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Going to Jamaica?
Tourists Warned Not to Leave Resorts in Jamaica After Murder Spike
Newsweek article here. The government has deployed soldiers to the streets.
Going to Mexico?
Let’s not mention the 10 or 11 other states with Level 3 warnings of reconsider travel.
Read the entire State Department advisory here.
Why isn’t the mainstream media all over this story?
Why doesn’t HGTV International House Hunters tell you about this risk?
Do not travel to:
- Colima state due to crime.
- Guerrero state due to crime.
- Michoacán state due to crime.
- Sinaloa state due to crime.
- Tamaulipas state due to crime.
Thought for Today 01.02.18
The purpose of life is to discover your gift.
The work of life is to develop it.
The meaning of life is to give your gift away.David Viscott
Low Folate, Vitamin D Implicated in First-Episode Psychosis
Nutritional deficiencies, especially deficiencies in folate and vitamin D, are associated with first-episode psychosis (FEP), new research suggests.
Australian researchers found significantly lower levels of folate and vitamin D in patients with FEP, compared to healthy control persons. Limited evidence also suggested that serum levels of vitamin C were reduced in people with FEP.
Read the source article here
Access the full study here.
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Why I Underwrite
Because I can’t play like this.
PulmCrit- Phenobarbital monotherapy for alcohol withdrawal: Reloaded
It has been said that alcoholics exist to teach physicians humility. These patients are quite complicated, often suffering from several problems simultaneously (e.g., withdrawal, nutritional deficiencies, trauma, infection, psychiatric problems). Arguably the most important task when treating alcohol withdrawal is exclusion of alternative or superimposed problems. Phenobarbital obviously cannot be expected to solve every problem that may exist in an alcoholic patient.
Phenobarbital does, however, appear to be a uniquely effective and safe treatment for alcohol withdrawal (including withdrawal seizures and delirium tremens). Several reasons for the superiority of phenobarbital are listed above. Preliminary evidence suggests that these do indeed translate into meaningful clinical benefit (e.g. faster recovery, fewer complications).
Read the entire post here.
Guanfacine
If you want to know what this is you’ll have to read this article.
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