Category Archives: medicine

Book Reviews: the good science, the bad science, and the ugly

Posted on October 3, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Inspired by Science Bear’s epic book review post, here are three very overdue book reviews of my own! The Good Science Dry Store Room No.1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum, by Richard Fortey. I first visited the … Continue reading →

Posted in bad people, book review, communication, medicine, nature, pseudoscience, science, the media | 4 Comments

Holy pap!

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

WARNING: this post may contain Too Much Information for some readers. Especially the guys. You may want to skip it and wait for my next post, which will probably be about the Canadian citizenship test, with hilarious examples of really … Continue reading →

Posted in medicine, personal, silliness, TMI | 19 Comments

Modern life is rubbish loud

Posted on June 11, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

So I’m loving my podcasts. I signed up for all your suggestions (and then some), and have stuck with most of them. I save the music podcasts for work; to my surprise I’ve found that spoken word works better than … Continue reading →

Posted in exercise, medicine, personal, photos, technology, Vancouver | 9 Comments

Cough medicine FAIL

Posted on April 19, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I called Mr E Man at work yesterday and asked if he could possibly pick me up some cough medicine on the way home. Being the best husband EVAH, he brought me “the most expensive stuff in the store – … Continue reading →

Posted in medicine, personal, pseudoscience | 17 Comments

Fear the Tea Cops!

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Anyone who dared to question the One True Way of making tea, read this and repent: “Tea drinking habits and oesophageal cancer in a high risk area in northern Iran: population based case-control study” by Farhad Islami et al., BMJ … Continue reading →

Posted in food glorious food, medicine, silliness | 19 Comments

2009 is looking up

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

“For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act – not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. … Continue reading →

Posted in education, environment, medicine, politics, science, technology | 11 Comments

Book review – My Sister’s Keeper

Posted on May 28, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Oof, it’s been a while, hasn’t it? I have actually read a couple of books since my last review, but I’ve been lazy about the corresponding blog updates. So what’s it to be – fiction or non-fiction? I think I’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in book review, medicine | 8 Comments

Guest post (not for the squeamish)

Posted on March 29, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

My friend Kyrsten has supplied me with a couple of interesting blog post subjects in the past, and I’m going to let her tell this current story in her own words. (What this essentially means is that I’m going to … Continue reading →

Posted in freakishness, medicine, nature, photos | 11 Comments

These boots were made for, erm, walking?

Posted on February 6, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

According to this story on the BBC, I should maybe think about revising the upper height limit I’ve imposed on the heels of my elusive pair of perfect boots. Talking of strange medicine, a gust of wind almost made me … Continue reading →

Posted in freakishness, medicine, silliness | 6 Comments

My idealistic inner teenager is proud of me

Posted on December 2, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

There was a local conference this week that was highly relevant to the research being performed in my new department. And I got to go! It was the first time in a few years that I’ve been able to attend … Continue reading →

Posted in career, conferences, medicine, personal, science | 3 Comments