Great post.
Author: SupremeCmdr
Walmart is Big Brother is Amazon
This whole surveillance state thing is just plain creepy.
It is perfectly clear that patients are going to get some kind of a grade from The Walmart Enforcement Agency and you’d better believe that there will be consequences if that grade isn’t good. Good luck getting a legal prescription filled there if you don’t make the grade. Pharmacies around the country are already arbitrarily deciding who does or does not get their scripts filled. Although is not explicitly stated it a pretty safe bet that patients could be refused prescriptions because of their score doesn’t meet Walmart’s “standards.”
I wonder what George Orwell would say.
Read the article here.
Experts Say Keep Amazon’s Alexa Away From Your Kids
Hey Alexa. Brainwash my children.
Hey Alexa, What Are You Doing to My Kid’s Brain?
Hey Alexa. What are you doing to my kid’s brain?
When Teens Cyberbully Themselves (another reason to take the phone away)
Recent research and clinical psychologists now suggest that some adolescents are engaging in a newer form of self-aggression — digital self-harm. They’re anonymously posting mean and derogatory comments about themselves on social media.
Digital self-harm.
Parents – take the phone away.
Very interesting article. HT to naked capitalism.
Nurse’s Week (did you know?)
The Rise of the Rural Creative Class
Artists and creatives in America have long sought out rural places to fuel their creativity, from the Hudson River School painters to Bob Dylan and The Band developing their music in Woodstock. But the arts in rural places are not just a byproduct of the scenery; they play a key role in spurring the innovation that ultimately leads to economic development and rising living standards. The myth that urban areas are creative and rural areas are not is just that: a myth.
Read the entire article at this link.
I left NY/NJ a long time ago for Dallas Texas.
I left Dallas Texas over 15 years ago for Oklahoma City.
I want to be more creative.
OA is a Pain in the Hands (try exercises)
For many people, hand strength declines with age, especially if arthritis sets in, making it hard to go about daily tasks. A study published in 2017 in Arthritis & Rheumatology estimated that the overall lifetime risk of hand osteoarthritis is close to 40 percent, with twice as many women as men developing it. People who are obese are also more susceptible—possibly because obesity increases chronic low-level inflammation, which contributes to joint damage.
All of a sudden I’m paying more attention to those infomercials that are selling electric jar openers. An older friend recommended naproxen sodium. I’m thinking exercise, thus the link to this short informative article.
Fifteen percent of osteoporosis patients who take ‘drug holidays’ suffer bone fractures
A Loyola Medicine study has found that 15.4 percent of patients who take so-called “drug holidays” from osteoporosis drugs called bisphosphonates experienced bone fractures. During a six-year follow-up period, the yearly incidence of fractures ranged from 3.7 percent to 9.9 percent, with the most fractures occurring during the fourth and fifth years.
The study by senior author Pauline Camacho, MD, and colleagues was published in the journal Endocrine Practice.
The New Magnetism of Mid-Size Cities
I figured this stuff out back in 2001 when I took a position in Oklahoma City.
Nice to see the young folks are figuring it out too.
Great article. Read it here.
Gibson Guitars Files For Bankruptcy
I’m a Fender guy but this still makes me sad.
Source article here.
Washington’s heavy-drinking ways in spotlight
Today, Washingtonians purchase more alcohol on a per capita basis than any state except New Hampshire, according to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Nearly a quarter of District residents are binge drinkers, defined as consuming more than five drinks in an evening; that is the second-highest rate in the nation, behind North Dakota. And Washington bears higher economic costs of problem drinking than any other state, according to the CDC calculations.
A part of the higher rates comes from the high-stakes nature of government jobs, and from professions with a large presence in Washington, said Aaron White, the senior scientific adviser to the director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Lawyers, plentiful in Washington, tend to drink more than those in other professions.
“We know that high-powered jobs, high income, that is a risk factor for excessive drinking,” White said. “You have a lot of people in powerful, high-paying jobs downtown. People with money and stressful jobs tend to drink more.”
Read the entire article here.
Anyone surprised?
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