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When 92% of the states have enacted laws saying almost the same thing you’d think the federal government might get the fucking hint.
This is what I found:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02786915
(Hopefully that's not blocked on your side)
Abstract:
> Advantame is an N-substituted (aspartic acid portion) derivative of aspartame that is similar in structure to neotame, another N-substituted aspartame. An extensive series of studies, were conducted on advantame to define the pharmacokinetics and metabolism in various species, subchronic and chronic toxicity in the rat and dog, carcinogenicity in the rat and mouse, genotoxicity, reproductive, and developmental toxicity, and human tolerability studies. The results of these studies, presented in overview in the present publication, and in greater detail in the accompanying publications, show that advantame is well tolerated by both animals and humans and does not possess systemic toxicity. The metabolic data demonstrate that the animal species used in the toxicity testing are relevant to the evaluation of human safety. The no-observed-adverse-effect levels (NOAELs) identified in the animal studies in which advantame was administered in the diet were generally the highest doses tested. Under the anticipated conditions of use, the predicted intakes of advantame are about 20,000- to 70,000-fold lower than the identified animal study NOAEL values. The results of the animal toxicology and human trial data support the safety of use of advantame in food.
Where on earth are you getting this? ACA makes preventive tests free: https://www.healthcare.gov/preventive-care-benefits/
The model is the exact opposite of what you're describing -- make it free for everyone to get an annual exam and preventive screenings so that serious diseases/conditions are caught early, when they're easier (and, honestly, cheaper) to treat.
Though BMI is not a good measure of individuals, especially if you are athletic or muscular, it is an ok measure of populations. This does not take away from people having an elevated perception of their fitness.
To be fair, the guy has had a huge impact over here (England) and what he's doing is very much a noble cause, not to mention the fact that he's pouring lots of his own money into it. As for the lame approach, his talk on child obesity won the TED prize last year. The guy clearly cares and is in a position to do something about it; good on him, I say.
What I find most offensive is people taking some moral high ground about an issue with which they have no experience. You've "heard of brain zaps"? Well woop-de-fucking-doo. Personally I'd much prefer mild 'brain zaps' for a few days after finishing antidepressants than being chronically fucking dead from suicide. Which would you prefer?
Don't get me wrong. I'm actually more in favour of people using other therapies. Exercise, CBT, counselling, etc. However, the fact is a lot of people have been helped by antidepressants and they don't need armchair doctors like you who've read Time's articles and Prozac Nation to shit all over their painful existence.
I also take issue with the article. I've read numerous studies myself on SSRI's, tricyclics and MAOIs. I'd say the evidence is weighed more in favour of their efficacy than against them*. Its VERY easy to cherry pick studies on any drug to show a negative or non-effect. Which is one of the reasons magazines and newspapers really should steer clear of printing sensationalist medical articles like this.
* read them yourself: http://scholar.google.com
There are myriad ways to avoid paying the mandate penalty, one of them is that the premiums are more than a certain percentage of your household income:
https://www.healthcare.gov/health-coverage-exemptions/forms-how-to-apply/
If he is poor enough to qualify for welfare, a policy that covers his family would almost certainly cost more than 8% of his income.
There is a specific exemption carved out for people in his specific situation.
Because I hate clickbait, the food poisoning was linked to chicken contaminated with salmonella.
Here's an archived link to the full article in case you want to read it without supporting clickbait titles: https://archive.is/U4QoL
I was going to link to the TED talk(and I suppose I am..), but I continued to the authors wiki and the amazon book page.
Amazon low-star reviews have always gotten to me for some reason, so perhaps your comment holds some weight.
I found the talk interesting nonetheless :)
I pulled the health-related data from the study for the United States and France (since the article questions why France did worse than the US).
As far as I can see, out of the 18 categories they measured, France was better than the US in 10, while the US was better in 6 (they were tied for two categories).
To be fair, I don't know how these categories were weighted, and I assumed that a higher score in "Health Sub-Index scores" (which seems to be an aggregate of other health data) is better.
The article from TheHill doesn't make much sense when describing why France did better:
> So, why did France, the leader in healthcare rankings by the World Health Organization because of its universal healthcare system and top-notch prevention efforts, end up in seventh place?
> Thirty percent of French people "report feeling worried during the previous day, well above the global average," the index reports. And despite the 35-hour work week, "a relatively low 67 percent reported being well-rested."
First of all, these two categories are self-reported results, so take that for what it's worth. Secondly, if we look at the data, more Americans report feeling worried (33% vs 30%), and in the "well-rested" category, the French are only off by 4 percentage points (67% vs 71%).
If anything, the Health sub-index scores are the only numbers that are leaning in favor of the US, but since I don't know how they're weighted or even what scale they're based on, I can't tell by how much.
Now look at the cost of healthcare per person: we pay almost exactly twice as much per person. This is all coming from their data.
Taken from the 23andme website
> Your Privacy and Security Your personalized 23andMe web account provides secure and easy access to your information, with multiple levels of encryption and security protocols protecting your personal information. The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) is U.S. federal legislation that protects Americans from discrimination (in health insurance and employment decisions) on the basis of genetic information. Click here to learn about how GINA protects your genetic privacy.
> I understand that the recommendations haven't changed, but the fact that there seems to be a link important enough for the FDA and CDC to investigate alone should be enough to give parents cause for concern.
"Concern" means that they should educate themselves further, not that they should dismiss vaccines outright.
> There are lots more examples out there going back decades. Here's another good one: <Mercola article>
And yet, when the case was tried, it came out that the National Childhood Encephalopathy Study reported zero cases of permanent brain damage in children within 48 hours of receiving the pertussis vaccine. That's the main claim that's used to vilify it—"my kid got the vaccine and within a day started (having seizures/acting lifeless/etc.)". The judge was not convinced that the balance of probability was in favor of pertussis vaccines causing brain damage. Abstract here.
Also, Mercola's a quack. (http://www.quackwatch.com/11Ind/mercola.html) I wouldn't put much stock in anything you find on his website.
If you are familiar with the old predator prey model:
http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/models/HubNetPredatorPreyGameHubNet
Depending on factors, not all of the prey have to be eaten before the predators start to decline in number. Having 25% of the population already infected may create enough distance from the virus to more hosts to keep it in a decline. The virus, as a predator, is not very mobile on its own.
http://www.businessinsider.com/gm-pig-study-is-deeply-flawed-2013-6
No, not really
Study was funded by a quackery company that believes water has magical structural properties.
The pseudoscience is strong with this one
shod past participle, past tense of shoe (Verb)
Verb:
Fit (a horse) with a shoe or shoes.
(of a person) Be wearing shoes of a specified kind: "his large feet were shod in sneakers"
This site has a poor rating on WOT.
Edit: If you want to be able to see the rating of a site before you go to it, you can install this extension for Chrome. WOT has extensions for other web browsers as well.
"Full Catastrophe Living" by Jon Kabat Zinn is somewhat scientifically based. Or at least, it focuses on the effects of meditation (in terms of improving the ability of the participants to live with pain) more than the "woo woo" aspects. It was written in 1990, so it doesn't include information on brain scans (I believe that is newer information) and the focus really is more teaching how to meditate. There may be other books that are closer to what you want.
Benadryl might be worth a try. Here is some information on diphenhydramine being used to decrease anxiety.
Benadryl is an antihistamine. Some prescription medications (Vistaril) are also antihistamines.
Another 'source' discussing using diphenhydramine as an anxiolytic.
Sorry, but this little outfit called the University of Washington has demonstrated that:
But don't let facts get in the way of name calling and general assholishness, Champ.
> You can get the same effect by using a sunless tanner.
No. FTA:
> participants choose to increase empirically derived skin carotenoid coloration more than melanin coloration in the skin portions of color-calibrated face photographs
i.e. vegetable-based skin color was preferred to tanning.
(Comments are a lot more helpful if the author "bothers to google search" before writing.)
The US is one of the last countries in the English speaking world to do this. There is already plenty of published evidence of how effective they are.
There appears to be a correlation between a traumatic event suffered before the onset of fibromyalgia. The article does not address this, but other literature has. I have also read that there is a link between childhood abuse and fibromyalgia in many women.
It may be that chronic exposure to certain stress hormones or an extreme event where the nervous system is flooded with them, can change the way the brain processes pain and perhaps even interfere with the body's ability to make repairs to soft connective tissue due to the continued presence of cortisol and epinephrine.
> I'd just like to point out that dietary fat is absolutely essential to healthy diet and there is no credible evidence to suggest that, under normal metabolic conditions, dietary fat is more likely to be converted to adipose tissue in the body.
Uhm, what? Low-fat diets have certainly demonstrated that they're an effective (even if not as effective as other kinds of diets) and safe (which is more than we can say for those alternatives) way to lose weight. Like, over and over again, in myriads of studies spanning decades.
I get what you're trying to say, I really do. But you're flat out lying when you suggest that low fat diets might be a) ineffective and b) unhealthy.
I know some people around these parts have very specific preferences when losing weight, and very passionate opinions on low-fat and low-carb diets. But let's not let that in the way of science, sourcing our claims, and flat out stating the facts, shall we?
A nice article comparing LC and LF diets posted in r/keto:Low-Carbohydrate Diet Review: Shifting the Paradigm (June 2011, Journal of Nutrition in Clinical Practice). It's a bit OT but since the ketowars have started again in here it may be interesting for some.
Huge URL, I know, but check it out. It's a commonly-cited paper on a study that found that undercorrecting eyesight in children (giving them weaker glasses than they need to see optimally) will actually cause their eyes to worsen more quickly than if they wear glasses of sufficient strength. This paper goes against a long-held practice of undercorrecting in children, with the belief that it will keep their eyes "stronger". It's even possible that your eye doctor used this technique, and potentially worstened your eyesight because of it. I know my optometrist gave me underpowered glasses and even bifocals when I was very young. That said, it's only one study and could potentially be flawed. I haven't seen a convincing attack on it, though. I usually see it dismissed outright, or ignored.
Not everyone agrees with this study, of course, in part because it went against what some considered "common sense". Though I think it's interesting that many people often refer to "common sense" when saying that straining your eyes makes your eyesight worse.
So wear your glasses. But if your glasses give you a headache or don't seem right, talk to your optometrist, or see another one.
Be wary when purchasing an ionizing air purifier.. Many of them don't do crap.
Fair enough, I agree, I´m sure there is more reasons than just the financial, but it doesn´t really matter that much. World Population is growing in India South East Asia mostly and some countries in Africa like Nigeria. I´m just very personally concerned with world population. In 1900 there was 1.2 billion people, by 1960 there´s 3 billion people and by 2000 6 Billion people and now in 2015 7.3 Billion people. With all the pollution effects that go with it. Here´s a nifty website. http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/
Ted Kaptchuk was one of the first western students of acupuncture in China. He now is Associate Professor at the Harvard Medical School Osher Research Center Division of Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies. Initially in his academic career he focused on controlled clinical trial in acupuncture. Realizing the limitations of this pursuit, he changed his focus to the placebo effect and has conducted quite a few interesting studies about it:
You'll get much more authoritative results if you look at academic literature instead of simply compiling a bunch of anecdotes. Those sorts of things already exist. It seems to me like it would be more useful to index the peer reviewed evidence for and against a bunch of common remedies.
Here is some background information: PDF report from Afsset
I've read that yeast allergies don't usually exist, and that most in the field consider the allergy psuedoscience. Consider getting the blood work done through a different doctor?
I can't find a great source on this, but this has some info:
"a true allergy to yeast is extremely rare; symptoms will typically include difficulty breathing, wheezing and drops in blood pressure that can lead to death"
Read more: Signs & Symptoms of an Allergic Reaction to Yeast | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/about_5043054_signs-symptoms-allergic-reaction-yeast.html#ixzz1pyfpN4kw
here's some data. You are wrong, the US is definitely not at the bottom of the list of global cancer rates: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AonYZs4MzlZbdGFQRk1NMUJ4TF9TVjlQN25tcjRZb1E&hl=en#gid=0
nor is it at the bottom of cancer fatalities: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_dea_fro_can-health-death-from-cancer
Sadly having babies in today's world is risky and expensive. One way to encourage successful (and hopefully smart) people to reproduce is to tie child benefits to the income taxation. The higher your tax bracket, the more you benefit from making children. Let's say -5% for each child. Maximum tax rate of 37% - (5% * 7 children) = 2%. One more, and all your income is tax free. And when you die, your inheritance will be spread wide instead of going to just one or two people.
It does reduce LDL cholesterol, but not all LDL is bad. It doesn't seem to reduce VLDL cholesterol, the real bad LDL one, as you can see in this study for example : (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0271531705807031)
Edit: Here is some data recommanding cononut (water, oil or flakes) is very good for lowering bad cholesterol and raising good one.
It seems like the author interpreted the study to suggest that it's night time eating that's bad. In the study the mice that fasted actually only had access to food during their "lights out" period (1 hour after lights off up to 3 hours before lights on) so these mice actually underwent daytime fasting.
Here is the actual study. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1550413112001891
>"There's been some studies and believe it or not, the average woman eats an average of 4 lbs (1.8 kg) of lipstick during her lifetime," Smith said.
I've seen that repeated before, sometimes with differing amounts, but I've never seen a source. So, it seemed fishy and I decided to look into it further. And here you go: http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/lipstick.asp Given that that's an urban legend, I'm all the more skeptical of the rest of the article.
It would also be good to see a comparison between the amounts found in makeup and the amounts found in other things we use and especially ingest. The fact that there are heavy metals in makeup doesn't really surprise me or worry me in itself. The dose does make the poison and you can find all sorts of things if you can detect small enough amounts. But there's stuff in makeup in much larger amounts that I'm more concerned about -- stuff that even makes it onto the ingredients list. (See: http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/)
Make her a good chef's salad, and incorporate as many deeply-colored items as you can--where the colors are, there are also the flavonoids and other compounds that seem to fight cancer. So, put spinach greens in the salad, tomatoes, carrots, etc. Or in winter, make a vegetable soup.
A fruit cup with blueberries or other red/blue/purple fruits would be good.
And try to get her to ditch as many additives as she can stand getting rid of, they are not helping (like use plain roasted meats instead of cold cuts full of sulfites etc).
http://www.ehow.com/facts_4812076_healthy-foods-cancer-patients.html
I was hearing today that tee tree oil was good for removing fingernail fungus as well as a bunch of other stuff. Then i decided to Google sinus and got http://www.livestrong.com/article/369601-tea-tree-oil-for-sinusitis/
Grape seed oil/extract is good too http://www.ehow.com/how_5661727_heal-sinus-infection-grapeseed-extract.html
I just had an eye exam today so I was wondering the same thing. I honestly don't know, and I doubt you'll find a conclusive answer. I imagine there's a global optician conspiracy in action.
I can tell you that when my eyes are feeling strained from the computer screen, it feels really great to take them off and try to focus on the leaves of trees in the distance.
As for your other two questions... I suspect that indoor cats who don't hunt or stare into the distance might have near-sightedness for the same reason a bookwork is more likely to have it, i.e. staring only at what's directly in front of them.
And here's a snopes page on the carrots thing. Read it for yourself.
Oh, with Costco you have to get it on Costco.com, it's not carried in warehouse...
Edit: This is a REALLY good deal, $24 w.free shipping for 100 days at 6mg: http://www.costco.com/trunature%C2%AE-Astaxanthin-6-mg.%2c-100-Softgels.product.100088944.html
Ok - back of the envelope calculation here. Its been years since I looked at this so my apologies to all in the sciences.
If we assume
- P = Multiple of the safe level that comes with each rain
P(t) = [ P * (1/2)^(t/T) ] with no additional source.
Additional rains are discrete events. Assume
it rains every T days where T is the 1/2 life period
N = number of times it rains.
Then with
P(0) = [ P * (1/2)^(0/T) ]
P(1) = ( 1 / 2 ) * [P * (1/2)^(T/T) + P * (1/2)^(0/T) ]
= (P / 2 ) * [ (1/2)^(T/T) + (1/2)^(0/T) ]
...
P(N) = (P / (N+1) ) * SUM(0 .. N){ (1/2)^((T*N)/T) }
or
Or after 24 days - instead of expecting it to be down to 1/4, it actually is only down to 7/12 of or if we are assuming 100x the health limit with each rain then after 24 days it would actually be at 58 times the health limit instead of 25 times the health limit.
Again this is assuming it only rains once every 8 days.
Or running the calculation forward - after N=100 (800 days or just over 2 years) the limit would be 1.9 times the health limit.
Running further - to get to .99 the health limit (Just under it) would take N=200 ( 1600 days, or just over 4.3 years) with these assumptions, but hopefully they'd cap the reactor before 4 years went by.
Boric acid rinse for conjunctivitis. You need a proper eye cup which you can get at your local pharmacy. Look online for suggestions for the proper amount of boric acid to water. And from Wikipedia: "Although there is no specific treatment for viral conjunctivitis, symptomatic relief may be achieved with cold compresses and artificial tears. People are often advised to avoid touching their eyes or sharing towels and washcloths."
You know, I wasn't even aware this posted. I put in the link and then tried filling out the text section and a link to the techcrunch article that announced the ending of google health, but my network went down. Until you commented I wasn't aware this had been posted. My bad. Relevant Link: http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/24/google-health-bosworth-social/
So metabolic syndrome affects ~1/3 of US people (https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2017/16_0287.htm) and one of the first treatment options is increasing physical activity (https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/metabolic-syndrome/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20351921). So you’re WRONG in Tump’s voice. As for malnutrition, see the part about eating a balanced diet.
Maybe your keto diet is going to your head?
My heart rate is also high like yours. I too had assumed that it was because I was unfit, but even during times when I exercised a lot it didn't go lower. Then it went way lower at even the minimum dose of beta blockers, which usually wouldn't happen to nearly that degree. This made me realize that there are factors other than degree of fitness affecting heart rate.
Then I noticed in perusing the results of a 23andme SNP analysis that I have a mutation in the beta receptors which control how various systems, including heart rate, respond to epinephrine (aka adrenaline). This variant is known to affect resting heart rate (as well as beta blocker response).
So, I don't know if you have this particular variant or not, but it's an existence proof that there's significant genetic variation affecting resting heart rate. Just because your heart rate is higher than you would expect based on population averages doesn't mean it's a problem: it could be perfectly normal for you.
I use loseit.com, but a lot of people prefer MyFitnessPal for tracking calories. If you track calories, and eat at a deficit, I guarantee you will lose weight.
I know the 'hot spots' argument is also used to warn against microwave heating...but surely if you only heat it for say 30 seconds, it's not going to be a problem? This site makes a good point though:
> No, the only real reason not to heat milk in the microwave is also the best one: because if you do, your baby's momma will kill you. She read all those reports on the internets and she doesn't believe your scientific mumbo-jumbo about upwelling for a minute.
You might want to look at the study itself. The part about whether eating vegetables makes you look better was not something that you "control" - they showed artificially colored pictures of faces, and asked which ones people preferred. It was found that certain colors are preferred, those colors being ones which come from eating lots of vegetables.
The chart they have is super helpful: http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2012/11/arsenic-in-your-food/index.htm#chart
Looks like all the rice coming out of India was safe, as was Lundberg's brand of California White Basmati.
From Consumer Reports, Sunscreen buying guide:
> What's inside and safety considerations
>Almost every tested sunscreen contains some ingredients associated with adverse health effects in animal studies. Oxybenzone and other endocrine disruptors may interfere with hormones in the body, and nanoscale zinc and titanium oxides are linked to problems such as potential reproductive and developmental effects.
I thought I was being safe using sunscreens that only had zinc oxide but it appears even these may have nanoparticles which may not be safe. Avoid any spray sunscreens since inhaling the ingredients is definitely not safe.
>40% don't even have running water let alone power.
12% of the human population doesn't have access to running water. Don't talk out of your ass and cite your sources.
>They still live a life worth living. So right now most people are quite happy without power.
Says the armchair critic on his computer, I say bullshit that they are happier. What basis do you think they live happy lives? I for one would be damn unhappy to be in that kind of civilization. You think that living without technology actually makes people happy? Then why are you on your computer rather than living in the wilderness? I would wager that you would be hard pressed to find 1 in 10,000 people living in third world countries that wouldn't drop their lives and move to a first world country given the opportunity.
>Colonizing space is an American myth.
We went from the Wright Brother's first flight at Kitty-Hawk to Neil and Buzz walking on the moon with within 66 years. If you actually think that it's a myth you're delusional. Welcome to the present, where technology increases at a literal exponential rate. Also, I'm not American.
>Physics says it'll never happen.
Ever heard of this cool little thing called citing sources?
>This means we must live sustain-ably.
I agree, but what makes you think that energy and sustainability are mutually exclusive?
artificial
made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally, especially as a copy of something natural
The thing was that it said "honey" on the front. No hints that it was fake until you read the very small print on the back. I have never seen honey with an ingredients list. And it was $2 a bottle instead of the $7-$12 for real honey in a similar size. Bleh.
Then I find stuff like this from the USA.
http://www.ehow.com/how_7689089_tell-honey-adulterated-corn-syrup.html
I would not assume you are going to die young because of your weight. Maybe 10 years younger than normal. My father is morbidly obese and about to turn 69 years old. And within your life time practical solutions to obesity maybe figured out. "According to the NIH, the maximum years of life lost (YLL) for white people in their 20s with a seriously high BMI of 45 was 13 for men and eight for women." http://www.ehow.com/about_5470667_average-life-expectancy-obese-people.html 350 lbs would put you around 45 BMI.
Actually, that's not true. Check out: http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=zingiber&btnG=Search&as_sdt=0%2C10&as_ylo=&as_vis=0
For starters, it can help ease pain and inflammation. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WN2-4C0MHD6-42&_user=10&_coverDate=12%2F31%2F1992&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=gateway&_origin=gateway&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_acct=C000050221&am...)
Time Magazine wrote an in depth article about this issue
Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us
I uploaded it to my Google Drive if you want to read it.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bwml8MXhQ7oUbzAxNk9kZXZKZGc/edit?usp=sharing
Full disclaimer, I'm a parent of a child with PKU (the disorder in question).
The concern I have, which is shared by many other people, is that if a parent looking for hope when dealing witha newly diagnosed child follows this advice, their child could suffer from severe brain damage and mental retardation.
Especially galling is their advice that you test the child at home so the child isn't "taken."
Okay height is defiantly not everything but you have the ideal attractive height. Now lose some weight(you're not even that over tbh) and gain some muscle. Doing this your face will get a bit more attractive and then you'll have the body. Also calorie count with MyFitnessPal.
You've probably heard this before but these books work like charms. I've read one and am currently reading the other.
"How To Win Friends and Influence People" this should be the first book you read. It's a shorter book and easy to understand and it works trust me! I found my self breaking these rules all the time, which I correct my self on.
"Models: Attracting Women through honesty" it's not a pick up artist book if that is what you're scared of. Read it man it helps.
"No More Mr Nice Guy" to improve your self.
"The Art Of Seduction" this is just essential to read.
I'm not going to lie to you. You aren't going to get 10/10 super models but you are going to get with women and get friends, you just have to put effort in it. 36 is a bit older but you will defiantly enjoy your upcoming years now.
Never used an app. /r/meditation had some great beginner tips and I've done some reading. Mindfulness in Plain English would be my best recommendation.
Mindfulness meditation. See r/meditation and r/30daysit, they've got some great links to get you started. Guided audio meditations, and the online book "Mindfulness in Plain English."
Consistent practice does change your brain and reduce stress in only a few weeks time. I don't do the full 25-30 minutes a day that I would like to, but I do notice a significant difference doing just 10-15 minutes a day, it's better to start with shorter times anyway. I feel less stressed, less reactive and more focused in general. The great thing is that you can practice mindfulness any time you want, but the formal practice is an important foundation.
Here's the research on physical brain change: http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-01-mindfulness-meditation-brain-weeks.html
Best of luck!
If you use a neti pot, I recommend you check out the Grossan tip instead.
You're right to cautious around bats, since bat bites are the most common cause of fatal rabies transmission in the US. How tough were the gloves you used?
I think you will be fine as long as there was no contact between your skin and the bat & as long a bat tooth didn't pass through the glove.
This is going to make your more paranoid, but yes you are screwed if you have any symptoms and also it can take a long time for them to develop- a year even. You were probably never vaccinated for rabies unless you've been a vet tech or something.
Honestly, I might get the shot just to be better save than sorry. I don't know how reputable this is, but it looks like being unable to fly is a symptom: http://www.ehow.com/list_6576472_symptoms-rabies-bat.html The good news is, once you get the shots, there's a 0% change you'll die from rabies.
If you have a fractured ankle, getting prompt treatment can help ensure that your ankle heals as fully as possible. Sometimes, ankle fracture treatment includes surgery for fractures as well as casting. Because fracture surgery treats a medical condition, your ankle fracture surgery should be covered by your insurance provider.
Read more: https://www.quora.com/topic/Dr-Howard-Marans http://doctor.webmd.com/doctor/howard-marans-md-638f8765-66c7-4a13-ac1f-f2cc8b16a29e-overview
> https://www.healthcare.gov/coverage/preventive-care-benefits/`
It's def more comprehensive than I laid out, I was just making a point that most of our ills are eating/moving and behavior related. Some people for sure need extra services, but those are more bad breaks than the norm.
Complex carbs? Maybe, but go look at a recipe for granola and see how much white/brown/cane/honey/etc sugar they contain.
oh wait, I forgot your google button is broke. Here:
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/megans-granola/
And I think when you're talking about sugar control, you're thinking about controlling energy intake types/amounts, whereas I'm talking about blood sugar control. My goal is to even out sugar spikes with evenly distributed ingestion of naturally low-glycemic foods, your goal seems to be balancing intake and output (OR as you would phrase it, calorie counting)
Also: you're fighting an invisible strawman. I never said counting calories was better than exercise. Go yell at OP for daring to ask an Average Joe question about a generally "known" dieting tip, I was just trying to answer him and give you a little bit of peer-reviewed scientific data which should have made you look at your opinion again. Go yell at the world for daring to have people that pursue dieting over exercise.
Of course, I should have expected that a person who initially responded to an honest question with "Horseshit" would be unable to objectively reevaluate his own opinions. Fun fact: until OP's question caused me to googlescholar it, I believed the same as you.
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"Do people die from income inequality of a decade ago?" by Hui Zheng: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953612002298
Options for people who can't afford the EpiPen (Adrenaclick pen and just using a syringe and needle with dirt-cheap epinephrine):
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Edit: Or order from Canada: about $150 there vs $600 in the U.S. - Canadian online pharmacies will accept U.S. doctor's prescriptions.
>It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission.
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So you lie until you are caught, then you ask for forgiveness. Will contrition necessarily assure future conduct?
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citation on the 10K years thing? is there a study or any evidence that show this at all?
50% fat... that is a really large amount of fat. If you eat really fatty meat it can just be 10% fat. Where is this fat coming from? eggs and veggies... the calories in them isn't 50% fat.
There is little to no fat in most vegetables, or I think we can safely say it is less than 10% of the calories from a veggie is fat. An egg is actually 10% fat. About 57 grams for an egg, and 5 grams of fat.
http://www.georgiaeggs.org/pages/nutri.html
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_grams_in_one_egg
How are you getting 50% of your calories from fat? I really, REALLy don't take dietary advice from reddit anymore, I don't think anyone thinks through any of the things that get bantered around here.
We can always go with the scientific evidence. With the exception of poorly designed studies setup to obtain a false positive, there's nothing to backup this type of bloodletting.
Experience is not evidence or an indicator for something working. This review of systematic reviews shows that it may provide help for back pain but even that is still doubtful.
It's junk science from the pre-scientific era based on very poor "studies".
Well, that's semantics isn't it? Don't you consider mental and psychological well-being part of "health"? I work out to keep my body healthy and meditate to keep my mind healthy. If I skip either, I don't feel as healthy.
If that's your opinion, I simply disagree...and that's fine. But I would argue that there is enough evidence suggesting the cognitive, mood and neurobiological benefits of meditation to refute the notion that it doesn't belong here.
You must not have searched around if you think benadryl has no potential for addiction. You could at least list a counter-source before spreading misinformation. And yet there are an abundance of sources you can find that support my claim.
Here's a simple Google Scholar search on the topic: http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=diphenhydramine+dependence&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C5&as_sdtp=
What's incorrect exactly? You say diphenhydramine is not addictive, yet there's an abundance of research indicating you're wrong.
For the record, if anyone stumbles upon this thread, it was epididymitis, and a course of antibiotics means I'm all better now.
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> but that type of thing goes above and beyond the service most people are buying, which is tracing the ancestral dynast
It really doesn't, 23andme has long since put personal health before its ancestry service. Go on their website, what's the first thing they mention? Health. They plaster their health and research program everywhere. They even say it right there in their FAQ that drug discovery is one of their goals: https://www.23andme.com/research/.
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work out what you should be consuming per day (and probably add a bit due to puberty etc.) and force yourself to eat that much. track it
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There isn't a good reference that includes all powders but here's the Consumer Reports article: http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine-archive/2010/july/food/protein-drinks/what-our-tests-found/index.htm
> Every single doctor and hospital won’t be available to you.
Compared to in/out of network carve-outs, being able to go to whatever doctor you want, even for a referral, is way more than what Americans get now. Analyses of wait times show that American wait times are about the same as other countries. https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-Price-of-Health-Care%3A-Why-Is-the-United-States-Gross-Laugesen/d5ebaab90d87fb2377591996a1509d488c83bea3 see page 779
> This utopia you speak of does not exist.
Utopia of not being fucked by private insurance companies? Actually it does exist and it's called every other industrialized country, even some who are poor.
> thus far I’ve seen no real solutions proposed that are realistic.
How about paying less to cover everyone and improve outcomes? Because almost every rich country does this, where half do it while improving outcomes.
> Oh and can you provide a credible reference for the 60% of cancer patients who go bankrupt for treatment?
https://academic.oup.com/jnci/article/109/2/djw205/2905657 my bad, misspoke: 60% are in debt
Hi, I have scoliosis as well, am 24/m and it's pretty severe. I've worn braces and have had surgery where they fused my spine and inserted metal rods. The curve of my spine has improved somewhat but I feel a lot of pain in my lower back, my neck and my right side so I understand your frustration. I too constantly am concerned about my posture but really I'm mostly obsessed with my entire self-image; I have very low self-esteem, which is very common among people with scoliosis. To this day I'm still very shy around a lot of people and I'm constantly overanalyzing even the dumbest shit.
In terms of pain management, at least for me, drugs do nothing. Even morphine or fentanyl isn't enough. Not to mention that narcotics make a lot of people constipated, so no thanks. What seems to work is stretching and exercise; you want to strengthen your core.
Try simple stretching exercises like these: http://www.ehow.com/way_5631852_scoliosis-back-pain-management-exercises.html
In terms of hard exercise, I'd visit your physician so that you understand what you should and shouldn't be doing; i.e., I don't think you will be doing deadlifts or squats anytime soon. But even walking at a brisk pace for 30-45 minutes daily should help.
Good luck and don't ever be afraid to "complain" to Reddit; just by posting you've already let other people know there are others out there dealing with the same issues and maybe they now will talk about things they normally wouldn't.
Well, since you probably already get plenty of it no matter what your diet is like:
http://www.ehow.com/facts_4809807_foods-high-potassium-citrate.html
It doesn't seem to be much of an issue for most people, I'm guessing.
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The conclusions you draw are wrong, and the studies you cite conflict with the majority of other studies done on Low Carb or Ketogenic diets. Read this 2011 Low Carb diet review for a summary of the findings in the last decade, which refutes all your claims.
Wheat seems to be the confounding factor in the claim about carbs causing atherosclerosis, something we need more studies on.
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I prefer OnTrack. It's free for Android but the developer does appreciate donations. It doesn't have included hardware, but it also doesn't require an iPhone. You can see graphs and email yourself (or your doctor) reports.
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