After adjustments for variables that included sex, educational status, and year of birth, alcohol use disorder was associated with a mortality hazard ratio of 5.83 (95% confidence interval, 5.76 – 5.90). However, the hazard ratio showed an inverted U-shaped curve in accordance with age.
Author: SupremeCmdr
Off-Label Ketamine
Why So Many Smart People Aren’t Happy – The Atlantic
It’s a paradox: Shouldn’t the most accomplished be well equipped to make choices that maximize life satisfaction?
Source: Why So Many Smart People Aren’t Happy – The Atlantic
Big Hail – 04.26.16
Well folks, the storm has arrived.
It’s like watching a train wreck in slow motion, tracking severe storms that eventually will be in your town.
A couple of pictures from Twitter storm chasers somewhere near Chillicothe TX all re-tweeted from the NWS Norman Twitter feed.
The good news is the earthquakes have settled down.
World Penguin Day – April 25
Source: World Penguin Day
Now you know.
USPSTF Backs Aspirin for Primary Prevention – Medpage Today
But CVD, colon cancer recommendation still has very thin evidence, experts caution
Source: CardioBrief: USPSTF Backs Aspirin for Primary Prevention | Medpage Today
Still taking daily aspirin? Stopped? Confused?
Join the club. I’ve been following this issue for years. Read more here, here, and and here.
Mortality Risk Increased Post Joint Surgery in RA | Medpage Today
Joint surgery linked to short-term mortality and longer-term heart attack and mortality
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Among patients undergoing joint surgery, those with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have almost double the risk of death at 6 weeks compared with those without RA, as well as an increased risk of death and myocardial infarction (MI) at 1 year.
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Note that the risks are elevated not just for surgeries like hip joint replacement, but also for relatively minor procedures such as shoulder surgery.
Source: Mortality Risk Increased Post Joint Surgery in RA | Medpage Today
I Decided Not to be a Writer – I’m OK With That
Nearly half of Americans would have trouble finding $400 to pay for an emergency. I’m one of them.
Source: Many Middle-Class Americans Are Living Paycheck to Paycheck – The Atlantic
Neal Gabler is a visiting professor in the MFA Creative Writing and Literature Program at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. He is the author of a forthcoming biography of Edward Kennedy and five other books.
Ever since my undergraduate days I’ve dreamed of being a writer. Not only do I love to write but I have to write. I write almost every day. I just don’t get paid to write. Having just read Neal Gabler’s article I feel the decision to pursue a different line of work and become a non-writer was a good decision. I just never thought that 40 years later I would be doing what I did for a living as a 22 year old kid fresh out of college.
No regrets.
The Average 29-Year-Old – The Atlantic
Forget media archetypes of older Millennials as college-educated singles living in cities. The typical 29-year-old is living with a partner in the suburbs—without a bachelor’s degree.
U.S. Suicide Rate Up 24% Since 1999: CDC
Rates climbed the most among middle-aged men and girls aged 10 to 14
Source: U.S. Suicide Rate Up 24 Percent Since 1999: CDC | US News
Source: Report: Third of suicides in US are among middle-aged whites | US News
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