Quotes of the Day

People love to see data, even if they can't evaluate it. [2000] - Jay Abramham

The boom phase is the most exciting phase of the real estate cycle for inexperienced real estate investors. It is less exciting for strategic investors, who will capitalize on the momentum of the boom, with its higher values and rents, but who also know that the late slump and early recovery phase offer better opportunities in terms of new investment purchases. The longer and stronger the boom, the greater the likelihood of a more severe downturn during the inevitable slump. [2011] - Don R. Campbell

What prediabetes, metabolic syndrome, and PCOS have in common is insulin resistance, which even without it having progressed to diabetes is a hazard to your cardiovascular system, and potentially to other organs. Having metabolic syndrome alone without prediabetes raises your risk of diabetes five-fold. Having both prediabetes and metabolic syndrome raises your risk of diabetes even further. Recent scientific evidence has also begun to tie insulin resistance to increased risk of a number of cancers including cancer of the colon, liver, pancreas, and breast. [2013] - Hillary Wright

There are two ways to include case studies in your standard training. One case study should show how someone did everything wrong and how that made the situation worse. Another case study should show how someone did everything right and how well it worked. [2007] - Chet Holmes

Sometimes, instead of prescribing a BzRA for sleep, physicians prescribe a low does of an antidepressant (such as trazodone) or antipsychotic medication. It's debatable whether this type of low-dose treatment of insomnia is better than treatment with BzRAs. Stopping these medications after months or years of taking them is usually more straightforward than stopping BzRAs, although they should be gradually reduced, rather than stopped abruptly, over weeks. [2021] - Judith R. Davidson