28 JAN 2012 by ideonexus

 What opposite discoveries we have seen!

What opposite discoveries we have seen! (Signs of true genius, and of empty pockets.) One makes new noses, one a guillotine, One breaks your bones, one sets them in their sockets; But vaccination certainly has been A kind antithesis to Congreve's rockets, ...
Folksonomies: poetry
Folksonomies: poetry
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From science, bombs and immunizations, guillotines and life-saving surgery. A poem by Lord Byron.

08 JUN 2011 by ideonexus

 Circumcision Increases an Infant's Sensitivity to Pain

Glover’s findings are supported by research on the effects of pain experienced by infants after birth. Anna Taddio, a pain specialist at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, noticed more than a decade ago that the male infants she treated seemed more sensitive to pain than their female counterparts. This discrepancy, she reasoned, could be due to sex hormones, to anatomical differences—or to a painful event experienced in this part of the world by many boys and no girls: circumcisio...
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Compared to males who are uncircumcised.