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Posted on November 23 at 10:26 p.m.
Thank you, "MD" for sharing your first hand knowledge of 'cold laser':
"I have to report that my patient base has doubled in the last 12 months as a result of integrating cold laser therapy as a treatment option."
As a person who actually 'treats' people with this process, your story is important. It would also be helpful to link to those "double blind peer reviewed studies" you tout as dispositive.
Oh! Here's one:
::: "there was no significant difference in any of the outcome measures between the two groups. Thus, LOW-LEVEL LASER THERAPY is no more effective in the reduction of symptoms of Carpel Tunnel Syndrome than is sham treatment."
-- [pdf] http://www.cebp.nl/vault_public/filesyst... -
And an Aetna Bulletin from 2009, which calls the treatment unproven and experimental:
http://www.aetna.com/cpb/medical/data/30...
It seems there is some efficacy in specialized treatments (dentistry has provided positive results), but the broad over use and one-size fits all programmatic application is rife with quackery.
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Posted on November 23 at 5:49 p.m.
Hank, your paraphrase of the quote you mention...
"Lawrence King used his freedom of sexuality like a weapon."
... gets it wrong by removing the reporter's context:
"What you might call "the shrinking closet" is arguably a major factor in Larry's death. Even as homosexuality has become more accepted, the prospect of being openly gay in middle school raises a troubling set of issues. Kids may want to express who they are, but they are playing grown-up without fully knowing what that means. At the same time, teachers and parents are often uncomfortable dealing with sexual issues in children so young. Schools are caught in between. How do you protect legitimate, personal expression while preventing inappropriate, sometimes harmful, behavior? Larry King was, admittedly, a problematical test case: he was a troubled child who FLAUNTED HIS SEXUALITY AND WIELDED IT LIKE A WEAPON -- IT WAS OFTEN HIS FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE But his story sheds light on the difficulty of defining the limits of tolerance. As E. O. Green [the school] found, finding that balance presents an enormous challenge."
This was a confused kid of 15 -- of which there are many -- and no one deserves his fate.
Newsweek, by the way: http://www.newsweek.com/id/147790
And the bit about the lesbian vice principal seems a defense attorney ploy; no matter, it is not causal nor any form of justification.
He was a kid, for pete's sake.
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Posted on November 22 at 8:43 a.m.
That's very generous of you DonMcDermott, to find something else in "winddancer1562's" comment other than pig-ignorant, bigoted hatred.
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Posted on November 21 at 10:23 a.m.
I think you mean the isolation of human embryonic stem cells, rather than the "discovery." This sentence is flabby enough to be misleading:
"Last year, human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) celebrated the 10th anniversary of their discovery,..."
Posted on November 20 at 11:44 a.m.
I think Bob Young was also the proprietor of the late lamented Wimbleton Tavern, on De La Vina, once a signal live music venue in town for local bands in the '80s.
Great tribute, thanks A.L.
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Posted on November 20 at 11:36 a.m.
Is being a careless reader part and parcel of supporting the VMP and the Thin Green Line of Board supporters?
Here are answers to the questions you so desperately need, "markonic":
1. Yes, it's my real name.
2. No, I'm attacking the orchestrated response by VMP minions who reflexively attack anything less than full-throated support, usually without the courtesy of reading what is in front of them.
3. Yes, those are my weaknesses -- guilty as charged!
4. It's harder to criticize people who share the same opinion.
5. I still think the Director's -- and other executives -- salaries are excessive.
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Posted on November 20 at 10:40 a.m.
Well said, Kingprawn.
"contactjohn" doesn't know when he's bested, rather like the Black Knight in Monty Python's "Holy Grail."
'It's is but a scratch,'
'A scratch! Your arms off!'
'No it isn't!'
'Than what's that?!"
"I've had worse!'
Posted on November 20 at 10:26 a.m.
Great reporting Chris.
A sad and cautionary tale well told.
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Posted on November 19 at 11:18 p.m.
Add another to the list, Kratatoa: the Board is rallying the foot soldiers!
Article: On Botanic Garden Fixing Labyrinth
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Posted on July 24 at 10:20 a.m. by nginther
"Reading these posts blows me away! Everyone who's got something against the garden seems to think it's just a local park for local neighbors to use. IT'S NOT A PARK. It's a botanical garden, and it happens to be one of the state's most precious collections of native plant species. Not just for neighbors to walk their dogs through, but for the entire country and world to look at and admire. If you want a neighborhood park, go to Skofield or Rocky Nook - they're less than a mile away. If you're annoyed that a botanic garden is operating in our neighborhood - GET OVER IT. It's been there longer than all of our houses have, and it's a resource for the whole world to enjoy."
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Posted on November 24 at 3:05 p.m.
Thank you for confirming my statement, "It seems there is some efficacy in specialized treatments..." Please cite, if you would the current double-blind studies validating your assertion of "chronic pain relief" from Low-Level Laser Therapy.
You have as much knowledge of my degrees (or lack thereof) as I do of yours.
I am, as you so correctly diagnosed, an unhappy and unsatisfied person. Time for my LLLT!!! How much will that cost?
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