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 Feb 28 2005, 10:24 AM
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Great, I'm a Dragon...  Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698  |
Back in my GM days, most opponents had all skills at 3. Worked out fine with using combat pool and clever use of tactics during the fight.
More important NPCs surely had skills of 4 and above. |
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Mar 1 2005, 11:14 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,677 Joined: 5-June 03 Member No.: 4,689 |
Considering the equivalent is already happening today ...? There's far more money in discovering and working with new obesity genes than there is in finding a way to weed out sickle cell anemia without losing the anti-malaria link. |
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Mar 1 2005, 11:28 PM
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Mr. Johnson Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,587 Joined: 25-January 05 From: Berkeley, CA Member No.: 7,014 |
Relevant link on Sickle Cell Anemia:
http://archives.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/condit...le.cell.anemia/ |
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Mar 2 2005, 02:19 AM
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Free Spirit Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,928 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Bloomington, IN UCAS Member No.: 1,920 |
Aren't way more people affected by obesity though? And it is costing all kinds of money in health care because it directly contributes to things like heart disease, diabetes, asthma, hypertension, etc.. I wouldn't compare it to something as trivial as male pattern baldness, it hasn't led to nearly as many deaths. The only way I can think to justify the comparison is usually made by people who have never had a chronic weight problem who tell the obese to simply have some will power and quit stuffing food in their mouth. Then again, a corp like McDonalds would probably be making huge tax deductable contributions to such research so they can head off the impending lawsuits. |
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Mar 2 2005, 04:02 AM
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CosaNostra Deliverator Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 346 Joined: 29-January 05 From: Philadelphia, PA Member No.: 7,034 |
Obesity is a major health problem and deserves major funding for research and treatment. That being said, it is also a potentially lucrative market for drug companies. There has been lots of positive buzz surrounding "Rimonabant", Sanofi Aventis' new potential blockbuster drug.
As for Sickle Cell, it is an awful illness. I've worked with dozens of kids with it and it's sad to know that few, if any of them will live to be as old as I am :( |
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