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Comment Good for some things (Score 4, Informative) 83

This will be good for doing angios, etc, where they just stand around and watch - which is good, 'cause they just hit the fluoro pedal, and the radiation stream is constant. For stuff like orthopaedics (my specialty), we usually just use spot images, and have to move around a lot, twist the patients legs, reduce fractures, etc, This suit is way too bulky, and wont be useful

Not a bad idea - I can see it getting used.
"zero G" - now that just makes me laugh

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Doctor Invents 'Zero Gravity' Radiation Suit Screenshot-sm 83

DrFrasierCrane writes "You think you feel weighed down when your dentist lays that lead apron on you to take X-rays: how about the doctors who deal with radiation treatments and have to wear those aprons all day long? A Dallas, Texas, doctor has created a 'zero gravity' radiation suit for just that problem. From the article: 'Physicians are supposed to wear a lead apron during those procedures. It is back-breakingly heavy and doesn't cover the body completely. The zero gravity suit eliminates the weight and the exposed openings.'"

Comment Vaccines do NOT cause autoimmune diseases (Score 1) 228

ok please show me any scientific body of evidence that supports that vaccines cause autoimmune diseases.
I don't think you'll find any reputable sources. A vaccine is merely supplying your immune system with an antigen to provide immunity in the future. By your logic, any immune response, from anyting, might cause autoimmune diseases. You sound like you like Jenny McCarthys idiotic rantings.

This article backs up my point of view.
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/111/3/653

Typically when people state "it is well known" about anything, it's that they have no citations for their point of view.

Comment how autistic = tallest dwarf? (Score 1) 228

at what point do we bother to call/diagnose people as having Autism/Aspergers? - Clearly up for debate, and the pendulum tends to swing one way, and then back another way.
In the end, Diagnosing someone with autism/Aspergers only does someone good, if it allows treatment that can improve their lives. Helicopter parents wanting a "diagnosis" on their poorly performing kid in school will eventually stop trying to label their kid as having this.

Comment Err Try the Three Stooges (Score 1) 1123

I think you'll find a much higher viewership than sports. When I was at the N.I.H. , pretty much every research guy I knew liked the Stooges, and also had Far Side cartoons on their door.
  I finished my stint at the NIH a while ago, and am a surgeon at a major academic institution. Pretty much every guy I know in my field practices some form of religion - this was also true at NIH as well. We were all somewhat quiet about it as well.

Anecdotal -yes, but I find that sometimes the atheists, in science, exhibit a belittling attitude, which the people who believed did not. That may be the reason why people were quiet about their faith, as well as there was not much of a reason to bring it up at work.

Comment Glowing metal = black body radiation (Score 4, Informative) 326

The temperature of objects produces (from what i recall of physics) black body radiation - meaning it produces light wavelengths. Just because we associate melted iron being red hot, doesn't mean other metals melt when they start to glow. It just means they are hot enough to produce enough black body radiation that we can see. Look at mercury for example as an opposite.

Comment Juices = flavor = not true (Score 1) 763

Cooking adds flavor to meat -that's one of the main reasons why things are cooked. Uncooked meat has around 200 flavor compounds, while cooked meat has over 1000.
  Now if texture/moisture is your primary concern, then yes rare to medium rare (140 deg F) is the way to go. Some people like their steaks not so wet, and with more flavor, and thus the medium to well done category.

There's something for everyone - just because you like it that way, doesn't mean it's the best way.

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