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

October 18, 2014 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

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

October 17, 2014October 18, 2014 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

Read this to get a better understanding of how Ebola spreads.

Ebola in the ER: What you should and shouldn’t worry about.

Trick or Treat – Halloween in Colorado 2014

October 17, 2014 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

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

October 14, 2014 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

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

October 11, 2014 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

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

October 9, 2014 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

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.