Wednesday, September 23, 2009

You're Always At Most 107 Miles From A McDonald's [Infographics]

I'm loving it!

 
 

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via Consumerist by Meg Marco on 9/23/09

Stephen Von Worley has figured out that while located in these United States of America, one is always within 107 miles of a McDonald's.

He also created this nifty map to illustrate the concept. According to Mr. Von Worley, "Between the tiny Dakotan hamlets of Meadow and Glad Valley lies the McFarthest Spot: 107 miles distant from the nearest McDonald's, as the crow flies, and 145 miles by car!"

That's quite a drive.

Where The Buffalo Roamed [Weather Sealed via Buzzfeed]


 
 

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Is Everything the Drug Companies Say About Cholesterol Wrong?

 
 

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via Dvorak Uncensored by Uncle Dave on 9/23/09

We have all been led to believe that cholesterol is bad and that lowering it is good. Because of extensive pharmaceutical marketing to both doctors and patients we think that using statin drugs is proven to work to lower the risk of heart attacks and death.

But on what scientific evidence is this based, what does that evidence really show?

Roger Williams once said something that is very applicable to how we commonly view the benefits of statins. "There are liars, damn liars, and statisticians."

Read the article for a list of what statins can and can't do.

So why did the 2004 National Cholesterol Education Program guidelines expand the previous guidelines to recommend that more people take statins (from 13 million to 40 million) and that people who don't have heart disease should take them to prevent heart disease. Could it have been that 8 of the 9 experts on the panel who developed these guidelines had financial ties to the drug industry? Thirty-four other non-industry affiliated experts sent a petition to protest the recommendations to the National Institutes of Health saying the evidence was weak. It was like having a fox guard the chicken coop.



 
 

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Video – Baby Panda Gets a Checkup

Something you don't see everyday

 
 

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via Dvorak Uncensored by Gasparrini on 9/23/09

So cute.



 
 

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I don't have a clue

I'm so very tired. It's almost all the time now.