Harm Reduction

“Between 2002 and 2013 statin use in the US nearly doubled, cholesterol levels are falling, yet cardiovascular deaths appear to be on the rise.”

Across America, if not the world, it is time to play “Beat the Reaper,” the updated version of the Firesign Theater’s radio skit [1], featuring COVID-19 as “the Reaper.” Leaving aside the recommendations of our scientists and politicians, how do y

Without a mask, droplets can travel up to 8 feet. Here are the visualizations for three off-the-shelf alternatives, a surgical type mask available at pharmacies, a folded hankerchief, and a two layer home-made cotton mask.

In 2018 restaurant menus were required to list calorie counts, "to support informed consumer choice, reduce caloric intake, and potentially encourage restaurant reformulations." Since a majority of Americans eat in fast and slow food restaurants (

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That is actually a straw-man argument since the reality is that we need both, and these two poles of thinking have been in contention for some time.

"People define the term differently and inconsistently. Patients don't have 'social determinants' per se; they have specific health-related social needs that impact their health and day-to-day lives.

Within a few hours, several groups of scientists have raised increasing concerns about the integrity of the work.

Background

The last few hundred years have been a bit of a tussle for man, first Copernicus moving Earth out of the center of the solar system, then Hubble, who put our solar system on the edge of an ever-expanding universe.