Good news: Heart disease and cancer deaths have declined over time
Source: Heart Disease and Cancer Deaths — Trends and Projections in the United States, 1969–2020
Brain injuries: “Three or more concussions add up to long-term cognitive problems”
Multiple concussions in a lifetime were shown to affect the ability to plan and pay attention, though research also underlined health benefits of playing sport Source: Three or more concussions…
Caffeine Culture: Why many studies on coffee health effects are worthless – and misleading
I am not exaggerating when I say that coffee nearly killed me. This is the first post on the topic of coffee and caffeine.
How health insurance may have made health care more expensive
Our overpriced ACA policy for 2023 has a deductible of $17,600. I kid you not. The average deductible for an individual in 2022 is around $1,760, which is double what…
Public health: CDC says unintended consequence of lockdowns led to increase in Strep A, flu and RSV
CDC now thinks lockdowns and ineffective NPIs are the cause of today’s rise in Step A, flu and RSV cases (which started early this season but appear to have peaked…
Business: “thaw and eat” foods
Does anyone still cook real food, from raw ingredients?
Arrogance is not a good public relations strategy
I suspect all of us can describe situations when experts were wrong, really wrong – and it was up to us to inform them and correct them to get things…
Demographics, Labor, Health: UK NHS should consider using robots to address labor shortage
Health Secretary says the risk of introducing technology needs to be judged against the impact staff shortages have on the service Source: NHS should consider robots to plug staffing gaps,…
Health: Cycling head injuries are a low probability but high-risk event
Head injuries are a low probability but very high-risk event when bicycling or motorcycling or even skateboarding. Much is made of the story about the Attorney who fought Florida helmet…
Health: The incidence of TBI/Traumatic Brain Injury
5.5 million Americans are disabled due to a brain injury. Nearly 3 million people visited an ED for TBI-related injuries in 2013. There were approximately 223,135 TBI-related hospitalizations in 2019*…