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My wife was prescribed statins about 5 years ago. The side effects were strong and immediate. She stopped taking them. Last year a different doctor expressed concerns and also prescribed them, s…

Top stories for Long   Why do doctors still prescribe Statins after Harvard researcher Dr. Kilmer McCully found no relationship between high cholesterol and heart disease, and recently, 17 doctors from across the world say to stop prescribing Statins? Terry Constanti, lives in Sydney, Australia • Updated Mon My wife was prescribed statins about 5 years ago. The side effects were strong and immediate. She stopped taking them. Last year a different doctor expressed concerns and a... Read more » 403 85   THE IMMINENT EXPLOSION OF BETELGEUSE Alessandro13 • Posted Mar 16, 2024 We finally have an answer to what is happening in Betelgeuse. Do you remember when, in 2019, this star made headlines? The sudden and anomalous decrease in its brightness alerted astronomers around ... Read more » 758 72   What are the best sarcastic one-liners from TV shows or movies that still make you laugh? Randy Schwartz, Now Grandpa of 4 • Answered November 22 TV show Taxi: Elaine asks Alex "Rio de Janeiro do you know how far that is?" Jim says: "6,842 miles". Elaine and Alex are both stunned, before Elaine says to Alex "do you k... Read more » 2.5K 127   Can I eat too much turmeric? Shylin Peterson, Party Time Nurse (2005-present) • Answered December 15 Turmeric is a characteristic spice with a very distinct taste, color, and aroma, all because of which people relish eating it in many dishes. Turmeric is famous for its medi... Read more » 175 11   Buzz Aldrin has been denying the moon landing as of recent. Did we really go to the moon? Danny Haas, former Retired Engineer • Answered June 7, 2024 Edwin Aldrin flew to the moon on the Apollo 11 mission and landed there on July 20, 1969. As he got older, he grew weary of moon landing deniers accusing him of lying and p... Read more » 12K 1.5K   Will programmers lose their jobs because of AI like DeepCoder? Jan M Savage, Senior Developer at _NDA_ • Updated November 30 A recent discussion on HN is a very good summary of the present and future status of AI among professional programmers: As the world is becoming increasingly more reliant on... Read more » 137 19   Dr. Julia Daan, Writer ,Relationship Mentor,Motivational speaker • Posted Jun 6 What Short Skirts Mean to Young Women in Japan? In Japan, some young women wear extremely short skirts as part of a practice known as sick kosai, where they offer non-sexual services in exchange for... Read more » 3.6K 360   Why is Linux so buggy? Andrew McGregor, former Performance Measurement Lead at Fastly (2019-2024) • Answered October 21, 2017 Linux on a desktop or laptop? Terribly buggy. This is because nobody bothers to qualify the hardware for it, or to upstream drivers for some incredibly common chips. So you ... Read more » 1.7K 69   Are U.S. soldiers required to keep track of their empty magazines in combat, or do they just drop them on the ground like in movies and video games? Jamieson Herrin, Public Relations/ Veterans Risk Management Assesso at Operation Rising Pheonix (... • Answered December 17 When I went through basic, some 20 some odd years ago, we actually had a guy in our platoon ask the DI this exact question. His response was as follows: "Here and during an... Read more » 3.1K 120   My son turned me in to CPS for abuse. I won in court but now I'm afraid he's just going to do it again every time he doesn't get what he wants. What should I do? Jennifer Allen, knows English • Answered December 13 My youngest daughter pulled this stunt too. She was 14 I think at the time. She had someone take her to health & human services in our city. CPS showed up at my house. We s... Read more » 746 146   Barak • Posted Dec 17, 2023 🚨𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: Israeli woman Inbar Haiman, 27 who was kidnapped from the Nova music festival on Oct 7th and held hostage by Hamas in Gaza has been KILLED. The art student from Haifa was executed... Read more » 2.8K 710   What happens to tenured professors who stop doing research and just coast until retirement? James W. Hoover, History Professor at Public Univ. in the U.S. • Answered December 16 Your thinking is decades out of date. Tenure doesn't work like that. Even after tenure, professors continue to undergo periodic reviews, usually every three years. During a ... Read more » 57 10 Read more in your feed

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