Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Aetna's unethical cost savings are enabled by the "arbitration" laws purchased by large corporations

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The New York Times did a superb series this fall on how large corporations changed American law to neutralize a major consumer protection — ...
Monday, December 28, 2015

Why DOJ should block Aetna and Anthem acquisitions: A story of strategic pre-authorization delays

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The health insurance industry is consolidating. Aetna acquired Humana and Anthem bought Cigna . That leaves UnitedHealth, Aetna and Anthem ...
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Sunday, December 20, 2015

Growing old grudgingly: The CrossFit Inversion

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Mature audiences only. Under 45 not admitted. You have been warned. I was 53 when I started my CrossFit hobby . That was almost 3 years a...
Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Smartphone calendaring: a brief survey

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i’m collecting some data on how people do calendaring on their smartphones to support my  special needs smartphone for independent living  b...

Calendaring in iOS, OS X, Outlook 2010 and Google Android/Chrome are all very different.

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If you’ve ever wondered why healthcare institutions can’t easily share data between computer systems, just take a look at Calendaring in iOS...
Saturday, December 05, 2015

Arthritis - the feeds and queries (reference post)

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I feel like I’m tied to a railroad track, and see the light of the train approaching. And I don’t know if it’s one mile away, or 500.   Anon...
Monday, November 30, 2015

Extremophiles and auto-immune disease

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The extremophiles  are at home in near boiling water and the deep crust of the earth. Every ecological niche is colonized by life; and life ...

Hockey skill videos (reference post)

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Adult ice hockey is a new hobby. Unsurprisingly there are lots of adult no-checking leagues in the Twin Cities,  JMS Hockey  is the one I we...
Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Car stereo and price hiding: Buy from Crutchfield but hire an installer.

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Our car stereo died a few weeks ago. Wire cutter  liked a model that seemed to fit our needs, the Pioneer DEH-X6800BT  ( Owners manual , I s...

The impossible machine

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The immune system is an impossible, incomprehensible, machine. It is not even a ’system’ — evolution is not so modular. We name it as a thin...
Sunday, November 22, 2015

Resurrect anthropology

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One of my big disappointments of past 15 years is absence of falsifiable models of factors that create and sustain Daesh and kin.  Anthropol...
Thursday, November 19, 2015

Scott Moses' FP Notebook is an astounding, and free, medical reference

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Want to double check your doctor’s approach to your cholesterol problem? Try this Family Practice Notebook (FPN) entry … Hypercholesterol...

Randall Munroe introduces world language and Google Translate training program using charming New Yorker article

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XKCD ’s Randall Munroe , the notorious interstellar  sAI , has published a simplified vocabulary explanation of Special and General Relativi...
Saturday, November 07, 2015

Mountain biking - crash and ride safety tips from Bicycling.

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Bicycling Magazine has a surprisingly strong article aimed especially at mountain biker riding solo: 7 Things EMTs Wish You Knew about Bik...
Monday, November 02, 2015

Trump explained: Non-college white Americans now have higher middle-aged death rates than black Americans

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From today’s NYT Health section: Death Rates Rising for Middle-Aged White Americans. Gina Kolata Nov 2, 2015 … middle-aged white American...