5-Hour Energy Shots Linked to 13 Deaths

5-Hour Energy shots are linked to 13 deaths and 33 hospitalizations, the FDA confirms.So far, 5-Hour Energy maker Living Essentials LLC has received 92 reports from people who fell ill after using the product. Since the product is sold as a nutritional supplement, the company is required to relay such reports to the FDA.The reports themselves do not prove that 5-Hour Energy had anything to do with any of the deaths or illnesses.

via 5-Hour Energy Shots Linked to 13 Deaths.

The Battered Incomes of the Self Employed | Small Business Trends

The 2010 Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finances – a triennial survey of a random sample of American households conducted for the Fed by a University of Chicago-based survey research group – shows the large drop in self-employment income that occurred during the recent economic downturn.

via The Battered Incomes of the Self Employed | Small Business Trends.

No place to hide in this Great Recession.

Scary Chart Of The Day: When $0.99 Becomes Unaffordable, We Have A Problem | ZeroHedge

Holy Crap Batman!

So our question is: at what point does the perpetually self-deluded US population finally admit to itself that when even 99 cent meals are no longer affordable, that this country has a problem?

via Chart Of The Day: When $0.99 Becomes Unaffordable, We Have A Problem | ZeroHedge.

It has been a long, long time since I had a Scary Chart post.  Well, your wait is over.

Change in Kidney Markers Not Just Function of Age

In a large cohort study, relative mortality risk for reduced eGFR was higher in every age category, but fell with increasing age (P<0.05), with similar albeit less evident findings for increased albuminuria, Josef Coresh, MD, PhD, of the Chronic Kidney Disease Prognosis Consortium Data Coordinating Center in Baltimore, and colleagues reported online in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Overall, Coresh and colleagues found that death and ESRD risks were higher at lower eGFR and higher albuminuria in every age category.

via Change in Kidney Markers Not Just Function of Age.