tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post6753825449608288747..comments2024-03-15T04:01:53.036-04:00Comments on Cranky Fitness: Scientists: Let's Get Crackin'Crabby McSlackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108791388350253344noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-34805684215897877902008-07-28T13:03:00.000-04:002008-07-28T13:03:00.000-04:00I would be all over female Viagra. My husband and ...I would be all over female Viagra. My husband and I are in our 40's, and I can't keep up with his sex drive. Sure would make for a more happy household!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-173149496738413132008-07-26T14:21:00.000-04:002008-07-26T14:21:00.000-04:00Susan--That's great! But these are exactly the ki...Susan--That's great! But these are exactly the kind of things I read about and then nothing ever seems to come of them... scientist are ALMOST THERE, but I want to see the stuff in my knees, not in a lab. But fingers crossed, maybe he's got the answer.Crabby McSlackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12108791388350253344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-82880054897381553352008-07-26T14:03:00.000-04:002008-07-26T14:03:00.000-04:00Crabby, you DO know that Freddy Fu at UPMC Sports ...Crabby, you DO know that Freddy Fu at UPMC Sports Medicine has found a way to grow new cartilage?Susan Helene Gottfriedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12778191943289129869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-71983689725044766612008-07-26T10:57:00.000-04:002008-07-26T10:57:00.000-04:00More great ideas for the scientists, these are awe...More great ideas for the scientists, these are awesome!<BR/><BR/>(And I did NOT mean to cast any aspersions on the scientists themselves, who are a hard-working, clever bunch, but on research priorities and funding).<BR/><BR/>And thanks Jamie! We actually don't tend to swap links on request, but do occasionally update our random rotating blogroll in a haphazard manner, and try to include some of the CF's "regulars." We are, I'm afraid, way overdue!Crabby McSlackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12108791388350253344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-23541467127327177742008-07-26T10:32:00.000-04:002008-07-26T10:32:00.000-04:00New Neurons -- for the brain...Hey, Crabby, we lov...New Neurons -- for the brain...<BR/><BR/>Hey, Crabby, we love you. WOuld you consider swapping links?<BR/><BR/>:) JamieGirl-Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662708169074583826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-87418591115791414892008-07-24T12:54:00.000-04:002008-07-24T12:54:00.000-04:00You crack me up, Cranky. (Take away the Viagra fro...You crack me up, Cranky. (Take away the Viagra from the men, indeed.)<BR/><BR/>I wish they would invent creams that actually do all the stuff those ads claim they do; melt fat, give you an instant tan, erase wrinkles, age spots and stretch marks, clear up acne and make your skin firmer.dragonmammahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13586472866640318921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-91567342849911528752008-07-24T07:26:00.000-04:002008-07-24T07:26:00.000-04:00And some sort of treatment that genuinely allowed ...And some sort of treatment that genuinely allowed you to spot reduce fat, please. I'd like to remove some of the fat from my thighs and double-butt and make it be in my boobs. Please :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-48341741038275465442008-07-24T07:22:00.000-04:002008-07-24T07:22:00.000-04:00I'd be right there with you on request #1. I'd sel...I'd be right there with you on request #1. I'd sell my granny for a snack food which has proper mouth-feel like chocolate, is full of vitamins and minerals and the like but has next to no calories. Better still, something like that, which doesn't give you cancer and which actually burns fat! Perfect!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-71071388205922913422008-07-24T01:36:00.000-04:002008-07-24T01:36:00.000-04:00That cake you mentioned...that should definitely b...That cake you mentioned...that should definitely be real. I still haven't found one, so I just make my death by chocolate cake on very special occasions. :)Amy @ LiveWellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14902882178085553132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-77983165703620535602008-07-24T00:16:00.000-04:002008-07-24T00:16:00.000-04:00This was a terrific post, and all the comments are...This was a terrific post, and all the comments are great.<BR/>The Bag Lady just wants haying season to be over so she can get back to the important things in life, like blogging....sighthe Bag Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17434610508260994331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-26244313484794659932008-07-23T22:54:00.000-04:002008-07-23T22:54:00.000-04:00Oh damn.Crabby, maybe we should re-think tomorrow'...Oh damn.<BR/>Crabby, maybe we should re-think tomorrow's post about widdle furwy kittehs?The Merryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09660495393832517684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-29390031115511655162008-07-23T22:30:00.000-04:002008-07-23T22:30:00.000-04:00I loved everyone elses lists, and don't really hav...I loved everyone elses lists, and don't really have anything new to add as far as a cure list but I would just like to say that I am glad somebody found their RANT pill and the kittens and unicorn are Gone.Gone.Gone!Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12711099350545658671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-18957335490017767802008-07-23T21:46:00.000-04:002008-07-23T21:46:00.000-04:00Top of the list? A cure for MS. My mother has MS, ...Top of the list? A cure for MS. My mother has MS, and has been unable to walk since I was in high school. <BR/><BR/>Second? the ability to grow organs/joints/etc to be replaced. you know, got a bum knee? grow a new one! Even better, nanobots that fix it from the inside....<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I'm a total Cyberpunk nerd I know....Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07681981436179673834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-46148822027326151682008-07-23T18:55:00.000-04:002008-07-23T18:55:00.000-04:00Sunscreen a pill, Female Viagara? I am with you le...Sunscreen a pill, Female Viagara? I am with you let's get rid of the male version. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-11137269032034109282008-07-23T18:49:00.000-04:002008-07-23T18:49:00.000-04:00Reb, ditto to cures!I don't want my twenty-year-ol...Reb, ditto to cures!<BR/>I don't want my twenty-year-old body back, though. I'm much healthier now. These days I hardly ever spend a whole day just lying down, and never a whole week.<BR/><BR/>(anti-mosquito pill, yes!)<BR/><BR/>Mary Anne in KentuckyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-43191837448623414792008-07-23T18:06:00.000-04:002008-07-23T18:06:00.000-04:00I would like my asthma cured, not controlled.I wou...I would like my asthma cured, not controlled.<BR/><BR/>I would like my allergies cured, not controlled.<BR/><BR/>I would like my IBS cured, not controlled.<BR/><BR/>I want a way to relieve the pinching of my Ulnar nerves that doesn't involve rerouting them to the outside of the elbow.<BR/><BR/>I want my damn lymph nodes back!<BR/><BR/>And while I'm at it, I want my 20year old body back! ;)Rebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05318594769530526005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-40510837381265336782008-07-23T17:26:00.000-04:002008-07-23T17:26:00.000-04:00I am seriously IN LOVE with the post and it's not ...I am seriously IN LOVE with the post and it's not frequent that I comment but I wanted to play a little devil's advocate here...<BR/><BR/>I totally agree with the previous posters that research is stunted by lack of funding. It all boils down to the bottom dollar, people! Think about it. If there was a "cure" for AIDS (I say that because since there have been unremarkable breakthroughs in this field and the number of people advancing to AIDS from HIV has decreased drastically) all that money that they make on Atripla and Truvada would POOF! be gone. Let's make people pay ridiculous amounts of money and hold out on research for cures when we can pocket all the money ourselves! Bastards. (insert YouTube of the South Park episode where Cartman and Kyle discover the cure for AIDS is injecting money into the bloodstream).<BR/><BR/>As for female Viagra, it was discovered that it worked in women who experience decreased libido while taking antidepressants <B>(depression along with Alzheimer's and every other mental health disorder that I wish we could cure)</B>. Additionally, Pfizer who produces Viagra, didn't intend for this drug to target ED - it is actually used to treat pulmonary hypertension and is marketed as Revatio to avoid the stigma of being a woman or man ordering their "ED" med at the pharmacy. "uhhh...I take this for some hypertension thing..." I have seriously heard a woman say that at the pharmacy when being cashed out as to avoid all suspicion from the pharmacy technician. Like she should feel guilty for taking a medication that will save her life. Many of these drugs that "cure" this strange and seemingly odd and useless diseases and conditions are simply found serendipitously, maybe on the way to curing <B>heart disease and cancers</B>.<BR/><BR/>Keep a watchful eye out there because one of your requests might be realized while on the way to curing <B>cancer and arthritis</B>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-9765052487312855612008-07-23T15:27:00.000-04:002008-07-23T15:27:00.000-04:00Hmmm. Actually, I see the need for Viagra. No, I&...Hmmm. Actually, I see the need for Viagra. No, I'm not a guy... but my grandfather was, and he had ED, and this completely shot his personality in the foot and left him lame and pathetic for the rest of his life... I think viagra is a wonderful drug that could save countless marriages from being over and save countless kids from being unloved because their parents aren't getting a hormone dump once in a while. Just my 2 cents there.<BR/><BR/>However, Medical things, seriously:<BR/><BR/>1 - Cure for Type 1 Diabetes.<BR/>2 - Cure or treatment for food allergies, like peanuts & shellfish (have both in my household and god, do I miss peanut butter!) as well as wheat gluten and other life threatening food allergies<BR/>3 - painless blood draws for people with easily collapsing veinsLynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13102363251376084521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-78354613339126369322008-07-23T15:02:00.000-04:002008-07-23T15:02:00.000-04:00I see your "sunscreen in a pill" and raise you a "...I see your "sunscreen in a pill" and raise you a "mosquito repellent in a pill." and one day (dare I dream?), both!<BR/><BR/>Also, along with good tasting fake sugary foods that won't kill you, can we also include "and that don't give you the runs?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-30364185374475181002008-07-23T14:46:00.000-04:002008-07-23T14:46:00.000-04:00Plus, there are a lot of people here making absolu...Plus, there are a lot of people here making absolutely <I>brilliant</I> suggestions.<BR/><BR/>Size 4 forever and never another diet (just healthy food and work out, like, when you feel like it)? Sunscreen in a pill?<BR/><BR/>Global food distribution logistics that actually work so that everyone gets fed???<BR/><BR/>Bump it. Let's put you all in charge.littlemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03718332143368553659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-33722714728354583692008-07-23T14:41:00.000-04:002008-07-23T14:41:00.000-04:00Apparently they're working on the artificial carti...Apparently they're working on the artificial cartilage thing in Europe. I say, if you've been working on it for five years and you're supposed to be such a genius, get on it before I fly over and yell at you to GET CRACKING ALREADY.<BR/><BR/>Sheesh.<BR/><BR/>Also, anyone notice that they're <I>breaking their necks</I> to get out this female Viagra (*ew*) but dragging their *expletive deleted* feet on the male birth control?<BR/><BR/><BR/>*sigh*littlemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03718332143368553659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-59502648484499465072008-07-23T14:05:00.000-04:002008-07-23T14:05:00.000-04:00"Sunscreen in a Pill."Hurry it up already. I am g..."Sunscreen in a Pill."<BR/><BR/>Hurry it up already. I am getting tired of sweating this stuff into my eyes when I run.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-42698331569488760632008-07-23T13:36:00.000-04:002008-07-23T13:36:00.000-04:00Top three from Glamour-Geek:1) cure for common col...Top three from Glamour-Geek:<BR/><BR/>1) cure for common cold (I get these way more than I get flu)<BR/>2) cure for TB<BR/>3) cure for malaria<BR/><BR/>Well, ok, one more. Instant cure for headaches.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-51367807331989382272008-07-23T13:21:00.000-04:002008-07-23T13:21:00.000-04:00"How about we throw a few more resources into curi..."How about we throw a few more resources into curing fatal and/or severely disabling diseases? ...we still haven't figured out how to cure cancer or MS or AIDS or any number of awful diseases."<BR/><BR/>AMEN. As a person *doing* research into these things I'm amazed and disgusted that beauty and sex aids get more funding and time spent on them than actual useful research into curing diseases. If you can't sell it or profit off of it, just try getting funding...<BR/>I'm on the edge about viagra...nothing against it in theory - it'd be nice if you lost the ability to and wanted to every once in a while, but sheesh! I think of all those poor old ladies. Plus things get old and wear out...it's just the way of things. My husband and I, um, tend to get up to things often and I'm glad to know help is out there if things ever got, um, broken, but honestly...way to kill the mood right there for me. "Hey hon, I took a pill so we have 2 hours. Pitter patter - come on over here lets go!" Bleah. No thanks...<BR/><BR/>As for what I'd like (besides increased research funding for me and my peeps) is a transporter device for giving birth painlessly, a totally safe weight loss pill and fat free food that was actually good for me (vitamin enhanced chocolate?? Nutrient pie??).<BR/>If you could get me some robotic eyes too...I'd be up for that - no cataracts or glasses, maybe with a zoom function and seeing in the dark. Nice.<BR/><BR/>Lethological gourmet- there IS a prescription out for that. It's call modafinol. It takes away the feeling of tiredness without making you jittery or stopping you from being able to sleep if you want to. It just makes you not tired...Geosominhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15729167937433295927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-42226440980772810132008-07-23T13:18:00.000-04:002008-07-23T13:18:00.000-04:00I just have to say:1. Clare knows the most interes...I just have to say:<BR/><BR/>1. Clare knows the most interesting people.<BR/><BR/>2 Anon, I am so with you on the Vita Muffins. The amazing thing is that the chocolate has a higher fiber content than the berries (cranberry and blue berry each have four grams fo fiber.) I always have a few boxes of the muffin tops in various flavors in my freezer. the berry ones are great toasted.<BR/><BR/>Now as for this post: As a diabetic, I'll probably continue to finger stick rather than wear contacts.<BR/><BR/>TerrieTerrie Farley Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04980849018232866773noreply@blogger.com