Slanted Science

Archive for September, 2009

Scientists report that a swollen ankle will make you less happy than you were before. Sounds like one for the “Favoured sites of defecation in animals of the genus Ursus“ file. Read the rest of this entry »

An unused gym ID card in the kitchen drawer. Several partially-assembled bits of scary-looking machinery in the garage. And a whole lot of junk in the trunk. So many of us have all of these accoutrements of failed diets, and more (a food diary with only two completed days in it, anyone?). We know we’re a bit doughy, we’re well aware that life would be easier, happier, less wheezy if we shed a few pounds, but hell…how terrible would it be if lived without cheese, pasta and more cheese?

Well, here’s something else to add the list of “Terrible things that happen to fat people” (which currently includes heart attacks, diabetes and being pelted with snowballs by thirteen-year olds shouting “Get the blubber monster! Kill it!“).

Cancer. Read the rest of this entry »