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Few people are masking where I live. Everywhere I go, people are sneezing and coughing, often without using the crook of their elbows to contain at least some of the aerosols. It makes me glad to be wearing a mask even if I'm the only one.

Cannabis is not legal in my state aside from a few conditions, but in Seattle, where it is legal throughout Washington State, I once went to a state-run cannabis dispensary. I asked the bud tender for a product good for pain. She suggested a very low THC box of mints, 3% THC, as I recall. It was...

Isn't it that amyloid may be an association with Alzheimer's, but it hasn't been shown to be a cause? My father died from complications of Alzheimer's, and his 2 nieces died of it in their 50s, so I'm really hoping my sister and I can head off cognitive decline. The treatment I find interesting...

Recently, I got sick and tested for covid, which was negative. The next day I tested again, and this time it was positive. Not cool, birthday bunny! I was so sick with fever, a dreadful cough, and nasal congestion. The cough bothered me the most. My husband was afraid I'd end up in the...

Grrr!!!!!! I'm growling at the article, not you, @Andy. Will researchers never tire of insulting fibromyalgia patients? From the article: "When comparing patients with chronic pain with and without fibromyalgia, the former have reported higher levels of pain and dysfunction, more somatic...

I sometimes get lymphatic massage, but that might be different from Perrin. The lymphatic massage relieves twinges of discomfort I sometimes get in my breasts.

I think the only way to get Ketotifen in the U.S. is from a compounding pharmacy. Two of my doctors are very mainstream, but they are still willing to prescribe a compounded prescription when that would be best for a situation. The disadvantage of compounded prescriptions here is that most...

One of my doctors is treating long covid patients with Ketotifen, which is a mast cell stabilizer and antihistamine.

With the J&J, my main side effect was a lot of sinus and nasal congestion for several days. @LarsSG, what were the few side effects you had with Novavax?

Actually, as I read more, it seems unclear how effective Novavax is against the newer omicron variants, so I'll have to do more research and talk to my doctor again. There's a lot of contradictory information about this.

Novavax was approved in the U.S. 10/19 as a booster. It was approved as a primary-only vaccine in July. Now it can be used even if your primary vaccine was something different. I think this is big news, but I've seen little coverage about it. I've been waiting on it because my doctor had...

I used to have cupping done on my back. It eased my pain by revving up circulation in that area. I've never heard of those other purported benefits. They sound doubtful. After my first session, I had a lot of discoloration on my back. It didn't hurt, but looked awful. I was careful not to...

@CRG, yes, public health responsibility is split between federal government and the individual states, but I think messaging is more dominant at the federal level. Many pay attention to its analyses and recommendations of the CDC. In Texas I don't see nearly as much public health messaging from...

A friend of mine was harassed in a parking lot for wearing a mask. She told the guy, it's my choice and walked away. I would have been tempted to say, my body, my choice, an idea that is anathema to some people when it comes from a woman. But it's better to just not engage. Our leaders are...

I'm frustrated that the most prominent American politician said the pandemic is over on Sixty Minutes. He qualified that somewhat by saying there's still a lot more work to be done, but many people will focus only on his saying it's over. Congress was already resisting approving additional funds...

No, I didn't. The objectionable stuff didn't register with me in JKR's earlier books. I'll be more aware now in anything I read. One of P.D. James' novels had a villain who dressed up as a woman so that girls would feel safe in his presence and could be more easily lured into his trap. Of...

Leaving all the problematic content aside, I wonder what JKR's relationship is with her editor? If I had received her manuscript, I'd be itching to slash about half the length. I'd think any editor would since they have to think about book sales. There are novels of comparable length, but JKR...

I agree. There are many reasons why we are doing so badly with the pandemic, but zooming out, humans are failing to throw all the effort and energy necessary to quell the 2 existential threats of our time, pandemics and climate control, which are linked. Our failure to recognize that collective...

I'm really disappointed because I enjoyed the other Cormoran Strike books and had looked forward to this one. I had no idea about all the objectionable content. I had ordered a copy as soon as it was available for preorder and got the book yesterday. Now I need to lug this behemoth to Whole...

@Andy, thanks for continuing to post fibro research. Even when I find an article objectionable, I do like knowing what the current research trends are in fibro.