Yet Another Product to Kill You
According to new research coming out of Australia, drinking just one can of Red Bull can raise your risk of heart problems:
The caffeine-loaded beverage, popular with university students and adrenaline sport fans to give them “wings,” caused the blood to become sticky, a pre-cursor to cardiovascular problems such as stroke. (via Reuters)
This article mentions caffeine several times so I get the impression that they’re trying to link the two. A little further down it says that a can of Red Bull has no more caffeine than a cup of coffee. And then we get this warning:
But Willoughby said Red Bull could be deadly when combined with stress or high blood pressure, impairing proper blood vessel function and possibly lifting the risk of blood clotting.
So is this true of all drinks with caffeine? Is this true of coffee? How many cups of coffee does the average java-lovin’ consumer drink a day? Three? Four? Seven?
Or is there something else in Red Bull - something they fail to mention in the article - that’s causing the problem?
Luckily I hate Red Bull… so I’m not too worried about that part. I just hate half-assed journalism.
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Anyone else think this might be one of the Satanic Woodland Critters from South Park?
If it asks you to build a manger… don’t.
Patient dies after being left in chair 22 hours - CNN.com
Really? Is a cut in funding the only thing that happens when a hospital lets a patient die while they play cards and watch TV?
No wonder our healthcare system (and especially our mental healthcare system) is such a mess…
Wal-Mart Said No To This Product « Engrish Funny
Now I know what my bathroom is missing…
Fugitive mom ‘uncomfortable,’ wants out of prison - CNN.com
Oh boo hoo. It’s prison, not The Ritz. It’s not supposed to be comfortable. You’re not supposed to be able to find peace. If prison is comfortable and peaceful and beautiful and fun… what’s the point?
Sure… let’s make prison as posh as possible. That’ll encourage people to avoid going there.
If you don’t want to be uncomfortable, don’t do things like sell heroine and escape from prison. It’s actually pretty easy.
College chiefs urge new debate on drinking age - CNN.com
Who really thinks lowering the drinking age will actually thwart college drinking? No one who’s actually been a college student in recent years would. College students don’t drink because it’s sneaky or illegal.
What, exactly, do these people think will be achieved by making it legal to drink at 18?
Basically… it means they won’t have to deal with underage drinking. If everyone on campus is of legal age, it gets the universities off the hook of actually have to do anything about the problem.
So instead of making it easier for kids to get drunk and kill us all on the road, why don’t these universities take responsibility for their campuses and throw the little bastards who drink underage out.
Pandora can't make money, may pull the plug
The music industry’s apparent desire to shoot itself in the foot never ceases to amaze me. Alienating the public and driving legitimate services out of business with ridiculous fees isn’t going to force people into stores to buy more CDs. It’s going to force people to use more illegitimate services and increase piracy.
Funny how the rest of us realize this… but the music industry seems oblivious to it…
We know that most warnings like this - on everything from kitchen appliances to OTC medications - are posted as a result of something that someone has previously done with the product.
So you’re telling me that someone went into a museum (granted, the Museum of Sex)… and mounted an exhibit?
Burglar in boxers steals purse, leaves jeans in washer - CNN.com
At least he was wearing boxers…
For Most People, College Is a Waste of Time - WSJ.com (via mikehudack)
No doubt I learned this the hard way at the hospital. The people with one and two-year certifications and licenses (nurses, COTAs, radiology technicians, etc) make two and three times what those of us with bachelor’s and master’s degrees make. Had I known this before I went to college, I’d have saved myself some time and money and skipped the psychology degree in favor of a two-year nursing or COTA program.
Live and learn, I suppose. Too bad it cost me $30,000 to learn this lesson…
