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Cleaning the telescope mirror because...

The ninetysomethings who revolutionized how we think about strength training One simple exercise proved older adults can build and retain muscle – and caused a paradigm shift in science

Do you even lift old bro(ette)?

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Unvaccinated child dies of measles in west Texas as outbreak worsens First death reported in outbreak as disease spreads in region where 14% of children are exempt from vaccination

Whelp and here we are....
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Osteoporotic Fragility Fracture Is Associated With an... : JAAOS - Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons s: A retrospective cohort study was conducted using a large national insurance claims database. Patients with proximal humerus, wrist, pelvis, hip, and spine fractures were matched in a 1:4 ratio wi...

Maybe as well as DEXAs we need to refer to mental health. Fractures are traumatizing more so if you believe you can no longer trust your body...

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The blinking xmas lights gave the robot a nice touch....you think with $2mil piece of equipment it would have better mood lighting

I explain to parents that most kids under 12 are basically mutants in regards to bone healing...

That gray zone between mentally competent and incompetent is way wider than I would want/expect....

This is my final OFM column. Here’s what I’ve learned about buffets, ‘clean eating’ and what not to serve food on | Jay Rayner Much has changed in the food world but there are a few truths that still hold

Advice on eating like this can be applied to most fields in a similar fashion...

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I thought it was not calling every pediatric distal radius a buckle fracture....

Every distal radius study seems to lean towards we did some stuff none of it seemed to matter outcome wise on the DASH. I think the DASH dosent do a good enough job discriminating who is doing well and is happy with their wrist

Blood transfusions at the scene save lives, but ambulances are rarely equipped to do them More than 60,000 people in the U.S. bleed to death every year from traumatic events like car crashes or gunshot wounds, or other emergencies, including those related to pregnancy or gastrointestinal h...

Great idea based on years on improved survival in military trauma however how soon till perverse incentives cause every ambulance rider to get a transfusion to pad billing...

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Once a patient of mine, while under light sedation, thought a nurse was attractive and suggested he could murder someone for her if she needed it...

For when you want a little taste of the hospital but at home...

Had to do a pre-auth to get pain meds for a patient with a long bone fx that requires surgery. "It hurts a lot!" was my reasoning why alternatives were not tried. Oh joy of insurance hurdles for nonsense...

I feel real Australian licorice would randomly have a funnel web in some bags to make it more Australian...

I think many of us all know of the technically/knowledge wise not so great doc/surgeons out there that have a cult like following of patients that are no better/worse but are loved. Unfortunately despite all the metrics we can access usually I just phone a friend and ask who do you like.

New AI tool for fighting health insurance denials could save hospitals billions, and help patients Waystar announced a new generative AI feature that aims to help hospitals quickly fight insurance denials.

The world will be destroyed by a heat death caused by a cycle of AI generated insurance denial/appeals letters...

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If a recipe calls for 2 cloves of garlic which 2 do I use? Kind of the same as calling for one onion...I need grams people...

Aerobic Exercise and Weight Loss in Adults This dose-response meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials assesses the association of aerobic exercise duration and intensity with measures of adiposity among adults with overweight or obesity.

If a person expends more calories doing something they lose more weight and get skinnier in a dose dependent fashion. I've been saying it for years but I guess we obey the laws of thermodynamics as well...

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Life is merely a series of casinos trying to turn us all into degenerate gamblers before we die...