Diane Benton

[Diane Benton @notnebenaid]

@Nalin_Haley The term Soy Boy is literal. Males that have consumed so much soy that estrogen is now their dominant active hormone.

[Diane Benton @notnebenaid]

@GuntherEagleman Does a bear shit in the forest?

[Diane Benton @notnebenaid]

@tedcruz @SethDillon The BEST way to show who he is!

[Diane Benton @notnebenaid]

@BamaSaltyMarine Stupid is as stupid does

[Old Salty Marine @BamaSaltyMarine]

Islam has a problem with Gays, Jews, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhist, Hindus, Women, Non-Muslims, Atheists, beer, wine, bacon, and dogs

But if I have a problem with Islam, I'm the bigot and Islamophobic? Can you see how ridiculous it is?

[Diane Benton @notnebenaid]

@TheBabylonBee The best platform against Talarico is to simply play back his own words.

[Diane Benton @notnebenaid]

@ChrisMartzWX . Auto does not always turn on the lights during fog or daytime rain. I’m sick of driving and not being able to see the idiots around me (in the rain and/or fog) that don’t have their lights on.

[Diane Benton @notnebenaid]

@Tradermayne Yes- that’s the beginning of the solution.

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@ScottPresler Welcome!

[Diane Benton @notnebenaid]

@turntineforwhat I was yelling at the screen- “Did you NOT know you have 2 ovaries?!?!!”

[Diane Benton @notnebenaid]

@end3of6days9 Yes. My parents flooded their backyard on a city scheduled day when they lived in Mesa, AZ in the mid 1980s.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

The Catholic Church has consistently taught that each human life, from the moment of conception until natural death, is sacred and deserves to be protected. Indeed, the right to life is the very foundation of every other human right. For this reason, only when a society safeguards the sanctity of human life will it flourish and prosper.

[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

The year is 1950. Your doctor lights a cigarette and tells you smoking is fine. He read it in a study. He is telling the truth about having read it. He does not know, or is not saying, that the study was funded by the tobacco industry.

The year is 1958. Your doctor tells you to eat less fat. The evidence is contested. The contestation is not in the public messaging. The food industry has been helpful in clarifying which findings deserve attention. Some researchers who published contradictory data have been quietly defunded. Ancel Keys is on the cover of Time magazine.

The year is 1962. Your doctor prescribes thalidomide to your pregnant wife for morning sickness. It has been approved. The FDA gave it the green light in Europe. Twelve thousand children will be born with severe limb malformations before anyone in an official capacity acknowledges the problem. The families are told the drug was safe. The drug was approved. Both of these things remain true.

The year is 1972. Your doctor prescribes Valium. Britain is in the grip of a benzodiazepine wave that will last two decades. The dependency risk is known internally. It is not shared. Your doctor is not lying to you. He was not told either.

The year is 1999. Your doctor prescribes Vioxx for your arthritis. It is newer than ibuprofen, well-tolerated, and Merck has a study showing it works. Merck also has internal data suggesting it roughly doubles the risk of heart attack. This data will not reach your doctor for four more years. Fifty thousand people are estimated to have died in the interim. Merck eventually settles for 4.85 billion dollars. No criminal charges are brought.

The year is 2002. Your doctor prescribes OxyContin. Purdue Pharma trained its sales representatives to tell doctors the addiction risk was less than one percent. That figure came from a letter, not a study. The letter was about patients with terminal cancer on short-term doses in hospital settings. Your doctor is a GP with a patient who has a bad back. Nobody draws a distinction. Nobody is required to.

The year is 2008. Your doctor checks your cholesterol. Your LDL is elevated. You are prescribed a statin. Nobody mentions that the number needed to treat for primary prevention is approximately 250. Nobody mentions that the muscle deterioration you'll notice over the next two years is listed as a rare side effect rather than a documented pattern affecting a meaningful percentage of patients. The trial that informed the prescription was funded by the manufacturer.

Now it is today.

Your doctor has new guidelines. New studies. New consensus.

He is confident.

He has always been confident.

The confidence has never been the problem.

The confidence is, in fact, precisely the problem.

[Diane Benton @notnebenaid]

@WThaing @ReadWriteRyan96 He is Risen, Indeed!!!

[Diane Benton @notnebenaid]

@josephnollasj @RorateCaeli Traveling in Europe- the churches are always open. In the US- I’ve too often found the doors locked. Trust in God-keep the doors open!

[Diane Benton @notnebenaid]

@MaryBowdenMD No- keep the DO- that’s how I know I’m getting a better Dr than an MD!!!

[MJ👑 @iam__Jezreel]

Teach your children to pray so that if their little hearts feel heavy, they can go to God and not the world.

[Diane Benton @notnebenaid]

@Matt_Pinner In a heart beat!

[Diane Benton @notnebenaid]

@KristiLeighTV I didn’t realize it at the time, but I guess I’m a bad-ass for not having my kids wisdom teeth taken out at 16 yrs old. The dentist pushed, but I stated that the X-rays showed plenty of room- why do it? They are now 28-26-23 yrs old. I guess only time will tell? (I have mine 60yr

[Diane Benton @notnebenaid]

@heavensbvnny Lotion only. No make up for over 10 years. My skin thanks me for it!