3 days ago

Caring Does Not Pay

Things are tough all over the job market. With a jobless rate at 3.5%, and with millions of people who left the job market in 2020 opting to not return to work, employers are having a hard time finding workers. Your favorite restaurant or retail store probably has a “Help…

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·4 days ago

Tincture Takeaways

Tincture may be on a hiatus, but we highlight some non-Tincture COVID-19 and other interesting articles that founder Jordan Shlain and editor Kim Bellard thought you should see. Jordan’s Takeaways Fascinating analysis on Vitamins, Marketing and Human Bias. Why Too Many Vitamins Feels Just About Right Kim’s Takeaways Now will…

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Tincture Takeaways

Tincture may be on a hiatus, but we highlight some non-Tincture COVID-19 and other interesting articles that founder Jordan Shlain and editor Kim Bellard thought you should see.

Jordan’s Takeaways

Fascinating analysis on Vitamins, Marketing and Human Bias. Why Too Many Vitamins Feels Just About Right

Kim’s Takeaways

Now will…

Aug 1

You Need Some Smarter Clothing

Much as I’d love to write about Instagram’s feud with the Kardashians over changes to the Instagram feed, and how that and proposed changes to Facebook’s feed reflect Meta’s efforts to combat TikTok’s growing influence, I’ve already given healthcare plenty of warnings about TikTok. …

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·Jul 31

Tincture Takeaways

Tincture may be on a hiatus, but we highlight some non-Tincture COVID-19 and other interesting articles that founder Jordan Shlain and editor Kim Bellard thought you should see. Jordan’s Takeaways No surprise here. Genetic study provides evidence that alcohol accelerates biological aging Long COVID in children update. International study identifies…

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Jul 25

I Was Wrong

The New York Times had an interesting set of op-eds last week under the theme “I Was Wrong.” For example, Paul Krugman says he was wrong about inflation, David Brooks laments being wrong about capitalism, and Bret Stevens now fears he was wrong about Trump voters. …

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·Jul 24

Tincture Takeaways

Tincture may be on a hiatus, but we highlight some non-Tincture COVID-19 and other interesting articles that founder Jordan Shlain and editor Kim Bellard thought you should see. Jordan’s Takeaways Pharmaco-genomics update. Effect of Pharmacogenomic Testing for Drug-Gene Interactions on Medication Selection and Remission of Symptoms in Major Depressive Disorder …

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Jul 18

Be Careful What You Wish For

I read the Stat News investigative piece “Health care’s high rollers,” by Bob Herman and colleagues, with interest but not much surprise. I mean, is anyone surprised anymore that healthcare CEOs often make a lot of money, and didn’t let a crisis like the pandemic dampen that? As Kaiser Family…

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·Jul 17

Tincture Takeaways

Tincture may be on a hiatus, but we highlight some non-Tincture COVID-19 and other interesting articles that founder Jordan Shlain and editor Kim Bellard thought you should see. Jordan’s Takeaways 911 for mental health = 988 Hotline There’s Now a 911 for Mental Health It’s about damn time to pay…

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Jul 11

Danger Ahead. Good

I saw a great quote by Alfred North Whitehead the other day: “It is the business of the future to be dangerous.” Now, I was a math major many years ago, so I know who Alfred North Whitehead was: the coauthor (with Bertrand Russell) of the Principia Mathematica, a landmark…

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·Jul 10

Tincture Takeaways

Tincture may be on a hiatus, but we highlight some non-Tincture COVID-19 and other interesting articles that founder Jordan Shlain and editor Kim Bellard thought you should see. Jordan’s Takeaways Time to rethink agriculture. CDC finds weed killer tied to cancer in over 80 pct of US urine samples Treat…

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