Source: oftwominds-Charles Hugh Smith: Higher Education Is Morally and Financially Bankrupt
Failure To Get Into Private College To Be Most Financially Responsible Act Of 17-Year-Old’s Life
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO—Saying the turn of events will greatly benefit the 17-year-old’s economic security, sources confirmed Friday that local high school senior Emily Harrison’s failure to get into the University of Southern California, a private academic institution, will be the single most financially responsible act of her entire life. According to reports, Harrison’s rejected application, which she spent weeks preparing in hopes of spending four years at her “dream school,” will save the young student a total of nearly $370,000.
A system that piles debt on students in exchange for a marginal or even zero-return on their investment is morally and financially bankrupt.
Charles Hugh Smith
JAMA Cardiology – Effect of the Presence and Type of Angina on Cardiovascular Events in Patients Without Known Coronary Artery Disease Referred for Elective Coronary Angiography
This study describes the characteristics of patients referred for typical, atypical, or no angina and examines the associations between angina type, pre–cardiac catheterization stress test results, and burden of coronary atherosclerosis identified on coronary angiography.
In this short research letter we find further lack of utility for stress tests in the manner for which we are currently using them for risk stratification. The authors categorized patients referred for catheterization without known CAD to groups based on chest pain symptoms of: typical, atypical, or absent. They then looked at their stress test results, categorized as positive or negative, and found that a negative stress test did not help predict those without obstructive CAD on catheterization. Specifically, patients with typical angina symptoms and a negative stress test were the MOST likely to have obstructive CAD (74%). Clearly limited by the nature of the data presented, and the limited information given regarding the methodology in this research letter, it does further raise doubts regarding the utility of stress testing to risk stratify patients for CAD.
HT to Jeremy Fried for the observation quoted above. Source: Research and Reviews R&R in the FastLane | LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog
Elizabeth Warren Is Going After Insurance Companies – Fortune
Abdominal aortic aneurysm – Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants
FDA Approves New Drug for Severe Asthma
The FDA has approved reslizumab (Cinqair).
Source: FDA Approves New Drug for Severe Asthma — Physician’s First Watch
Smoking and RA: A Deadly Combination – Medpage Today
In a study with mean follow-up of about 5 years, death rates were more than doubled compared with those who have never smoked, according to Deborah P.M. Symmons, MD, and colleagues from the Manchester Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit.
Source: Smoking and RA: A Deadly Combination | Medpage Today
PEZ Easter Egg Hunt in Connecticut Reportedly Descends into a ‘Mess’ – People.com
“Children were trampled.”
Source: PEZ Easter Egg Hunt in Connecticut Reportedly Descends into a ‘Mess’ : People.com
If initial reports turn out to be true and factual then we can no longer consider our species to be civilized.
Happy Easter.
There is always hope.
Alcohol Abuse Common Among Med Students
Medical students may be more at risk for problem drinking, a new study says, citing burnout and school debt as two possible reasons why.
While the study found an association between being a medical student and a higher risk of alcohol problems, it did not prove a cause-and-effect relationship.
Source: Alcohol Abuse Common Among Med Students, Study Finds – MedicineNet
Pilot Shortage – Fabius Maximus
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.
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