Newmark's Door

Gary Taubes declares the case has not yet been made.

Be careful out there, people.

The humble toilet seems like the least likely setting for drama. Yet throughout history, it has claimed kings, toppled celebrities and served as the scene of untimely deaths ranging from the tragic to the downright bizarre. What is it about the smallest room that makes it, occasionally, the most dangerous?

I thought the story was too simple and apparently it is:

The reason, it seems, might have less to do with vegetables and more to do with poor record-keeping and benefits fraud.

Overlooked in mostly dopey attacks on Big Pharma are the terribly important generic drugs and their awfully thin profit margins.

Yes, indeed.

the exact moment my trust in our public health experts began to erode was in June 2020 when they said "racism is a public health issue and therefore it's okay to gather in public in the middle of a pandemic."

Even though I don't use the sweetener in question--not yet, anyway--I sure hope this finding is confirmed. It would drive the "all artificial sweeteners are bad, very bad" crowd a little crazy.

"Keeping up with the GLP-1 area is a full time job by itself. "

Something I had not seen reported elsewhere: "Actually, the age-specific dementia prevalence rates declined by approximately two-thirds in the US during 1984 to 2024."

I was pleased to read this.

Most people sleep less and do fine, and new research finds ideal duration varies significantly across countries and cultures

Lengthy discussion of what scientists know and what they don't know about the possible health effects of drinking.