Zyprexa again

The anti-psychotic Zyprexa is making headlines, again. The amount of money Eli Lilly is paying to defend itself and its tactics in marketing the drug is rising (estimated to be now more than 0.2 billion US dollars since 2004 ). Zyprexa is also one of the most profitable Anti-psychotic medications (almost 5 billion US dollars in 2007).

zyprexa package

The metabolic syndrome, a condition of weight gain, hyperglycemia and dyslipidemia (which could possibly raise the chances of …

mbc: Channel 2

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The Kiss (Auguste Rodin)

The Kiss (Auguste Rodin)

I can understand the reasoning behind censoring nudity on TV. I can swallow my discomfort. I am watching the film for free. But I shriek at totally spoiling a film by removing innocent kissing scenes while leaving bloody violence. Somehow, mbc's dull censorship policy skewed films to become more violent. Now with awkward moments were both protagonists. Male and female, blush, act shyly or approach each other affectionately and then …

Anyone can lose a memory!

Any of your digital devices that carry a removable storage, like a flash disk, SD card etc.. can get lost.

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Photo by edans.

They are getting smaller and smaller. And the chances of losing one is probably inversely proportional!

I lost a couple of SD Cards (each 1GB in capacity) in 2007!

!A simple solution

Simply create a plain text file named

__FLASH_DISK_OWNER.txt__ with the information you think is necessary to help the person …

Crossing gulfs

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What if you want to cross the Aqaba with your windsurf to reach Saudi?

photo of dahab windsurfing lagoon
photo by Shearwater.

Here are some numbers:

  • Distance from Club Dahab to a straight line point to the other side of the gulf of Aqaba is 26 Km (minumum distance = 25 Km). This is actually the widest point of the gulf of Aqaba.
  • Distance from MoonBeach to a straight line point to the other side of the gulf of Suez is …

7 medical myths reviewed

If you think that:

  • People should drink at least eight glasses of water a day
  • We use only 10% of our brains
  • Hair and fingernails continue to grow after death
  • Shaving hair causes it to grow back faster, darker, or coarser
  • Reading in dim light ruins your eyesight
  • Eating turkey makes people especially drowsy
  • Mobile phones create considerable electromagnetic interference in hospitals.

Then may be you need to question what you know. Read this quick …

رقد بسلام 3000 سنة و الآن نزعجة ؟

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يظلمون ملك صغير بعرضة بصورة لا ترضية.

لّوح المصريون المقيمون بميدان رمسيس لتمثال الملك و هو يتحرك من مكان مزعج الى مكان بعيد عن ملامح عصرنا. لم أصدق ما كنت أراه، أسر بأكملها تقف في البلكونات و ترسل التحية لأطنان من الرخام!

وثنية؟ لم لا؟ فعبادة تمثال قديم لملك جبارنعلم عنه القليل أفضل من
عبادة صمام أمان يضر و لا ينفع.

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...استمر بقرائة التدوينة

توت عنخ أمون هو السفير الأول للدولة المصرية القديمة. فكنوزه …

Will Zyprexa join Vioxx ?

Lilly the manufacturer of the atypical antipsychotic Zyprexa(Olanzapine) and Symbiax(Olanzapine + Fluoxetine) will add a black box warning on its product regarding its metabolic side effects.

Olanzapine is an antipsychotic (AP) used mainly for the treatment of Schizophrenia and Bipolar disorder.

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  • Olanzapine molecule is very similar to Clozapine.

An atypical antipsychotic, is a newer class of antipsychotics (a.k.a Serotonin-Dopamine Antagonists) work by blocking all 4 dopamine pathways in the brain like typicals …