For more charts go to the source article.
Fractures Augment 10 Year Mortality Risks
Hip fractures had the highest excess mortality (33% higher in men and 20% higher in women) at one year post-fracture. One-year excess mortality was 20-25% after femur or pelvis, 10% following vertebral, 5-10% following humerus, rib or clavicle, and 3% following lower leg fractures.
Source article here.
Thought for Today 08.19.18
The blues is what you get when you become part of someone else’s plan in life.
Thought for Today 08.18.18
Life is about obstacles. Our lives are not determined by what happens to us, but how we react to what happens. Baseball is just a game. You should always play the game with passion, play the game with heart, and play the game you love, and possibly one day your dreams can come true just like mine did.
Wade Boggs – during his induction ceremony into the Baseball Hall of Fame
Roundup verdict in California: nothing to do with science
When science and facts don’t matter.
You have probably read about the verdict in California where a jury awarded the plaintiff, Dewayne Johnson $280 million in damages because he developed non-Hodgkins lymphoma while working as a groundskeeper and using Roundup.
You never know how juries make their decisions, as attorney and farmer, Amanda Zaluckyj explains. But we can be sure, that science had nothing to do with it. Maybe they chose to disregard the science because they sympathized with Mr Johnson’s severe lymphoma. But, as Monsanto pointed out in the trial, Johnson’s lymphoma was diagnosed some 10 years before he began using Roundup.
Maybe they didn’t like Monsanto. The Organic Consumers Association, and US Right To Know have been pushing this anti-biotechnology line for years in order to scare people into using their pricier organic products. Henry Miller has even connected these attacks to the Russian government.
But the science is very clear and has been…
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Where Are My Generics Medications Made? India, China, or the US?
A fine update from The Skeptical Cardiologist on generics. My statin comes from India BTW.
Is Your Generic Medication Made In China and Is It Safe?
Important must read.
Record Murders Plague Mexico In First Half Of 2018: “The Figures Are Horrible”
Read the ZeroHedge article here.
Mexico posted its highest homicides on record, with a new government report Sunday showing murders in the country rose by 16 percent in the first half of 2018.
The Interior Department said there were 15,973 homicides in the first half of the year, compared to 13,751 killings in the same period of 2017.
According to the AP, the record-breaking homicides have surpassed the violence seen during the dark years of Mexico’s drug war in 2011, along with exceeding all government data since records began in 1997.
Oklahoma City ranks No. 1 for high salaries and low cost of living
5 Myths About Older Workers Debunked
- I can’t learn new things.
- I am less productive.
- I take more time off sick.
- I will retire and leave the organization.
- I am overqualified.
For obvious reasons I loved this article.
The stereotypes of older workers persist. May you live long enough to understand the truth.
- I learn something new every day.
- I am as productive in my work currently as I was years ago.
- I haven’t taken a sick day off in years.
- I will eventually retire and leave but not just yet, and
- YES I AM OVERQUALIFIED. You’re getting a helluva lot of experience and expertise CHEAP.
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