Scary Charts – 01/09/11
Calculated Risk: Summary for Week ending January 8th
Job creation poor, participation rate down, YES unemployment is down!
I sincerely hope my readers continue on to read the source articles of my posts. I always credit my sources and thank them all for providing content.
I do claim credit for the persnickety comments.
DM and Depression – Watch That Combo
In Women, Diabetes Plus Depression a Deadly Combo
Women who had diabetes had about a 35 percent increased risk of dying, and those with depression had about a 44 percent increased risk, compared with women with neither condition, the researchers calculated.
Those with both conditions had about twice the risk of dying, the study authors found.
Thought for Today 01/08/2011
Why Is The US Taxpayer Subsidizing Facebook – And The Next Bubble? « The Baseline Scenario
If you don’t care about Facebook you will after reading this excellent article.
Private Sector Payrolls Add 297,000 in December
EconomPic: An Employment Report We’ve Been Waiting For
I hope some underwriters are in those December statistics
iPhone ECG
An Expert Life Underwriter Bears Witness to the Growth of Ebooks
The slow yet steady shift from dead tree to digital versions of books is fascinating. One of my holiday presents was a Kindle. I have joined the movement.
Last year was a disappointing year in my personal book reading. I read just 30 books in 2010. The reason was simple to deduce. I spent too much time doing other things (like working).
And in recognition of the new reality I am not increasing my effort to meet my goal of reading a book a week. I’ve decided to approach this situation with more intelligence than I have in the past. Yes, I’m setting the bar lower.
Read a Book a Week is now Read a Book Every Other Week.
26 books this year should be doable, no?
National Folic Acid Awareness Week
Announcements: National Folic Acid Awareness Week
This is not a joke.
Merry Christmas 2010
And Happy Holidays to all of my friends of all faiths and religions.
Richard Lehman’s Journal Review – Late Links
BMJ Group blogs: BMJ » Blog Archive » Richard Lehman’s journal review – 6 December 2010
BMJ Group blogs: BMJ » Blog Archive » Richard Lehman’s journal review – 29 November 2010
BMJ Group blogs: BMJ » Blog Archive » Richard Lehman’s journal review – 22 November 2010
Sorry for the late links. But better late than never.
As an enthusiastic regular drinker of wine, I am delighted to note the PRIME study which confirms that by doing so I halve my chance of myocardial infarction. I suppose I also increase my chance of pancreatitis, cancers of the GI tract and stroke. Perhaps liver disease too, though the literature is surprisingly obscure at levels of intake below about 100u/week. The thing not to do is binge drink, which is a common pattern in Northern Ireland, and probably increases your baseline risk of MI. I think the further north you travel, the more dysfunctional alcohol use becomes, as warm oblivion becomes ever more desirable. As if to illustrate this point, a review of frostbite finds that nearly half of it is associated with alcohol use. I bet that means vodka or whisky in most cases, and wine alone hardly ever.
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