You test for Urinary Tract Infections by lighting a match?

Once, when I suspected a urinary tract infection, I just went to my GP to get it tested. That is the big advantage of living in a civilized country with a working medical insurance system…

I’m surprised that Germany was not faster. But so far, Berlin is still asleep.

OK, it’s a match.

Germany: I’m fine with the status quo. You really have to prove that you really need a gun to get it - Most Americans would simply not qualify under our rules. The Police has weapons, but they are much better trained than the American Gung-Ho, shoot first, ask questions later cops.

What is an UTI test?

While it might have been a response initially, it was probably quickly seen as a perfect opportunity to finally set long-hedged extinction plans in motion.

We have two supermarkets within five minutes walking distance, if you make it ten minutes, it’s four.

Also within ten minutes walking distance are two middle schools, a primary school, and two kindergardens, several doctors and apothecaries, several shops, and the central bus station.

The latter is a bit of an disappointment, as not only the bus service is low frequency, and it takes an hour+ to the city.

For what Trump did, Netanyahu would probably give him a blowjob.

Found it. It was older than I thought, though: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08165-7

Could you direct me to the paper where it was proven?

Sadly, no. I sat down and tried to remember the title, but it won’t come up. It is not old, two to three months at most, I’d say. I’m going to bed now, maybe it will pop up tomorrow. In that case, I’ll update this.

The “fat cells are multiplying” is normal when having surplus calories in the body. The “empty fat cells scream hunger” is something that was suspected basically for ages, but has finally be proven not long ago, the paper is less than half a year old. It had been referred to here on Lemmy, at least to a science or nature article that pointed to the paper.

You’re basically blaming the drug for the person’s inability to psychologically deal with diet.

No, I don’t. I’m just stating facts on how the human body works. With extreme willpower you might be able to counter this for a time, yes. But it will be a serious uphill battle, and the messenger chemicals from the depleted fat cells do not just stop because you will them to. You will just have to live in a state of perpetual raving hunger then. The few who can successfully overcome this for a significant time are rare, indeed.

That’s… Not a side effect.

No, it is just the way this drug works. You take Ozempic, it supresses your hunger feeling, and you automatically change your diet as you are not as hungry anymore.

Problem is that the depleted fat cells still exist, and a depleted fat cell releases signals that scream “I’m hungry! Feed me!”, and the more they are depleted, the louder the call. While you take Ozempic, this is supressed, but as soon as you get off it, your body demands food to re-fill the depleted cells, and will not stopping before it has reached at least the former status quo.

Just like the bounce back effect after a diet, only worse.

If you take ozempic for weight loss but choose to continue eating like shit then it isn’t the drug’s fault.

That’s not how it works. Ozempic simply opresses the hunger feeling, therefor helping you lose weight. Problem is that still existing, but empty/depleted fat cells basically scream “we are hungry”, so as soon as you get off Ozempic, you basically can’t stop eating until you regained at least the former state. That was - for me - the reason not to start on Ozempic, it’s like the “bounce back” effect after a diet, but on steroids. That current research has found other issues (heart problems, ocular nerve damages) just enforced my rejection (I was offered this on a free prescription base).

I think most medications are meant to be accompanied with permanent lifestyle changes where possible. No, you should not take this drug “forever”.

That is a very idealistic view, at least on some medication. With Ozempic, this is basically impossible due to the circumstances written above, with other medications it is simply due to the fact that no “lifestyle changes” can change e.g. genetic defects.

But with Ozempic there is some serious long-term shit going on, which is bad, as you basically have to take this stuff forever or bounce back hard faster than you saying “supersize this burger meal”.

Before going on Ozempic, read up on current medical research (not Facebook or such shit). They discovered some not-so-good long term effects recently.

Alabama is all about family.

In politics and diplomacy, calling a decision “brave” has a very interesting meaning.

I knew it as “New York Second”, and that it is the shortest time interval measurable by science.

Or concrete boots and a coast with nice tides.