For optimal health, the waist should measure less than 40 inches for men and 35 inches for women.
Author: SupremeCmdr
Ten Drugs Make New FDA Watch List
Source: Ten Drugs Make New FDA Watch List
Side effects under investigation.
Risky alcohol consumption can increase at time of retirement — ScienceDaily
Of retiring employees, 12 percent increased their risky drinking at the time of retirement. However, for most people, there was no change in risky level alcohol consumption around the time of retirement: 81 percent sustained healthy drinking during the follow-up, and in 7 percent of the participants risky drinking was constant, although they experienced a slow decline in risky level alcohol consumption after retirement. In the study, the levels for risky drinking were 24 units per week for men and 16 units for women, or passing out due to extreme alcohol consumption.
Source: Risky alcohol consumption can increase at time of retirement — ScienceDaily
I cannot recall passing out from alcohol so I guess I’m OK.
Seasonality of Auricular Amputations in Rabbits – Yaremchuk – 2017 – The Laryngoscope – Wiley Online Library
Abstract
This retrospective observational analysis hypothesizes that an increase occurs in online reports and images of auricular amputations of confectionary rabbits during the spring. Using the online search engine Google, online content and visual portrayals of confectionary rabbit auricular amputations from 2012 to 2017 were identified and trended against seasonal variations. To determine incidence, commercial availability of chocolate rabbits in retail facilities were assayed. A statistically significant increase in mention of rabbit auricular amputations occurred during the spring. Mapping techniques showed the annual peak incidence for 2012 to 2017 to be near Easter for each year studied. Human adults and children appear to be wholly responsible for the reports of rabbit auricular amputations. Reconstructive techniques are dependent on the percentage of auricular defect. Laryngoscope, 127:773–775, 2017
Link to a plain English article on the same study below.
Source: How do you eat your chocolate bunny? Vast majority prefer to start with the ears — ScienceDaily
Race Ranks Higher than Pounds for South Asians, Hispanics – ScienceDaily
Americans of South Asian descent are twice as likely as whites to have risks for heart disease, stroke and diabetes, when their weight is in the normal range, according to a study headed by Emory University and UC San Francisco.
Similarly, Americans of Hispanic descent were 80 percent more likely than whites to suffer from so-called cardio-metabolic abnormalities that give rise to heart disease, stroke and diabetes, compared with 50 percent more likely for those who were Chinese and African-American.
These risks include high blood pressure (hypertension), elevated glucose, low HDL, the “good cholesterol,” and high triglycerides, a fat found in blood. In the study, participants who were aged between 45 and 84, were classified as having cardio-metabolic abnormalities if they had two or more of these four risk factors.
Richard Bolles Dies at 90; Wrote ‘What Color Is Your Parachute?’ – The New York Times
I have three copies of this book: 1978, 1988, and 2005 editions.
Patients with OCD are 10 times more likely to commit suicide — ScienceDaily
Patients with OCD are 10 times more likely to commit suicide, contrary to what was previously thought.A new study shows that the main predictor of suicide in OCD patients is a previous suicide attempt, which offers opportunities for prevention.
Source: Patients with OCD are 10 times more likely to commit suicide — ScienceDaily
Dots
Again, you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
Steve Jobs
Drugs for Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Pain — Physician’s First Watch
Pension Problem Too Big To Ignore? – MishTalk
Source: Pension Problem Too Big To Ignore? | MishTalk
Source: Your pension could be at the center of America’s next financial crisis | TheHill
The situation is not getting better. The future looks more and more like cat food and crackers for a lot of retirees.
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