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@Corso: Viagra is only approved for use in erectile dysfunction. Other uses, including pulmonary hypertension, are off label. (I also…
Ron, Respectfully... Are you saying these things because you actually have an ideological opposition to any use of off-label prescriptions,…
Which leads one to ask how many studies showed the breast growth effect of Spironolactone and what their quality was.…
I am reluctant to take any supplement in the US, even the relatively benign ones like vitamins, because who knows…
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Category Archives: Iraq
NY Times Coverage Biased Against Lancet Study
UPDATE: The Lancet Study can be downloaded here (pdf link). A companion paper, which provides some additional details, can be downloaded here (pdf link). The New York Times coverage of the new Lancet study of Iraqi deaths, while maintaining an … Continue reading
Posted in Iraq, Media criticism
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New Lancet Study: 425,000 – 790,000 Excess Iraqi Deaths Since We Invaded
UPDATE: The Lancet Study can be downloaded here (pdf link). A companion paper, which provides some additional details, can be downloaded here (pdf link). A new study, due to be published on The Lancet’s website today, has found that there … Continue reading
Posted in Iraq, Sexism hurts men
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Making Things Worse In Iraq
Tim at Balloon Juice quotes from news stories (one, two): Torture in Iraq may be worse now than it was under Saddam Hussein, with militias, terrorist groups and government forces disregarding rules on the humane treatment of prisoners, the U.N. … Continue reading
Posted in Iraq
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Michael Scheuer: 5 Years After 9/11, We're Less Safe
Michael Scheuer, a 22-year CIA vet who specialized in studying bin Laden, answers six questions for Harpers. The bit that will be quoted the most, I think, is this: “In the long run, we’re not safer because we’re still operating … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, International issues, Iraq, Palestine & Israel
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Gays in Iraq Targeted For Murder By Insurgents And Government
From the UK newspaper The Observer: Hardline Islamic insurgent groups in Iraq are targeting a new type of victim with the full protection of Iraqi law, The Observer can reveal. The country is seeing a sudden escalation of brutal attacks … Continue reading
Conservatives Slander Feminists and Whitewash Harms To Iraqi Women
Judith at Kesher Talk engages in a little feminist-bashing: News flash! Saddam Wasn’t a Feminist. Well, duh, you might say. But some on the left have already started to spin Saddam’s Iraq as a time of equal opportunity for women. … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Iraq
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Women's Rights In The Middle East
Interesting-sounding panel discussion of women’s rights in the Mid East. I thought this point – about the attraction of patriarchy in dictatorships – was well-made: Darwish placed the blame on the patriarchy of the Middle East. “In the Middle East, … Continue reading
Iraq: Maybe Sistani didn't call for homosexuals to be killed, after all
In my most recent link farm post, I posted a link to a story about Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani calling a fatwah against homosexuals. The blogger Zeyad apparently translated this from an page in Arabic on Sistani’s website: Q: What … Continue reading
Corso, what caught my eye was: The doctor was worried about my kidneys with what I’m on, and I get…