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10 Household Things That Could Harm / Kill Your Dog – 3rd Edition

Colorado’s Pooper Scooper Service Duty Free Pets in an ongoing effort to help the safety of your fur kids will be posting “10 Household Things That Could Harm / Kill Your Dog.” Please tell friends that you know to follow this discussion. Often there will be things that you knew however, you’re sure to find ones that you don’t.

Please join the discussion and let others know your personal experience with the subject as you might help save a dogs life. There is a place on the Duty Free Pets Facebook page to continue the subject and share pictures of your fur friends. Duty Free Pets Pooper Scooper Service is a professional Colorado pooper scooper / dog poop removal company. Our goal is to create a healthy and safe environment for you and your fur friends.

10 Household Things That Could Harm / Kill Your Dog

Tobacco Products1 – Tobacco Products

Long known to be a carcinogen with severe heath effects on humans, tobacco products / nicotine is even more deadly for our furry ones.  Nicotine is a poisonous alkaloid derived from the tobacco plant. Nicotine is found in a variety of sources, cigarettes, cigars, snuff, chewing tobacco, nicotine gum, nicotine inhalers, nicotine patches & nicotine nasal sprays.

Some pets are attracted to the products like chewing tobacco that are supplemented with flavors such as honey, molasses, syrups and other sugars.

The toxic level of nicotine in dogs is 5 milligrams of nicotine per pound of body weight. In dogs, 10 mg/kg is potentially lethal.  A small dog would only need to consume 2-4 cigarettes for poisoning to occur.   (learn more here)

  • One Cigarette = 15-25 mg
  • Nicotine Patches = 8-118 mg
  • Nicotine Gum = 2-4 mg
  • Cigar = 15-40 mg
  • Chewing Tobacco 6-8 mg per gram

2 – Ice Melt Products

Ice Melting Products Boulder Colorado Pooper ScooperPlease, if you or your neighbors have dogs or cats only use ice melt products that are pet safe! Ice melt often contains odium chloride or calcium chloride.  Both may cause severe skin and gastrointestinal tract irritation, depending on the concentration and circumstances of exposure.  If you are unsure if your dogs has stepping in non pet friendly ice melt keep them from licking the exposed areas and wipe their paws thoroughly.  Remember to keep your dog from drinking from puddles too as they can contain high dosages of these products.  (learn more here)

3 – Fabric Softeners

Fabric Softeners Louisville Colorado Pooper Scooper ServiceMany fabric softeners contain too many toxins to list.  While most pets will not have an allergic or fatal reaction to clothes dried with fabric softeners keep them away from the detergent and dryer sheets.

Did you know that dryer sheets create toxic fumes when released with heat? Isn’t it hot in your dryer? Or that their inert ingredients can cause cancer, liver disease, Alzheimer’s, and lots of other chronic disorders? Probably not what you had in mind when you poured in the liquid softener or tossed that sheet into the dryer, is it? (alternatives to store bought fabric softener) Here are just a few of the ingredients in many store bought softeners.

  • Linalool – A narcotic that causes central nervous system disorders
  • Chloroform – Neurotoxic, anesthetic and carcinogenic
  • Ethyl Acetate – A narcotic on the EPA’s Hazardous Waste list
  • Benzyl Acetate – Linked to pancreatic cancer
  • Benzyl Alcohol – Upper respiratory tract irritant
  • Ethanol – On the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Hazardous Waste list and can cause central nervous system disorders

4 – Hot Tub & Pool

Hot Tubs and Pools Lafayette Colorado Pooper ScooperWould you allow your child to play in a pool unsupervised?  Pools and hot tubs are dangerous for dogs.  An estimated 5,000 family pets drown in backyard swimming pools annually. Many dogs when they unexpectedly find themselves in a pool or hot tub instinctively head for the nearest edge and tries to claw its way out.  The dog not able to get out panics and panic quickly leads to exhaustion. While animals can be trained to go the shallow end, or the steps, climbing to safety may be impossible for smaller animals.

Dogs + hot tubes = heat exhaustion. A dog’s temperature is naturally already higher than ours. The heat of the hot tub will cause a dangerous increase in temperature. Because the dog will be subjected to heat in the water, he won’t be able to cool off from the air.  The dogs body temperature will rise dangerously. Heat stroke and dehydration in dogs is requir immediate treatment. (learn more about heat exhaustion and treatments here)

Chemicals in a hot tub are pretty potent. Those will damage the skin and burn the eyes.    The untrained animal instinctively heads for the nearest edge of the pool and tries to claw its way out. Panic quickly leads to exhaustion. While animals can be trained to go the shallow end, or the steps, climbing to safety may be impossible for smaller animals.  Some puppies and dogs will also drink the treated water in your pool. Possible symptoms resulting from ingestion include upset stomach, diarrhea, vomiting and mouth/tongue ulcers. Even small amounts could agitate your dog’s digestive system.

5 – Ibuprofen

Don’t ever give your dogs ibuprofen for pain relief. Dogs often accidentally consume the pain reliever by chewing up a bottle or accidentally swallowing dropped pills that the human does not pick up.  Dogs may begin to exhibit symptoms in as little as four hours or up to four or five days. The dog can develop stomach ulcers and bleeding with severe kidney ibuprofen dogs poison Erie Colorado Pooper Scooper Serviceimpairment.

Be on the look out for:

  • Diarrhea
  • Vomiting
  • Stumbling
  • Disorientation
  • Seizures
  • Lethargy

If you notice these symptoms call a vet immediately.

6 – Space Heaters

Electric Space Heaters Duty Free Pets Longmont Pooper Scooper ServiceAn unattended space heater, if tipped over by a dog, can start house fires. An unattended space heater, if tipped over by a dog, can start massive house fires.   As with any electrical device, a secure electric connection is imperative with electric space heaters and dog house heaters. Fires can start if the cords are frayed, are not used with the proper outlet or get chewed up. This can also electrocute the pet. (more about these types of accidents here)

7 – Castor Bean

Castor beans (Ricinus communis) contain ricin. Ricin is a glycoprotein reported to cause hypotension, gastroenteritis, depression, and death.   Death or euthanasia occurred in 9% of castor bean ingestion reported to National Animal Poison Control.  The severity of clinical signs following castor bean ingestion may depend on whether the beans were chewed or swallowed whole. (learn more)

Castor Bean Pet Waste Removal Boulder ColoradoCommon signs to watch for:

  • Inappetanc
  • Drooling
  • Abdominal pain
  • Vomiting
  • Severe bloody diarrhea
  • Abdominal straining
  • Weakness
  • Trembling
  • Hypotension (drop in blood pressure)
  • Sudden collapse
  • Death

8 – Bread Ties and Clips

Bread Twist Ties Boulder Pet Waste Reomval Dog PoopIf you know your dog has consumed these objects what ’em closely for monitor for such signs as vomiting, blood in stool,  stops eating & drinking, has trouble pooping, lethargy, straining or abdominal pain and consult your vet immediately if you do see such symptoms.

If you do not see these symptoms know that it will most likely pass through without problem.  However,  if your watch your dog swallow this it would wise to feed your dog a few slices of bread or some mashed potato in an attempt to cushion it on its passage through the bowels ’cause there is a chance that it might cause a bowel perforation.

9 – Frayed Rope (including toys)

Frayed Rope Dog Poop Removal Pet Waste Superior Colorado Duty Free PetsFrayed rope is not meant to be digested by dogs.  Their system cannot handle it.  It is common for vets to see blockages in dogs  intestine thus twist like an accordion caused from dogs ingesting frayed rope.  This is very painful and can lead to death or very costly vet bills.

Not only can string or strands of rope cause severe internal damage to a dog, they don’t show up on x-rays.  Often an ultra-sound must be performed.

10 – Fly Bait / Poison

Fly Poison Dog Poop Removal Lafayette COloradoIf you know your dog has ingested this poison within the past 120 minutes induce vomiting.  You can induce vomiting by forcing hydrogen peroxide down their throat. (click here for instructions) No matter how long it has been since your dog has ingested this take them to the vet immediately.  This is not a situation that can wait until the morning.

Please forward this on to your friends or share us on Facebook. We will continually ad 10 new items and try to help explain how by avoiding them your little fur kid can live a happy, safe, and long life.

DFP Pooper Scooper Service is a Colorado Company dedicated to helping provide you with the tools to help your fur friends live longer, safer, happier lives.


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Pretzel Bites – Easy Recipe for Large Pretzels

Pretzel Bites are a fun and easy way to make any party rock.  Especially for those game day events or football Sunday.  Even if you just have the munchies, this can be a real tasty way to enjoy a snack.  This recipe is very easy to make and you can use practically in bread or sour dough recipe to make pretzels but I’m going to show you how to do it with Pizza Dough.  Also be sure to check out my Garlic Parmesan Bread Knots and my Steakhouse style Scones!

Pretzel Bites Ingredients:

1 Pizza Dough, for a14″ Lg. Pizza
6 cups Water
1/4 cup Baking Soda
1 egg
1 tbsp Water, mix with egg for wash
2 tbsp Butter, melted
1 tsp Kosher Salt
1 tsp Dried Oregano, ground

Mix Baking soda with the 6 cups of boiling water and soak the dough for only 30 seconds.  Bake at 450 degrees f for 12 to 15 minutes.

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Projection of the future diabetes burden in the United States through 2060

In the United States, diabetes has increased rapidly, exceeding prior predictions. Projections of the future diabetes burden need to reflect changes in incidence, mortality, and demographics. We applied the most recent data available to develop an updated projection through 2060.

A dynamic Markov model was used to project prevalence of diagnosed diabetes among US adults by age, sex, and race (white, black, other). Incidence and current prevalence were from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) 1985–2014. Relative mortality was from NHIS 2000–2011 follow-up data linked to the National Death Index. Future population estimates including birth, death, and migration were from the 2014 Census projection.

The projected number and percent of adults with diagnosed diabetes would increase from 22.3 million (9.1%) in 2014 to 39.7 million (13.9%) in 2030, and to 60.6 million (17.9%) in 2060. The number of people with diabetes aged 65 years or older would increase from 9.2 million in 2014 to 21.0 million in 2030, and to 35.2 million in 2060. The percent prevalence would increase in all race-sex groups, with black women and men continuing to have the highest diabetes percent prevalence, and black women and women of other race having the largest relative increases.

By 2060, the number of US adults with diagnosed diabetes is projected to nearly triple, and the percent prevalence double. Our estimates are essential to predict health services needs and plan public health programs aimed to reduce the future burden of diabetes.

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The number of US adults aged 18 years or older with diagnosed diabetes quadrupled from 5.5 million in 1980 to 21.9 million in 2014, corresponding to a nearly three-fold increase in the percent prevalence from 3.5 to 9.1% [1]. Projections of the future diabetes burden are essential for predicting future needs for health care services, projecting future economic burden associated with the disease, and prioritizing public health programs to reduce the future burden of the disease.

Projections from previous studies have been lower than the observed prevalence. For example, King et al. (in 1998) [2] and Boyle et al. (in 2001) [3] predicted the diabetes population would reach 20 million and 9% of the population by 2025. Data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) showed that those projected levels were already reached in 2010 [1]. The most recent projection (2006) predicted a prevalence of 6.8% for year 2010, which was more than two percentage points lower than estimates from survey data [4].

There are several possible reasons why projections from previous studies underestimated diabetes prevalence. For example, King et al. used a static model and assumed a constant diabetes prevalence. However, the prevalence of diabetes varies due to changes in incidence and the demographic composition of the population [2]. Later studies avoided this problem by using dynamic models. However, some key assumptions of those models (e.g., constant relative mortality risk across different age groups) were based on expert opinion and lacked empirical support [3,4,5,6]. Moreover, the data used in those studies do not reflect recent changes in the diabetes epidemic. Prevalence, incidence, and mortality have all changed since the previous projection studies. Diabetes incidence increased until 2008, but has stabilized at a slightly lower level since then [7]. Mortality rates for people both with and without diabetes have declined [8, 9]. The decline of mortality in the diabetes population means more people live with diabetes, and the decline in mortality in the non-diabetes population means more people are at risk of developing diabetes before they die.

In this study, we used a dynamic Markov model to project the number and percent of US adults with diagnosed diabetes through the year 2060. Our study advances the previous studies in three ways. First, since our model is dynamic, the future prevalence and population with diabetes changes according to annual changes in prevalence and demographics. Second, our model is driven by observed data with minimal additional assumptions about the parameters. Third, we used the latest data available to estimate the model parameters, so our projection is based on relatively stable estimates of diabetes incidence over the past 30 years, including the lower incidence rates observed since 2008.

The dynamic Markov model

We used a dynamic Markov model similar to the models used by Boyle et al. [3] and Honeycutt et al. [5]. The model contains three system states – No Diabetes, Diabetes, and Death – in which diabetes is defined as diagnosed diabetes. We divided the population by race (white, black, other) and sex (male, female) for a total of six sub-cohorts. Other race includes American Indians, Alaska Natives, Asians, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, and people identifying with two or more races. We combined these groups to have sufficient sample size for reliable estimates. In the model, each sub-cohort runs its own Markov chain to project the diabetes total population and percent prevalence each year through 2060. The system starts with an initial diabetes prevalence in each race-sex cohort and changes annually. A proportion of the No Diabetes population transitions to the Diabetes state each year according to transition probabilities governed by estimated diabetes incidence rates. Transition back to the No Diabetes state is not considered in the model due to the low probability of remission and high relapse rate [10]. Transitions to the Death state from the No Diabetes and Diabetes states are determined by the Census projection of death and the relative mortality risk of diabetes. The model is solved by Monte Carlo simulation; details are described in the Additional file 1: Appendix.

Estimation of the model parameters

Initial diabetes prevalence

The 2014 diabetes prevalence for each race-sex cohort served as the starting point for the projection. Diabetes was defined as self-reported diagnosed diabetes. We used a logistic regression model to estimate single-year race-sex-specific prevalence using data from the 1985–2014 NHIS [11], a representative survey of the US non-institutionalized civilian population. The independent variables included in the final regression model were race, sex, age, squared and cubic terms of age, and all second order interaction terms between sex, age, and survey year. The 2014 prevalence was estimated by the single-year predictive margin for that year.

Diabetes incidence

We also used a logistic regression model to estimate diabetes incidence. Incidence was defined based on self-reported diagnosis during the prior year. The independent variables were the same as in the prevalence model except for the survey year variable. As the incidence rate was much smaller than the prevalence, we replaced the single year variable with periods (1985–1989, 1990–1994, 1995–1999, 2000–2005, and 2006–2014) to increase the sample size. As diabetes incidence rates had increased for 30 years and then plateaued since 2008 [7], we assumed future diabetes incidence rates would be similar to incidence rates during 2006–2014 in the base case simulation.

The prevalence and incidence models were estimated using SAS version 9.3 (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA) with a maximum likelihood estimation method that accounted for the complex sample design.

Population and mortality

The demographic changes in the model were determined by the race-sex-specific number of people who became 18 years old, and the age-race-sex-specific numbers who migrated or died. All these parameters were obtained from the middle series of the US Census 2014 National Population Projection for the period 2014 to 2060.

The diabetes relative mortality risk was determined by the ratio of the mortality rates for persons with and without diabetes. The two sets of age-race-sex-specific rates were estimated by a Poisson regression model with discretized survival time using the NHIS 2000–2011 survey linked to the National Death Index (NDI). The independent variables included in the Poisson regression were race, sex, age, diabetes status, age squared, and interaction terms between age and all other independent variables. The detailed mortality model was described elsewhere [12]. The model was estimated using Stata version 13.1 (StataCorp LP, College Station, TX). The estimated diabetes relative mortality risk for years 2005–2011 was used in the Markov model to allocate Census projected deaths to the Diabetes and No Diabetes states.

Model simulation

The Markov model simulation projects the future number and percent prevalence of diabetes in the US population. The model is represented by difference equations (see Additional file 1: Appendix) that include all the estimated transition probabilities from the regression models, and is solved using Monte Carlo simulation. We used the maximum-likelihood estimates from the regression models as the base case transition probabilities in the Markov model. Confidence intervals for the projection were generated by sampling 5000 times from the joint distribution of the regression model coefficients, and running the model to produce a projection series for each sample. R version 3.2.5 was used for the computation.

Sensitivity analysis

Incidence rate is a critical parameter that affects the future projection. To assess the effect of higher or lower incidence rate scenarios, we varied the incidence by ±20% from the base case incidence. The higher incidence represents a worst case scenario in which diabetes incidence would rise due to increases in risk factors such as obesity. The lower incidence may represent the more optimistic scenario in which future diabetes incidence is reduced by widely implementing effective diabetes prevention strategies such as lifestyle interventions.

Both the number and percent prevalence of diagnosed diabetes among US adults are projected to increase continually through 2060 (Table 1 and Fig. 1a, b). The number (percent) of adults with diagnosed diabetes would increase from 22.3 million (9.1%) in 2014 to 39.7 million (13.9%) in 2030, and then reach 60.6 million (17.9%) in 2060.

Table 1 Projection of the future number (in millions) and percent (%) prevalence of US adults with diagnosed diabetes, by age group for selected years 2014–2060
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Projection of diagnosed diabetes prevalence in US adults: a overall number, b overall percent, c number by race and sex, d percent by race and sex, e number by age and year, f and percent by age and year

Over time, the overall diabetes percent prevalence is projected to increase by 0.3% per year, on average, before 2030, and by 0.1% per year after 2030 (Fig. 1b). The overall diabetes population size will increase by an average of 1.0 million people per year before 2030 and by 0.6 million per year thereafter (Fig. 1a).

The increase would vary by age group (Table 1 and Fig. 1e, f). People aged 65 years or older would have larger increases in both number and percent prevalence than younger adults. The number (percent) of people with diagnosed diabetes in the 65 years or older group would increase from 9.18 million (19.8%) in 2014 to 21.0 million (28.1%) in 2030, and 35.2 million (35.0%) in 2060. As a share of the total diabetes population, those aged 65 years or older accounted for 41.1% in 2014. This share would increase to 53.0% in 2030 and to 58.0% in 2060.

All race-sex groups would experience an increase in both diabetes population size and percent prevalence through 2060 (Fig. 1c and d), but the magnitude of the increase would vary. Starting with a similar percent prevalence in women (9.0%) and men (9.2%) in 2014, the rate in women would rise to 19.2%, compared to 16.6% in men, by 2060. By race, the 2014% prevalence were 12.4, 8.6, and 8.5% among blacks, whites, and people of other race, respectively. By 2060, blacks would still have the highest percent prevalence (23.3%), but prevalence in the other race group (18.8%) would exceed that in whites (16.6%). Measured in population size, however, whites with diabetes outnumbered blacks and people of other race with 16.7 million in 2014 and would continue to do so with 39.1 million in 2060.

Among all race-sex groups, black women had the highest percent prevalence in 2014 (12.5%) and would continue to have the highest rate through year 2060 (25.2%), followed by black men with 12.2% in 2014 and 21.2% in 2060. In terms of the magnitude of the increase, women of other race would have the largest relative increase in both number of cases (0.9 to 5.8 million, 6.4-fold increase) and percent prevalence (8.4 to 20.2%, 2.4-fold increase) from 2014 to 2060 (Fig. 1c, d).

Changes in diabetes incidence could have large effects on future diabetes number and percent prevalence (Tables 2 and 3). A 20% higher incidence rate than assumed in the base case would increase diabetes prevalence to 44.58 million (15.6%) in 2030 and 70.26 million (20.7%) in 2060. A 20% lower incidence would reduce diabetes prevalence to 34.7 million (12.2%) and 50.4 million (14.9%) in 2030 and 2060, respectively.

Table 2 Sensitivity analysis (incidence ±20%) for the projection of the future number (in millions) of US adults with diagnosed diabetes, by age group, for selected years 2014–2060
Table 3 Sensitivity analysis (incidence ±20%) for the projection of the future percent prevalence (%) of diagnosed diabetes among US adults, by age group, for selected years 2014–2060

Using a dynamic Markov model and improved model parameters, we have developed an updated projection of the future diabetes burden using the most recent available data. According to the current incidence during 2006 to 2014, relative mortality risk estimation, and the latest Census projection, our results indicate the number of US adults with diagnosed diabetes would continue to increase and would nearly triple from 22.3 million in 2014 to 60.6 million in 2060. The corresponding percent prevalence would double from 9% in 2014 to 18% in 2060. The magnitude of the increase would vary by age group, sex, and race. Our estimates provide essential information needed by decision-makers for future planning, preparing resources needed, and taking effective actions to combat the problem.

Diabetes already imposes large health and economic burdens on persons with the disease, their families, the national health care system, and society as a whole. Diabetes ranked seventh in the leading causes of death and contributed to 76,488 deaths in 2014. The economic cost attributed to diabetes was $245 billion in 2012 [13]. Our results indicate that these health and economic burdens of diabetes would continue to increase in the future if no actions were taken. Fortunately, type 2 diabetes, which accounts for the majority of the diabetes population, can be prevented or delayed [14]. Implementing effective prevention strategies to slow the increasing burden of type 2 diabetes is an urgent public health priority [15]. According to our analysis, if we were to reduce the diabetes incidence rate by 20%, we would reduce the number of people with diabetes by 5 million in 2030 and 10 million in 2060.

Our projection of the prevalence of diagnosed diabetes in 2030 is 39.7 million and 13.9% of the population. These estimates are higher than estimates from previous studies which ranged from 30.0 to 36.4 million and 8.6 to 10.4% [3,4,5, 16]. The differences between our estimates and previous studies could be due to several factors. First, our initial diabetes percent prevalence, which was derived from the most recent survey data, was higher than what previous studies predicted it would be at this time. The most recent prior projection had an initial percent prevalence of 5.5% and projected future prevalence of 6.8% in 2010 and 8.9% in 2020 [4]. However, in the real world, the actual percent prevalence was already 9.1% in 2010 [1]. A higher initial prevalence would lead to a higher projection. Second, the overall diabetes incidence estimate for 2006 to 2014 that we used for our projection was 0.8% per year, which was 10 to 30% higher than the incidence rate assumed by previous projections [3,4,5, 17]. This difference in the assumed incidence rate would gradually enlarge the projected diabetes prevalence for each succeeding year the model is run. Third, the estimate of relative mortality risk that we used was based on empirical data and varied across age-race-sex groups, in contrast to previous studies that used a constant value based on expert judgment. The relative mortality risk for the diabetes versus non-diabetes population that we used decreased by age (approximately 3 for age 20, 2 for age 65, and 1.2 for age 85). The lower relative mortality risk in older age groups would lead to more years of life in the large population of older people with diabetes, thereby increasing diabetes prevalence. Finally, we used the latest Census projection, which predicted a smaller future population than earlier Census projections. The 2014 Census projection predicted 400 million total population in 2050 [18], 20 million less than the 2000 Census-based projection [19]. This difference would cause a slight decrease in the projected diabetes population, but not enough to compensate for other factors that drive the increase. All of these factors combined would result in a projection that is greater in magnitude than projections from the earlier studies.

Most of the increase in future diabetes burden would be from the population 65 years and older. Starting in the late 2020s, half of the diabetes population would be in that group. Among all persons aged 65 years or older, approximately one in three in 2030 and two in five in 2060 would have diagnosed diabetes. Within the population ≥ 65 years of age, increases in the number and percent prevalence would not be distributed evenly. The increase would be more rapid in people aged 75 years or older than among those 65 to 74. The number of persons with diabetes aged 65–74 would double from 5.5 million in 2014 to 10.9 million in 2030, and triple to 15.3 million in 2060. However, the number for persons aged 75 and older would triple from 3.7 million in 2014 to 10.1 million in 2030 and increase more than fivefold to 19.5 million in 2060 (Table 1 and Fig. 1 e, f. Aging of the future US adult population [20] would play a substantial role in the rapid increase in the number of older people with diabetes. However, the increase in the age of the diabetes population would exceed the increase in age of the general population due to the higher incidence of diabetes among older people. Further, mortality reductions in people with and without diabetes would result in longer lives for those with diabetes as well as greater exposure to the risk of developing diabetes for those without the condition. All of these factors would together contribute to a steep increase in the number and prevalence of older adults with diabetes.

The increasing burden of diabetes among adults aged 65 years or older would increase heath care resources needed for this age group. The Medicare-eligible diabetes population would double in the early 2020s and quadruple in the 2050s under the current enrollment policy. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services may need to consider the increased burden of diabetes when planning for future health care resources. More importantly, wide implementation of effective diabetes prevention strategies should also be considered. Lifestyle intervention is not only effective in preventing or delaying the onset of type 2 diabetes among older adults, but is also an efficient use of health care resources [21, 22].

The projected rapid increase in diabetes prevalence among blacks and people of other race compared to whites is a result of the increasing non-white population and the higher incidence of diabetes in the non-white population. Our projection suggests that racial disparities in the diabetes burden would get worse if no action were taken. We project that approximately one in four blacks would have diagnosed diabetes by year 2060. The number of women with diabetes in the other race group would increase more than six-fold from 2014 to 2060. Public policies that target prevention efforts to higher-risk groups may be needed in order to reduce the racial disparity.

Our study has limitations. First, we were not able to include youth aged 0 to 17 years in our projection due to the lack of information about this group in the NHIS. However, this would not substantially impact the total diabetes population, as diabetes is much less prevalent in the younger age group (0.25%) [23]. A previous projection of diabetes in youth estimated a 0.2 million (1.8%) prevalence of type 1 diabetes and a 0.03 million (0.27%) prevalence of type 2 diabetes in youth in 2050 [6]. Second, we did not consider undiagnosed diabetes in our projection. Adding an undiagnosed diabetes state to the model would necessitate the estimation of additional parameters. Some of these parameters, such as mortality for the undiagnosed diabetes population, the transition from undiagnosed diabetes to diagnosed diabetes, and the transition from normal glucose status to undiagnosed diabetes, would be difficult to estimate with adequate precision from available data. Further, adding an additional latent state to the model would increase the complexity of the solution and result in larger uncertainty [24]. Introducing such uncertainty would decrease the reliability of the model and could result in larger errors in the future projection. A study using data from the National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) that included laboratory measures estimated 8.1 million US adults (27.8% of the diabetes population) had undiagnosed diabetes in 2014 [23]. The NHANES study provided an estimate of diagnosed diabetes prevalence that was similar to our 2014 NHIS estimate for year 2014. The NHANES estimate of the undiagnosed prevalence proportion could be applied to our future projection to obtain projections of future total (diagnosed and undiagnosed) diabetes, which would be 55.0 million in 2030 and 84.0 million in 2060. Thirdly, we did not consider diabetes remission that may occur after bariatric surgery. Nevertheless, the influence would be negligible, since the number of remission cases accounts for a very small proportion of the diagnosed population and those who experience remission are at high risk of relapse [10]. Finally, similar to all projections, our projection could be biased if the key assumptions (especially regarding diabetes incidence) differ from reality. To mitigate this uncertainty, we performed a sensitivity analysis to help quantify the potential error of our projection if incidence were to change substantially.

Obesity is an important contributor to the diabetes epidemic. Previous studies considered the effect of obesity and other risk factors on the projection of diabetes burden [25] and the impact of obesity on diabetes incidence and diabetes-free life expectancy [26]. However, in our study we did not consider obesity status or other biomarkers such as blood pressure and lipid level for several reasons. First, estimates of the incidence and prevalence of obesity based on self-reported height and weight may be inaccurate. Second, the relationship between obesity and other biomarkers and diabetes is not precisely known, so diabetes incidence estimates based on these covariates might not be accurate for the purpose of our study. Third, including uncertainties such as these in a model to predict future conditions could enlarge any errors. Finally, for the purpose of predicting future prevalence, individual obesity status would be replaced by the average obesity level in each race-sex-age group, and would thus have no impact on the projection of future diabetes prevalence, the target of our study.

In conclusion, using improved estimates for diabetes incidence and current prevalence, the latest census projections, and a refined mortality analysis with a dynamic Markov model, we project the number of US adults with diagnosed diabetes would nearly triple from 2014 to 2060 and over one in six adults would be diagnosed with diabetes by year 2060. The future health and economic burden imposed by diabetes on society, health care systems, and the national economy would continue to increase if no actions were taken. Wide implementation of effective prevention strategies could mitigate future increases of the diabetes burden.

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How to Deal with Abusive Relationship?

Good for you for being here! Abusive relationships don’t just fix themselves, and you’re smart enough to know that. Instead of just putting up with it and “waiting until it gets bad enough,” you’re here to get help and make things better.

No matter how bad things are, you’ve got what it takes to make it better. You are smarter, stronger and healthier than you realize. Believe in yourself, and never, ever give up on you!

Whether you are victim, abuser or both, the problems go south real fast when somebody gives up. You just can’t afford to do that.

Relationships are supposed to feel good and make your life better. Don’t settle for anything less than that. You are worthy of loving relationships, even if you’re the one who’s been causing the problems.

You are worthwhile, valuable and good, no matter how you’re feeling right now. And that’s the key to beginning the process of breaking free from abusive relationships.

What Do You Need To Know Right Now?

  • You are a good person, and you deserve to be treated with respect–no matter what. This doesn’t mean you’re perfect, it just means you are human, and worthy of respect.
  • Regardless of who you are or what you’ve done, I have some relationship advice for you–you do not deserve to be abused.
  • You must be willing to take responsibility. That’s where your freedom comes from. It doesn’t mean you’re responsible for the abusive relationship, it just means you are responsible for taking action to protect yourself and others who are being hurt.
  • Assuming you are an adult, you are capable of taking action to improve your situation–you already have! You’re here reading this web page, aren’t you?. One step at a time, and you’ll get there.
  • You are not alone! There are people on this web site that will help you deal with abusive relationships.  Remember, one step at a time!
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Leave Abusive Relationships, Or Stay And Keep Trying?

One option is to get out of the relationship. The other is to stay and try to work things out. But first, we have to figure out which is the best option!

Here are some things to consider in making your decision:

  • Are you or anyone being hurt physically?
  • Are you or anyone being sexually abused?
  • Are you or anyone being threatened physically or sexually? Do you or anyone feel your life is in danger?
  • If you are not sure what physical or sexual abuse is, you will find a full description here.

These are “worse case scenarios,” and if you answered “yes” to any or all of the above, you need to find a safe place to go immediately. If you end up getting a divorce, you will need some divorce advice on letting go of a relationship.

There is also emotional or mental abuse. This type of abuse, although it may not seem as extreme as the above, can be just as devastating. Here are some questions to help you decide if you’re being emotionally abused:

    • Do you find yourself afraid of your partner and don’t really know why?
    • Do you feel worse about yourself after or while being with your partner?
    • Does it seem like your partner does not respect your ability to make your own decisions?
    • Does it seem like your partner does not respect you in general?

This type of situation can make start to doubt yourself, and actually interfere with your decision making ability. This can start a downward spiral that just keeps going until you feel that you are not competent to take care of yourself.

Then, if you are actually being abused, you become more and more dependent on the abuser. Not a good thing.

Is It Time For You To Help Yourself?

In order to survive abusive relationships, you must educate yourself. Understanding abusive relationships is a first step, and it will also help you to learn to respect yourself and develop healthy anger.

Healthy anger is based on self-love, and it does not harm anyone. Healthy anger is for the purpose of protecting you and keeping you safe.

Healthy anger fuels effective action!

Here are some thoughts for you to consider:

  • You are a person of value, and you are worthy of kindness and fair treatment.
  • No one has the right to hurt you physically, sexually, emotionally or mentally. Of course we all get hurt somewhat in our love relationships–however, if the harm is being done intentionally and it keeps happening, that’s another thing. That means you are one of the many good souls caught in abusive relationships.
  • You are not alone. There are thousands of people all over the country devoted to helping people just like you to get yourself and your children out of abusive relationships.
  • If you are having anger management problems of your own, you probably need to learn these anger management techniques yourself–especially if you are sometimes abusive to your partner yourself!

Are You Ready To Take Effective Action?

If you know you’re in an abusive relationship, but you’re afraid to do anything, here is the help. It all starts with you. Focusing on the other person will only keep you stuck.

  • This self-focus needs to be positive, because you certainly don’t need anything to make you feel bad about yourself.
  • Help yourself heal emotionally and truly love yourself–because you are your best resource for healing.
  • If you’re married or planning to marry, this is your best beginning point for creating a healthy relationship with your spouse. It really is true that you have to love yourself before you can truly love another…or let them love you.

Never, ever give up on yourself! It is never hopeless, no matter how bad it may seem. You have the courage and the good heart to do what must be done to keep yourself and your children safe, and it all starts with self love.

Does The Abuse Come From Too Much Attachment?

What can you say? Are you one of those being abused? Share anything. Please like my Facebook page for more interesting posts.

What is Battered Woman Syndrome?

This is a condition that you find yourself in with someone you love, or someone you have loved and are afraid to leave.

How did this happen? You never planned for your relationship to turn into a battered wife syndrome. Let’s look at an explanation of how relationships become abusive:

    • The obvious first part is where you fall in love.
    • Then, because you both have unfinished business from your past, old pain and fear is activated over time. This can happen anywhere from the first few days to the first few years, but it happens to virtually all couples.
    • Because of your husband’s issues, he got caught up in trying to control you, and he resorted to physical aggression.
    • You didn’t like it, but you didn’t leave…or you left and came back. And that’s because you love him more than yourself.
    • Things got better, and you hoped for the best, but it happened again, and again, and again.

This may have happened to you in one relationship, or in multiple relationships. The point is that you have gotten caught in a battered wife syndrome pattern in which you’re being abused, and you need help getting out.

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The battered wife syndrome always involves some kind of verbal abuse, which is inevitably emotional abuse. It’s important to learn about those types of harm in relationships, as well.

How Do You Heal From Battered Wife Syndrome?

That’s the question, isn’t it? Well, hear are some answers for you, below.

Keep in mind that all of these ideas might not apply to you or your situation. You decide what fits best for you, then you love yourself enough to do the right thing.

    • First priority is your physical safety and the physical safety of your children, if there are children involved. Child Protective Services and Family Services agencies in your area will be able to give you contact information for shelters where you can go and be safe from the abuser in your life. If you don’t value yourself enough to seek protection, then at least do it for your children.
    • Next you need to think about breaking the cycle of abuse. The components of the cycle, as you can see in the image, are unmet needs, anxiety, seeking love, finding relief, pleasing and appeasing, control and abuse, anger and fear, reconciliation and “back to normal.”
    • You break the cycle by taking responsibility for your safety (and your children’s safety if they’re part of it), rather than worrying about whether “he will get better” or focusing on the fact that you love him.
    • You break the cycle by respecting yourself enough to only maintain relationships in which you are treated with care and respect. You begin to recognize that you are a good person and you are worthy of respect in your relationships.
      • One of the best ways out of the battered wife syndrome is with healthy anger.
      • Anger is a protective emotion, and you need to have some healthy anger if you and/or your children are being abused. You are your own best

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If you don’t take care of yourself, no one else can! In other words, you have to take the first steps, to reach out for help, then there will be others to help you.

If you just stay in the cycle (read all of the parts carefully, in the image above), the abuse will only get worse, and could even become fatal.

You are a good person, worthy of respect and care!

What is your part of this story? Let us know and how you handled it. Please like my Facebook page for more interesting posts.

Struggles of a NaTay (Mother and Father in 1)

“When a baby comes along, it is a blessing.”. How will a woman feel such if she was left behind by the other person whom she entrusted herself to? I had my share about being a single mom. At first, it was a combination of being ecstatic, furious,  and anxious. I will explain one by one. There are funny sides as well. As we continue, please put your shoes to mine to better understand me.

“A person is inside of me.” I uttered when I discovered that I was weeks pregnant. I already imagined ribbons, dolls, toy cars, balls, cradle, rattle and other baby stuff. I was thankful that finally someone will be with me all the time. I have now someone who I will watch over and someone who will watch over me. Although it was a difficult challenge to be a NaTay (Nanay and Tatay at the same time), I was more ecstatic than anxious.

It was the most furious event of my whole existence when my ex-partner denied the child in my womb. “How can someone be so irresponsible to reach the point of forsaking his own?” I had no choice but to be by myself and my little one.

I asked myself, “How can I be able to manage someone else’s life when I cannot manage mine?” There were so many questions with regard to raising the child on my own, our financial status, our social status and my reputation as a woman. We all know that we live in a world with too much rejection and deviation. My uncertainties include social acceptance and limited opportunities. “What is next in life now that I am a single mom?”, “Will there still be somebody who will accept me and my child, taken as a packaged deal?” (naisip ko pa yun!)

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Hundreds of questions emerged from that one particular situation. I did not know what to expect. I was full of mixed emotions which varies from each day that passed by. It was year 2004. Surprisingly, when I told my guy friends about my pregnancy, it was like they were with me in every stage. My friends and family were there as well. I never felt alone at all. I cannot believe that the few good men I met before I got pregnant was still willing to be with me “in a relationship”, and one even wanted to raise the child as his. Whoa! Was it true? Yes, it was.  That was one of the anxious part, the main concern was, my love life will never be the same again. But, there is really a rainbow after the rain. I did appreciate their offers but since I was in a delicate and emotional state, I declined all the offers. Sorry guys!

After I gave birth, I decided to stay single and focus on my girl. Yes, she was and she is still a very lovely one. I prayed every night to the good Lord to make her a lovely child, obedient, loving, smart and responsible. God, answered my prayers. Years passed, I recovered from the pain of my C-section and the emotional distress. I decided to stay single. After some time, I tried to engage in several relationship but did not succeed.

What are the struggles?

  1. I felt I did not have equal opportunity as a single mom; judgment and discrimination have been always around. I was preconceived as malandi (a flirt), unequipped to handle bigger roles, and prone to mistakes.
  2. For once, I felt less of a person than I was because I got to compare myself to single ladies of my age.  I thought they were more qualified or privileged to be in a relationship.
  3. During those years before I got married, I worked 6 times a week. I rendered overtime in the call center I worked at to earn more and get greater incentives. I get to rest only on Sundays. (Curacha, ang babaeng walang pahinga). Yet, of course I had to spend quality time with my daughter. Thanks to my Dad; he took care of her while I worked.
  4. I worked a double job. Call center representative at night and pre-school teacher in the morning for several months. I took advantage of every avenue to earn. I also sell imported goodies at work and sometimes food packs. Hindi ako si Darna. 🙂
  5. I was not able to work in the industry related to my field of studies since my concern was to have a higher pay. Yet, it was a rewarding job.
  6. I do not have the luxury of shopping or do the activities I used to do since, I had to take care of my daughter after work or rest from my 6 day work. On paydays, my salary went straight to milk, diapers and other basic needs.

What else? The 6 items mentioned above looks simple, but what comprises each struggle took a long time before it was over. It was years of everyday battle which seemed no ending. I had  realizations and lessons that made me a better person than I used to.

I want to expound each struggles, but those will be really long ones. I will keep some details for my book.

To all the single moms, I have profound respect for you. Continue to work hard for the kiddos. Single moms are super heroines without a cape. People who do not understand single moms will always loiter around and bring you down. Do not mind them, they are not as strong as you.

Please spare the single moms from the judgment. They work to survive.

Feel free to share your experience as a single mom or anyone you know. If you liked this post, please like my Facebook page for more social relevant posts.


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Good Begets Good and Bad Begets Bad: Green Grass Theory

Complaining begets more complaints. Anger begets more anger. And optimism begets more optimism

Simon Sinek

Beget means brings about or gives rise to something. In that regard, one thing Dr. Dean Ornish reported, in his study of cardiovascular disease, was that anger begets anger. He explained that letting out your emotions or getting angry by yelling or in other forms did not end anger, it actually encouraged it. Similarly, positive health behavior studies cited how better food choices, like involvement in sports and time with parents brings about more desirable behaviors. These studies show that it is not just bad that begets bad, GOOD BEGETS GOOD.

A prediction is a theory. The Green Grass Theory predicts that good actions bring about or beget more good actions and the cumulative effect of these actions will create desirable results. Good, meaning productive, effective, correct etc.  actions are the only way to create a desirable result. Only improved actions can improve the process and better results are only possible from an improved process.

The Green Grass Theory prediction suggests that engaging in good or health promoting behaviors will crowd out bad behavior. Interestingly, recently there have been multiple mentions of a crowding out effect. Currently  and unfortunately, because of promotion and availability, the opposite is happening that is bad behaviors are crowding out good behaviors. To have the world we want, we need to alter this trend.

We can alter this trend with what I have termed, and written about, “The Green Grass Theory”. As previously noted in the post, Terrorism Cannot be Prevented Or Eliminated, our current approach, or prevailing style, because it simply tries to mainly lessen terrorism, without making it truly better. If we want a better tomorrow, it can only happen by taking deliberate actions that can generate a new reality.

This theory suggests that creating something new and better will “crowd out” what we do not want. Good will beget or bring about more good. If it does not, the new, better reality cannot not exist (see Green Grass Theory). In my More Undoing: A Beneficial Drug Policy post, I shared how Johann Hari demonstrated, with real-life examples in his book and presentations, that when people generate a meaningful reason to live, they have a better life. Their better life then “crowds out” a destructive drug habit. The destructive drug habit is inconsistent with their better life so it is removed like an weed in an otherwise lush green lawn. If the bad habit or weed were not removed, the better life or lush lawn could not be realized. Good begets Good.

In my Science Suggests: Focus On More Good over Less Bad post, I highlighted Dr. Michael Greger’s April 26th, 2017  Nutrition Facts video, “Is It Better to Advise More Plants or Less Junk?“. In this video he documented the “crowding out” phenomenon from good food choices when students were given a free piece of fruit. Giving out fruit free was financially beneficial, over the longer term. It was cost effective because these students continued to eat more fruit more than 3 years later than those who were not given the fruit. In other words, these good choices crowded out bad choices because we can only eat so much. To help you understand,  I encourage you to watch his 5 minute video.

Recently, on The Crowding Out Strategy to Eating Healthier. The post again emphasized the Norwegian study. The post explained that not only does “crowding out” bad choices work, it is a more expedient strategy to promote an increase in consumption of healthy items than a strategy designed to decrease consumption of unhealthy items. This is also common sense, good results can only result from good actions. Good begets good. Benefits can only ensue from better choices. Not making a bad choice does not necessarily lead to a better choice instead. A “Nudge” is needed to help them make the better choice so Good Begets Good.

The program Dr. Gregor sites was a free school fruit scheme that was introduced in Norway for grades 1 through 10. This program not only increased fruit consumption, it also had a positive ripple or spillover effect on their parents who also started eating more fruit also. Importantly, “…although the “intention of these programs was not to reduce unhealthy snack intakes,” that’s exactly what appeared to happen, the fruit replaced, or crowded out, some of the junk. As noted, “Increasing healthy choices to crowd out the unhealthy ones may be more effective than just telling kids not to eat junk, which could actually backfire.”

Promoting good is more efficient because you only need to encourage good choices. The good choices should be choices that can crowd out bad choices. This is more efficient because then you don’t also need to discourage bad choices. As noted, “…the intention of these programs was not to reduce …but…that’s exactly what appeared to happen…”

Goodresults from a “crowding out” strategy were also shared in a story outlined in Dan Heath’s new book, Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen. This example relates to excessive alcohol consumption by Icelandic teenagers. I know drinking less is less bad, however it was the promotion of more good, sports engagement, that also crowded out the bad.

This intervention gave kids more opportunities to be involved in sports. They chose sports because it was a different way to experience a “high”, as a way crowd out the bad choices. Not only were kids more likely to be more physically active, they were also spending more time with their parents, a beneficial ripple effect. These good options, sports and time with parents, “crowded out” the bad options, excessive drinking prevention being the main action of the effort.

Of course this all lines up with why Prevention Can’t Work and Problems are Irrelevant!(see linked post). The result of these strategies is a net-positive improvement beyond the status quo reference point. Create the life you want by engaging in good actions physically, socially, emotionally, spiritually, intellectually, vocationally and environmentally and it will bring about more good actions. Good actions improve the process and an improved process will yield a better life, as a by-product.

To bring about good, do good by creating pervasive, reciprocal, selfish, selfless, synergistic actions so everyone and everything benefits so you can generate comprehensive benefits. Creating good, by doing good begets more good and this can give your life the meaning it was meant to have. I look forward to hearing how you do good from selfish, selfless, synergistic interactions  #SelfishSelflessSynergy.

Please share how you do good…

Be Well’r,

Craig Becker

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The selfish, selfless, synergy or the practice of paneugenesis which is done by creating interactions so everyone and everything benefits is something anyone can build into their life. Of course one of the greatest benefits is the self-worth or good feelings about oneself that is generated by creating such actions beyond the benefits afforded everyone and everything. In the TED presentation below by Aziz Abu Sarah he explains how tourism can make the world a better place – yes tourism!

The examples he provides supply excellent examples of how he is making the world better in his own unique way and  may help you think how you could do it in your way. It is the action we take that provides the evidence about ourself we need to feel good. Happiness does not just happen nor is it the our default state. As Martin Seligman in Authentic Happiness, Flourishing and other publications & Tal Ben-ShaHar in Happier and other publications has shown, happiness has to be earned by doing something. Unhappiness on the other hand requires nothing. If you don’t do anything, unhappiness is the outcome most likely.

Enjoy this presentation on Aziz is using Tourism to create Selfish, Selfless, Synergy:

Be Well’r,

Craig Becker

I look forward to hearing about how you use selfish, selfless, synergy to generate All Good by creating interactions so everyone and everything benefits!


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On the Rail: Doping or Medication

August 18, 2009 -- Under FEI rules, horses can't have any foreign substances in their systems, whether the aim is to treat or cheat.

Read award-winning journalist Nancy Jaffer’s latest report on the world of equestrian sport. Brought to you by Practical Horseman magazine. Visit Nancy’s archive for past columns.

August 18, 2009 — For those who have trouble following the controversy over drugs in equestrian sports, why not just boil it down to three simple words: Doping or medication.

We all know what doping is–trying to gain an edge in competition with the aid of prohibited substances that can calm a horse, pep him up or ease soreness (not to mention something that is possibly more serious than a mere ache.)

Medication, on the other hand, has a legitimate use. Why shouldn’t a horse who colics shortly before a big competition have a dose of Banamine? Under U.S. Equestrian Federation rules, he can. Under FEI (International Equestrian Federation) rules, he can’t.

“If we have a horse going to international competition and he gets colic, and if we’re closer than seven days, we legitimately cannot give that horse Banamine,” said Dr. Brendan Furlong, the U.S. eventing team veterinarian. “You prepare all your life to get a horse ready for the Olympics or World Championships, but because there’s some stupid drug rule in effect” it all comes to naught.

The FEI is in the process of revising its zero tolerance policy, but it’s not there yet. So in the meantime, people are getting caught in a vise, even if their aim was medication and not doping.

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Because many eventing competitions, even at non-elite levels are run under FEI rules, competitors should be aware of the ramification of the medications their horses receive. That isn’t just the medications they may get the week before the competition but everything they receive in the off season–or it could come back to haunt them.

What appears to be one of the most egregious examples is what happened to Michael Pollard, the winner of May’s Jersey Fresh CCI 3-star, an FEI event. His mount, Icarus, had been treated in January–with a veterinarian’s advice–with a steroid to improve his appetite following digestive problems. Michael was told the stuff would have been out of his horse’s system in 45 days. That would have put him into March. Icarus wasn’t tested until the weekend of May 8-10, yet he still came up positive, albeit for an infinitesimal amount of the steroid, which is classified as a doping substance despite being used as medication for a specific condition.

Jersey Fresh 3-star winner Michael Pollard on Icarus | ? 2009 by Nancy Jaffer

Michael was suspended July 1 by the FEI. His case has yet to be decided, but he had to cancel plans to compete at Burghley in September and may not be able to qualify for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, where he had hoped to make the U.S. team.

“I don’t think we did anything wrong,” said Michael.

“The levels were so low they couldn’t ever be considered performance-enhancing. It’s just bad timing in a lot of ways, and it’s very unfortunate because it really had no bearing on his (Icarus’) results at all,” he observed.

“Because of the way the results come out and the way it’s going to be viewed, it’s going to look like, ‘Here’s another person that’s not clean in the sport,”’ he said. “The testing standards are unrealistic. Zero tolerance is a very difficult thing to manage.”

Brendan is emphatic about how the situation should be addressed. “The traditional FEI approach to medication in horses, particularly in regard to so-called doping, is totally antiquated and out of control. It needs a complete overhaul,” he said.

He’s supporting an initiative by U.S. show-jumping team veterinarian Tim Ober and a group of other vets from around the world to allow proper medical treatment of horses in competition.

U.S. Equestrian Federation CEO John Long maintained, “I think you can make a great argument that preventing the proper care through medication … is not in the best interests of the horse.”

“It’s totally unfair to treat a human athlete and not be able to medicate a horse at the proper substance level,” he said. “Sometimes, out of chaos comes order. What we need to think about first and foremost is the welfare of the animal. If we get that right, everything will follow.”

Brendan noted the problem in using therapeutic medications arises “because detection has become so sophisticated that they can find minute traces of these drugs in a horse’s system for weeks and sometimes months after the administration of them. They have no performance-enhancing value at that time whatsoever.”

There are those who contend labs in effect compete against each other to see which can get to the ultimate degree of detection. There also are variations among the labs, so what is positive at one may not come up positive at another.

In the meantime, some useful medications now can’t be given even as long as 120 days before a competition because traces remain, said Brendan.

“That’s ludicrous,” he insisted. “We can’t treat horses the way they should be treated; we have to treat them the way bureaucrats in Switzerland (headquarters of the FEI) and lawyers tell us how they should be treated.”

Dr. Brendan Furlong, U.S. eventing team veterinarian | ? 2008 by Nancy Jaffer

Some issues involving drugs, however, are clear-cut.

He believes there is “no place in veterinary medicine” for a human psychotic drug such as Fluphenazine, found in German dressage star Isabell Werth’s small tour horse, Whisper.

“There’s only one reason to use it to make them quiet. That’s an unfair advantage,” Brendan said, noting suspension is the proper penalty for violations involving such drugs.

Isabell was indeed suspended, missing Germany’s important Aachen show for the first time in years, though one suspects that as a lawyer, she would never purposely do anything to put her riding career in jeopardy. She, like so many others, relies on the advice of a professional, a veterinarian, but under FEI rules, the rider is the Person Responsible, or PR.

Riders, it seems, need to be asking a lot more questions before their mounts are medicated if they want to stay off the suspended list.

Innocent Must Be Careful
Now let’s look at the case of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid al Maktoum and contrast it with that of Michael and Icarus. Tahhan, a horse ridden in endurance races by the Sheikh, was tested twice in January and February, coming up positive for a steroid and guanabenz, an analgesic that also has a calming effect.

The Sheikh is the ruler of Dubai and vice president of the United Arab Emirates, positions that he contended put him in the category of “exceptional circumstances,” while noting that he is an amateur rider and as such relies on others to care for his horses. He’s also the husband of Princess Haya of Jordan, the FEI president, who disqualified herself in this matter because of her relationship to him.

According to FEI documents, the Sheikh, who said he has an interest in 700 endurance horses, relied on trainer/stable manager Abdullah bin Huzaim, who also was named as a Person Responsible by the FEI. The trainer thought the drugs would be “outside FEI detection times.”

An FEI tribunal noted in a decision that came down last month that while it did not expect the Sheikh to have a day-to-day role in what goes on his stable, it believed that just as he uses authority and delegation in his governmental posts, “the same principle should apply to stable management.”

No evidence of “excellent stable management” was submitted to the tribunal, which concluded the trainer “deliberately administered the Prohibited Substances, qualified as Doping substances to the Horse and intended to enhance the Horse’s performances. He (the trainer) has stated that even so he miscalculated the withdrawal time of the substances, he “clearly [.] wanted His Highness to do well with the Horse.”

The Sheikh was suspended for six months; the stable manager for a year.

This seems to be a clear-cut case of doping, while Michael’s is not. Yet in the end, Michael may have a more severe penalty if he cannot qualify for the World Equestrian Games.

The moral seems to be that even the most innocent cannot be too careful. You can’t count on standard withdrawal time for drugs, and inadvertent contamination may also be a problem.

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Chelsea to use Ross Barkley in Declan Rice deal?

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According to reports making the headlines in England, Chelsea could be set to continue their pursuit of West Ham United midfielder Declan Rice.

The west London outfit are understood to be keen on the midfielder and are prepared to include Ross Barkley in any deal that will see Rice end up at the Stamford Bridge.

Frank Lampard’s team are expected to wrap up a deal for Rennes goalkeeper Edouard Mendy after reaching an agreement with the French side.

And reports claim the Blues could turn their attentions to the England midfielder once they complete a move for the Senegal international over the weekend.

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Lampard’s team have had majority of their transfer business sorted ahead of their first Premier League fixture against Brighton & Hove Albion on Monday.

Hakim Ziyech, Timo Werner, Ben Chilwell, Thiago Silva, Malang Sarr and Kai Havertz have all been signed by Chelsea as they look to match Manchester City and Liverpool for the league title this season.

However, they will need to trash out some dead woods in the squad if they are to continue their spending spree and the club is willing to use Barkley as a makeweight to sign Rice before the October 5 deadline, according Football Insider.

The publication also claims Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has given the go ahead for the 26-year-old to leave Stamford Bridge to join the Hammers with Rice coming in the opposite direction.

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Barkley could be given much game time at the London Stadium should he end up being used in the deal. The England international played under manager David Moyes during their time together at Everton.

Since moving to Chelsea from the Goodison Park, Barkley has featured 83 times for the Blues, scoring 10 goals and laying on a further 11 assists.

Rice scored once and provided three assists in 39 appearances for West Ham last season across all competitions, and his ability to dictate the game is the reason why Lampard is keen on him.

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Vivo X Fold will have an unexpected novelty under the display

It will be during this year that Vivo will present its first foldable smartphone model and, it seems, the brand is betting on innovation to bring the terminal to the market.

We now learn that the Vivo X Fold will have ultrasonic sensors for fingerprints under the screen, which may differentiate it from all existing models.

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Just because it’s the first foldable smartphone, the Vivo X Fold would already be marked as a milestone in the brand’s history. But apparently Vivo wants to go further and surprise everyone and everything with a completely innovative terminal.

Now, it has been revealed that the model will have in-display ultrasonic fingerprint sensors. The information comes from the leaker and blogger Feiwei who posted images of the dismantled screens on the Chinese social network Weibo.

It is in these images, and the fact that the interior and exterior screens are disassembled, that we can see the integration of these sensors. The blogger goes further in the explanations and specifies that this type of sensors are more advanced and easier to use, compared to the classic fingerprint sensors which are located on the sides of the equipment.

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However, some of the specifications that we can see on the Vivo X Fold have already been advanced. The model will arrive equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor, and the RAM memory and internal storage capacity are kept secret from the gods.

As for screens, the X Fold is known to have a 6.5-inch OLED exterior display with Full HD+ resolution and 120Hz refresh rate. high, QHD+. Like the external display, the refresh rate is also 120Hz.

The rear camera setup will feature a 50-megapixel main sensor, complemented by a 48-megapixel ultrawide, a 12-megapixel telephoto lens with 2x optical zoom, and an eight-megapixel periscope telephoto lens with 5x optical zoom.

Finally, it will also be equipped with a 4,600 mAh battery which will integrate support for 80 watt fast charging and 50 watt wireless charging. Some rumors in the web world suggest that the terminal will be officially presented next April.

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Jorge Jesus eyes Brazil national team

The coach expects to guide the team when Tite leaves, which will happen after the World Cup.

Sacked from Benfica in December, Jorge Jesus is eager to be Brazil’s next manager. The name of the Portuguese coach has been pointed out at Escret for a long time and as long as the possibility, or the idea, is in the air, he will direct all his energies towards it.

Tite, the current Brazilian coach, is already known, will leave the command of Escrete after the World Cup – he made this decision himself, regardless of what happens with the Qatar team. Moreover, he has been heavily criticized for his options even though the team have assumed leadership of the standings, so there will be a vacancy in a dream chair for many, including Jorge Jesus.

In addition to the selection of Neymar and company, Jesus would however also welcome the return of Flamengo, now guided by another Portuguese coach, Paulo Sousa. Reentering the scene in Brazil through a port he knows well could also serve as a launching pad, if all goes well, to achieve his big goal, which is to lead the canarinha.

Jesus recently said he would continue his career abroad in hopes of returning across the Atlantic Ocean. “I’m sure I’ll come back to Portuguese football, but at the moment my idea is that the next team I’m going to coach will come from outside Portugal. The job offers I’ve had since I left Benfica have been analyzed and rejected because I just want to think about it from May or June”, he explained, on the sidelines of the Forum promoted by the National Association of Football Coaches, on March 22.

Otherwise, financially, he will not have many worries, since he continues to religiously collect the salary, paid by Benfica.

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Jorge Jesus was not long at Al Hilal, in fact he even left the club at the end of the season, after losing the championship to Rui Vitória, but he continues to enjoy great popularity in Saudi Arabia . The coach has been in talks with Al-Nassr but at the moment he is not interested in continuing his career in this part of the world. Jorge Jesus is waiting for signs from Brazil.

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