When Steven Galson, then-acting director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, announced the rejection, he said the decision was his own, had been recently made and was based on scientific concerns. The GAO report, however, indicates the decision was solidified months earlier and that other top officials were involved in the decision.

Ah, how nice of them. It didn't matter what the scientists and doctors said, the political hacks were going to nix it anyway.

Decision on Plan B Called Very Unusual

The study found that excess fat was even more strongly linked to stiffer blood vessels than cholesterol levels.

Work out and eat reasonably and you're in a better base state. Don't, and well...

Blood Vessels Show Effects of Fat in Teens

"The Clinton condom will be the top of our line," he said. "The Lewinsky condom is not quite as good."

I wonder what Bill and Monica might have to say about that...

Condoms Are Named for Clinton, Lewinsky

Sept. 14, 2005 --�A 12-year-old Knoxville, Tenn., girl was traumatized when she was shown gruesome photographs of the car crash that killed her father during a health class presentation by police to educate youngsters about the dangers of drunken driving, the girl's mother said.

What the FUCK are these people thinking???

ABC News: Girl Shown Photos of Dead Father in School

I thought I was in halfway not awful shape. Three days later I find out I'm so wrong... The damn thing is kicking my ass.

A couple weeks later, it's still kicking my ass, but it's upgaded the workouts since I've gotten better (and even lost a couple pounds that I didn't need!)

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Last year, Mr. King was referred to Dr. Victor Aziz, a psychiatrist at St. Cadoc's Hospital in Wales. Dr. Aziz explained to him that there was a name for his experience: musical hallucinations.

This has got to be one of the strangest things I've ever heard of. I can see where he would say it's driving him bonkers, especially if a bad song get stuck.

Neuron Network Goes Awry, and Brain Becomes an IPod

] The H5N1 avian flu, which first appeared in Hong Kong in
] 1997 and has since popped up twice, is evolving and can
] jump directly from birds to people, killing an estimated
] 72 percent of diagnosed victims, Gerberding said.

Folks, those are close to ebola numbers with a MUCH easier transmission vector. This is scaring the crap out of CDC.

Avian Flu World's No. 1 Threat, CDC Head Says

] "This is truly a dumbing-down of the term 'disease.' This
] is the only disease that I'm familiar with that you can
] solve by regularly taking long walks and keeping your
] mouth shut," said Rick Berman, executive director of the
] Center for Consumer Freedom, a food-industry-funded
] advocacy group.

I think this quote gets the "I ain't got no tact" award of the week.

Yahoo! News - Medicare Changes Policy on Obesity

] The report said that despite a much-advertised expanded
] surveillance program the USDA was not testing adult
] cattle that died on the farm and had failed to test
] hundreds of cattle condemned due to possible central
] nervous system disorder -- a symptom of mad cow disease
] and many other diseases.

Let's check just the healthy cows, yeah... See? No mad cow here!

Our meat is safe!

] An American surgeon who has patented a device that
] triggers an orgasm has begun a clinical trial approved by
] the Food and Drug Administration

Finally, a way for women to deal with the "best 90 seconds" of their inept partner's lives.

Yahoo! News - Women Needed to Test Orgasm Machine