Source: A fast cure for the airlines’ crippling pilot shortage | Fabius Maximus website
The pilot shortage story itself is a good read. But for all you mortality risk geeks out there scroll down to the Why the Shortage? section of the post. There you will find two killer (pun intended) links highlighting the occupational risks of being a pilot.
Accidents and melanoma. Boom.
Eric O’Grey was 51, obese and suffering from diabetes and high cholesterol when he took home an overweight shelter dog. Now the duo are headlining a campaign on how pets improve humans’ lives.
Source: Eric And Peety Make The Case That Pets Are Good For Humans’ Health : Shots – Health News : NPR
The video located in the website link above is a must see. Wonderful story!
Source: CNS – Pfizer to Face Testosterone Claims After All
The multi-district master complaint asserted 10 primary state law claims, including strict liability based on design defect and failure to warn, negligence, breach of implied and express warranty, fraud, consumer protection, and unjust enrichment.
The plaintiffs also allege non-tort claims for wrongful death, survival, loss of consortium, and punitive damages.
One of the books I’m reading is Powerful Medicines – The Benefits, Risks, and Costs of Prescription Drugs written by Jerry Avorn M.D. Definitely a fun read in the context of our culture’s addiction to the quick fix. Whatever ails you there is a pill that promises to fix everything. Dr. Avorn’s book is packed with information. Simply stated, there are benefits and risks associated with any medication. Ultimately it is the consumer’s responsibility to know and understand what those benefits and risks are with anything you put in your body.
It was clear to me from the beginning that the unsuspecting and too trustful public was going to be introduced to a new disease Low-T. The pharmaceutical strategy was just another medicalization of a natural process.
More. Drugs. Please.
Incidence of side effect is probably underestimated
Source: RheumNow: Drugs That May Induce Raynaud’s | Medpage Today
Marijuana users also less likely to quit drinking, researchers say
Source: Pot Smokers May Face 5 Times Greater Risk of Alcohol Abuse
One of legal cannabis’ tremendously modern luxuries is the pre-roll joint. No longer do you have to buy sub-par product from your dealer, work the seeds-and-stems quality control, grind it up and roll your own joint. Now you can walk into a store and purchase a pre-roll — or a package of pre-rolls. You can mix-and-match different strain pre-rolls. Some shops let you choose between the regular and mini-joints. And some will even offer an option wrapped in 24K gold rolling papers.
Source: How to roll a joint video: 10 easy steps to roll the perfect joint
Times have changed, no?
Tri-Union Seafoods LLC is voluntarily recalling a 2,745 cases (equal to 107,280 cans) of Chicken of the Sea brand 5 oz. canned chunk light tuna in oil and 5 oz. canned chunk light tuna in water.
Two days. Two different companies. Two tuna recalls.
Hmmmm….
I wonder what was really wrong with the tuna?
Source: 59% of the ‘Tuna’ Americans Eat Is Not Tuna – The Atlantic
SAN DIEGO – Bumble Bee Foods, LLC announced today that it is voluntarily recalling 3 specific UPC codes of canned Chunk Light tuna due to process deviations that occurred in a co-pack facility not owned or operated by Bumble Bee. These deviations were part of the commercial sterilization process and could result in contamination by spoilage organisms or pathogens, which could lead to life-threatening illness if consumed.
The insurance industry has a lot of open positions, and it’s scrambling to fill them. It’s targeting millennials, but many simply don’t consider insurance as a potential career — or think it’s boring.
Source: Insurance Industry Is Hiring But Millennials Don’t Seem To Be Interested : NPR
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