Baseline CAC had a graded positive association with dementia risk. Compared with no CAC, CAC score of 1 to 400, 401 to 1000, and ≥1001 had increased risk of dementia by 23%, 35%, and 71%, respectively, (Ptrend=0.026) after adjustment. 1 SD higher log2[CAC+1] was associated with 24% (95% confidence interval, 8%–41%; P=0.002) increase in dementia risk.
Author: SupremeCmdr
These Tiny Houses Help Minimum Wage Workers Become Homeowners
Source: These Tiny Houses Help Minimum Wage Workers Become Homeowners
This is a great concept for tiny homes.
Hoping to stretch pensions, Americans move to Ecuador, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Panama, Nicaragua and Costa Rica — Charlotte Observer
Study finds tens of millions of Americans drink alcohol at dangerously high levels – National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Nearly 32 million adults in the United States (13 percent of the U.S. population aged 18 and older) consumed more than twice the number of drinks considered binge drinking on at least one occasion, according to a 2013 survey that asked about past-year drinking. This higher level of drinking is associated with increased health and safety risks. A report of the findings is online in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine (link is external). The study was conducted by researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health.
This is depressing. I need another beer.
White Meats Carry Lower Mortality Risks than Reds, But We Eat Too Much of Both — Physician’s First Watch
I’m feeling guilty about the three cheddar cheeseburger sliders I had last night.
Guess I’ll have another beer.
Orthorexia Nervosa: When ‘Healthy’ Eating Turns Dangerous
The condition also overlaps with obsessive compulsive disorder, obsessive compulsive personality disorder, and somatoform disorders. During the session, two case reports were presented. The first patient was a 72-year-old white Buddhist nun who presented with extreme weight loss. “You get afraid of eating because you don’t know what it’ll do to you,” said the patient in a video clip. “Eventually I was afraid to do anything, so I did nothing.”
Source: Orthorexia Nervosa: When ‘Healthy’ Eating Turns Dangerous
Some time ago I developed a fear of what would happen to me if I stopped drinking alcohol. So I did nothing.
A Lesson About Debt
Source: Michael Hudson: Are Students a Class? | naked capitalism
“Debt is not just a credit instrument, it is an instrument of political and economic control.”
Matt Stoller
Every now and then you stumble upon an article that effectively changes your world view.
Thought for Today – 06.03.17
“Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give.”
William A. Ward
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