The investigators found that cannabis use was significantly associated with psychotic disorders during adolescence (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR], 11.2; 95% CI, 4.6 to 27.3), but not during young adulthood (aHR, 1.3; 95% CI, 0.6 to 2.6). Adolescents who used cannabis also had a substantially higher risk for hospitalizations and emergency department visits (aHR, 26.7; 95% CI, 7.7 to 92.8), while there was no substantial risk observed in young adulthood (aHR, 1.8; 95% CI, 0.6 to 5.4). Growing Evidence Supports the Link Between Cannabis Use and Psychosis Risk — https://www.psychiatryadvisor.com/news/cannabis-use-and-psychosis-risk/
Have you read the book The Dangerous Truth About Today’s Marijuana by Laura Stack? https://johnnysambassadors.org/book/
If you have small children I highly recommend this book.
Author: SupremeCmdr
Everybody poops, but not every day
Unsurprisingly, those who reported eating a fiber-rich diet, better hydration, and regular exercise tended to find themselves in the bowel movement Goldilocks zone. Timing is everything: Study finds link between bowel movement frequency and overall health — Institute for Systems Biology. “Timing is everything: Study finds link between bowel movement frequency and overall health.” ScienceDaily. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240716122711.htm (accessed July 18, 2024).
I could not resist posting about pooping.
Scary Charts – 07.13.24
Keep moving people. Nothing to see here.
Intuit to lay off 1,800 employees, labels 1,050 as ‘underperformers’
YIKES.
Happy 4th (paint the donkey)
Drink Less Alcohol When You Get To My Age
Many people don’t realize that both men and women develop an increased sensitivity and a decreased tolerance to alcohol as they get older. It’s important to pay attention to this issue because research has shown that alcohol use has been increasing among people ages 65 and older in recent years—and the size of the older adult population is expanding rapidly now that people are living longer, notes George Koob, a neuroscientist and director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. “People are largely unaware of the physiological changes [related to aging] that lead to higher blood alcohol levels and bigger impairments in behavior and cognition.” Why your alcohol tolerance diminishes as you age — https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/alcohol-age-tolerance?rid=BA5F7BEC25AE320E1B6791799E955700&cmpid=org=ngp::mc=crm-email::src=ngp::cmp=editorial::add=Health_20240702
Yes I am sipping some bourbon as I write this post.
Why do you ask?
On a serious note, good article with plenty of links for more information. READ IT.
Scary Charts – 07.01.24
Source: The World’s Deadliest Behavioral Risk Factors – https://www.statista.com/chart/32039/behavioral-risks-leading-to-highest-estimated-number-of-deaths-from-related-diseases/
Quote for Today – 06.23.24
“Meaning is not something you stumble across, like the answer to a riddle or the prize in a treasure hunt. Meaning is something you build into your life. You build it out of your own past, out of your affections and loyalties, out of the experience of humankind as it is passed on to you, out of your own talent and understanding, out of the things you believe in, out of the things and people you love, out of the values for which you are willing to sacrifice something. The ingredients are there. You are the only one who can put them together into that unique pattern that will be your life. Let it be a life that has dignity and meaning for you. If it does, then the particular balance of success or failure is of less account.”
John Gardner
Read Gardner’s entire speech here – http://www.pbs.org/johngardner/sections/writings_speech_1.html
Saturday Feeling Resilient – 06.22.24
Resiliency
The researchers found that people in the high resiliency group were less anxious and depressed, less prone to judge, and had activity in regions of the brain associated with emotional regulation and better cognition compared to the group with low resiliency. “When a stressor happens, often we go to this aroused fight or flight response, and this impairs the breaks in your brain,” Gupta said. “But the highly resilient individuals in the study were found to be better at regulating their emotions, less likely to catastrophize, and keep a level head,” added Desiree Delgadillo, postdoctoral researcher and one of the first authors.
The high resiliency group also had different microbiome activity than the low resiliency group. Namely, the high resiliency group’s microbiomes excreted metabolites and exhibited gene activity associated with low inflammation and a strong and healthy gut barrier. A weak gut barrier, otherwise known as a leaky gut, is caused by inflammation and impairs the gut barrier’s ability to absorb essential nutrients needed by the body while blocking toxins from entering the gut.
University of California – Los Angeles Health Sciences. “Resiliency shaped by activity in the gut microbiome and brain.” ScienceDaily. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/06/240621122904.htm (accessed June 22, 2024) https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/06/240621122904.htm
Resilience is the capacity to remain flexible and adaptable while facing life’s challenges. It is a complex concept involving traits, environmental factors, and a learned capacity that comes from experience. https://positivepsychology.com/what-is-resilience/
Simple Investment Advice
I have some simple rules when it comes to staying out of trouble when investing:
Know what you own and why you own it.
If you don’t understand something, don’t invest in it.
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
This is not exciting or sexy advice but successful investing is generally boring. Not Getting Rich Fast Enough – A Wealth of Common Sense — https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2024/06/not-getting-rich-fast-enough/
Ben Carlson is a smart man. His short list of unexciting, non-sexy and generally boring bits of investment advice inspired me to add my own generally boring bits of non solicited quasi-investment advice. And in no particular order of importance here they are.
- Live beneath your means.
- Pay yourself first (save, save, save some more).
- Invest in your health (diet, exercise, etc).
- Invest in your brain, be a lifelong learner.
- Connect with family and friends (social media doesn’t count).
- Find your purpose.
- Work hard. Hard work is no guarantee of success but the lack of hard work guarantees failure.
- A happy fulfilling life is more than just the money or your net worth.
Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers out there.
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