“Work destroys your soul by stealthily invading your brain during the hours not officially spent working; be selective about professions.”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Author: SupremeCmdr
Doctor Grumpy in the House – Details
How Your Cat Is Making You Crazy – Kathleen McAuliffe – The Atlantic
How Your Cat Is Making You Crazy – Kathleen McAuliffe – The Atlantic.
What research says about cats: they’re selfish, unfeeling, environmentally harmful creatures – Vox.
Links presented as a public service. Unless you live under a rock you are probably aware of the Vox article. The first link is The Atlantic article documenting some of the science behind the anti-cat movement.
Fish Oil Slows Cognitive Decline, With Caveats
Fish Oil Slows Cognitive Decline, With Caveats.
Disclosures
- This study was done at Rhode Island Hospital. I have been a participant in a longitudinal weight loss study with this facility for many years.
- My son is a physician at this hospital.
- I like fish.
Read This to Get a Better Understanding of how Ebola Spreads
Trick or Treat – Halloween in Colorado 2014
Treat or nasty trick? Denver police warn of pot-tainted candy | Reuters.
Presented without further comment because it’s too early in the day for one of my rants.
Estimating Seasonal Influenza-Associated Deaths in the United States: CDC Study Confirms Variability of Flu | Seasonal Influenza Flu | CDC
CDC estimates that from the 1976-1977 season to the 2006-2007 flu season, flu-associated deaths ranged from a low of about 3,000 to a high of about 49,000 people. Death certificate data and weekly influenza virus surveillance information was used to estimate how many flu-related deaths occurred among people whose underlying cause of death was listed as respiratory or circulatory disease on their death certificate.
Just a simple reminder that in any year the flu virus will kill more people than the ebola virus.
Stay calm people. And get a flu shot.
Statins: The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown
Alcohol Involvement in Opioid Pain Reliever and Benzodiazepine Drug Abuse–Related Emergency Department Visits and Drug-Related Deaths — United States, 2010
The analyses showed alcohol was involved in 18.5% of OPR and 27.2% of benzodiazepine drug abuse-related ED visits and 22.1% of OPR and 21.4% of benzodiazepine drug-related deaths. These findings indicate that alcohol plays a significant role in OPR and benzodiazepine abuse. Interventions to reduce the abuse of alcohol and these drugs alone and in combination are needed.
JAMA Network – JAMA – The 2014 Ebola Outbreak
JAMA Network | JAMA | The 2014 Ebola Outbreak.
The case fatality rate currently stands at 53% in this current outbreak.
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