Our research identifies six core attributes of cool people. Specifically, cool people tend to be powerful, hedonistic, adventurous, autonomous, open, and extroverted. Surprisingly, the attributes of cool people vary little across cultures. Cool People https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/xge-xge0001799.pdf
Sorry but I’m not cool.
Less is more.
We’ve turned the idea of “exercise” into something so loaded these days, only to be validated by a specific kind of intensity. Just uttering the word exercise now can ignite an all-or-nothing mindset, filled with protein obsessions, endless wearable fitness trackers, or even a costly membership to an elite wellness club. I Won’t Be Shamed — Physical Therapy Is Still Exercise – https://www.popsugar.com/fitness/physical-therapy-still-a-workout-49448831
I used to be a runner. Quite a few years ago my knees told me not to run anymore.
I joined the Y and did the elliptical and treadmills until my knees complained some more. I moved my exercise routine to the resistance machines. Then Covid hit, I cancelled my membership and the months turned into years away from the gym.
I found some resistance bands in the house and started some simple exercises at home. I rejoined the Y and started back with the resistance machines.
Earlier this year my employer offered access to online virtual physical therapy. I took advantage of this benefit from https://www.hingehealth.com/ and have been in physical therapy now for over three months. Less pain (especially my cervical spine, the result of a near fatal encounter with a car), less stiffness, better flexibility, and gradually improving strength. The beauty of the program is availability on demand and it is 100% HEP (home exercise program). Sessions are 10-12 minutes long and you don’t have to leave the house.
Less is more.
You might not see him in person
But he’ll see you just the same
You might not see him in person
But he’ll see you just the same
Yeah, yeah
You don’t have to worry ’cause takin’ care of business is his name
I met Billy Gibbons in the lobby at the “Commodore Hotel” in Memphis.
I’ve seen the bright lights of Memphis and the Commodore Hotel.
And to think I used to have these albums in my collection…
Content creator ages ranged from 7 to 18 years. Each video reviewed had an average of 1.1 million views. Regimens featured an average of 6 products, costing an average of $168/regimen. Only one-quarter of videos (26.2%) included sunscreen. The top 25 most-viewed videos contained an average of 11 and a maximum of 21 potentially irritating active ingredients.
Conclusions: Skin care regimens on TikTok are costly, infrequently include sunscreen, and often involve exposure to ingredients that carry a risk of irritation, allergic contact dermatitis, and sun sensitivity. They offer little to no benefit for the pediatric populations they are targeting. Pediatric Skin Care Regimens on TikTok https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40484399/
Yikes.
You’re welcome.
“When I first saw the lead concentrations, they were so high I thought our instrument was broken…” Salazar and his colleagues discovered concentrations of toxic forms of metals like nickel, chromium, and antimony in most of the tested vapes. To quickly sum up what makes these metals bad: the type of nickel the researchers detected can cause lung and nasal cancer; chromium is also considered a carcinogen; and antimony can lead to heart and lung problems when inhaled as a dust and cause vomiting when swallowed.
Yikes. https://futurism.com/neoscope/vape-clouds-horrifying-chemicals
There have been hundreds of reports of acute and chronic pancreatitis from people who have taken drugs such as Mounjaro, Ozempic and Wegovy, although none are confirmed as being caused by the medicines. Weight loss jabs study begins after reports of pancreas issues – https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4ged0r1n3wo
Yikes.
Is sports wagering a public health crisis?
“Folks might be familiar with this group at Northeastern, the Public Health Advocacy Institute. It is treating gambling as a public health issue and has deemed it a crisis…
“First of all, lots of people, predominantly young men, are losing more money than they can afford gambling on sports, or are developing either full-blown or sort of borderline gambling addictions. To me, that makes it a public health issue.”
Jonathan D. Cohen on how sports gambling became a public health crisis – https://awfulannouncing.com/gambling/author-jonathan-d-cohen-perils-sports-betting.html
The next major health epidemic in the U.S. will not come from a pathogen. This plague has a potential patient population in the tens of millions, limited effective treatments, and is not widely studied in the medical community. I’m referring to sports gambling, an activity that deeply alarms me as a physician who specializes in addiction. Problem gambling can increase the incidence of depression and anxiety and can lead to bankruptcy, homelessness, or suicide. Why gambling addiction is America’s next health crisis – https://kevinmd.com/2025/06/why-gambling-addiction-is-americas-next-health-crisis.html
Yikes.
The case study that caught my attention involved a 26-year-old woman who had experienced mild COVID-19 but continued to suffer from persistent symptoms for five months afterward, including noticeable axillary (armpit) lymph node swelling. When doctors performed a biopsy of the swollen lymph node and analyzed it with clinical metagenomic testing, they discovered something unexpected: Bartonella henselae DNA and RNA. Even more telling was that when the patient was treated with the antibiotic clarithromycin, her symptoms improved.
This case illustrates something I’ve suspected and observed in my practice: COVID-19 may be reactivating latent infections that were previously dormant in the body. The immune dysregulation caused by SARS-CoV-2 appears to create an environment where opportunistic pathogens like Bartonella can resurface and cause symptoms. Hidden Infections Behind Long COVID: Unmasking Bartonella henselae – https://www.jillcarnahan.com/2025/06/21/hidden-infections-behind-long-covid-unmasking-bartonella-henselae/
Hmm… https://www.cdc.gov/bartonella/about/about-bartonella-henselae.html
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