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Given Household Study showed half of people on ESA attempted suicide,if the gov really wishes to reduce suicide should stop cuts + sanctions pic.twitter.com/6vlsMoBLIv

— Dr Jay Watts (@Shrink_at_Large) December 19, 2016

Acute abdominal pain can represent a spectrum of conditions from benign and self-limited disease to surgical emergencies. Evaluating abdominal pain requires an approach that relies on the likelihood of disease, patient history, physical examination, laboratory tests, and imaging studies. The location of pain is a useful starting point and will guide further evaluation. For example, right lower quadrant pain strongly suggests appendicitis. Certain elements of the history and physical examination are helpful (e.g., constipation and abdominal distension strongly suggest bowel obstruction), whereas others are of little value (e.g., anorexia has little predictive value for appendicitis). The American College of Radiology has recommended different imaging studies for assessing abdominal pain based on pain location. Ultrasonography is recommended to assess right upper quadrant pain, and computed tomography is recommended for right and left lower quadrant pain. It is also important to consider special populations such as women, who are at risk of genitourinary disease, which may cause abdominal pain; and the elderly, who may present with atypical symptoms of a disease.

Source: Evaluation of Acute Abdominal Pain in Adults – American Family Physician

There’s plenty of legitimate reason for concern about the extent to which the US labor market is producing high quality jobs. But every now and again, Americans might want to glance to the east and contemplate Europe’s unemployment issues.

Source: CONVERSABLE ECONOMIST: The Plague of Long-Term Unemployment in Europe

Source: Apple 1984 #offtopic.mp4 – Google Drive

Source: the trouble with macroeconomics romer #econ.pdf – Google Drive

Luc Montagnier. Luc Montagnier was awarded the Nobel Prize for helping to discover HIV. Since then, according to Science-Based Medicine, Dr Montagnier has embraced DNA teleportation, homeopathy, and the belief that autism (as well as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and various other diseases) is linked to bacterial DNA that emits electromagnetic waves. More bizarrely, he believes that HIV — the very virus that he discovered — can be cured through nutrition.

Source: Paul Krugman Now Has Nobel Disease | American Council on Science and Health

Trump, as his pollster Tony Fabrizio later explained, focused entirely on swing states, and didn’t try to “run up the score” in states like Texas, Georgia and Arizona that Trump expected to win. From October 21 to election day, Trump’s ad spending was entirely focused on swing states, while Clinton was still spending in Texas and California. If the two candidates had spent an equal amount, and if Trump had spent in states like Texas that he assumed he would win and in states like California where his margin was well below Mitt Romney in 2012, I believe the popular vote would have been much closer.

Source: On the Eve of Disruption: Final Thoughts on the 2016 Election

Health Reform: Cost overruns are endemic to government health programs, and ObamaCare is turning out to be no different. Not only are its Medicaid expansion costs exploding, skyrocketing premiums are now pushing insurance subsidy costs through the roof.A new study from the Center for Health and

Source: Not Fake News: ObamaCare Subsidy Costs Will Jump 30% Next Year | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis – IBD

"What do markets tell us about US Presidents?, by Scott Sumner" #pol #econ https://t.co/yzNh9D6jfw

— Culture of Doubt (@CoDoubt) December 17, 2016

Over the past decades, we have seen the rise of executive branch governance in the service of the liberal ideological state. This kind of governance is marked by four characteristics: (1) a bias toward increasing the size and scope of government across every department and agency, no matter which political party controls the White House or Congress; (2) a nonmilitary executive branch workforce comprised overwhelmingly (though in different degrees in different departments) of liberal officials, who are ideologically disposed to support this growth, and who are no longer representative of the populace as a whole; (3) a broad support system of direct government funding for liberal groups that reinforces the bias toward ever larger and more intrusive government; and (4) the development of a privileged set of rules and rewards for the governing experts (including compensation levels, bonuses, guaranteed job security, defined benefit retirement systems, and a different set of standards by which to measure their own actions as opposed to those of the governed).

Source: The Liberal Ideological Complex | The Weekly Standard

Background to the holy wars and the First Crusade’s conquest of Jerusalem, a holy city for Jews, Christians and Muslims.

Source: Shock: The First Crusade and the Conquest of Jerusalem

If Trump truly wants to replace the ACA with a better plan, these 7 things should be in it https://t.co/6JdhGz016m pic.twitter.com/AeDAGNAmXn

— Brookings (@BrookingsInst) December 16, 2016

Lots of Americans Really Couldn’t Bring Themselves to Vote for Either Trump or Clinton – New York Magazine#pol https://t.co/zlF6r2PLOC

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Chaos and Reductionism https://t.co/GsCF5keBCw #video #codoubt

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The philosophy of science#blogroll https://t.co/5JKc1bhWly

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25 Slow Cooker Recipes with 3 Ingredients or Less – Cutefetti#recipe https://t.co/TcmMdekNgs

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44 Slow Cooker Recipes with 4 Ingredients or Less – Cutefetti#recipe https://t.co/8zpY3zjAdw

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Fabulous 5-Ingredient Slow Cooker Recipes#recipe https://t.co/mcVDqnoi24

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One in 6 American Adults Say They Have Taken Psychiatric Drugs, Report Says – https://t.co/dfBFfggoWD https://t.co/mXxaipahzd

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