Quotes of the Day

Immunotherapy has several inherent advantages over conventional treatments. First, the boosted immune system is a dynamic system that can better keep pace with cancer’s moves. Second, the immune system has a memory, so it may prevent recurrence. Third, immunotherapy has fewer side effects than standard chemotherapies. Fourth, immunotherapy is a systemic treatment, which is crucial because cancer is a systemic disease. Affordability, though, is not one of the advantages of immunotherapy. Given the exorbitant price tag of these treatments, many providers question the feasibility of using these advanced drugs. [2020] - Jason Fung

BRRRR stands for Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance and Repeat. It's the strategy that involves buying fixer-upper rental properties, repairing them, renting them out to great tenants, refinancing them to get your money back, and then repeating the process. This can be a powerful strategy because it allows you to acquire numerous properties without running our of capital to invest. [2015] - Brandon Turner

Persons who suffer from neuroses generally are depressed, fearful, obsessive-compulsive, or overly anxious. Neuroses are far less indicative of long-term catastrophic marital relationships than are character disorders. [2002] - Neil Clark Warren

Your property managers should be getting three quotes for any major work. If it's going to cost you more than $500 to do something, you need options. And you need to insist on this. [2013] - Julie Broad

Though it can increase the average lifespan of certain mice by 5%, at a higher dose, metformin actually shortens lifespan. Further reservations about its panacean prospects arise from the landmark Diabetes Prevention Program study in which the drug only appeared to benefit those at highest risk. One small study even found that despite metformin alleviating the insulin resistance of diabetics, the drug actually made things worse for nondiabetic obese individuals without the family history of diabetes. So, healthier individuals may not reap the benefits of metformin that we try to extrapolate from longevity studies on diabetics. [2023] - Michael Greger