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Caleb White, 17-year-old No. 3 high school basketball player in Alabama, dies after collapsing on court

Katherine Donlevy
New York Post
Fri, 11 Aug 2023 19:35 UTC
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The No. 3 high school basketball player in Alabama died Thursday after collapsing on the court while playing the game he loved.

Pinson Valley High School senior Caleb White, 17, became ill around 1:15 p.m. while training with his teammates, according to his grandfather.

He suddenly dropped to the ground and was rushed to the hospital, but doctors couldn't revive him, George Varnadoe Jr. said on Facebook.

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Brain

New research reveals secondary microplastics untreated in nature trigger severe brain inflammation

Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology
Medical Xpress
Wed, 09 Aug 2023 00:00 UTC
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Director Choi Sungkyun, Head of the Core Protein Resource Center at DGIST, and Dr. Jinkyu Park, Professor of Veterinary Medicine at Kyungpook National University, have successfully demonstrated the laboratory-level process through which plastic entering the environment transforms into secondary microplastics. Their groundbreaking research reveals that continuous consumption of these secondary microplastics acts as neurotoxins in the brain.

With 8 million metric tons of plastic discarded each year, the impact of UV rays and waves causes it to break down into tiny fragments, transforming into secondary microplastics. These minuscule particles are subsequently ingested by lower life forms, like plankton, and ultimately pose a threat to humans at the top of the food chain.

Director Choi and Professor Park conducted a study to determine the harmfulness of secondary microplastics generated through the natural weathering of plastic leaked into the environment. To replicate the process of natural weathering, they artificially created secondary microplastics by subjecting crushed microplastics to seven days of ultraviolet irradiation and physical impact, simulating a natural environment.

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Heart

Research hints at links between babies' microbiome and brain development

Public Library of Science
Medical Xpress
Thu, 10 Aug 2023 13:17 UTC
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In a small, exploratory study, levels of certain types of microbes in babies' guts were shown to be associated with performance in tests of early cognitive development. Sebastian Hunter of the University of British Columbia, Canada, and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS ONE on August 9, 2023.

Mounting evidence has highlighted numerous ways in which the community of diverse microbes that naturally reside in the human gut — the microbiome — is connected to human health, including brain health. Several studies in animals and humans have hinted at connections between the microbiome and early-life brain development, but few have examined how differences in infants' microbiomes might be associated with differences in their emerging cognitive abilities.

To help deepen understanding of these potential connections, Hunter and colleagues analyzed data from 56 infants aged four to six months. The infants had each completed at least one of three evaluations of various cognitive abilities, and the researchers evaluated their gut microbiomes using fecal samples.

Comment: In the abstract, the authors wrote:
The increase of Bifidobacterium is relevant for brain development as members from this genus are known probiotics that have strong associations with host immunity and connections to the brain-gut axis [73]. Recent studies have shown the importance of Bifidobacterium species colonization during postnatal development as they can promote the formation of synapses and microglial function [74].


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Biohazard

Air Force detects unsafe carcinogen levels at MT nuclear missile base as hundreds of reports of cancer surface


Fox News
Tue, 08 Aug 2023 07:39 UTC
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The Air Force has detected unsafe levels of a likely carcinogen at underground launch control centers at a Montana nuclear missile base where a striking number of men and women have reported cancer diagnoses.

A new cleanup effort has been ordered.

The discovery "is the first from an extensive sampling of active U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile bases to address specific cancer concerns raised by missile community members," Air Force Global Strike Command said in a release Monday. In those samples, two launch facilities at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana showed PCB levels higher than the thresholds recommended by the Environmental Protection Agency.

PCBs are oily or waxy substances that have been identified as a likely carcinogen by the EPA. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is a blood cancer that uses the body's infection-fighting lymph system to spread.

In response, Gen. Thomas Bussiere, commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, has directed "immediate measures to begin the cleanup process for the affected facilities and mitigate exposure by our airmen and Guardians to potentially hazardous conditions."
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Heart

URGENT: Italian researchers find Covid vaccine myocarditis relapses in teenage boys following apparently complete initial recovery

Alex Berenson
Unreported Truths
Tue, 08 Aug 2023 00:00 UTC
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Two teenage boys who suffered heart inflammation following Pfizer's Covid jabs and then seemed to recover had relapses months later, Italian researchers have reported.

Both teenagers showed evidence of new heart damage from the recurrences, including high levels of proteins from injured cardiac muscle. Scans showed one boy had new lesions in his heart wall, and he needed nearly two weeks of hospitalization.

The researchers could not determine why the boys suffered the relapses, which came 8 to 12 months after the initial myocarditis episodes. They called for tighter monitoring of anyone diagnosed with mRNA-caused myocarditis - and more research to determine if young people who suffered it might face severe future complications.

Comment: The Daily Sceptic reported:
MIT health data expert Professor Retsef Levi wrote on Twitter that the study shows that vaccine-induced myocarditis is likely driven by the mRNA platform itself and not the spike protein specific to the Covid vaccines. The study also adds to the evidence of "sustained heart scarring and abnormalities", underlining that "vaccine-induced myocarditis is not mild", he said.


Former Tory and now Reclaim MP Andrew Bridgen has written to the Prime Minister to alert him to the new Swiss study showing heart damage at a rate of up to one in 35 following mRNA vaccination, calling on him to recall Parliament to review the latest scientific data and halt the booster programme.




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Footprints

World's largest study shows the more you walk, the lower your risk of death, even if you walk fewer than 5,000 steps

European Society of Cardiology
Medical Xpress
Wed, 09 Aug 2023 10:55 UTC
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The number of steps you should walk every day to start seeing benefits to your health is lower than previously thought, according to the largest analysis to investigate this.

The study, published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology today, found that walking at least 3967 steps a day started to reduce the risk of dying from any cause, and 2337 steps a day reduced the risk of dying from diseases of the heart and blood vessels (cardiovascular disease).

However, the new analysis of 226,889 people from 17 different studies around the world has shown that the more you walk, the greater the health benefits. The risk of dying from any cause or from cardiovascular disease decreases significantly with every 500 to 1000 extra steps you walk. An increase of 1000 steps a day was associated with a 15% reduction in the risk of dying from any cause, and an increase of 500 steps a day was associated with a 7% reduction in dying from cardiovascular disease.
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Syringe

'Vax-Unvax: Let the science speak' — Why RFK Jr. and I wrote this book

Brian Hooker, Ph.D.
Children's Health Defense
Mon, 07 Aug 2023 00:00 UTC
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In May 2017, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was invited to meet with Dr. Francis Collins and Dr. Anthony Fauci.

Accompanying Kennedy to the meeting were Del Bigtree, Informed Consent Action Network founder, attorney Aaron Siri and Lyn Redwood, R.N., MSN, president emerita of Children's Health Defense (CHD).

Several other U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officials in the executive offices of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) accompanied Collins and Fauci.
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Man bitten by stray cat contracts infection unknown to science

Carly Cassella
Science Alert
Mon, 07 Aug 2023 17:17 UTC
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The bite of a fluffy cat on the street can be more dangerous than you might think.

In the United Kingdom, a 48-year-old who was bit by a stray feline ended up contracting a species of bacterium that scientists have never seen before.

His immune response to the foreign microorganism was a doozy. Just eight hours after receiving multiple bites, the man's hands had swollen to such a great extent that he took himself to the emergency department.

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Hearts

Why your sodium to potassium ratio is important

Dr. Joseph Mercola
Mercola.com
Thu, 03 Aug 2023 00:00 UTC
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Salt has long been vilified as a risk factor for heart, kidney and other chronic diseases. And the medical dogma to limit your salt intake to protect your health runs deep. But it's not that simple. There are different types of salt — some healthy, some not. Your body requires healthy salt to function properly. If you get too little, you'll increase your risk of heart problems, not lower it.1

The other part of the equation is potassium, a naturally occurring mineral your body uses as an electrolyte. It, too, is vital for optimal health, and studies clearly show that having the correct balance of potassium to sodium is far more important to health than lowering salt alone.2
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Health

Girls suffering early puberty spiked during Covid lockdowns, stress & unhealthier lifestyles blamed

Victoria Allen
Daily Mail
Thu, 03 Aug 2023 17:21 UTC
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A soaring number of girls started puberty early during the pandemic, which could be due to stress or reduced physical activity,

A study looked at 133 girls in Italy referred to a specialist paediatric unit because their chest had started developing before the age of eight.

In the four years before the pandemic, from January 2016 to March 2020, 72 girls were diagnosed with 'rapidly progressive' early puberty — where, for example, their height was increasing far too fast or they had a high level of hormones linked to adolescence.

That meant less than two girls a month were being identified as rapidly going through puberty far too young.

But, in the shorter period between March 2020 and June 2021, that had leapt to almost four girls a month being diagnosed — 61 in total.

Comment: Other research suggests that the incredible stress caused by the lockdowns, as well as the effects of Covid, and the experimental injections, had significant and varying effects on people's health, and in particular on children's health - and the vast majority of these effects seem to have been detrimental:

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