Land of Enchantment.
“If simpler tests are effective, why are patients encouraged to undergo a colonoscopy?”
Colonoscopy Cuts Advanced Cancer Risk by 70 Percent: Study – WebMD
However, the study does not show that colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy is better than the much easier, far less expensive "fecal occult blood test" (FOBT), which is done at home by swiping a tiny amount of stool onto a card for three days, said Doubeni. "There is strong evidence showing the effectiveness of the [fecal occult blood test] when done annually. There is no reason, based on the knowledge we currently have, that you should switch to a colonoscopy if you’re getting a FOBT every year," said Doubeni.
If simpler tests are effective, why are patients encouraged to undergo a colonoscopy? "Let me just say there are other factors beyond the evidence that are driving the use of colonoscopy in the U.S.," said Doubeni. "No other country uses colonoscopy for screening purposes as much as the United States, although Germany comes close," he noted.
Colonoscopy Cuts Advanced Cancer Risk by 70 Percent: Study – WebMD
Safety Not Guaranteed (4.5 stars)
This movie was charming and captivating. It’s a gentle comedy with a few actors we know through TV: Jake Johnson (playing the same character as Nick from New Girl), Aubrey Plaza (a sardonic beauty from Parks and Rec), and Mark Duplass, of the ubiquitous Duplass Brothers (including Jay) — they wrote and directed Jeff, who lives at home, another great comedy that makes you think. May the Duplass Brothers find ever expanding recognition for their talents. We weren’t sure what was going to happen down to the last scene.
Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) – IMDb
Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.
Harlem shake? Is that by Psy or Beyonce? [Don’t care.]
Really don’t care
Sam, Roady, and Hot Lips say we are not alone.
We knew others feed roadrunners. A neighbor feeds Spam or Vienna wieners to his pair, who could be Spike’s parents. They nest as close to his door as they can get and don’t roam far. Another neighbor fed “her” roadrunners raw chicken. But, we assumed we were the only ones foolish enough to pay for mice to feed to roadrunners — until we met Sam at Hawks Aloft. She has been feeding roadrunners for over 15 years. She believes Hot Lips, the crossbilled roadrunner, was over 20 years old. Roady lost a big part of his upper bill over 5 years ago, but with Sam’s help, Roady has raised several broods. Sam says she has hundreds of roadrunner grandbabies. Thankfully, she doesn’t have to feed them all store-bought mice. Even so, our rough guestimate of Sam’s running tab has us thinking twice. If Spike outlives us, do we have to provide for her? Maybe she’ll like Spam now and then. She gobbled up the mealworms we bought today.
All of Spike’s posts on Ah, Wilderness!
“Plenty of rich folks wants to fight. Give them the guns.” — Woody Guthrie
hat tip to Pat Lyford
RIDERS OF THE WHEEL: A New Look At Wheat…And Our Plans
“I would like to see every single soldier on every single side, just take off your helmet, unbuckle your kit, lay down your rifle, and set down at the side of some shady lane, and say, nope, I ain’t a gonna kill nobody. Plenty of rich folks wants to fight. Give them the guns." ~ Woody Guthrie
RIDERS OF THE WHEEL: A New Look At Wheat…And Our Plans
Of course, rich folks got the guns, and the soldiers and police to shoot them.
Why paralyze Albuquerque for Amarillo’s problems?
Commercial vehicles should exit at Louisiana, but not cars. Make cars exit by Tramway.