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Archive of posts published in the category: Health

Covid Thoughts 2020 04 18

Shuttering large swaths of the economy is a huge unquantifiable cost we would only consider in such a dire health care scenario.  It appears that new information reflects a significant overestimation of the mortality.  When we referred to the mortality, we compared the number of deaths to the number of DIAGNOSED cases and compared that rate to the last flu which measures the number of deaths to the number of ESTIMATED cases, understanding that many who have the flu that never see a doctor. 

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Israel is Not a Ghetto

Some perspectives on the Hillary/ Biden/ Obama smackdown of Israel for building Jewish homes in Jerusalem: from The Jerusalem Post Obama has Crossed the Line– by Isi Leibner Excerpts: The administration “condemns” us for building homes, not in densely Arab

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The Nail in Kennedy’s Coffin

The race in Massachusetts is stunning.  If Democrat Coakley is unable to beat Republican Brown in the bluest of blue states, then any Democrat is vulnerable. Just the fact that this race is close  should be a startling wakeup call

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High Risk Births in Michigan and Uganda

May is a high risk month to have a baby in Michigan and Uganda.  Why? Ramadan. Some parts of Michigan and parts of Uganda have a large Muslim population that fasts during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan which runs

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How to Reduce AIDS by 60%

French researcher Bertran Auvert  discovered a way to dramatically reduce the risk of AIDS infection  in heterosexual males after trials in South Africa. The results were confirmed in studies in Kenya and Uganda. For reasons not clearly understood circumcision reduced

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Turning Tragedy into Catastrophe

A tragedy is what happens to somebody else. A catastrophe is what happens to everybody including us. We have a health care problem that needs some new rules. For an individual family with serious illness bankrupted by medical bills it

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Perpetual Eighteen Year Olds

Men are vain enough to get calf implants, chin implants, even breast implants to get the body that they think will attract women. A relatively new procedure called high definistion liposuction can now deliver the six pack abs of your

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A Prescription at almost 1/10 the price

Lamasil 250 mg made by the pharmaceutical company Novartis is prescribed for internal use to eliminate a type of fungus beneath the nails. A local Walgreen wanted $450 for a prescription. When I was in Canada they said it would

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