Margaret wrote a new blog post: Gadolinium: not to be used for kidney patients...

Margaret wrote a new blog post: Gadolinium: not to be used for kidney patients... My thanks go to Beth for posting the link to a recent article (see http://tinyurl.com/36xykd3 ) on the potentially fatal effects of gadolinium, a drug used as a contrast agent in MRIs. This part of the article is nothing new, actually. Back in December, I posted about a study presented at the 2009 ASH meeting, a [...]

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Margaret wrote a new blog post: A haha Garfield cartoon...

Margaret wrote a new blog post: A haha Garfield cartoon... This morning I received a very cute cartoon from a blogging friend (thanks!) who told me that she had thought of me as soon as she had clapped eyes on it. :-) It reminded her of the recent post I wrote on the refined fructose and pancreatic cancer cell study... Incidentally, that study has given me a new pet peeve: high fructose corn syrup...and, really, any [...]

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Margaret wrote a new blog post: An irrational fear of flying...

Margaret wrote a new blog post: An irrational fear of flying... My parents and I are leaving Florence on Monday…that is, day after tomorrow. Destination: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. I have a question: why is it that natural disasters or plane crashes always take place on the eve of my departure? Always. I mean, it’s almost uncanny… This time, it’s Hurricane Earl. I have been tracking its course…Luckily, it [...]

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Margaret commented on the blog post An irrational fear of flying...

Margaret commented on the blog post An irrational fear of flying... Thanks, everyone...and yes, Robin, I will. :-)
Sandy, I couldn't agree more!!!

Okay, the cats are fed, I have had my morning cappuccino, the house is quiet (everyone else is asleep)...this is a good time to do some research. Off I go. :-)

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Margaret wrote a new blog post: Packing and chocolate éclairs...

Margaret wrote a new blog post: Packing and chocolate éclairs... Well, yesterday I did not manage to finish editing the draft that I have been working on, and my parents and I are leaving Florence in just a few hours, so this will have to be brief. Especially since I am typing on Stefano’s laptop (I am taking it with me), and I still have to [...]

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Margaret wrote a new blog post: Back in the U.S.A.

Margaret wrote a new blog post: Back in the U.S.A. Arrived safe and sound...happy to be here...just have a, yawn (excuse me)...a bit of jet lag...but will be...yawn...will be in touch soo....zzzzzzzz...

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