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imcrs··on Focus on Infants During Childbirth Leaves U.S. Moms in Danger
Sorry to be pedantic, but it is important: fetuses or embryos are aborted, they are not babies until they are born.
imcrs··on Apple has biomedical engineers developing sensors to monitor blood sugar
For type 1 and type 2, the more insulin you take per day, the lower your blood sugar will be. If you a1c is too high, you unquestionably must take more insulin. Simple as.

Should you exercise more? Yeah. Should you eat better? Yeah. Should you cut refined carbs? Yes, you probably should. None of these are unique to diabetics, but they get levied on us when we talk about insulin prices or complications with our condition.

Also, you owe it to yourself to be extremely skeptical when looking at any "diet doctor" selling a book. Most stretch the cure factor of lifestyle far beyond its limit.

The advice to someone with a high a1c is the same in every case: take more insulin.

imcrs··on China has wealth of data on what individuals are doing at a micro level
This was the primary reason I chose iOS over android.
imcrs··on One More Sign World Is Shrinking – eBay Is for Suckers
By the time that happens, though, it will be too late for them.
imcrs··on Email Markup in Gmail
proprietary service... Google?
imcrs··on Donald Trump is the president-elect of the U.S.
I'm not agreeing or disagreeing -- but Trump actually got less than Romney did in 2012 among white voters.

Race is certainly a part of this election, like it is all elections in the USA, but not all.

imcrs··on Donald Trump is the president-elect of the U.S.
But not the majority of the United States, apparently.

Clinton voters are by and large an educated, distinctively non blue collar bunch.

imcrs··on Students are fleeing US law schools and pouring into engineering
Law has changed since the 80s and 90s.

The profession was much more of a bloodsport. Less cases settled, far less went to arbitration, and more money was spent when a case did go to trial.

Nowadays the culture has shifted almost completely to keeping costs down and settling things outside of court -- either settling outright or through a mediated arbitration (much less expensive).

It's no surprise to me that law school grads are out of work these days.

imcrs··on The Scientific 7-Minute Workout
careful with that stuff, and GNC in general. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/14/business/death-after-use-o...
imcrs··on I Know I'm Supposed To Follow My Passion. But What If I Don't Have A Passion?
And there's nothing wrong with that. Not everyone needs their work to be the central focus of their life.
imcrs··on Online Dating for Scientists
Cultivate interests that appeal to you. Those interests will probably appeal to people you will want to date as well.
imcrs··on Diabetes - time for open data and disruptive technology
What I would like to see is an integrated system where the a continuous monitoring device comes with the insulin pump and communicates with it automatically. I want open data as well and good software, but more importantly, I'd like to have a device that learns from my habits and recommends adjustments automatically. It would save me the hassle of having to pore through my glucose readings and think about everything every 1-2 weeks, which is what's required of me now to maintain my health (and which I'm negligent on).

And I'd like my insurance to cover it, but that's an entirely different story.

imcrs··on Show HN: Boldfaced, a portfolio designed for showing off writing
In my opinion, you should left justify the quotes, make the color of the quotes a dark body color, and then make the clients' names in the lovely shade of green.

When substantial text is centered, it does add emphasis, but it also reduces readability. When the entire page is centered, there's less readability but no gain in emphasis. And it is the same case, more or less, with color; a strong color is strong only in contrast to a more subtle color. The key is not to overload on strong elements (like alignment, text decoration, and odd fonts) while emphasizing which elements really need to stand out.

It does sound like a great idea!

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