dogs and cancer
Like the old commercials for Fruit Loops, a Kelloggs' breakfast cereal , would say: "A nose, it always knows". While that commercial was referring to Toucan Sam, I'm just using this as a lead in to talk about how sensitive dog noses are and how they can be used, perhaps, to detect cancer. There have been a number of mentions of this in the media recently. Here's two items from CBC news this year. One story that ran on 60 Minutes and another from the Early Show . Both of these stories refer to a study run by Dr. Bob Gordon of the Scripts Clinic in La Jolla which used urine samples of cancer patients and healthy people to determine how well dogs could detect differences in odor between the two. That study resulted in the conclusion that a trained dog could detect cancer to a degree that was 3 times greater than could be accounted for by mere chance. Pretty good but not great. A much more interesting study has been just released: In the small world of people who tra...
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I used to go out with a girl from Philly and she liked american cheese on everything. Is that a Pennsylvania thing? I'll only eat American on grilled cheese sandwiches. Right now I'm going through a phase where I'm eating grilled English muffins with melted provolone cheese and ham slices inside. Mmmmmmm. So good!
Ciera, yeah--15 years younger and never truly kissed, not to mention that other "V" thing. Definitely a kid--at least relative to me.
Angela, Virgin? Of course you are! I love the whole immaculate conception thing. Twice. As for me, guys don't want to be virgins. It's girls that waffle on the subject.
Michelle, feel free to share back. I'd love to see your answers!