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by zw7 2y ago
- FDA approval for use for weight loss. Previously this was off-label use - adoption of GLPs into diabetes treatment guidelines
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by zw7 2y ago
I think about this every time I clean out the dryer lint filter and a plume of lint dust comes off of it. I try to avoid breathing it in but it’s likely some is making it into my airways.
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by zw7 2y ago
The article briefly mentions non-lethal methods and that they are underfunded. I worked with a grad student who was doing research (supported by the USDA IIRC) on different dog breeds for use as guard dogs. Ironically, sometimes the guard d
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by zw7 2y ago
I also use it daily. One of my favorite functions is being able to boost certain domains and block or downgrade results from other domains. So I boost results from domains I trust which significantly improves my results. They have a page wi
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by zw7 2y ago
I feel like RSS feeds made it to easy for me to follow lots of blogs to the point where the amount of content was too much. Being forced to manually review blogs for updates works as a filter in that I only go through the effort (albeit sti
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by zw7 2y ago
I believe they confirmed it was xylitol with LC-MS to validate it: > Subsequent stable isotope dilution LC-MS/MS analyses (validation cohort) specific for xylitol (and not its structural isomers) confirmed its association with incid
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by zw7 2y ago
The entire existence of labor laws is because businesses tend to not do what is best for their workers and workers need and deserve protections. Not all workers are in unions. And even if they are, that shouldn't mean local governments
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by zw7 2y ago
Heat related deaths are not uncommon. And likely undercounted[1]. It's one thing to not put in place protections. It's another to actively prevent protections from being put in place. Truly shows lack of compassion for laborers. [
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by zw7 3y ago
These are the over-diagnosis bias and the lead-time bias for anyone interested in learning more. The book Risk Savvy by Gerd Gigerenzer has a chapter that does a good job of covering these. The entire book is worth a read.
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by zw7 3y ago
No, fraud would be if Uber asked for your battery level to determine price and you (or your browser perhaps) lied. Not wanting someone selling you something to know you are desperate -- in this case because your battery is about to die -- i
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by zw7 3y ago
> if every time you have a cold, you get antibiotics and they make you feel better, it is placebo. Not necessarily. Azithromycin, a common antibiotic used for upper respiratory infections, has anti-inflammatory effects separate from it&#
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by zw7 3y ago
That's insane. Luckily in the US this can't happen (post 1986) as EDs cannot deny care to anyone under EMTALA.
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by zw7 3y ago
How do you feel about the lack of security updates? I miss the smaller size of the 3a bit upgraded since they stopped shipping software updates. I'm hoping you can talk me in to resurrecting it.
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by zw7 3y ago
This is correct. Now recommended for boys and girls. [1] [1]: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/easy-to-read/adolesce...
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by zw7 4y ago
I don't really think it's a contradiction. I think the idea, rather, is to focus on expanding the depth of your life (abundance), knowing you have little control over the length of it (scarce).
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by zw7 4y ago
I'm not arguing that they don't, but the fact is - the American Cancer Society didn't start promoting cervical cancer screening until the 1960s [1] - mammography was first recommended officialy in 1976 [1] Screening was just
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by zw7 4y ago
> An illness like diabetes presents very specific symptoms and doctors have been aware of diabetes for a very long time. The same is true for many kinds of cancer You can have diabetes and high blood pressure and cancer and not have symp
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by zw7 4y ago
Cancer rates skyrocketed because we started screening for cancer. It's that simple.
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by zw7 4y ago
Z-pak (azithromycin) is not the recommended antibiotic for bacterial sinus infections nor pneumonia (common bacterial infections associated with upper respiratory infections) per most guidelines. Interestingly though, it does have anti-infl
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by zw7 4y ago
I also recommend his mailing list, "The Imperfectionist". He only sends out an essay maybe once a month but they aren't posted anywhere so you have to subscribe.
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by zw7 4y ago
I wonder how much of this reflects more screening? See Gigerenzer 2013[1] for issues with 5-year survival rates. I would be more interested in how mortality rates compare. EDIT: This[2] suggests US cancer mortality rate is lower but overall
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by zw7 4y ago
As someone who is 6' 4", I agree. Not that I'm complaining, but given the choice to pick my height, I'd opt for 6' 2". For pretty much all the reasons you mentioned but also because the world is built for peopl
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by zw7 4y ago
This is my concern. I use my old pixel (3a) as an always-on Syncthing node but worry about the security implications. But I haven't been able to find good info on what exactly the implications are. If I'm not worried about targete
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by zw7 4y ago
That's true. According to my notes (using Obsidian), there was not support for linking to other notes which was a deal breaker for me. I'm curious if this has changed, but not curious enough to install it.
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by zw7 4y ago
Nice! I've been wanting something to take notes on in the shower and this looks perfect. Are you able to share your thoughts on how well it worked? I don't trust Amazon reviews.
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by zw7 4y ago
Good points. I especially like #2. I also had this concern, but actually in the context of pen-and-paper vs digital journaling. I was worried that a physical notebook may more easily fall into the wrong hands than digital but in this day an
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by zw7 6y ago
My workaround for this was to create a shortcut to directions to home: In Google Maps on Android: 1. Search for your home address and click "Directions" 2. Click on 3-dot menu (hamburger button?) next to origin and destination 3.