In from the Lancet via BBC: But The Lancet research suggests it does not increase the risk of new brain bleeds, and may even lower it. Experts say the "strong indication" needs confirming with more research. Only take daily aspirin if your doctor recommends it, they advise. Interestingly there are two different types of strokes; …
Category: Preventive Medicine
Upping the Ante (vaxx)…
See what I did there? In an article in the Washington Post here The anti-vaxx movement has upped the ante in there campaign of misleading and out-right horribly inaccurate information: In a suburban shopping center an hour north of New York City, hundreds of mostly ultra-Orthodox Jews gathered in a sex-partitioned ballroom to hear leaders …
Reader mail…
First off this is the first real piece of reader mail. I was so shocked that after I woke up on the floor, I almost passed out again. I am not one that expects any fan mail or hate mail (although I am not fishing for it either), but the feedback is excellent. So… “I …
My ass hurts…
No really, it does. So as part of my health scare, I am now at one week of no soda, lower and sensible carb intake, and no snacks. This is, of course, a change and my body really fucking hates me. I don’t care. I am comfortable that I may be lumpy in places, …