Ready the Coop-guns. Fearless Leader Swindle is holed up all week in an undisclosed island-y location, recovering from an arduous season of being paid to write about college football and cheering his alma mater to a national title, its second in three years. (The poor bastard.) You’re in my ha...

  Often in our tired Monday morning Google news searches for terms like "penis" we come across the most random stories in other countries' newspapers. Mostly they make us 1. proud to be Americans (where at least we know we're free!) and 2. grateful for Dan Savage. Today, in th...

From my live cam chat: ChaimAmalek:  Luke, if the haredim declare that you are not a Jew, would you continue to regard yourself as one? ChaimAmalek:  Is there a point where, having been stripped of your status by orthodox bet din, you would concede that you are not Jewish according to Jewi...

Many thanks to Jeffrey Leow at Monash Medical Student for the hard work in putting together a great collection of Grand Rounds offerings. Thanks also for including a link to my recent post that reviewed Chromosomal Mosaicism Detected at the Time of Chorionic Villus Sampling. Not only is the decision...

The two to four inches of leg just below the back of your knee tends to be one of the most difficult areas to develop for women; but with consistant training beautifully shaped calves can be achieved. Jim Ryno's favorite move is the Stability Ball Calf Raise. Stand with your feet hip width apart lea...

  Nature constantly ”shuffles” our genes around in our genome, creating a genetic cocktail of human chromosomes and trying out different changes as it does so.  Some of these changes represent neither a positive nor a negative mutation or a competitive advantage.  One such ’shu...

Getting in shape can be a maddening thing. You sweat your butt off regularly on the treadmill only to find that, in fact, your butt looks exactly the same. It’s enough to make you want to punch someone. So go ahead — Put yourself or ask your trainer to put you through the paces as if you were a ...

While 2007 saw the publication of new research into the genetics of autism, scientists do not yet know what combination of genes—some 30 to 100 have been pointed to—-are involved. The December 28th New York Times profiles children and their families who are in something of the opposite s...