Today is January 7. Time to burn (or salt) the Kadomatsu.
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The Lancet published a curious article stating that not using hearing aids when you're hard of hearing leads to dementia. Now they've retracted the article, saying that it was phony research. But that was only after other experts called them on it.
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NYT filed a complaint against Microsoft and OpenAI. This will be interesting to watch. If the NYT wins, then it's basically saying that A.I. can't be trained on anything, because you never know when someone will claim that they need compensation. Copyrighting intellectual property is getting to be really difficult to defend now, with so much being derivative on something else. Only the lawyers win. Japan's approach makes more sense.
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Another article describing amyloid deposition in the muscles of those with LongCOVID. And this article from a few days ago reports other findings of LongCOVID but focuses on blood abnormalities, and does not mention amyloid. Nice that there are more publications on this condition lately.
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Veterans have to face endless delays for their cancer treatment due to delayed pre-approvals. With all the billions going overseas to support other countries, can't we give the veterans' doctors the benefit of the doubt and automatically approve diagnostics and treatment?
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More patients are losing trust in their primary care physician. Not only did this stem from the coronavirus epidemic debacle, but doctors are increasingly employees of hospitals and business-owned clinics. Freestanding clinics, owned by physicians, are getting to be rare now. So every doc must spew the party line. The narrative. Or be disciplined or let go. Physicians are acting like employees now. And they have no control over employees, who are often unionized. They don't have anything to do with billing problems or scheduling delays. The changes started with Obamacare.
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Wrong Axios, it's not because prices are too low. It's because drug companies want to maximize profit. Low supply costs from overseas sources allow them to maximize what they get from sales. It can be done in the U.S., and prices don't have to rise if the middlemen would just take lower profits.
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The Lancet published a curious article stating that not using hearing aids when you're hard of hearing leads to dementia. Now they've retracted the article, saying that it was phony research. But that was only after other experts called them on it.
Someone broke into the Seattle Betsuin and burned it much of the interior. Documents dating to 1901 were destroyed, as the arsonist chose to start the fire in the archival area.
Seattle can't get rid of homeless encampments. They keep coming back.
Looks like no progress is being made regarding the Shigella epidemic in downtown Portland. It's probably on buses and other public transportation. On park benches and other things that the homeless touch. The city was more concerned about COVID-19 than they are with this. What's it going to take to get Portlanders to do something? Or demand that city leaders stop sitting on their hands about the homeless?
And the city can't get its beloved statues back because some DEI official things that restoring them "undermines an equity-driven process". "Equity" is one of the main reasons nothing gets done around here. Diversity is not our strength.
Care is super expensive at OHSU. Things shouldn't be costing this much, but hey, someone's got to pay for all those higher nursing salaries. And soon, the advanced practitioner salaries. This lady should have gotten Medicare supplemental insurance, which would have taken care of what Medicare didn't cover. And I think OHSU expected that this would be in place.
a quick search of the internet shows that Prevnar 20 is cheaper elsewhere, though how much cheaper varies. GoodRX.com lists it for $270 at various pharmacies. A list maintained by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Prevnar 20 has a private sector cost of $253.21. And the Walgreens on Northeast 33rd Avenue in Portland offers it for $307.99, with no charge for the jab.Davis’s shot is just one of thousands given at OHSU, but her bill raises questions about a health care provider that will become the largest in the state—and the biggest employer in the Portland metro area—if regulators allow it to buy crosstown rival Legacy Health.
NYT filed a complaint against Microsoft and OpenAI. This will be interesting to watch. If the NYT wins, then it's basically saying that A.I. can't be trained on anything, because you never know when someone will claim that they need compensation. Copyrighting intellectual property is getting to be really difficult to defend now, with so much being derivative on something else. Only the lawyers win. Japan's approach makes more sense.
Another article describing amyloid deposition in the muscles of those with LongCOVID. And this article from a few days ago reports other findings of LongCOVID but focuses on blood abnormalities, and does not mention amyloid. Nice that there are more publications on this condition lately.
Veterans have to face endless delays for their cancer treatment due to delayed pre-approvals. With all the billions going overseas to support other countries, can't we give the veterans' doctors the benefit of the doubt and automatically approve diagnostics and treatment?
More patients are losing trust in their primary care physician. Not only did this stem from the coronavirus epidemic debacle, but doctors are increasingly employees of hospitals and business-owned clinics. Freestanding clinics, owned by physicians, are getting to be rare now. So every doc must spew the party line. The narrative. Or be disciplined or let go. Physicians are acting like employees now. And they have no control over employees, who are often unionized. They don't have anything to do with billing problems or scheduling delays. The changes started with Obamacare.
Wrong Axios, it's not because prices are too low. It's because drug companies want to maximize profit. Low supply costs from overseas sources allow them to maximize what they get from sales. It can be done in the U.S., and prices don't have to rise if the middlemen would just take lower profits.
Happy to see that there is another barrier to teens getting mutilative surgery.
