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I try to keep current on any new developments in immunology, and this study came across my study group yesterday: [Antioxidants accelerate lung cancer progression in mice.] Abstract: This is consistent with the body of literature to date. Both the biochemistry and in vitro research...

I'm curious as to what contributors to this forum feel about Social Security. Do any posters feel that it's a dangerously socialist program? A Ponzi scheme? Running out of money? Intergenerational welfare? In order to be completely transparent, I should note that both my wife and I collect...

The new miraculuos pill, claims to be studied in 5230 clinical trials, developed by actafarma with help of the Scientific investigations Superior Council of Spain (I don't know what is this) ..... but is sold as dietary suplement :confused::hb: Info (In spanish only AFAICS): www.revidox.com

Demographic Crisis, Robotic Cure? Japan is approaching a change in demographics for which there is no precedent in history (some other countries are undergoing similar transformations). Many here in Japan, and elsewhere, assume that it will be a major economic disaster, hence "crisis." The...

This is for the wife: She is in her early 30's, and asked me about some advertising on beauty cremes that claim to rejuvenate the skin, hydrate it, and prevent skin aging. As usual I was clueless. A quick google search shows lots of claims and studies, but many of them conducted by the very...

I was talking to some friends the other night. We're all around 30, and interested in science and philosophy. We started to speculate whether we could make it under the bar, in terms of science being able to keep us alive for a very long time. I think there will come a point when science can...