Canada to put bigger health warnings on cigarettes (Reuters)
Will cover three quarters of front and back of cigarette pack. “Unduly” delayed by tobacco lobbying
Judge Rejects City Law on Antismoking Posters (NYT)
Gruesome images won’t be required in convenience stores in NY. Judge: “Even merchants of morbidity are entitled to the full protection of the law, for our sake as well as theirs.”
Why the Rich Are Getting Richer (Foreign Affairs)
Nice book review of Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer–and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class
Profiles in Cowardice (GoozNews)
White House end-of-life consultation directive not an example of open gov’t (kept quiet since early Nov). Political opportunists who stoke ignorance for votes are cruel and fiscally irresponsible.
Unearthing Prehistoric Tumors, and Debate (NYT)
Is cancer a disease of modern civilization? Interesting discussion of why it’s hard to say
Anesthesia puts you to ‘sleep’? Not really, a new study finds (LA Times)
Brain activity of anesthetized patient resembles deeply unconscious coma patient. Implications for sleep disorders and recovery from comas.
Aging: Paying the Physical Price for Longer Life (NYT)
People live longer not because they are less likely to get sick, but because they survive longer with disease
Nutrition: At Home, Influence Wanes on Child Diets (NYT)
Studies show weak correlation between what parents and their children eat
Mark Bloomfield on Lobbying (Five Books)
What happens in Washington. “Who tries to be virtuous soon meets with what destroys him among so much that is evil” — Machiavelli
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