So, what do we know, so far. (Remember- this series started on Monday- with a sneak preview last Wednesday!) 3D printing apps are now available on all new PC’s, since there’s an app that is part of Windows 8. 3D printers that work with the app are out, and even more are coming. And, now, we can bet that file-sharing (or file selling) programs will let us obtain the designs we want to print for ourselves.
Continue reading A 3D Update, Part 3
It’s Kidney Week. OK. It’s kidney 5 days… Starting today and ending on the 10th. A ‘week’ to make all of us more aware of one of our biggest killers- certainly one of our most expensive diseases- that is, often, undetected. Why is that so? Because most subjects (they are not yet patients) exhibit no symptoms, until a crisis has developed.
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Most of you know I live in Metropolitan DC. So, whatever happens in/to/from the Federal government is LOCAL. Like the shutdown- that cost the DC area more than $ 220 million each and every day in business. Since there are some 5 million folks living in the Metropolitan area, that’s $ 50 not spent by every man, woman, and child. OK, that doesn’t sound too bad. But, there are about 225,000 businesses in the area. Which means the average business took a hit $ 1000 a day. That is a significant number if you are a small business- even if you are a large one.
Continue reading R-I-S-K (don’t shudder- react!)
So, we talked about crowdfunding. What about peer-to-peer lending? This has been around for a while. And, it has some advantages- but it won’t fund a company. It could possible get a small company out of a jam. And, it certainly can work for certain individuals. But, the limit of the loan via this process seems to be about $35K.
PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) has been a real issue for Americans. Of course, when you put folks in countries where other folks use booby traps and small bombs to terrorize the population, it’s not surprising that PTSD becomes an issue.
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I am sure you have heard that there are tons (OK, 60 million or so) of people taking aspirin every day to make sure they don’t get a heart attack. (No, I am not among them- I am allergic to aspirin.) The aspirin regimen exists because we know that aspirin makes platelets less “sticky”, less prone to clump together, which is what a blood clot is. (And, that means a stroke or a heart attack can be imminent.) But, up until recently, we did not know why some folks got heart attacks and others didn’t- even though they were both taking aspirin- some number less than 30% of those who take the pills are so affected. Until now.
Continue reading Aspirin is not for everyone?
When I got married in 1989, the last time I had visited a physician’s office was more than a quarter century earlier. Oh, I’d been to hospitals (broken arms, shattered glass, shattered vertebrae, horrendous wrecks), but to a physician per se- nope.
Continue reading Doctor, Doctor, Mr. MD, Can You Tell Me What’s Ailing Me?
I’ve been driving a car for more than 45 years now. Or, to quote my driver ed instructor, with the ONE piece of information he provided me, I’ve been operating a vehicle for more than 45 years now. His exact statement was, “I am only able to teach you how to operate a vehicle. After you master that, you will finally be able to drive one.” Which is why he followed me home often, making me walk several miles to double back and retrieve my car. Because he knew that I was driving a car- and clearly had been doing so for a long time before I took his driver ed course.
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Most of you know I read the newspaper (ok, three or four) every day. And, today (written 28 October), here was this article. Stunning- isn’t it? Well, forget the headline!
Continue reading Here we go again…
That truism that siblings of autistic kids likely to suffer from the disease? Consider it fact. (Previous studies provided data within a fairly wide range of 3 to 14%.) This according to a new study that will be published in Pediatrics (no longer in print), shortly.
Continue reading A different kind of big brother issue…