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Person who studies all things blood
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Haie kennen den Unterschied zwischen Menstruationsflüssigkeit und Blut. Bei ersterer ist ja auch Blut dabei, aber nicht viel, also für hochspezialisierte Raubtiere, die sich auf verletzte Opfertiere konzentrieren, eher uninteressant.

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Sharks Don’t Care (About Your) Period: Menstrual Misconceptions and Ideas About “Blood” as Coercive Means
Scientists and other wildlife experts have tested sharks, bears, and other predators, and found that they have very little interest in the presence of menstrual discharge. However, we know they are at...
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August 16, 2024 at 4:20 PM
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Key Takeaways
An episode of the painful viral illness shingles is tied to a 20% higher odds of cognitive decline
It's thought that the shingles virus could harm blood flow to the brain
The effect was stronger still among men who carried a gene known to enhance dementia risk
August 15, 2024 at 9:04 PM
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STAT's Eric Boodman talked to 50 (fifty!) women with #sicklecell for this series on how for decades, doctors have pushed sickle cell patients to sterilization.

Though the health concerns are real, they're mixed with echoes of eugenics, racism, & other injustices.

See a preview of the next stories:
Coercive Care: Investigating sickle cell, pregnancy, and sterilization
A yearlong STAT investigation about people with sickle cell disease who felt pressured into unwanted sterilizations.
www.statnews.com
May 21, 2024 at 2:15 PM
If it's automatic and doesn't block your production it might be something to ignore. I do appreciate the care, but yeah, letting machines try to figure out people isn't going to work well.
If you have a reporting sniper, that's a different issue, of course.
June 4, 2024 at 4:55 PM
And don't even get me started on these monsters!!!

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Hyalomma - Wikipedia
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May 31, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Olives, eh? Kind of a let-down, but all right. 😜 Thanks for the education!!!
May 31, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Let me know if you find out. 😀
May 31, 2024 at 3:54 PM
I'll admit that I have a hard time wrapping my brain around the new model for drugs that doesn't work hard to keep people hooked on drugs, but just kills them. Surge in demand leads to disposable life. Dreadful.
May 31, 2024 at 3:47 PM
The plot thickens, pun absolutely intended.
www.livescience.com/62689-otzi-i...
Ötzi the Iceman Was a Heart Attack Waiting to Happen
Here's how modern heart doctors would treat Ötzi the iceman mummy.
www.livescience.com
May 31, 2024 at 3:32 PM