The U.S. median household income increased 29.3% since January 2020. But the income needed to keep up with the rise in costs to own a median-priced U.S. home went up by 86.6%. Housing market strain: Buyers need an 86% income boost to keep up with home prices
Yikes.
Dear Gary Lee,
I would like to share with you a new video I’ve posted on Vumedi: “Clinical Pearls in Distinguishing Essential Tremor From Parkinson’s Disease”.
Click here to view: Clinical Pearls in Distinguishing Essential Tremor From Parkinson’s Disease
Best regards,
Harini Sarva, MD
Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Legionnaires disease is a serious pneumonia caused by Legionella bacteria. Hot tubs can be a source of Legionella growth and transmission when they are inadequately maintained and operated. Private hot tubs on cruise ships are not subject to the same maintenance requirements as are public hot tubs in common areas. Lee S, Edens C, Ritter T, et al. Two Outbreaks of Legionnaires Disease Associated with Outdoor Hot Tubs for Private Use — Two Cruise Ships, November 2022–July 2024. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2024;73:950–954. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7342a3
The image above shows a proposed apartment in Denver, which would cost about $850 – less than half the current median rent in the city of $1,771. Are ‘micro-apartments’ converted from offices the answer to the housing crisis? https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/real-estate/2024/10/22/empty-offices-become-tiny-apartments-housing-crisis/75784459007/
I actually visited some micros in Providence RI.
One of the nation’s most beautiful historic shopping arcades was restored as 48 affordable micro-lofts, rents starting at $550 per month, and 17 small retail spaces in Providence, Rhode Island. The Micro Lofts at the Arcade Providence, completed in 2012, helps keep young professionals and artists downtown and is a major step in revitalizing the city. Micro Lofts at the Arcade Providence – https://www.cnu.org/what-we-do/build-great-places/micro-lofts-arcade-providence
If I were a lot younger, single, had a job in a CBD and not set in my Old Man Ways I would consider micro-living. I might even try a repurposed recycled wind turbine.
all images courtesy of Vattenfall and Business in Wind
During Dutch Design Week 2024, Superuse and Vattenfall showcase the discarded wind turbine part they’ve transformed into a furnished tiny house powered by solar panels. The design studio and energy company convert a nacelle, which is the top part of a wind turbine or the container of the engine, into a compact and movable furnished home, and visitors to the Dutch event can see it firsthand between October 19th and 27th, 2024, in Eindhoven. discarded wind turbine vessel turns into solar-powered tiny house by superuse and vattenfall — https://www.designboom.com/technology/superuse-vattenfall-discarded-wind-turbine-solar-powered-tiny-house-dutch-design-week-2024-10-24-2024/
I keep telling The Boss all I’m trying to do is to make our retirement income last as long as we last.
Rejected. Again.
New cultivation methods are making psychedelic mushrooms stronger, and fiendishly potent varieties are kicking in faster and lasting longer—even if you eat only a fraction of what you would with another variety. Psychedelic Mushrooms Are Getting Much, Much Stronger – https://www.wired.com/story/breeding-stronger-magic-mushrooms/
Have a nice trip. When you see God tell her I said hello.
The adolescent brain is particularly vulnerable to cannabis, especially today’s higher-potency products, which put teens at risk for impaired brain development; mental health issues, including psychosis; and cannabis use disorder (CUD). That was the message delivered by Yasmin Hurd, PhD, director of the Addiction Institute at Mount Sinai in New York, during a May 6 press briefing at the American Psychiatric Association (APA) 2024 annual meeting.
“We’re actually in historic times in that we now have highly concentrated, highly potent cannabis products that are administered in various routes,” Hurd told reporters. Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentrations in cannabis products have increased over the years, from around 2%-4% to 15%-24% now, Hurd noted. High-Potency Cannabis Tied to Impaired Brain Development, Psychosis, CUD – Medscape – May 13, 2024. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/high-potency-cannabis-tied-impaired-brain-development-2024a1000935
Earlier posts on this topic:
Marijuana is Too Strong (THC turbocharged)
Cannabis Use and Psychosis Risk
Whereas nutrition scientists have conventionally studied the long-term impacts of loosely defined Mediterranean or Western diets, for example, today they have access to tools that allow them to zoom in on the short-term effects — both helpful and harmful — of narrower food groups and specific dietary components, and to probe the molecular mechanisms underpinning the effects of foods on immunity. Your diet can change your immune system — here’s how – https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03334-0
Nice article summarizing the latest research in diet and the immune system.
Wisdom comes with age
Not all who age are wise just
Old and stuck in time
I just discovered another reason to Drink Less Alcohol When You Get To My Age.
We identified an association between alcohol consumption and nocturnal leg cramps among patients aged 60 years and older attending general practices. These findings have implications for the prevention of cramps. Association Between Alcohol Consumption and Nocturnal Leg Cramps in Patients Over 60 Years Old: A Case-Control Study – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6037509
Add this to the list of things that happen when you get older.
Mealtime can provide opportunities to connect with someone experiencing memory loss and tap into deeply rooted memories. “If you’re going to make your father’s favorite meal, think about how you can delve into it as an experience,” Aguirre says. Dr. Kramer notes that several senses associated with cooking and eating dishes, including smell and taste, are closely related to memory. Both the olfactory bulb, the main receiving center for smell, and the insular cortex and frontal operculum (also called the gustatory cortex), responsible for perception of taste, are closely connected to the amygdala, an area involved in emotional learning. The olfactory nerve, which conveys the sense of smell to the brain, is also close to the hippocampus, one of the most important brain structures for memory. And the combined effect of smell and taste—what neuroscientists who study this field call “flavor”—can be especially powerful at conjuring long-held memories charged with emotion, says Joel Salinas, MD, MBA, FAAN, assistant professor of neurology at NYU Langone Health and chief medical officer at Isaac Health, a clinic in New York City for brain health and memory problems.Favorite Meals May Trigger Memories in People with Dementia – https://www.brainandlife.org/articles/food-may-trigger-memories-in-people-with-dementia
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