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What did you learn today?

I must Invalid Link Removed … Today, I did learn something :woot:

Imagine you’re having the day from hell. Someone in charge is giving you a hard time, kids are screaming, a bill arrives that’s twice what you expected, and there’s that weird rash. Then you get stopped by a cop, and you do your nut, run out of breath, pause and say – ‘Sorry officer, it wasn’t me, it was my brain.’ What can you do about an incendiary brain? A raging temper, a storm of nerves. …


 
Invalid Link Removed isn't a problem, if you know how to read statistics — all that glisters etc. ain't necessarily soy. The problem, it seems, is in the standard of proof. Same old story.

And systems thinking looms large in the realm of health. Not before time. Invalid Link Removed The argument is "that better systems are the way to get greater safety in healthcare. It sounds technical, but it could save your life." All roads may lead to Rome but are we taking all the shortcuts? Not yet, we're told.
 
Getting to the nitty gritty of javafilia's side effects has been a real grind. This percolated today through the wily webs and gave me a hearty boost. "It turns out the same adenosine receptors blocked by caffeine are also implicated in the origin of headache as well as other kinds of pain. …"

I've talked to a good number of people about caffeine withdrawal, and done some potted research, off my own bat — sometimes, as the embattled, brain-ache riddled guinea pig, without much satisfaction. Doctors just give me blank stares and sideline the issue, despite the mind-bogglingly agonizing pain I had to suffer through.

It's a genuine relief to get some real insight that corroborates the experience. Next time I get lip-service from the health fraternity, I'll have this, A critical review of caffeine withdrawal: empirical validation of symptoms and signs, incidence, severity, and associated features (Link Removed), written in '04 :facepalm:, to rub their ignorant noses in ;)
… although descriptions in the medical literature of the caffeine-withdrawal syndrome date back more than 170 years, a solid empirical parametric analysis of the phenomenon has only begun to emerge in recent years. Arguably, the caffeine-withdrawal syndrome has been more rigorously and completely characterized than withdrawal from any other drug and can now serve as a model system for evaluating drug withdrawal phenomena. Despite this progress, we can anticipate that future research with caffeine will provide further valuable insights into the world’s most widely consumed mood-altering drug, as well as insights into drug withdrawal effects more generally.
Health Check: why do I get a headache when I haven't had my coffee? :ninja:
 
Getting to the nitty gritty of javafilia's side effects has been a real grind. This percolated today through the wily webs and gave me a hearty boost. "It turns out the same adenosine receptors blocked by caffeine are also implicated in the origin of headache as well as other kinds of pain. …"

I've talked to a good number of people about caffeine withdrawal, and done some potted research, off my own bat — sometimes, as the embattled, brain-ache riddled guinea pig, without much satisfaction. Doctors just give me blank stares and sideline the issue, despite the mind-bogglingly agonizing pain I had to suffer through.

It's a genuine relief to get some real insight that corroborates the experience. Next time I get lip-service from the health fraternity, I'll have this, A critical review of caffeine withdrawal: empirical validation of symptoms and signs, incidence, severity, and associated features (Link Removed), written in '04 :facepalm:, to rub their ignorant noses in ;)
Health Check: why do I get a headache when I haven't had my coffee? :ninja:

I quit coffee, once. For me, it wasn't that bad. However, I like it too much to quit.
 
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There's this shady place, apparently called Moneyland, where all the moocher money lands. Since the Sixties — it's a relatively new dominion — it's been a haven of missbehavin', a land of plenty. Plenty of trouble.



The super rich now grow nest eggs and siphon funds into off-shore tax havens and ongoing corruption inflicts damage on political and democratic institutions across the world. And this is not just business as usual, but an urgent, new problem.

 
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