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It's the Diets That Fail, Not the Patients They Are Prescribed To

Weight and Healthcare • 319 implied HN points • 27 Oct 21
🏥 Health & Wellness Weight Loss Body Image Health Risks Societal Impact
  1. Diets often fail, with studies showing a high failure rate around 95%, despite patients' efforts.
  2. Weight loss interventions can lead to biological changes that promote weight regain, indicating a flaw in the approach.
  3. Healthy habits, rather than weight loss, show significant health benefits regardless of BMI, challenging the common belief in weight loss as the key to health.

The CFR from the Pfizer trial show the vaccines make you 5x more likely to die from COVID

Steve Kirsch's newsletter • 14 implied HN points • 25 Dec 24
🏥 Health Politics Vaccines Public Health Clinical Trials COVID-19 Health Risks
  1. Vaccinated individuals may have a higher case fatality rate from COVID, being five times more likely to die if they contract the virus after getting vaccinated.
  2. There is a suggestion that vaccinated people could be 40% more likely to catch COVID compared to unvaccinated individuals.
  3. When combining the increased likelihood of infection with the higher fatality rate, it is estimated that the risk of dying from COVID can be over five times greater for those who received the vaccine.

Why you should avoid Ozempic, Mounjaro, etc.

Steve Kirsch's newsletter • 10 implied HN points • 26 Dec 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Medications Weight Loss Chronic Conditions Health Risks Nutrition
  1. Many people talk about how effective drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro are for weight loss, but there are serious risks that aren't always mentioned.
  2. Two of the hidden risks linked to these drugs can be life-threatening, so it's important to be fully informed before considering them.
  3. There's an alternative approach to weight loss that's much simpler and doesn't carry the same risks, which might be worth exploring instead of these medications.

PFAS in non-stick pans: how fast does it migrate to food?

Molecular Spectacular • 21 HN points • 03 Apr 24
🏥 Health Politics Toxicity Health Risks Chemicals Food Safety Regulations
  1. PFAS can move from non-stick pans to food while cooking. Research shows that this transfer can vary widely, depending on how often the pan is used.
  2. Cooking multiple meals with a non-stick pan can lead to higher levels of PFAS in your food. Studies suggest that even cooking just 4 meals a day might put people over the safe limit for PFAS exposure.
  3. Using salt in food can increase the amount of PFAS that transfers from the pan to the meal. Additionally, reusing the same pan seems to boost PFAS levels in each successive meal.

Achoo

Klement on Investing • 2 implied HN points • 22 Nov 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Medicine Health Risks Public Health Patient Safety
  1. Just like any medication, sneezing can have surprising side effects, some of which might seem extreme. It's funny to think about how silly the side effects of something natural like sneezing could sound if listed like a drug's.
  2. Holding in a sneeze can be harmful too and might lead to serious injuries like broken bones or damage to the windpipe. It's a reminder that our bodies have their ways of reacting, and sometimes we should let them do their thing.
  3. Reports about weight loss drugs like Ozempic highlight the complexity of medications and their side effects. It shows that we often overlook the risks connected with common actions, like sneezing or taking a medication.
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Former 60 Minutes correspondent Lara Logan drops a bombshell on VSRF

Steve Kirsch's newsletter • 15 implied HN points • 26 Jan 24
🏥 Health Politics COVID-19 Vaccines Health Risks Public Opinion
  1. Lara Logan knows 20 people who died from the COVID vaccine but only 1 who died from the COVID virus.
  2. There are only two possibilities: the vaccine killed at least 5X as many people as the virus, or Lara is lying.
  3. Poisson distributions never lie - if there are such extreme statistics, there's something to be questioned about vaccine safety.

Prescription Medicines Can Bite Too [Pregabalin]

The Drug Users Bible • 0 implied HN points • 15 Feb 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Mental health Pharmaceuticals Substance Use Addiction Health Risks
  1. Pregabalin is a prescription drug that many people mistakenly think is always safe because it’s prescribed by doctors. But it can have serious side effects when misused.
  2. Dosage matters a lot with pregabalin. Taking too much can lead to a very uncomfortable and inebriated state, so it's important to use caution and stick to lower doses.
  3. There’s a growing number of deaths linked to pregabalin, showing that it's not just the recreational aspects that are risky. It’s crucial to treat this drug with respect and awareness.

Tell them they're dreaming

Joshua Gans' Newsletter • 0 implied HN points • 01 Apr 21
🏥 Health & Wellness Vaccination Health Risks Immunity Vaccine Hesitancy
  1. Australia's success in managing COVID-19 has led to complacency in vaccination efforts, resulting in potential long-term challenges.
  2. Achieving herd immunity is not a guarantee of safety, as the virus can still spread even with high vaccination rates.
  3. Strategic planning and a stronger vaccine strategy are crucial for countries like Australia to navigate the transition from COVID-Zero to a more sustainable approach amidst evolving virus variants.

My New Wise Traditions Article on Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Harnessing the Power of Nutrients • 0 implied HN points • 07 Apr 11
🏥 Health & Wellness Liver health Nutrition Inflammation Health Risks
  1. Fatty liver disease can be caused by nutrient-poor refined foods, choline deficiency, and polyunsaturated oils.
  2. Combining multiple nutritional insults is likely responsible for human fatty liver disease.
  3. Fatty liver is a significant predictor of heart disease risk and greatly impacts overall health.

How many minutes of exposure does it take to get COVID?

News from Those Nerdy Girls • 0 implied HN points • 10 Mar 23
🏥 Health & Wellness COVID-19 Health Risks Public Health
  1. Exposure longer than 15 minutes increases infection risk, but shorter exposure with other risk factors can still lead to COVID infection.
  2. Factors like what the infected person was doing, presence of symptoms, ventilation, and proximity affect risk of infection.
  3. Wearing a mask indoors, even for brief periods, is a good precaution due to various factors that influence COVID transmission.

159 | Spotlight on Shigella | Superweeds (Super Bad) | Loving Fakes |

The Rotten Apple • 0 implied HN points • 07 Oct 24
🍲 Food & Drink Food Safety Food Fraud Agriculture Health Risks Consumer behavior
  1. Shigella bacteria can cause severe foodborne illness and mainly spreads through contaminated hands. Proper handwashing and careful food sourcing are crucial to prevent its spread.
  2. Superweeds are plants that have become resistant to common herbicides like glyphosate. They are a growing problem for farmers, leading to higher costs and reduced crop yields.
  3. Consumers sometimes buy counterfeit food products as a way to challenge social inequality. They may feel that buying fakes helps them reject expensive brands and achieve a sense of equality.