Source: Consumer Reports Identifies 15 Dietary Supplements to Avoid
New Teen Drivers Three Times As Likely to Be Involved in a Deadly Crash — AAA NewsRoom
The 23mm Sialolith
How These Remote Workers Convinced Their Bosses And Clients They Can Work From Anywhere
“Managers know who is a high performer and who is not—it’s not a secret. If you have people that you’re afraid if they’re working out of your sight, then they aren’t getting work done, why are they working for you in the first place? That’s not a ‘work remotely’ problem. That’s a management problem.”
Erica Warren
Source: How These Remote Workers Convinced Their Bosses And Clients They Can Work From Anywhere
Chill
The photo credit belongs to an Instagram feed from Aspen Well Being. I follow several Aspen CO related feeds for the pictures. It only took me years to discover the tiny button in Instagram that saves photos to your phone.
Years.
Lunch Traffic Lowest in Four Decades: Out for Lunch a Dying Tradition? Demise of the “Gourmet” Burger? — MishTalk
“I like Five Guys, but I can buy ground beef and one onion and get pretty close to the same burger for half the cost,” said Mr. Cockerline, who rarely goes to Five Guys anymore. “A hamburger, to me, is not a luxury,”
Brian Cockerline 20 years young Rutgers University student
Clearly what we have is the End of Affluence. When I was a kid going out to eat at a restaurant was the occasional treat. Not many families could afford eating out more than once a week. The family cooked and ate most of our meals at home. I’ve lived in Oklahoma for a while now. We have basic burger platters for around $10. But when you add in drinks and tip the cost starts to add up. Eat out five days a week and you’re incurring substantial expense.
I’m hardly surprised at the traffic numbers. Despite government statistics the economy is anemic. Today’s kids are graduating from college with massive debt and a job market that is unkind.
What’s next? Car sharing? Multiple roommates? Tiny homes?
Schistosomiasis (or Death by Snail) – Science Friday
Another creature belonging to the “small but deadly” category is the freshwater snail, which is responsible for more than 200,000 deaths a year — more deaths than sharks, lions and wolves combined. Freshwater snails carry a parasitic disease called schistosomiasis, which infects nearly 250 million people, mostly in Asia, Africa and South America.
Source: A Creative Approach to Controlling a Deadly Snail – Science Friday
Statins associated with improved heart structure and function — ScienceDaily
This study investigated the association between statins and heart structure and function. The study included 4,622 people without cardiovascular disease from the UK Biobank, a large community-based cohort study. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging was used to measure left and right ventricular volumes and left ventricular mass. Information on statin use was obtained from medical records and a self-reporting questionnaire.
Patients taking statins had a 2.4% lower left ventricular mass and lower left and right ventricular volumes. Dr Aung said: “People using statins were less likely to have a thickened heart muscle (left ventricular hypertrophy) and less likely to have a large heart chamber. Having a thick, large heart is a strong predictor of future heart attack, heart failure or stroke and taking statins appears to reverse the negative changes in the heart which, in turn, could lower the risk of adverse outcomes.”
Source: Statins associated with improved heart structure and function — ScienceDaily
Positive heart remodeling. I guess I can brag about this at the next dinner party!
Early Glycemic Control and Magnitude of HbA1c Reduction Predict Cardiovascular Events and Mortality
CONCLUSIONS: A large initial HbA1c reduction and achievement of low HbA1c levels within 6 months after metformin initiation are associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular events and death in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Source: Diabetes Care
Rock climbing envisioned as new treatment for depression — ScienceDaily
“You have to be mindful and focused on the moment. It does not leave much room to let your mind wonder on things that may be going on in your life — you have to focus on not falling,”
Source: Rock climbing envisioned as new treatment for depression — ScienceDaily
Sounds promising and for some people a better alternative than drugs.
Yeah, I had to Google it too.
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