actaorthop.org/actao/articl... "... if minimal invasiveness automatically guaranteed better outcomes, then the most minimally invasive strategy—doing nothing at all—could often be the most effective."

Fulfills definition of so called dirty bomb "explosion could create fear and panic, contaminate property, and require potentially costly cleanup"

You regular reminder that millions has been spent on research into therapeutic benefits of insert placebos, to no avail, mainly because scientists who should know better still believe that the rooster crowing must make the sun rise. zenodo.org/records/3886...

Consider Finnish president writing this about Helsinki Uni. Half life of his/her political career would be seconds.

Golden age has begun

Morons Are Governing America

"Healed some 300" Reminds me of orthobiologics

"Toivotaan että nyt alkaa se kultainen aika, minkä Trump on luvannut.” - Sirpa Ja toiveet toteutuivat.

"Yhdysvaltain tulleilta välttyivät ainoastaan Venäjä, Valko-Venäjä, Pohjois-Korea ja Kuuba"

actaorthop.org/actao/articl... We examined temporal and regional patterns of low value operations in Finland Rates are declining but we found large regional disparities inconsistent with variability in morbidity. Hospital size and past incidence (treatment culture) explain variance

Ei.

WATCH: “Ron Vara is an anagram of Navarro.” @maddow.msnbc.com explains how Trump’s tariffs policy came from his economic advisor Peter Navarro, who invented a fake expert in his books to justify it🤦🏻‍♂️ 🤦🏼 And now markets are crashing 🎪 #TrumpTradeWar #AmericanBrexit

Can experienced surgeons identify people whose chronic tennis elbow will not resolve without surgery? If they could, they could operate selectively people who won't otherwise recover. Unfortunately, they cannot. journals.lww.com/clinorthop/a...

🔥 Sekoilun sietämätön keveys 🔥 Aluksi ajattelin kirjoittaa siitä, miten oikeistopopulismi toimii. Mutta te tiedätte ne kaikki jo: vastakkainasettelu, uhriutuminen, huomion kaappaaminen. Joten käänsin kysymyksen toisinpäin: miksi sen vastustaminen ei toimi? Me emme pelaa edes samaa peliä. 1/12

Wow. "The reason I knew this is that Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, had texted me the war plan at 11:44 a.m. The plan included precise information about weapons packages, targets, and timing." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

If you ever wondered how the KGB manipulated foreigners and got them to repeat Soviet propaganda, spend some time listening to Steve Witkoff talk about his wonderful conversations with Vladimir Putin.

I don't often ask people to write to their MPs. But I think they might listen to you on this, as it's so jaw-droppingly awful, and they're almost certainly unaware of it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Please also write to the Environment Secretary: [email protected] Thanks.

I had to check they really used children at school desks as props for Trump dismantling the Department of Education.

A pro-Russian MP asks the PM of Estonia why when he uses Google, he is shown ads for "same-sex sex toys" and "swingers clubs." PM Kristen Michal then explains how the Internet works. Algorithms track your prior activity and customize ads to display your interests.

N=1 but such a large effect

How can you trust the rest of the article?

Karelia, once seized from Finland, now ranks as Russia's most depressive region. In contrast, Finland consistently tops global happiness rankings. This reflects the Russian tendency to conquer territories at great human cost, only to neglect them afterward.

"Witkoffilla ei nimittäin ollut aikaisempaa kokemusta kansainvälisestä politiikasta, Lähi-idästä saatikka diplomatiasta" Miltähän tuntuisi olla potilaana, jos kirurgina olisi kiinteistönvälittäjä, jolla ei ole aiempaa kokemusta sairaaloista saatikka leikkaamisesta?

"Suomen kannattaisi lopettaa vikinä säännöistä ja luistella kansainvälisen politiikan maalintekoalueelle leijonaksi Yhdysvaltojen rinnalle" -- Jari Ehrnrooth yle.fi/a/74-20142204

Millaiseen tietoon perustuu, että mentiin ilman valmistautumista?

Kasvutoimi: nollavero ulkomaalaidille milhardööreille kun siirtävät rahat ja kirjat Suomeen. Mean wealth kasvaisi valtavasti (mediaani tietysti pysyisi). Kyllä oltaisiin onnellisia

How do you know if you have made a mistake?

Comparing PRP with corticosteroid (CS) in people with tennis elbow is not ethical and such studies should not be approved by IRBs anymore anywhere. PRP not better than placebo and the difference is, when found, harm of CS. So many trials with little, if any, value

Daily reminder of who Musk is:

Sain läpi moraalisaarnani Hesarin Vieraskynään! Liberaalin demokratian ihanteita puolustamaan, hyvät ihmiset. www.hs.fi/mielipide/ar...

Our latest review found moderate certainty evidence that gabapentinouds provide little or no symptom relief in people with carpal tunnel syndrome. Pain relief also negligible. Side effects are common as is abuse. www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/...

The most unpatriotic members of any society are the far right. They will always align with foreign interests against the interests of their own nations. They will always undermine national institutions and national values in pursuit of their own interests. When they pose as patriots, they lie.

"Pölyttäjien vähenemisellä ja tuuliturbiinien lisääntymisellä on selvä yhteys." Nojatuoliepidemiologi julkaisee Keskisuomalaisen lyhyet-palstalla. Assosiaatio ei ole kausaatio on huomioitu.

Assessment of improvement in functional outcomes between a novel knee replacement design and conventional designs in 240 patients: a randomized controlled trial #OpenAccess 👇👇👇 doi.org/10.2340/1745...

Tämä! journalisti.fi/nakokulmat/2...

The #OpenAccess paper in @royalsociety.org Proceedings B can be found here: doi.org/10.1098/rspb... Also, shoutout to my co-author @babeheim.bsky.social ! (8/8)

New PRISMA review of esketamine's effects on depression has basically pretty disappointing results. "Weak but significant" effects. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39876682/

Suzetrigine, as effective as placebo for pain, was approved by FDA Next thing is to sell it to doctors as a miracle and I fear it is not so difficult investors.vrtx.com/news-release...

The attack on immigrants — which I don't think Trump can moderate — will make America poorer as well as uglier paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-deport...

Ennen: Julkisella velalla ostettu työllisyyden kasvu! Nyt: Työttömyyden kasvulla aikaansaatu julkisen velan kasvu!

Trump's inauguration

Junamatka kestää 3h 9min

Hyökätäänkö vai puolustetaanko me Grönlannissa?

Hallitusohjelman keskeisin ilmastotoimi on Mykkäsen sanoin ”tehtaanpiippujen tulppaaminen”. "Hallitus aikoo vähentää erityisesti energia- ja metsäteollisuuden hiilipäästöjä tehtaiden piippuihin asennettavan hiilensidontateknologian avulla." Joko ensimmäinen piippu on tulpattu?

Eichmann, Stalin vai Peltokangas ?

Kuvataanko Batman-leffaakin jo Suomessa 😂

"Hallituksen kehysriihessä päätettiin lakkauttaa kahvinkeittimet Iisalmen, Kajaanin, Kouvolan ja Jämsän päivystyspisteissä"

"Kuulemme eri paikkakunnilta, että ruoka-avussamme vierailee nuoria ja jopa alakouluikäisiä lapsia yksin ilman aikuista. Heillä on silmin nähden nälkä." Oy Suomi ab alkaa olla hiljalleen tuloskunnossa.