] pre-marital sex in the near future? This is getting scarier
] every day, I just hope that enough people have the sense to
] kick out the current rehash of old administrations in 2004.

I've been saying for awhile now that the implicit position of
the religious right is that very simply, they are opposed to
people having sex. I have a little hope that when this position
is made explicit that it will be readily seen to be ludicrous.

Bertrand Russell has argued that christianity has been the single
biggest force opposing progress in western civilization over the
last two millenia and I tend to agree with him. It is a disease
of the mind and perhaps one day we will look on it as we look at
polio or smallpox today.

RE: Bush's drive for global abstinence