Category Archives: Health

Care Vs Cure

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Luke Ford

From comments at Greg Cochran’s blog: * It’s a very engineering view of human nature to think that medicine is primarily about combatting disease, and whether what we’re doing actually works. Part of what people want from medical care is … Continue reading →

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NYT: Standing Up at Your Desk Could Make You Smarter

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Luke Ford

Psychiatrist Richard Friedman writes: We’ve known for a while that sitting for long stretches of every day has myriad health consequences, like a higher risk of heart disease and diabetes, that culminate in a higher mortality rate. But now a … Continue reading →

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Politico: Jackson troubles shine light on a fact of Washington life: Sleeping pills

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Luke Ford

From Politico: Ronny Jackson, the White House physician who is battling to save his nomination to be the secretary of veterans affairs, regularly handed out the sleep drug Ambien and the alertness drug Provigil to West Wing officials traveling on … Continue reading →

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Staying Free Of Crippling Pain Requires The Maintenance Of My Spiritual/Physical/Psychological Condition

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Luke Ford

I wrote about this six months ago.

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The ADD Con

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Luke Ford

Comments at Steve Sailer: * Even more ridiculous is how they allow players to work around these problems when their personal doctor attests that they have ADD or a testosterone deficiency, so need prescription drugs to remedy it. A-Rod was … Continue reading →

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