#health

wazoox@diasp.eu

Opinion | I Was a Health Insurance Executive. What I Saw Made Me Quit. - The New York Times

#politics #health

At the time, most Americans had relatively modest cost-sharing obligations — a $300 deductible, a $10 co-payment. “Consumerism” proponents contended that if patients had more “skin in the game” they would be more prudent consumers of health care, and providers would lower their prices.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/opinion/health-insurance-united-ceo-shooting.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

ramnath@nerdpol.ch

Neurotoxic and Systemic Implications of Microplastics and Nanoparticles

" #Microplastics (MPs) and #nanoparticles pose significant risks to #human #health, accumulating in tissues and vital organs, including the brain, reproductive organs, and cardiovascular system. MPs, such as polyethylene terephthalate ( #PET), polyvinyl chloride ( #PVC), and #polystyrene (PS), disrupt cellular function and induce oxidative stress, leading to infertility, neurodegeneration, and systemic toxicity[1][3].
Recent evidence highlights the olfactory pathway as a route for MPs to bypass the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and accumulate in the brain, emphasizing their potential role in neurodegenerative diseases" #quote dr young

wazoox@diasp.eu

I Went to the Premiere of the First Commercially Streaming AI-Generated Movies

#AI #Idiocracy #health #collapse

The plan is literally to implement the TV set from "Idiocracy", filled with AI-generated garbage and ads.

Catherine Zhang, TCL’s vice president of content services and partnerships, then explained to the audience that TCL’s streaming strategy is to “offer a lean-back binge-watching experience” in which content passively washes over the people watching it. “Data told us that our users don’t want to work that hard,” she said. “Half of them don’t even change the channel.”

https://www.404media.co/email/e5a7bfdd-83ef-495c-b219-450ea8b33c25/

anonymiss@despora.de

House panel concludes that #COVID-19 #pandemic came from a #lab #leak

source: https://www.science.org/content/article/house-panel-concludes-covid-19-pandemic-came-lab-leak

The committee’s 520-page #report, released on 2 December, offers no new direct #evidence of a lab leak, but summarizes a circumstantial case, including that the #Wuhan Institute of #Virology (WIV) used #NIAID money to conduct “gain-of-function” studies that modified distantly related #coronaviruses.

#china #news #science #accident #problem #corona #health #world #research

danie10@squeet.me

Your brain can grow from reading and learning – e-books offer the same benefit as paper books

The image shows a wall of books stacked haphazardly, creating a visually stunning texture of various colors and sizes. The foreground is dominated by the densely packed books, while the background is mostly obscured by the sheer volume of literature. The location appears to be an outdoor book market, perhaps in a Spanish-speaking country, judging by some of the visible titles. The titles visible in the image show a mix of classic and contemporary literature, suggesting a wide diversity of literary preferences.
The number of people who read for fun appears to be steadily dropping. Fifty percent of UK adults say they don’t read regularly (up from 42 percent in 2015) and almost one in four young people aged 16 to 24 say they’ve never been readers, according to research by The Reading Agency.

Two regions in the left hemisphere of the brain, which are crucial for language, are different in people who are good at reading and are likely to be shaped by the habit.

Clearly, brain structure can tell us a lot about reading skills. Importantly, though, the brain is malleable—it changes when we learn a new skill or practice an already acquired one. Reading is likely to shape the structure of the left Heschl’s gyrus and temporal pole. So, if you want to keep your Heschl’s thick and thriving, pick up a good book and start reading.

Reading is the same whether you read an e-book or a paper book. The big difference is e-books are generally a lot more accessible, are cheaper, take up less space, and usually have some form of dictionary for quick word lookups.

There is really no excuse not to read: Books are freely available in libraries, many classics are in the public domain, and there are very diverse topics to cover ever possible interest type. Time though is typically the excuse most give, but this is also not very true, if you consider carefully what a 24-hour day looks like. I set aside 30 mins, when going to bed at night, to read. It also has the added bonus of relaxing the mind and readying it for sleep.

See wired.com/story/good-at-readin…
#Blog, #ebooks, #health, #reading, #technology

anonymiss@despora.de

#Kennedy’s Lawyer Has Asked the F.D.A. to Revoke Approval of the #Polio #Vaccine

source: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/health/aaron-siri-rfk-jr-vaccines.html

Does anyone remember the #movie #Idiocracy? https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/7512-idiocracy

In the movie, a #society is on the verge of collapse because it has regressed mentally and can no longer understand #technology, not to mention use it sensibly. Parallels to current #world events are recognizable. They want to protect unborn children but apparently not the born ones.

#health #usa #science #fda #children #kids #fail #problem #humanrights #politics #law #justice #government #future #security #ethics

nowisthetime@pod.automat.click

https://old.bitchute.com/video/clIjIqgsGh82/
#vaccinescam
#ceylon #News
what is red light therapy, #health insurance disgrace, vax, hospital killers & ukraine?
16.02 #borax what is it and what it does
21.52 usa healthcare
25.56 medical insurance company needs destroying
27.04 hospitals murdering unvaxxed
28.56 vax increase in everything except health
29.46 vax hydrogel
31.32 vax bactaria
34.19 vax why listen
38.53 ukraine 100,00 jews already there
41.13 Ukraine biolabs
44.25 starbucks poison
45.47 placenta healing
47.27 Why Were We So Skinny in the 1960s
48.23 noodles no thanks
49.44 Ivermectin
51.06 arla has mucked up

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danie10@squeet.me

Why a Chest Strap Is the Best Way to Track Your Heart Rate During Exercise

The image shows a close-up view of a woman fastening a heart rate monitor onto her chest, in what seems to be a fitness center. The foreground is dominated by the woman's hands and torso, with the black sports bra and heart rate monitor being the central focus. The background is blurred but shows the typical setting of a gym with various workout equipment visible, suggesting a place for physical activity and fitness training.
I knew that a chest strap was going to be more accurate than any watch based tracker, but I was not aware that a Coospo H808S chest strap heart rate monitor (quite a bit cheaper than the Polar H10 chest strap I’m using) can also connect to various third-party fitness apps like Polar, Wahoo, Endomondo, UA Run, Garmin, Peloton and more (seemingly via its own CoospoRide app).

This chest strap does basically what the H10 does, and is also waterproof, and has Wireless HRM Dual Mode Connection like the H10.

I’m very happy with the Polar H10, but I’m due to replace the strap soon, and they are not exactly cheap (in South Africa anyway). For me, it looks the Polar strap will need replacing every 14 or 15 months.

See lifehacker.com/why-a-chest-str…
#Blog, #health, #heartrate, #technology