Americans are constantly being told they need a primary care physician. Supposedly the key to good health is having a close relationship with your family doctor. According to a research paper from Stanford and Harvard medical schools we live longer in areas with high concentrations of primary care physicians:
Category: News and Events
New Research Supports Masks in Winter
Mask mandates are unpopular. I don’t know anyone who enjoys wearing a mask. Surgeons wear them to avoid infecting surgery patients. Robbers wear them to avoid identification. Masks became political. Liberals who favor collective outcomes support mask mandates while conservatives who favor personal freedom do not. Today in stores I see a few people wearing masks, mostly just a few older people. It always amuses me when a car drives by and the driver — the sole occupant — is wearing a mask.
Study: Needle Exchanges May Do More Harm than Good
Public health research dating back decades found that needle exchanges for intravenous drug users saved lives.
Monday Links
- Is attractiveness discrimination being ignored?
- Study: was lead poisoning the cause of dysfunctional behavior in the 1960s, including crime? No
- Most Americans are ignoring MyPlate, the substitute for the Food Pyramid that was introduced by Michelle Obama. That’s probably a good thing since following the advice from MyPlate is likely to make you fatter.
- In 2021, more than 10,000 adults took advantage of CAnada’s permissive euthanasia law to end their lives. That’s more than 3% of all deaths. (NYT)
- For $579, you can have your own drone. Cameras enable spying on your neighbors. Smart bombs are extra.