White House honchos and others use the term “communication failure†to explain the inability of Congress to pass healthcare legislation and other key parts of President Obama’s agenda. Such reasoning assumes the bills deserve passage in their current forms. That, however, is another topic. This week’s topic looks at why, from a communication standpoint,...
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Welcome to Weekly Health Update By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS “A critical weekly review of important new research findings for health-conscious readers†VITAMIN D, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE & DEATH There is mounting evidence that Vitamin D plays a much more complex role in maintaining health beyond its primary function in regulating calcium absorption. Increasingly,...
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With so many revelations of fraud in support of the man-made global warming, it has gotten much more difficult for propagandists to contend that science is on their side. NASA has a well-earned reputation in science and technological advancement. Surely one might think that if NASA is worried about global warming then we should...
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Child support decision theory has taken a leap in development; finally providing a sound theoretical formula that can be used to consistently produce “just and appropriate†awards. The following comments provide an quick summary of guideline history and briefly state the character and significance of the breakthrough. A link to further information is included...
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Men are not blindfolded and gagged in arguments with women  it just seems that way.
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Weekly Health Update: Concord Grape Juice Improves Memory “A critical weekly review of important new research findings for health-conscious readers…” By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS Updated:  01/31/2010 The information in this column is intended for informational purposes only, and does not constitute medical advice or recommendations by the author. Please consult with your physician before making...
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Scientific inquiry is separated from ideological rigidity by a willingness to entertain questions and admit doubt. The giveaway of ideology is emotional hostility to skeptics. Evolutionists today have it in spades. Just as the church once reacted punitively to Galileo for abandoning the party line, so do ideological evolutionists to those who do not...
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Weekly Health Update: Mozart, Music, Babies & Health “A critical weekly review of important new research findings for health-conscious readers…” By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS Updated:  01/24/2010 The information in this column is intended for informational purposes only, and does not constitute medical advice or recommendations by the author. Please consult with your physician before making...
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Words are important and talk is valuable in the expression of our ideas & goals (Segregation is an Indignity). But unless followed by "honest" physical action (The Freedom Riders) they remain just ideas and never become reality.
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Weekly Health Update: Preventing Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) after Surgery “A critical weekly review of important new research findings for health-conscious readers…” By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS Updated:  01/10/2010 The information in this column is intended for informational purposes only, and does not constitute medical advice or recommendations by the author. Please consult with your physician...
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Weekly Health Update: Ginkgo Biloba, Memory & Cognitive Health “A critical weekly review of important new research findings for health-conscious readers…” By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS The information in this column is intended for informational purposes only, and does not constitute medical advice or recommendations by the author. Please consult with your physician before making any...
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Ultimately, the safety of American and international travelers in our nation’s airports is a major annoyance and distraction from the more important objectives of the liberal agenda. In its raw form, an event of this nature, despite nearly costing the lives of three hundred people, cannot be invoked as evidence of “global warming,†the...
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What is a “paltry†one-hundred billion dollars in comparison to the trillions that are being robbed from this and future generations by a government that believes so vehemently in its socialist ideologies that neither the law nor the unbroken track record of past failures in such endeavors pose even the slightest obstacle to their...
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Weekly Health Update: CT Scans & Cancer Risk “A critical weekly review of important new research findings for health-conscious readers…” By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS Updated:  12/20/2009 The information in this column is intended for informational purposes only, and does not constitute medical advice or recommendations by the author. Please consult with your physician before making any...
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In 1962, President John F. Kennedy hosted a dinner for 49 Nobel laureates. The occasion provided the opportunity for JFK to display his keen wit in the memorable quote, “I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White Houseâ€â€with the possible exception...
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We should unambiguously guard the nature and the influences that we affirm on behaviors – ours and those of our children. The Nikes and Tigers we venerate cannot do that for us.
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Regardless of its specifics, if any so-called “healthcare reform†bill passes the Congress, it will be signed by Obama and invoked thereafter as cart blanche for an administration that has already mocked the limits of constitutional law in its takeover of the banks and the American auto industry.
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Confronting your own false beliefs can be a daunting task, even more so when coupled with an overwhelming level of corruption in the world around you, steering you the wrong way. Coming to grips with the latter can end your days of innocence about mass media and politics. For years now, people around the...
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Last week I was on a university panel formed to debate the issue of science and religion. My argument was the same one I’ve been making for years: given the known laws of physics  in particular, general relativity (Einstein’s theory of gravity) and quantum mechanics  we have no choice but to conclude...
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The opening film at the Copenhagen “climate meeting†was an apt reminder of the long-term damage done by global warming propagandists. A little girl has nightmares about being alone in a desert where her life is threatened by floods and hurricanes. Al Gore’s sci-fi horror fantasy in documentary style – An Inconvenient Truth –...
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