Tag Archives: Watch

Tech sites hype Apple Watch for COVID-19 prediction without providing the evidence

Milwaukee oncologist Michael Thompson, MD, wrote to me yesterday morning (February 10)  about an article – “New Study Suggests Apple Watch Heart Rate Sensor Can Predict COVID-19 Up to a Week Before a Swab Test” – promoted on Twitter by MacRumors.com. The story was about the so-called Warrior Watch Study at Mount Sinai Medical Center in… Read More »

Watch Olympian Ryan Hall Do a One-Mile Farmer’s Walk While Carrying His Bodyweight

In the prime of his running career, Ryan Hall made history by setting American speed records in both the half and full marathon. Now retired from pro running, Hall, 38, is hoping to inspire people by covering a much shorter distance—and at a much, much slower pace. In his latest Instagram post, the former Olympian… Read More »

Here Are the Best New TV Shows Coming This Fall Because You Know You’re Running Out of Things to Watch

Fact: In pre-lockdown life, human beings had a variety of hobbies and interests. Many of those hobbies and interests involved being around other humans and/or leaving the confines of our respective homes. Some of them even involved doing both of those things at the same time. Also a fact: In the post-lockdown world, all those… Read More »

Watch Dr. Pimple Popper Squeeze a Chunky ‘Skin-On Mashed Potato’ Cyst

In a new Instagram video, Dr. Pimple Popper pops a jawbreaker-like cyst festering in a patient’s cheek. One commenter described the cyst’s contents as looking like “skin-on mashed potatoes.” The cyst featured in this video is an epidermoid cyst, which contains a collection of wet dead skin cells and keratin. In a new Instagram video,… Read More »