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- FDA approval for use for weight loss. Previously this was off-label use - adoption of GLPs into diabetes treatment guidelines

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 a…

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 bre…

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 …

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 …

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 stru…

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 …

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 pla…

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 coveri…

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 despera…

> 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 inf…

That's insane. Luckily in the US this can't happen (post 1986) as EDs cannot deny care to anyone under EMTALA.

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 re…

This is correct. Now recommended for boys and girls. [1] [1]: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/easy-to-read/adolesce...

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…

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 recommen…

> 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 diab…

Cancer rates skyrocketed because we started screening for cancer. It's that simple.

Z-pak (azithromycin) is not the recommended antibiotic for bacterial sinus infections nor pneumonia (common bacterial infections associated with upper respiratory infections) per m…

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.

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: Th…

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 becaus…

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 …

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 curi…

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.