New research continues to affirm the prognostic utility of the coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA)-derived perivascular fat attenuation index (FAI) score in assessing cardiovascular risks for patients without common risk factors such as smoking history, obesity, hypertension and diabetes. What CCTA-Based AI Detection of Coronary Inflammation May Reveal About Patients with No Traditional CV Risk […]
Source: It’s Mostly the Hospital Prices, Stupid https://rickriley.substack.com/p/its-mostly-the-hospital-prices-stupid Yikes.
BD overall is associated with excess mortality from both natural and unnatural causes. Meta-analytic evidence suggests that all-cause mortality is approximately doubled, with particularly high relative risks for suicide (12-fold) and other unnatural causes (7-fold) alongside a substantial increase in natural-cause deaths (2-fold).9 However, most mortality studies have not separated BD-II from BD-I, leaving BD-II’s […]
Another quiet Saturday and thoughts turn to retirement (again). Today I thought about retirement income streams and how life would look once I stopped working. We need to find someplace affordable. In California, Hawaii, and Massachusetts, retirees often need between $1.5 million and $2.2 million to maintain their lifestyles, according to a 2026 study by […]
Until your city loses 3,000,000 gallons of water. Massive El Reno water leak traced to Bitcoin mining data center facility – https://kfor.com/news/local/massive-el-reno-water-leak-traced-to-bitcoin-mining-data-center-facility/ The culprit – https://athlonbt.com/about-us/ The website went down while I was reading about the company. Scheduled maintenance? I call bullshit.
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I think the majority say if you already drink, it is actually good for you in moderation, meeting one drink for women and two drinks for men per day. But don’t start drinking for your health.
I agree with your assessment. I would also toss in biochemical individuality plus the entire list of factors that make us each unique. In other words, we are all different and while moderation is recommended some of us probably should avoid etoh altogether.
Yes, I think that really sums it up well. I found I had to avoid it altogether.
Everyone’s personal harm reduction strategy is personal. I use smaller glasses for my drinks.
Good idea! Do you also use smaller plates for meals?
Nope. Just the “eyeball” method which at times does not work especially if I’m staring at pizza.