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Syringe

Cancer vaccine may be available in just one year

Alexandra Thompson
Daily Mail
Wed, 28 Mar 2018 12:41 UTC
cancer vaccine
A cancer vaccine that cured 97 percent of tumours in mice will be tested on humans.
A cancer vaccine that cured 97 percent of blood tumours in mice will be tested on humans with low-grade lymphoma later this year.

Patients receiving the vaccine, which contains two drugs proven for their safety, will not require any chemotherapy, with the jab's side effects expected to be just fever and injection-site soreness.

If approved, researchers do not expect the treatment to be available for another year or two.

Rather than creating lasting immunity, the jab works by activating the immune system to attack tumours.

Comment: It's funny how a cure for cancer is eternally 'right around the corner'. A good clue why none of these 'medical breakthroughs' ever come to market is in the article above: "Patients receiving the vaccine... will not require any chemotherapy, with the jab's side effects expected to be just fever and injection-site soreness". No one is taking away Big Pharma's cash cow, chemotherapy.

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Ambulance

British man catches world's first confirmed case of 'super gonorrhea', resistant to two crucial antibiotics

Stephen Matthews
Daily Mail
Wed, 28 Mar 2018 15:09 UTC
super gonnorhoea
© ShutterstockIn the first recorded case worldwide, an English man caught the STI from a woman during his travels to south east Asia earlier this year.
Health officials have issued a warning over a new strain of super gonorrhoea that is resistant to two crucial antibiotics - including a last-ditch resort.

In the first recorded case worldwide, an unidentified English man - who was having regular sex with a woman in the UK - caught the STI from another woman during his travels to south east Asia earlier this year.

Public Health England revealed his gonorrhoea was resistant to ceftriaxone and azithromycin - the two drugs that the World Health Organization recommends to be given to patients with the STI.

Comment: The rise of the superbugs could be the ultimate undoing of humanity, if world war three, cometary catastrophe or climate change doesn't wipe us out first. Sit back and enjoy the show, folks.

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Pills

If gut microbiome is perturbed by antibiotics, viral disease may inflict more harm


GEN
Wed, 28 Mar 2018 11:47 UTC
antibiotics
Antibiotics won't resolve a viral infection. And their misuse may contribute to antibiotic resistance. But, antibiotic resistance may not be the only problem. According to scientists from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, antibiotics deployed against a viral infection may weaken the immune response to subsequent viral infections.

Using a mouse model of West Nile virus, the scientists demonstrated that oral antibiotics not only alter bacterial abundance and community structure in the gut, they also impair the development of optimal antiviral T-cell responses.

Detailed results appeared March 27 in Cell Reports, in an article entitled, "Oral Antibiotic Treatment of Mice Exacerbates the Disease Severity of Multiple Flavivirus Infections." The article suggests that antibiotic use can account, at least in part, for the great differences in disease severity that are observed when people are infected by viruses.
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Health

Tuberculosis cases suddenly jump by 10% in New York City, largest increase in 26 years

Carl Campanile
New York Post
Mon, 26 Mar 2018 17:52 UTC
TB, tuberculosis
The number of tuberculosis cases in New York City suddenly jumped by 10 percent last year - the largest increase since 1992, according to the Health Department.

TB is a highly infectious bacterial disease that largely attacks the lungs, but can also infect and spread to other organs, including the kidneys, spine or brain.

There were 613 reported cases in 2017, compared to 556 in 2016.

TB has been on the decline in the city since peaking at 3,811 cases in 1992.

Comment: Fortunately there are effective alternatives to treating tuberculosis, which is evolving to be more drug-resistant. Before the advent of modern pharmaceuticals, light therapy was successfully used to treat tuberculosis for over 50 years.

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Syringe

CDC fear mongers warn of a second wave of flu


WKBN 27
Mon, 26 Mar 2018 14:55 UTC
flu shot preparation
The CDC says that B-viruses are being reported more frequently than the A-strain, which had been more dominant recently.
Flu season is winding down, but the Centers for Disease Control is warning of a second wave, Flu Virus B, which is happening right now.

The CDC says that B-viruses are being reported more frequently than the A-strain, which had been more dominant recently. A CDC spokesperson says B-strain viruses tend to be more severe for younger children.

Experts say it's possible for those who have already been sick with the flu to fall ill again with a different strain later in the season.

Comment: Not enough utterly useless flu shots sold this season? Are the children dying from the flu across America vaccinated?

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UK government to give flu vaccine to children under the age of nine - even though similar program failed to prevent the recent flu crisis

Stephen Matthews
Daily Mail
Tue, 27 Mar 2018 15:58 UTC
Child girl
All children under the age of nine will be offered the flu jab for free next year, health officials have ordered.

The new Government guidance follows the brutal outbreak that swept the UK this winter that was shown to be the worst in seven years.

Youngsters in year five will be added onto the list of children who receive the vaccine, which is administered as a nasal spray, on the NHS for the first time.

The move has been signed by the heads of NHS England, Public Health England and the Department of Health and Social Care.

Comment: See: Also check out SOTT radio's: The Health & Wellness Show: Flu Season: Don't believe the hype

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Microscope 2

The Interstitium: Scientists discover new organ that spans throughout the human body

Cheyenne Macdonald
Daily Mail
Tue, 27 Mar 2018 22:03 UTC
the interstitium
Dubbed the ‘interstitium,’ interconnected compartments act like a ‘highway of moving fluid’ that sits beneath the top layer of the skin (as shown above), lines the digestive tract, lungs and urinary systems, and surrounds the arteries, veins, and the fascia between muscle
Humans have been studying the anatomy of our own bodies for thousands of years - but, to this day, scientists are still uncovering new secrets.

A team of researchers has identified what's said to be a previously undiscovered organ, and may even be one of the largest in the body.

What was once thought to be dense, connective tissues running all throughout the body has now been found to be a network of fluid-filled compartments that may act as 'shock absorbers.'

Not only could the finding reshape our understanding of the human body, but scientists say it could help to explain why cancer is more likely to spread when it invades certain areas.

Comment: Just over a year ago another previously unknown organ was discovered named the Mesentry: A brand-new human organ has been classified

Considering the ailments and illness that plague society, it's clear we still have so much to learn about the human body.

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Cow

90 Days on a Carnivore Diet: Results and Insights

Andy Lindquist
Medium
Thu, 04 Jan 2018 00:00 UTC
Beef steak
YUM
Diets have become increasingly ruled by ideology in modern times, which isn't surprising considering we live in an era of unfettered ideology. I am not here to recommend any specific diet or say that the diet I tried was some magical thing that everyone should do, I am merely recounting my experiences eating carnivorous diet for 90 days. I am also not making a judgement as to what the most environmentally friendly diet is either.

This article was intended to shine light on my experience eating a carnivorous diet and some rudimentary explanations as to why I did it. But I am by no means advocating that others do it or that it is some magical way of living. This is not an academic paper and while I have tried my best to rationalize and cite my supporting reasons and evidence, these are my anecdotes.

A few months ago, I got my body fat percentage accurately measured, and I realized that I was in dire straits, and since I was unable to do much exercising due to a knee issue I decided I had to do something drastic. I had been following a growing community on the internet who were managing their weight and health with an entirely carnivorous, extremely low carb, high protein diet so I was curious to give it a shot. Shawn Baker, one of the more famous proponents of the diet, had put together a n = many study of people who were tracking their data: weight, measurements, body composition, and blood markers for 90 days on this diet and while I couldn't get everything in order to join the first round of the study, I decided to do my own n=1 study and see what happened.

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Health

Medical childbirth interventions 'negatively impact child's long-term health'

Neelima Choahan
The Sydney Morning Herald
Tue, 27 Mar 2018 17:36 UTC
Newborn's foot
© Michele MossopNew study reveals children born by medical and operative interventions have more health problems.
Children born through medical interventions, including caesarean section and induction, are at a higher risk of developing health problems than those born through spontaneous vaginal birth, a new study has revealed.

A collaboration between Western Sydney University and a team of international researchers, the study, which is said to be a world-first, examines the effect of medical and operative birth interventions on child health outcomes in the first 28 days and up to five years of age.
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Lemon

Obesity driven inflammation is killing off people's taste buds

Chase Purdy
Quartz
Sat, 24 Mar 2018 00:00 UTC
obesity dulls taste buds
© AP Winfried RothermelThe case of the missing taste buds.
Through the years scientists have gleaned that obesity can impact a person's ability to taste, but until recently it's been unclear why.

Researchers at Cornell University report the discovery that, in mice, a tiny amount of inflammation driven by obesity actually reduced the number of taste buds on their tongues. Their work was published this week (March 20) in the journal PLOS Biology, and it may wind up aiding the development of new therapies to alleviate what's called "taste dysfunction" among people who suffer from obesity.

As part of their work, the researchers split lab mice into two groups and fed each group a different diet for eight weeks. The first group ate a standard rodent chow, comprised of 14% fat, 54% carbohydrate, and 32% protein. The second group got a high-fat diet consisting of 58.4% fat, 26.6% carbohydrate, and 15% protein, which led to obesity in the group.
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