An exhortation for doctors to get more nutrition education so they can advise patients on diet. But is that as simple as it seems?
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Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Diet-Related Diseases Are the No. 1 Cause of Death in the US – Yet Many Doctors Receive Little to No Nutrition Education in Med School
Topics: Dubious statistics, Guest Post, Health care, Science and the scientific method
Posted by Yves Smith at 10:26 am | 3 Comments »
Links 9/25/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 63 Comments »
Who Holds All These US Treasuries? Update on the Investors in the Ballooning US National Debt in Q2
As the Fed unloads Treasuries, others are purchasing them…including foreign central banks.
Topics: Currencies, Economic fundamentals, Federal Reserve, Globalization, Guest Post, Investment management, Macroeconomic policy
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 25 Comments »
How Cities Run Dry
How afflicted cities are trying to cope with water shortages.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:36 am | 5 Comments »
What Is a “Fair” Drug Price?
Debunking Big Pharma whinging over Inflation Reduction Act drug price negotiations.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:18 am | 4 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/24/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; The state of the electoral college; Trump turning populist in the home stretch? Democrats: institutional advantages, political disabilitiesBoeing “Best And Final Offer” roundly rejected by machinists ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 71 Comments »
Fog of (Dis)Information in Escalating Israel-Lebanon Conflict
Some updates on the escalating Israel-Lebanon conflict and on the poor state of reporting.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Media watch, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:00 pm | 63 Comments »
Links 9/24/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 162 Comments »
China and Mexico Seek to Deepen Cooperation As Bilateral Trade Surges to Record Levels
Amid rising diplomatic tensions with the US, Mexico’s diplomatic and economic relations with China appear to be going from strength to strength.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 19 Comments »
Days After Rate Cut, S&P’s Flash PMI Sees Rising Inflation and Exhorts the Fed to “Move Cautiously” with “Further Rate Cuts”
S&P: “The “reacceleration of inflation” suggests “the Fed cannot totally shift its focus away from its inflation target.”
Topics: Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Federal Reserve, Guest Post, Investment outlook
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:55 am | 11 Comments »
Closing the Health Gap: How Chronic Illness Drives Health Inequality Early On
A look at how chronic disease by age and income cohort affects health inequality.
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:50 am | 3 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/23/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Latest on Trump assassinations; there’s now a price on Trump’s head; Spooks move toward authenticating election outcomes; Latest on MI, MT, NC, PA, etc.; Boeing $30 billion share issue to solve its $10 billion cash crunch? ~
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 130 Comments »
Big Ag’s Road to Brazil
DeSmog re-launches investigative series to track agribusiness’ influence over climate and nature policy in a critical year for decisions on the future of food and farming.
Topics: Environment, Global warming, Globalization, Guest Post
Posted by Lambert Strether at 9:55 am | No Comments »
Links 9/23/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 117 Comments »
The Fed’s Reactive-Looking Half-Point Rate Cut
The Fed’s half point rate reduction was unseemly large. What gives?
Topics: Banking industry, Economic fundamentals, Federal Reserve, Free markets and their discontents, Investment outlook, Macroeconomic policy, Politics, Real estate
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 44 Comments »