What's killing us this week?

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Fri Jul 22, 2022 2:40 am

https://i.imgur.com/omjafhy.gifPOLIOhttps://i.imgur.com/omjafhy.gif

– J.D.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Sun Aug 07, 2022 3:12 pm

Twit: https://twitter.com/Peds_Ortho/status/1555888147992641536

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Wed Aug 17, 2022 10:57 pm

Twit: https://twitter.com/CDCgov/status/1560008622561689606?t=trI4UbEtA-7vsrncybYbvg&s=19

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Thu Aug 18, 2022 2:45 am

https://i.imgur.com/P3SYuJo.gif

– J.D.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Wed Aug 31, 2022 5:06 pm

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Wed Aug 31, 2022 7:23 pm

Twit: https://twitter.com/CDCgov/status/1565053847751499776

robinson · Post by **robinson** » Wed Aug 31, 2022 7:46 pm

Turtles are fun until they kill you

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Tue Sep 20, 2022 1:14 am

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Fri Sep 23, 2022 8:44 am

Twit: https://twitter.com/Neuro_Skeptic/status/1573223355427299328?t=dpPv4VAxhEYIpOKxrTtYcQ&s=19

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Fri Sep 23, 2022 8:51 am

Wow.

There is a cool documentary on the first emperor of China – played by That Guy from the Storms . . . No, Not that One . . . the Other Guy – who sought immortality. It was quite clear that, yes, he took "cinnabar" – fucking mercury – and suffered the neurological decline you would expect.

This is known.

"It is known."

But . . . as the rōnin said. . . .

– J.D.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Sun Oct 02, 2022 9:47 pm

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/981605

People increased risk for syphilis — including asymptomatic, nonpregnant adolescents and adults who have ever been sexually active and are at high risk for the disease — should be screened for it, according to a reaffirmation by the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) of its 2016 recommendation of syphilis screening for people at increased risk for infection.

sparks · Post by **sparks** » Mon Oct 03, 2022 2:21 am

How does one get infected if (like wildcunt) they've never been shtooped?

A toilet seat? Strange silverware? Sushi? Fart gas in an elevator?

shemp · Post by **shemp** » Mon Oct 03, 2022 3:10 am

It spreads like cooties.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Fri Oct 07, 2022 7:21 pm

– J.D.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Sun Oct 16, 2022 11:36 pm

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-63226055

Earlier this month, the World Health Organization (WHO) put out a global warning over four India-made cough syrups thought to be linked to the deaths of 66 children in The Gambia. Lab analysis of the samples of a syrup made by a 32-year-old firm called Maiden Pharmaceuticals Limited confirmed the presence of "unacceptable amounts" of diethylene glycol and another toxic alcohol called ethylene glycol.

The tainted drugs and the tragic deaths again shone a spotlight on India's $42bn - half of the revenues come from exports - drug manufacturing industry.

Some 3,000 firms operate 10,000 pharmaceutical factories making generics (copies of branded medicines that usually sell for a fraction of their price), over-the-counter medicines, vaccines and ingredients in what is one of the world's largest drug-making countries. Although India imports 70% of the active chemicals for its medicines from China, it is trying to make more of them at home.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Wed Oct 19, 2022 5:35 pm

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/19/11298652 ... floodwater

A rare but dangerous flesh-eating bacteria is infecting Florida residents

Parts of Florida hit hardest by Hurricane Ian are seeing nearly double the normal number of infections from a flesh-eating bacteria that thrives in brackish floodwaters.

According to the Florida Department of Health, the state has seen 65 cases of Vibrio vulnificus infections and 11 deaths from the bacterium in 2022. Lee County, where Ian made landfall on Sept 28 as a category 4 storm, accounts for 45% of the cases.

Hotarubi · Post by **Hotarubi** » Wed Oct 26, 2022 9:53 am

That explains ed's lizard feet.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Thu Oct 27, 2022 10:37 pm

We need to mask up and lock down.

– J.D.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Wed Nov 30, 2022 11:46 pm

https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-new ... ort-cases/

A “superbug” known as Candida auris (C. auris) has caused 774 cases in Nevada hospitals and other care facilities, according to the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

A total of 63 Nevada deaths have been linked to C. auris, according to DHHS. The deaths were not necessarily caused by the fungus.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Sun Dec 04, 2022 6:25 am

"Linked!"

FAKE NEWS!!

– J.D.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Sat Dec 17, 2022 4:56 pm

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business ... flu-covid/

Why parents are struggling to get hospital beds for kids with flu and RSV
Pediatric inpatient beds lose money. But as hospitals cut back on such beds, they weaken their capacity to handle surges of sick children.
...
Over the past two decades, hospital systems across the country have whittled down the supply of pediatric beds, which lose money because they often are unoccupied. Even when they are occupied by sick children, pediatric beds generate less revenue for hospitals than do adult beds, medical experts say.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Tue Dec 27, 2022 2:42 pm

Twit: https://twitter.com/Neuro_Skeptic/status/1607747615101259809

Ben Trovado · Post by **Ben Trovado** » Tue Dec 27, 2022 8:02 pm

Pyrrho wrote: ↑Tue Dec 27, 2022 2:42 pm
Twit: https://twitter.com/Neuro_Skeptic/status/1607747615101259809

Taken together, our data show that multiple experiences of sexual choking/strangulation are associated with an inter-hemispheric imbalance in neural activation pattern and hyperconnectivity between the angular gyrus and brain regions related to motor control, consciousness, and emotion.

/lights cigarette.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Tue Jan 10, 2023 1:10 am

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64213905

Children struggling with obesity should be treated early, including with medication and surgery, according to new US guidelines.

The first guidance on childhood obesity in 15 years was released by the American Academy of Paediatrics on Monday.

In it, doctors cautioned that delaying treatment for obesity can lead to lifelong health problems.

Nearly 15 million young people in the US are considered obese.

According to the guidelines, behavioural and lifestyle changes should be the first-line approach to combat childhood obesity, which is linked to serious health issues like type 2 Diabetes and high blood pressure.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Tue Jan 10, 2023 2:35 am

Surgery?

Medicine?

Stop feeding them, stupids.

– J.D.

sparks · Post by **sparks** » Tue Jan 10, 2023 5:49 am

And when they must eat, make sure it's not a steady diet of Big Macs, fries and a goddammit fucking shake.

Jeebus!

robinson · Post by **robinson** » Tue Jan 10, 2023 5:17 pm

This week, in California

It’s rain that’s killing people

Hotarubi · Post by **Hotarubi** » Wed Jan 11, 2023 2:29 pm

Doctor X wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 2:35 am Surgery?

Medicine?

Stop feeding them, stupids.

– J.D.

https://i.postimg.cc/P5yRBzfm/5d0242762400008c178de59b.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/PfKvvCqS/Screenshot-2023-01-11-144304.png

Figure it out.

Hotarubi · Post by **Hotarubi** » Wed Jan 11, 2023 2:30 pm

Yes. That was a shameless opportunity to post another pic of A-Yeon. I'm not apologising.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Wed Jan 11, 2023 6:45 pm

Hotarubi wrote: ↑Wed Jan 11, 2023 2:29 pmFigure it out.

So a gland problem?

– J.D.

Hotarubi · Post by **Hotarubi** » Wed Jan 11, 2023 7:05 pm

Doctor X wrote: ↑Wed Jan 11, 2023 6:45 pm
Hotarubi wrote: ↑Wed Jan 11, 2023 2:29 pmFigure it out.
So a gland problem?

– J.D.

No problem with A-Yeon's glands whatsoever.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Tue Jan 31, 2023 2:52 pm

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/dea ... on-doctors

A mysterious new disease may be to blame for severe, unexplained inflammation in older men. Now, researchers have their first good look at who the disease strikes, and how often.

VEXAS syndrome, an illness discovered just two years ago, affects nearly 1 in 4,000 men over 50 years old, scientists estimate January 24 in JAMA. The disease also occurs in older women, though less frequently. Altogether, more than 15,000 people in the United States may be suffering from the syndrome, says study coauthor David Beck, a clinical geneticist at NYU Langone Health in New York City. Those numbers indicate that physicians should be on the lookout for VEXAS, Beck says. “It’s underrecognized and underdiagnosed. A lot of physicians aren’t yet aware of it.”

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Wed Feb 01, 2023 12:54 am

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandso ... ats-to-hum

"Nipah is terrifying, unusually terrifying," says Dr. Stephen Luby, currently a professor of medicine at Stanford University, who was in charge of the outbreak investigation for eight years at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b). He says it's terrifying, in part, because the virus is so deadly in people. Also, the outbreaks are tightly clustered. "And so the people who are sick know each other," he says. "And because of this, it is a clear community crisis."

In addition, part of what makes Nipah so worrisome is that its history offers evidence that it might, under the right conditions, launch a pandemic. It had first shown up in Malaysia and Singapore in the late '90s. Around that time, Malaysia had started farming pork at an industrial scale — huge numbers of pigs wedged into cramped conditions. When the pigs got Nipah from local fruit bats, the virus spread easily. And then, pig farmers caught it as well.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Thu Feb 02, 2023 1:09 am

https://www.wsj.com/articles/fungi-spre ... 1675260773

Dangerous Fungi Are Spreading Across U.S. as Temperatures Rise
Some fungi such as the type that causes Valley Fever might be adapting to endure more heat stress

Tommy Palven · Post by **Tommy Palven** » Sat Feb 04, 2023 2:58 pm

Studies have reenforced the old adage that "Laughter is the best medicine," or at least good medicine.
https://www.helpguide.org/articles/ment ... dicine.htm

On a recent trip to southern India or Gate 1 tour guide marched out group out of the blazing winter sun to the shade of a mango tree and jokingly said we were going to practice yoga.

He said to laugh, even if it was a phony laugh, and we did.

Almost immediately we all began to laugh spontaneously. It was fun.

If we could all force a chuckle every time Yellen, Blinken, Trump, or what's his name, ...Biden, open their mouths, the US could be a happier place.

Tommy Palven · Post by **Tommy Palven** » Sat Feb 04, 2023 2:58 pm

Studies have reenforced the old adage that "Laughter is the best medicine," or at least good medicine.
https://www.helpguide.org/articles/ment ... dicine.htm

On a recent trip to southern India our Gate 1 tour guide marched our group out of the blazing winter sun to the shade of a mango tree and jokingly said we were going to practice yoga.

He said to laugh, even if it was a phony laugh, and we did.

Almost immediately we all began to laugh spontaneously. It was fun.

If we could all force a chuckle every time Yellen, Blinken, Trump, or what's his name, ...Biden, open their mouths, the US could be a happier place.

The Joker · Post by **The Joker** » Sat Feb 04, 2023 3:16 pm

https://i.imgur.com/s4ZkuIn.jpg

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Sat Feb 04, 2023 7:17 pm

https://i.imgur.com/bt5c6lk.jpg

https://twitter.com/NicoGagelmann/statu ... 5778714624

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Sun Feb 05, 2023 4:55 am

Should have gotten an MRI . . .

Or a "P-E-T SCAN!" Agent Sculley.

– J.D.

Anaxagoras · Post by **Anaxagoras** » Sun Feb 05, 2023 6:13 am

Life Expectancy is Declining in the U.S. It Doesn’t Have to Be (Johns Hopkins)

Until 2014 life expectancy at birth in the U.S—a core measure of population health—was steadily trending upward. Then it plateaued. Then it dropped.

In 2021, an American was expected to live 76.1 years—down 2.8 years from the 2014 peak of 78.9 years. This backslide has erased all life expectancy gains since 1996, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The report, authored by Bloomberg School faculty, presents evidence-based solutions to the top drivers of declining life expectancy: COVID-19—the top contributor—as well as overdose, gun-related homicide and suicide, teen suicide, motor vehicle crashes, and heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.

Deep-rooted inequities and structural racism are also contributing to Americans dying younger, as evidenced by the uneven racial and ethnic breakdown in life expectancy:

Non-Hispanic Black Americans: 70.8 years—down four years during the pandemic.

Indigenous Americans: 65.2 years—down 6.6 years during the pandemic.

(I'm not a big fan of the knee-jerk attribution to "structural racism" but the data is what it is.)

US life expectancy is at its lowest in 25 years (BBC)

Covid-19 and drug overdoses led to a second straight year of worsening life expectancy in the US - its lowest in 25 years, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control.

As per the 2021 data, Americans are expected to live 76.4 years, down from a peak of 78.8 years in 2019.

It also shows the US continues to rank lowest among countries with large economies.

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death, followed by cancer and Covid.

The data is outlined in two reports released by the CDC on Thursday: one on 2021 mortality in the US, and the second on drug deaths in the US from 2001 to 2021.

The finalised numbers confirm preliminary ones released by the CDC in August, in which the health agency predicted the worst two-year decline of life expectancy on record in the US since 1923.

"The declines in life expectancy since 2019 are largely driven by the pandemic," the agency said in an August news release.

"Covid-19 deaths contributed to nearly three-fourths, or 74%, of the decline from 2019 to 2020, and 50% of the decline from 2020 to 2021."

Drug overdose deaths are also a factor. They now account for more than a third of all accidental deaths in the US, the data shows. Overall, overdose deaths have risen by 16% from 2020.

This includes deaths involving fentanyl, which increased by 22% in 2021.