Adults with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) have a threefold higher risk for death, and that risk is highest during the first year after diagnosis, a study found.
Source: Inflammatory Myopathy Mortality Highest in First Year
Author: SupremeCmdr
Most of the Recent Warming Could be Natural – Jennifer Marohasy
Source: Most of the Recent Warming Could be Natural – Jennifer Marohasy
Worth your time if you believe there are always two sides to every story.
Thought for Today 08.24.17
Keep a diary or journal. Record your reflections on your life experience in a journal. You will find this simple practice to be invaluable in your quest for wisdom.
Warren Bennis
Psychotic disorders and obesity: First study to compare long-term weight gain across psychotic disorders — ScienceDaily
The Epidemic of Despair Among White Americans: Trends in the Leading Causes of Premature Death, 1999–2015 | AJPH
Conclusions. The unfavorable recent trends in premature death rate among non-Hispanic Whites outside large urban areas were primarily caused by self-destructive health behaviors likely related to underlying social and economic factors in these communities. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print August 17, 2017: e1–e7. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2017.303941)
Chronic liver inflammation linked to Western diet – The American Journal of Pathology — ScienceDaily
Physicians are being murdered for not prescribing opioids
I would like to suggest that the root of this opioid epidemic lies far deeper than “physicians overprescribing.” The problem is that we are now a society of adults who have no coping skills. No ability to deal with the curves that life throws us. Everyone is looking for a quick fix. We have taught our children that they should never have to feel any sort of discomfort whether emotional or physical.
Source: Physicians are being murdered for not prescribing opioids
I’ve been concerned about the lack of coping skills for quite some time.
Then I read this:
The number of Americans who say they’ve taken an antidepressant over the past month rose by 65 percent between 1999 and 2014, a new government survey finds.
Source: Antidepressant Use Jumps 65 Percent in 15 Years
This is depressing.
ER Rates Soar as Toddlers Ingest Pot – France
E-cigarette use accelerates effects of cardiovascular aging — ScienceDaily
To be or not to be (a tree)
This post is neither an endorsement nor a specific request. With all of the things I have to think about I now have to decide whether or not I want to be a tree after death.
Memo to Self and To Do List Adds
- Decide whether or not to become a tree.
- Revise will.
- Inform spouse and children of my wishes.
- Review advance health care directive to see if it includes watering instructions.
lifeunderwriter.net 
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