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A look inside opioid addiction and how to address it

"\"TweetShareShareThe central act of Larry Harrison\\u2019s day is to tip back a couple of ounces of liquid that tastes like pink cough...

January 6, 2022 toddneff ARTS, MAT, methadone, Opioid addiction, substance use disorder 243
Don’t fear the “mu”

Don’t fear the “mu”

"\"TweetShareShareThe most-read story on the Washington Post website yesterday (Friday, Sept. 3) was about the “mu” (pronounced “myu,” like what a cat says when it can’t be bothered to fully meow) COVID-19 variant....

September 4, 2021 toddneff #coronavirus, #Covid-19, #muvariant 510

The coronavirus booster shot is, ethically speaking, meat.

"TweetShareShareI recently had a conversation with a vegan friend of mine. The conversation was drifting into the ethical and moral arguments for and against the consumption of meat. This sometimes happens with vegans. I’m not a vegan, nor a...

August 23, 2021 toddneff #booster, #coronavirus, #Covid-19, #vaccine, #vegan 744

Covid-19 in CO and FL: A tale of the tape

"\"TweetShareShareI was reticent to travel to Florida from my adoptive home state of Colorado. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis\\u2019s laissez-faire lassitude toward the pandemic \\u2013 to Floridians\\u2019 great detriment \\u2013 a has been all too...

October 18, 2020 toddneff coronavirus, covid-19 1375

Coronavirus in the air: what we know; what can help

"TweetShareShareJust because it doesn\u2019t look dirty doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s clean. That\u2019s always been true, of course. But the coronavirus pandemic is reinforcing this lesson in unspeakably tragic ways. A gleaming doorknob could well ...

April 14, 2020 toddneff #Covid-19, #SARS-CoV-2, bioaerosol, coronavirus, viral transmission 1095

Coronavirus is exponential math in human lungs

"\"TweetShareShareI have not rented space in a former Minuteman missile silo, nor have I stockpiled a cubic kilometer of toilet paper or a reservoir\\u2019s worth of PET water bottles. But Covid-19 is extremely serious, and it\\u2019s serious...

March 10, 2020 toddneff #AlBartlett, #Covid-19, #exponential function, #LizSpecht, coronavirus 1143

Microsoft Band 2 and heart rate

"\"TweetShareShareI bought \\u00a0Microsoft Band 2 a few weeks back ($200). I’d looked at the Band 1 a year ago and was a bit scared off by its extreme flatness; the Band 2 has a nice arch. I jumped on it. This post is about heart rate...

January 29, 2016 toddneff fitness tracker, heart rate monitor, Microsoft Band 2, running 2045

Print vs. Video: a Double-Lung-Plus-Liver Transplant Smackdown

"\"TweetShareShareAs a writer with limited Photoshop skills and very limited video-editing skills, I’m tend to be in awe of good video. Since I left the Daily Camera in 2007, though, I\\u00a0haven’t \\u00a0had a chance to compare a...

June 22, 2015 toddneff 834

Fresh (Baked) news on weed and the developing brain

"TweetShareShareAbigail Sullivan Moore’s New York Times piece on a new study on the effects of marijuana and the developing brain is another arrow in the increasingly crammed quiver of evidence that weed and growing brains don’t mix. T...

October 30, 2014 toddneff 1053

Crazy awesome scary NYT graphic on birth weight/education/race/mom-age on academic performance

"\"TweetShareShareThe NYT blog “The Upshot” put together a story and a dynamic chart\\u00a0published Oct. 10 that encapsulates a ton more information than at first glance. Play with the variables and think about what it’s really...

October 12, 2014 toddneff birth weight, class race and performance, Education, New York Times 1102

The Varidesk Pro Plus and the Big Black Billy Bass

"TweetShareShareI am an antsy dude, generally, and with catastrophic posture while seated at work here in the converted dining room. Plus the alarming, if not entirely concrete, in my estimation, health effects\u00a0of long-term duff-parking. I ha...

September 26, 2014 toddneff Varidesk Pro Plus review, Varidesk review 1472

Why light exercise brings big benefits

"TweetShareShareI played college soccer and have, in the ensuing 23 years, held firm to a no-pain, no-gain exercise philosophy. As recently as a couple of of weeks ago I still scoffed at the “fat burn” heart-rate levels my Polar FT7. I...

August 29, 2013 toddneff 999
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