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foot loose and fancy free

eagerly anticipated leprosy update: it’s not leprosy, as those of you who follow me on twitter already know. It’s cellulitis – which is a fancy way of saying “some kind of skin infection.” The doc prescribed me a hefty antibiotic (horse pills! who takes these pills? giants! they are giant pills!) and told me to come back in a week if it hadn’t improved. other unexpected health update: some good news – when I had my doctor’s appointment a couple weeks ago (kind of a half check up to get my Continue reading

DrumBeat: August 10, 2008

Even Giants Are Being Hurt By Rising Energy Prices In general it may be true that if we were willing – and in some cases able – to pay more for food, then some serious problems with our food system might be solved. The same may be said of our energy system – higher energy prices will make it much easier for renewable energy to come to the fore and will encourage conservation. The trouble is that along the path towards a better, more sustainable farming and energy system, there will be many c Continue reading

Giants of Sports-Nutrition Research

It’s time you met some of the people who help design some of Biotest’s great supplements. Don’t play “Jeopardy” with these guys and if your girlfriend is turned on by brainy types, give her a wad of cash and send her shopping. Continue reading