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The Reuters article is a little light on what’s included. Wanted to post a free article anyone could access. Lots of good information, multiple lines of evidence, and interesting soviet history of the dam in the actual article Reuters is citing.

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Thanks! I’ll remember that trick for next time

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Seems to be a bug, I think it happens most frequently when trying to subscribe to a community on a busy instance. It doesn’t seem to affect functionality though, I see new posts, vote and comment, etc. Sometimes if you refresh the page or try again it goes away and says subscribed, but I wouldn’t worry, doesn’t seem to change anything right now. Just assume it means subscribed. I think for this community right now it says “sub pending” for me actually.

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Well I did use sync, now using jerboa of course. Would be neat if sync or other apps could be remade for the fedverse. An app that could bridge different fedverse apps more easily like lemmy and mastadon for instance but keep everything easily readable and sortable would be cool.

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Yeah not sure what that headline is about, I enjoyed splatoon and thought it was a pretty unique game. More games in the genre is good, spurs innovation and new ideas. No sleep lost unless someone has some toxic brand loyalty. I hope this game does well.

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Turn of the century medicine was wild, you just can’t make this stuff up. Also interesting how they were grappling with problems we’re still trying to understand better today, like CNS sensitization to pain.

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Totally reasonable concern, fuck Russia but Pravda does have a bit of a vested interest in their reporting to say the least. In this case they’re just actually reporting what was said on a Russian propaganda outlet. Disclaimer, I know zero Russian, but a Google translate of the Russian propaganda news networks seems to confirm that Pravda is being factual and this is what Russia is saying.

https://tass-ru.translate.goog/politika/18051163?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp&_x_tr_hist=true.

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This is a really interesting finding. There’s precedence too. Pelvic inflammatory disease, classically caused by sexually transmitted bacterial infections like chlamydia or gonorrhea, is associated with a higher risk of developing endometriosis. There also does appear to be a genetic component, but that might have to do with determining how your body responds to infections in a way that’s more likely to cause endometriosis. Hopefully finding this new bacterial association can lead to more treatment options.

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Resurrecting this old thread here in case some scroll down just to highlight this excellent video that people really need to see. So many patients get very frustrated or wonder why doctors do things stepwise and don’t just “run all the tests.” Just like in basic science, where “p-hacking” can result in a positive study no matter what, you could just run 30 or so tests and you’ll probably find something “positive.” But does it have anything to do with why the patient actually has symptoms? Every individual is different and no test is perfect, so medicine is probabilistic. It’s why basic bayesian statistics are an essential part of medical school curriculums and tested in medical licensing exams.

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Yes, it’s a medical emergency that can be very dangerous or even deadly. It can lead to seizures or a devestating condition called osmotic demyelination syndrome, which can cause a “locked in syndrome” or total body paralysis. There are certain medications that can make it more likely to happen. Severe psychiatric conditions make it more likely. It tends to happen pretty frequently to people with alcoholism too. It’s pretty rare for it to happen to people without risk factors for it because your kidneys are pretty good at keeping everything balanced even if you’re drinking a decent amount of water. Though one infamous example of that is the wee for a wii radio contest where people deliberately drank tons of water and were not allowed to pee to try and win a Nintendo wii. I believe someone died from the contest, and the organizers hadn’t realized how dangerous this was. In short, drink water when you’re thirsty, and pee when you need to pee.

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