Category Archives: Health
Are Bats So Scary?
Some animals have few human friends, like bats. We had a little brown bat tucked inside folded wings, like dead leaves, hanging over a rocker in our porch. It was a welcome guest. But ask the public about the most … Continue reading
Posted in Animalia, Health
Tagged bats, chiroptophobia, Ebola virus, HIV-AIDS, mad cow disease, rabies, revenant, zoonosis
Comments Off on Are Bats So Scary?
SNPs are Us
It won’t be long before snp is added to the pantheon of approved English words in the OED. It will sit among those rarest of words, those that lack a vowel like the crafty Welsh invented—cwm (a mountain hollow), crwth … Continue reading
Posted in Biomedical, Health
Tagged 23andme, DNA ancestry, DNA testing, genetic disease, promethease, single nucleotide polymorphisms, SNPs
Comments Off on SNPs are Us
From DNA to New Cousins & Ancestry
The back of a Cornflakes box is a good deal more absorbing than another person’s family tree. Genealogy is a rather personal game of history. Our interest seems to gain momentum with age, which may unfortunately mean we are too … Continue reading
Posted in Biomedical, Health
Tagged 23andme, ancestry, ancestry.com, DNA ancestry, Family Tree DNA, Finding Your Roots, genealogy, King Richard III, Queen Victoria, Who Do you Think You Are?
Comments Off on From DNA to New Cousins & Ancestry
Trust your Microbiome (Gut)
The gut feelings of psychic “scatomancers” who studiously examined the color, shape, and buoyancy of poo to forecast well-being and life prospects were more reliable than palm-reading, tarot cards, and astrology. They had “data,” and now we have the microbiome. … Continue reading
Posted in Biomedical, Health
Tagged Elie Metchnikoff, Microbiome, probiotics, Robert T. Morris
1 Comment
Roger musing about Peace with Nature 