I tend to waste a lot of time watching other people cook on YouTube. But every now and then I actually make a dish I’ve watched someone else make and say to myself, this is a keeper. “I make simpler things in a simpler way, now—as you get older your metabolism changes and you want […]
A healthy diet including whole fruits, but not fruit juice, may play a role in mitigating T2DM risk. Associations Between Fruit Intake and Risk of Diabetes in the AusDiab Cohort — The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, dgab335, https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgab335 Link to the journal study above. But if you want the highlights play the video […]
Turtle Rescue Mission-2021 Behind our house a block away is a stream. Over the years I’ve performed a number of turtle rescues. Some were swept into the neighborhood streets by storms. Others are obviously lost and end up in the backyard. I found this little one in our garage. I put her into a bucket […]
I just bought a dozen large eggs for $0.89. This is an inexpensive sandwich filling! First boil some eggs. Add the eggs to a saucepan and fill with cold water. Bring water to a boil and immediately remove from heat. Cover and let the eggs bathe for 12 minutes. When time’s up carefully drain the […]
Obesity is a Chronic Condition: Obesity is a chronic and often progressive condition not unlike diabetes or hypertension. Successful obesity management requires realistic and sustainable treatment strategies. Short-term “quick-fix” solutions focusing on maximizing weight loss are generally unsustainable and therefore associated with high rates of weight regain. Core Principles of Obesity Management — https://www.drsharma.ca/core-principles-of-obesity-management Tues 6/8 […]
I have a couple of boxes of disposable plain surgical masks at home. Do you think this homemade T-shirt mask would actually protect better than they would?
The CDC homemade mask recommendation is mostly designed to try and encourage the asymptomatic spreaders. A homemade cotton mask will offer some personal protection but will mostly serve as a physical barrier for those shedding virus. Your plain surgical mask is probably better than homemade cotton but not as effective as the N95.
The University of Pittsburgh Post won’t load.
I’m having trouble embedding this link. Try the link in this CNN article, about 6-7 paragraphs down “framework”.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/03/health/coronavirus-hospital-ethics-ventilators-invs/index.html
I have another question, even though it’s off topic from the face coverings. It regards ventilator Triage. I’ve been reading several articles about how this will take place and how certain groups get points. All the criteria seem to be based on age, medical condition, likeliness to live another five years.
My question is this huge population of young males that we have here locally and probably every city does. Young men ages 18-25 who have been in and out in and out of the criminal justice system their entire lives. Every day in the newspaper I read about a young man who has been arrested for breaking and entering, assault, attempted robbery, etc. so often it is mentioned it’s his fifth or six arrest, he’s been in and out of jail multiple times, he may either be on parole or have multiple outstanding warrants. This person has contributed nothing to society his entire life. In fact he has been a drain. If a 24-year-old such as this medically in need of a ventilator, what sort of score would he receive? How would I compare with him, age 69, thin, extremely fit, can run 3 miles in 34 minutes,but I do have a history of atrial fibrillation and hypertension, both well controlled.
I think the key phrase in this document is “No use of categorical exclusion criteria”. Due to our respective ages plus any existing medical conditions we would be assigned higher scores.