u/RevelationSr

"The aircraft losses and damages include four F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets, one F-35A Lightning II fighter aircraft, one A-10 Thunderbolt II ground-attack aircraft, seven KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft, one E-3 Sentry airborne early warning-and-control system aircraft (AWACS), two MC-130J Commando II special operations aircraft, one HH-60W Jolly Green II combat search-and-rescue helicopter, 24 MQ-9 Reaper medium-altitude long-endurance uncrewed aircraft, and one MQ-4C Triton high-altitude long-endurance uncrewed aircraft."

"Recently, the Pentagon declared that the cost of military operations against Iran under Operation Epic Fury has already climbed to nearly $29 billion."

"All AI scribe systems from the 20 approved vendors showed one or more inaccuracies at the procurement testing phase, such as 'hallucinations (fabrication), incorrect information, or missing or incomplete information."

"Korea got there by doing something most countries still haven’t done. It made sure that every adult has a regular medical provider whose job is to keep blood pressure in check and whose performance is measured on whether they do"

"The country integrated multiple public health insurance programs, which had initially been established across different sectors, into a single national health insurance system that could see who was in care and who wasn’t. It used standard medications, usually single-pill combinations of two anti-hypertensive medications, to simplify treatment. And it made these medicines free for low-income patients and deeply subsidized for older adults."

In 2012, Korea removed sodium from the food supply.

Summary: BP treatment works

"In simple terms, the Supreme Court temporarily kept mail-order abortion pills legally available across much of the United States while a larger legal fight continues. Women in states where abortion is restricted may still be able to receive mifepristone through telemedicine providers and pharmacies for now."

"In a Mother's Day message posted to his Truth Social account, Donald Trump boasted about his administration's employment figures and raged about 'Trump derangement syndrome."

"Less than a fortnight ago, the company delivered another stark reminder of how emphatically it has failed to live up to the hype. A £50m cash injection from a consortium backed by Lawrence Stroll, the billionaire chairman, marked the eighth time that Aston Martin has sought emergency funds as a public company.

With Chinese car giant Geely among Aston Martin’s three biggest shareholders, industry figures fear the alternative if Stroll develops cold feet: another opportunistic takeover that could lead to the further erosion of Britain’s car-making capabilities."

"The KETO-CTA study, which claimed that high LDL cholesterol levels in lean mass hyper-responders on a ketogenic diet do not drive coronary plaque progression, was retracted due to significant methodological flaws that could not be corrected. This retraction raises concerns about the reliability of its conclusions regarding cholesterol and heart health."

"

The Rise Of The Passport Bro Trend: Why Some Men Are Traveling Abroad For More Than Just A Holiday

"A growing cohort of Western men who are choosing to look for love abroad, often in countries like Thailand, Brazil, and the Philippines, in search of what they deem as the "traditional wife."

"The pattern is exactly the same - burnout, frustration and a sense that modern relationships have lost their grounding completely."

"These men are not just looking for partners but a particular "type" of partner. The one who is, in their words, more feminine, more family-oriented, and less "demanding." Someone who values marriage over independence, homemaking over hustle."

"The KETO-CTA trial has been criticized for potential data manipulation and misrepresentation, with claims that the authors may have altered graphics to understate plaque buildup. Independent analysis suggests the study's findings may not accurately reflect the impact of a ketogenic diet on coronary plaque progression." (Search Assist)

Don't ignore LDL levels.

• Injury to the genital area, hands, or other body parts,
• Loss of time and productivity,
• Financial losses and debt,
• Legal issues if masturbating in public or other illegal ways,
• Increase in co-occurring disorders, such as substance abuse,
• Jeopardized well-being,

The riskier a person’s behaviors become to fulfill their urge to masturbate, the higher the risk to their physical health. They may also experience psychological consequences, like the following:

• Broken relationships can lead to separation and loneliness,
• Embarrassment when friends and family learn about the addiction,
• Shame and guilt of not being able to stop masturbating,
• Views of sexual satisfaction with partners becoming unrealistic,
• Warped perception of sexual intimacy that can lead to breakups,
• Loss of self-esteem,
• Some people may use masturbation as a way to self-medicate or cope with past trauma or negative lifestyle factors. However, doing so will only increase the physical and psychological consequences.

"A reduction of HF events was observed with use of oral semaglutide compared with placebo in those with a history of HF, without increasing the risk of serious adverse events."

Pharmacy Benefits Managers need to stop restricting these drugs from more common use.

"Patient Zero in the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak has been identified as ornithologist Leo Schilperoord, whose passion for birds may have cost him his life.

The 70-year-old man and his wife, Mirjam Schilperoord, 69, were on a five-month trip to South America. On March 27, they visited a landfill four miles outside the city of Ushuaia.

The spot, overrun with trash, is avoided like the plague by its residents, but serves as a pilgrimage point for birdwatchers from all over the world in search of a rare creature — the white-throated caracara, nicknamed Darwin’s caracara after famed evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin, the first to collect it.

The Ushuaia landfill is where Argentinian authorities suspect the Dutch couple inhaled particles from the feces of long-tailed pygmy rice rats, which carry the feared Andes strain of the hantavirus — the only form known to transmit from human to human."

"These studies showed no significant differences in time to achieve pregnancy or previous conception rates between the two groups. However, men with varicocele exhibited a slightly lower, statistically significant, live birth rate compared to men without varicocele."

"Large ART cohort data show that presence and higher grade of varicocele are associated with poorer semen quality and worse IUI/IVF outcomes, including lower pregnancy and live birth and higher miscarriage rates compared with no varicocele" (Xiao Li)

"Narrative and review papers agree varicocele is a major, but not exclusive, cause of male infertility, with variable impact across me" (C. Jensen)

"Terry Reed, who was convicted at trial of abusing two minors, could be imprisoned for 40 years"

"Terry Reed, 66, cited biblical verses and scripture to “manipulate, normalize and justify his sexual behavior” with the two victims at the center of the newest case against him"

"That verdict against Reed came nearly 20 years after he pleaded guilty in 1997 to a separate charge of indecent behavior with a juvenile. He had also pleaded guilty in 2017 to molestation of a juvenile, telling the victim in that case that “to fight off demons,” he had to submit to certain acts."

Start here

"In the context of GLP-1RA therapy, testosterone offers a biologically plausible means of counteracting the lean-mass losses observed during pharmacologically induced weight reduction. ...the addition of testosterone therapy may therefore represent a complementary strategy, enhancing muscle preservation, improving sexual and general well-being, changing body composition in favor of lean body mass and supporting comprehensive management of obesity-associated metabolic dysfunction. Improvement in body composition may facilitate lifestyle changes – physical activity in particular – leading to further improvements."

"Several high-quality trials have shown that universal mental health interventions based on mindfulness, cognitive behavioural therapy, dialectical behavioural therapy and general mental health awareness can all have negative outcomes, including an increase in internalizing symptoms."

As critics have been arguing all along, individualised, medicalised and decontextualised models & narratives are not only net ineffective, but even contribute to and exacerbate social & psychological issues and distress."

https://x.com/psychgeist52/status/2050284182018941404?s=20