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Sawbonz

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  1. And the whole time you are asleep, they are daytrading and reading conspiracy theories on social media
  2. That really screws up the Aggie joke
  3. The sad thing to me is that RFK has so much truly good ideas to offer in terms of public health, but his Blindspot regarding vaccines more than nullifies all the rest. It truly can’t be overstated the impact of infectious disease on our way of life. The fact that we are going to have to relearn this is stupefying to me.
  4. Can’t tell how many are up on blocks
  5. Just like Samson never should have cut the mullet
  6. We lived at various shitty apartment complexes growing up. One place a dude lived in our building who was a “karate instructor” ant the community clubhouse and a ventriloquist. I’m sure you can guess where it goes from there. He never tried to fuck with me though. Me:
  7. His understanding of “trade deficit” is like his understanding of asylum seekers
  8. Functional medicine is an evolving discipline with focuses within traditional residency programs and postgraduate fellowships at certain allopathic medical schools. It is a valid and growing field. Early practitioners helped overturn the low fat myth of CV disease and show that it’s an inflammatory process. It’s the reason expanded lipid profile tests are now routine. They were doing them 15-20 years ago and labeled quackery by pharma backed cardiologists and medical journals. It is also ripe for abuse and profiteering because it hasn’t been around long enough to have a well established board to set and maintain minimum standards of practice, and because anyone can hang a shingle and advertise as a “functional medicine specialist” Then again there are traditional docs where everyone who walks through their door gets some type of procedure or surgery
  9. I know the heart’s primary function is to get Ancef to the bones, and I’ve been part of a few double blind studies over the years.
  10. I have to disagree with this. Functional medicine is an important complementary component of primary care. The core principles of functional medicine are a healthy diet of mostly leafy green vegetables and fruits; avoiding sugar; limiting trans fats and omega 6 fatty acids; exercise; reducing the ill effects of stress (especially cortiosol production), and maintaining proper hormone levels as we age. All of these things are good and promote healthy, active and longer lives, decrease chronic disease (including musculoskeletal) and therefore need for medication hospitalizations, and surgeries and are a benefit for society as a whole Functional medicine is not a panacea and like all things can be taken to extremes or abused for financial gain. Interestingly there is a strong connection between functional medicine and anti-aging medicine and many of the advances in anti aging have come from functional medicine. One problem with mainstreaming this area of medicine is that the “treatments” almost all involve diet and exercise plus supplements or medications that long ago aged out of patent protection, so large blinded and randomized trials cannot be done. In many ways it is limited the same way stem cell therapy research is: what pharma or implant company is going to fund a study showing your own cells, plus a $50 bone biopsy needle and an in office centrifuge can save you from a lifetime of daily NSAID or a joint replacement? The issue here like most things in trumps orbit is extremists are in charge. Functional medicine does not help with infectious disease at the macro level. Vaccines and antibiotics, other than figuring out how to separate drinking water from sewage; are undeniably the two biggest contributors to human life expectancy in history. What is going on on that front is a crime against humanity.
  11. Rules of practice vary by state. In most states if you pass step one and two of the usmle and graduate an accredited medical school you are eligible for a provisional (training) medical license. You then must pass step three test and complete any type of intern year for an unrestricted license. Then, in Texas at least, technically you can practice any type of medicine you want including any and all procedures and surgeries. It’s up to the hospitals and surgery centers (and med mal carriers) to vet out the credentials and competency of physicians and deny privileges where appropriate. Most require you to be at least board eligible in the relevant specialty meaning you have successfully completed a residency at an ACGME accredited program and are eligible for board certification The lack of regulation at the state level is why you hear horror stories about in office cosmetic and plastics procedures ending in disaster a few times per year
  12. So we are just going to decrease the volume of trade to the point net $ of exported goods = net $ of imported goods. Brilliant
  13. If Vance is catholic da Pope should excommunicate him
  14. Sawbonz

    LBGTQ

    Was just about to post that I have avoided this thread for months because of him. Even though I have him on ignore seemingly every other post had him quoted and a response.
  15. Sawbonz

    LBGTQ

    Well that and there was a good chance their classmates (or dad) would beat the shit out of them
  16. In his mind it is this
  17. https://www.npr.org/2025/05/07/nx-s1-5389453/kari-lake-says-oans-far-right-coverage-will-fuel-voice-of-america
  18. Listening on NPR so no link, but this dumb Cunt apparently is in charge of Voice of America and is going to have the OAN right wing network take over content
  19. And she shot her dad while on a fishing trip when she was a teenager. Bonkers But she was a Fox News contributor so eminently qualified for a position that requires senate confirmation
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