way too general practitioner

hotly debated question

Is It Better to Brush Your Teeth Before Breakfast or After? It’s a hotly debated question in dentistry.

а сколько ангелов может уместиться на острие иглы уже сосчитали?

minor knee surgery

In the aftermath of minor knee surgery, my pain, instead of diminishing as the weeks passed, got worse and worse, far exceeding the prolonged discomfort that had prompted me to decide on surgery in the first place. When I went to see my young surgeon about the worsening condition, he merely said, “This happens sometimes,” and, claiming to have warned me beforehand that the operation might not work, dismissed me as his patient. I was left with only some pills to mitigate my astonishment and manage the pain. Such a surprising outcome from a brief outpatient procedure might have made anyone angry and despondent; what happened in my case was worse. --Philip Roth, Operation Shylock

Дела сердечные

Дела сердечные - замечательно смешной пост от ny-quant. сам пост можно по диагонали, много букв, но комментарии заслуживают, читается как лучшая пьеса театра абсурда. до скандала не дошло, истинные интеллигенты собрались

про доктора Peter Attia забавная ветка, и в самом конце — изумительное резюме дискуссии от одного d_white1967

гомеопатия

- Слушай, вот я не понимаю. Ты лечишь гомеопатией, я лечу строго по науке, а доля вылечившихся у тебя больше. Вот как это вообще происходит?
- Ну так, гомеопатия - это прикрытие. На самом деле я лечу биополем.

--народ

The Quest for Scientific Certainty Is Futile

I don’t floss. This makes me, as my dentists always seem to imply, a naughty boy, a disgusting human willing to walk around with bits of food stuck between my teeth. Of all the dreaded parts of any dentist visit, the worst is receiving a condescending lecture on the merits of flossing.

Then I found a secret weapon: a 2019 research review by Cochrane, an independent network of scientists widely considered to produce the most golden of gold-standard research. They pulled together studies that investigated the impact of flossing or using other devices that clean between teeth on dental health: 35 randomized-controlled trials, 3,929 participants total.

The results were dismal. Flossing “may” reduce gingivitis, the meta-analysis found, but the effects were uncertain and barely significant statistically. None of the studies investigated whether flossing prevents cavities.

--The Quest for Scientific Certainty Is Futile

это NYT если чо via

там много про что: sunscreen, cold medicines, anti-depression drugs, etc.

no better than a placebo

A Decongestant in Cold Medicines Doesn’t Work at All, an F.D.A. Panel Says: An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration agreed unanimously on Tuesday that a common decongestant ingredient used in many over-the-counter cold medicines is ineffective.

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Among the products: Sudafed Sinus Congestion, Tylenol Cold & Flu Severe, NyQuil Severe Cold & Flu, Theraflu Severe Cold Relief, Mucinex Sinus Max and others. The decongestant is in at least 250 products that were worth nearly $1.8 billion in sales last year...

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On Monday and Tuesday, the panel reviewed several existing studies and largely agreed that the research settled the question that the ingredient was useless and no better than a placebo.

Vacuum Gases From the Sky

. U.S. to Fund a $1.2 Billion Effort to Vacuum Greenhouse Gases From the Sky - это не шутка

. Inflation Picks Up, but Details Under the Surface Are Encouraging - и это не шутка

. What Does Good Psychedelic Therapy Look Like? - а это лечение для тех, кто читает NYT

. FDA Drops Ivermectin Bombshell: Doctors are free to prescribe ivermectin to treat COVID-19, a lawyer representing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said this week. (for Gray Lady this is not newsworthy)

. Man forced to ditch Ford EV truck during family road trip to Chicago: ‘biggest scam of modern times’ - comments are enlightening too

. South Africa's ex-President Jacob Zuma won't return to prison due to overcrowding - портрет его там годный

. Niger’s captive leader losing weight in inhumane conditions, daughter says

Random Acts of Medicine

In one intriguing study spanning a decade and involving 200,000 patients, a surprising revelation emerged. Patients who happened to have a heart attack during a week when hot-shot cardiac surgeons were away at national conferences were found more likely to survive. ... There is now widespread recognition that too much medical care can be wasteful, but less recognition that it can also be harmful.

--Health Alert: Your Survival Odds May Increase When Surgeons Take a Break!

перевод

целую книжку написали, Random Acts of Medicine

из комментариев:

No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.”

- Gideon Tucker

Assisted suicide in Canada

Крупный медстраховщик Британской Колумбии - Fraser Health Care - начал рассылать рекламу эвтаназии своим клиентам пенсионного возраста. С обещанием это устроить очень оперативно - а в некоторых случаях даже за 1 день. --used-against

это не путинская пропаганда, множество ссылок по этой теме в уважаемой MSM, вот несколько примеров:

. How Canada’s Assisted-Suicide Law Went Wrong The outer limits of liberalism
. One third of Canadians fine with prescribing assisted suicide for homelessness
. Minors should be eligible for assisted dying, parliamentary committee says

Policy - последняя стадия Overton window. нужно добавить Mandatory Policy

про рекламу - тоже не путен придумал: Disturbing Commercial Celebrates Canada’s Assisted Suicide Program

euthanasia / эвтаназия

Confident Yet Wary

Confident Yet Wary - это как, хочем знать? вы уж либо трусы́ либо крестик.

и еще из радостных новостей: Say Goodbye to Daily Hotel Room Cleaning

The pandemic put a pause on many hotels’ guaranteed once-a-day cleanings. Now many of them are making the change permanent, even saying guests prefer it.

еще финансовых новостей: ‘Bonkers’ Bond Trading May Be Sending a Grim Signal About the Economy

и коротко о медицине: How to Escape ‘Faux Self-Care’

The multibillion-dollar industry, which sells crystals and massages as balms for burnout and depression, is not unlike her experience of joining a cult, she says... convincing consumers “that if you do more of this one particular thing, eventually things will feel better — when in fact, the only purpose of a juice cleanse or a massage is to keep you buying more of the thing.”

sowing doubt

NYT бесстрашно разоблачает всякую медицинскую херню... взамен предлагая свою собственную

. Is It Safe to Whiten Your Teeth? And if So, What Works?
. Is Pilates as Good as Everyone Says?
. Is Food Sensitivity Testing a Scam?
. Feeling Dismissed? How to Spot ‘Medical Gaslighting’ and What to Do About It.

и как кода, очередная политкорректная херня из одного университета The Art Of Sowing Doubt - искусство сеять сомнения (и как с ним бороться)

main ingredient

More people are taking versions of Benadryl, Mucinex, Theraflu and Tylenol as reports of respiratory infections increase. But the widely-used decongestants rely on a main ingredient that studies have found doesn’t work. @WSJ

main ingredient my ass

via

еще аномалия

Scott Minerd, Guggenheim’s Investment Chief, Dies at 63

Scott Minerd, the Guggenheim Partners chief investment officer who was regarded as one of the kings of the bond market during its four-decade bull run, has died. He was 63. Minerd died Wednesday at his home in Rancho Santa Fe, California, after suffering a heart attack during his regular workout.

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At his peak, the 300-pound Minerd could bench-press 495 pounds 20 times and even competed in the Super Heavyweight and over-40 divisions at Los Angeles bodybuilding championships. “I don’t like to do things halfway,” he said in a 2017 interview, describing his drive to clock a two-hour workout five days a week in the window between the time markets close in New York and open in Asia.

nonprocessed meats

And, overall, he added, most health experts agree that “processed meats are more harmful than nonprocessed meats.” - Are Some Processed Meats Worse for You Than Others?

ну вот, значит обычное мясо тоже вредно. интересно как дело обстоит с мясом насекомых. оно полезно, наверное.

nonspecific response

To Dr. Sanacora, what matters more than the source of the improvement — whether it’s the pharmacological action of the medication or the placebo effect, which he prefers to call the “nonspecific response” — is that patients got better after taking the drug. --Antidepressants Don’t Work the Way Many People Think

красиво излагают. там много такой херни.

in a better place mentally

nypost.com -- Camille Kiefel, 32, had her healthy breasts removed in 2020 to align with her nonbinary gender identity. She says her doctors approved the surgery after two Zoom meetings, breezing past a whole host of mental health issues. Now that Camille is in a better place mentally, she realizes her surgery was a mistake. So, two and a half years later, she’s suing her social worker, therapist, and the gender clinics they work for — Brave Space Oregon and Quest Center for Integrative Health — seeking up to $850,000 in damages.

via

off-topic: What Euthanasia Has Done to Canada. хотя если подумать - вовсе и не off-topic, а очень даже по теме. автор употребляет слово barbaric и пишет What if a society remains liberal but ceases to be civilized?

civilized my ass

восемь стаканов воды

Шотландские ученые: рекомендация выпивать восемь стаканов воды в день была ошибочной / via

sorry guys

Scam or Not

Can Supplements Really Help With Depression or Anxiety?: while experts say that some mood-lifting supplements are better studied than others, the wider evidence on their effectiveness is shaky at best. и прочая словесная эквилибристика. комментарии читателей смешные. все советы дают.

ну и заодно Cold Water Plunges Are Trendy. Can They Really Reduce Anxiety and Depression?.

обе статьи - в разделе под названием Scam or Not

о текущем моменте

ну или о чем пишут сегодняшняя центральная газета:

. Fake Heiress Anna Sorokin Is Released From Jail - На свободу — с чистой совестью!, там ссылка на еще одну статью про ее рисунки.

. Humility Is a Virtue. But Can Humble People Succeed in the Modern World? - хороший вопрос. ну там кого только не цитируют. последняя фраза: Humility can be smart.

. Sex Work, Academia and Pain That Resists Diagnosis: how a West Virginia adolescent who read Foucault and Derrida went on to become “L.A.’s renowned lesbian dominatrix.” и другие ужасы.

. ‘One Foot in the Present, One Foot in the Past:’ Understanding E.M.D.R. - это про E.M.D.R., Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a form of psychotherapy developed by Francine Shapiro in the 1980s, ну да, Shapiro.

. Viral Videos of Rats, Roaches and Grime? This Is How New York Flatters Itself - это про тараканов и крыс в Нью-Йорке. There are accounts that showcase the homemade signs New Yorkers post on lampposts and in building lobbies (“CLEAN UP YOUR VOMIT!”) - это отдельные, еще кое-где встречающиеся недостатки, конечно.

. The N.Y.U. Chemistry Students Shouldn’t Have Needed That Petition - это все из-за неравенства, ясный пень. профессор Maitland Jones Jr. должен был это понять и уволиться сам. или лучше застрелиться.

. Xi Jinping Is the Second Coming of Mao Zedong - ну и немного о политике.