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brer··on Most statin problems caused by mysterious 'nocebo effect', study suggests
Twelve people is not a large sample size.
brer··on Tinnitus Treatment from Neuromod
I was a heavy cell phone user for several years, I developed tinnitus in my right ear (same ear I would hold the phone to) it thankfully resolved itself when I stopped using mobile phones. Hope this information can help someone.
brer··on Impossible Foods' next product is sausage
the ingredient that gives it the 'meat' 'blood' taste is from genetically modified yeast furthermore, more than 40 other proteins, which are byproducts of the GMO yeast process, which make up part of the soy leghemoglobin product have never been tested on human beings and their safety has never been established. As reported by the NY times: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/business/impossible-burge...

You should not use your gut and microbiome as a petri dish. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fda-casts-doubt-on-safety-of-... This is only the tip of the iceberg with this franken-food https://livingmaxwell.com/impossible-foods-burger-misleading...

brer··on Without heart disease, daily aspirin may be too risky
Interesting, but you highlight the major reproducibility crisis of many scientific studies (along with others that have resulted from unfettered money and politics contaminating modern research).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfHEuWaPh9Q

brer··on Citrus Farmers Facing Deadly Bacteria Turn to Antibiotics
How much do you know about GMO crops?

Do you know what Bt corn is and how it works?

Do you know what strains of Bt have been incorporated into the various corn cultivars?

Are you familiar with the Aizawa strain of Bt?

Did you know that Aizawa Bt is extremely toxic to honeybees?

Do you think the widespread adoption and cultivation of Bt-engineeered corn crops, which of course are prolipherated through pollination to neighboring fields and into the wider ecosystem could possibly have any negative consequences whatsoever?

Do you think the near-extintion of critically important pollinating species is a legitimate reason to question incorporating highly damaging toxin-producing genes from bacteria into corn?

brer··on Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag
http://brusselstimes.com/business/technology/15050/electric-...
brer··on Widely-Used Food Additive TBHQ Impairs Immune Responses to Influenza Infection
No more Recees Peanut Butter Cups (tm) :(
brer··on Why Don’t Americans Understand How Poor Their Lives Are?
Why don't Europeans understand how little we care what they think? Their rights have been systematically eroded and their countries stolen right out from underneath them. That condescending, undeserved attitude of faux superiority means absolutely nothing to red-blooded Americans. They can keep their baguettes, I'll be just fine with my 30.06 and my F-250.
brer··on Trump Cybersecurity Advisors Resign, Citing ‘Insufficient Attention’ to Threats
"#RESIST"... he quietly scratched into the walls of the cave in total darkness, careful not to make any sound that could alert the hordes of starving mutant cannibals lurking outside.

Sure, after the DPRK caused cyber-911, things would never be the same. All those nuclear plants melted down and millions of people starved to death, but there is always a silver lining, right? At least I got to voice my opposition to Drumf's withdrawal from the Paris Accord and bump my instagram following.

brer··on Trump Cybersecurity Advisors Resign, Citing ‘Insufficient Attention’ to Threats
It's a shame everything has gotten so overly politicized nowadays, this is the adult-equivalent of "I'm picking up my toys and going home." The obstructionism and whining has got to come to an end, the election is over and Trump won. Deal with it.

It's time to put aside the grandstanding and political virtue signaling; it's time to put on your big-boy pants, roll up your sleeves, and get to work solving problems. Us versus them has no place here, the stakes are too high. We're all in this boat together.