Newmark's Door

Helping fix the abuse of tanning beds.

If this pans out, it will be excellent news.

As I've noted several times, a lot of what's new and health-related these days features gut bacteria.

"Your core isn't just your abs, and weak glutes can contribute to the low back pain that 80 percent of people are expected to experience in their lifetime."

Just two studies that need to be replicated, of course--no mention of how reverse causality was addressed: maybe healthier people choose to walk more--but for now, it's a bit encouraging.

Useful reminder of a fact from basic statistics: a positive test for a relatively rare condition overstates the chance you have the condition.

Well, "rethink" . . . faster, please.

There's an important difference between "use by" and "best by".

We'll see. Produce a vaccine next month and then I'll be really impressed.

Related: If you want to know why washing your hands kills the virus, see this.

"Self acceptance" is all well and good as long as people understand the trade they're making.