Pediatrician, author, and medical school professor Dr Aaron Carroll surveys the evidence that cardiovascular stents, which are intended to help keep clogged heart arteries open, may be no better than treatment with drugs alone. One reason this is surprising is … Continue reading
The Exorcist’s client, more or less, needs fast food. Yet another drive-thru prank from Rahat: Link: https://youtu.be/79L1o-k8OJo More posts referencing Rahat can be found here, but for the mother lode see his YouTube channel. Apologies for my recent bloglessness to … Continue reading
From Rhett and Link, the folks at the web talk show Good Mythical Morning, a song in the style of Bruno Mars written by artificial intelligence. It’s not that bad! Link: https://youtu.be/iW4ex4SCFBc by … Continue reading
Several years ago, before Obamacare went into effect, I heard an interview with a woman whose brother had a serious medical condition and whose medical insurance had been canceled, though he had faithfully paid every premium and done nothing wrong. … Continue reading
This is the Plan 9 From Outer Space of rap songs, and it’s for real. Stephen Colbert introduces it. Only in Utah… Link: https://youtu.be/tqiQCNDc0Bk by … Continue reading
I haven’t really been clear on why Special Counsel Robert Mueller is prosecuting former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, but a February 28 article from Talking Points Memo (referencing a piece from Bloomberg dated the same day) puts things into … Continue reading
From a classic episode of SNL, John Belushi explains how March weather is described in other countries. John Belushi died 36 years ago tomorrow. Link: https://youtu.be/znFY7PYomEA by … Continue reading
Caroline Herschel, sister of William Herschel, was the first female astronomer to be paid for her work and in 1828 was the first woman to win the gold award of the Royal Astronomical Society, where the following video was shot … Continue reading
From Jimmy Kimmel, under two minutes of strangeness: Link: https://youtu.be/-trYf_W8AIQ by … Continue reading
The following short video from best-selling novelist and popular vlogger John Green was posted last December 12 and points out that while 2017 had been marred by a continuing opioid crisis in the United States a famine in South Sudan … Continue reading