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Neurological conditions #1 cause of disease worldwide, major US study reveals

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Conditions affecting the nervous system - such as strokes, migraines and dementia - have surged past heart disease to become the leading cause of ill health worldwide, a major new analysis said on Friday.

More than 3.4 billion people - 43 percent of the global population - experienced a neurological condition in 2021, far more than had previously been thought, the analysis found.

The study was carried out by hundreds of researchers led by the US-based Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), which has become a global reference for health statistics.

Lead study author Jaimie Steinmetz of the IHME said the results showed that nervous system conditions are now "the world's leading cause of overall disease burden".

Comment: See also: Global cancer phenomenon: UK, Japan, South Africa, among dozens of countries suffering 'mystery' spikes of tumors


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Does time-restricted eating increase the risk of cardiovascular death?

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Why I don't put any stock in a recent "study".

No matter what your stance on a particular topic is, you can nearly always find a study that supports your point of view. What matters more than being able to find a published study with a particular outcome is the quality of that study. Case in point: last Monday, researchers presented unpublished (read: not peer-reviewed) data from an observational study, concluding that time-restricted eating (TRE) was associated with a 91% increase in the risk of cardiovascular (CV) death, which resulted in a frenzy of headlines by many news outlets. If you already think that TRE is harmful to health, you might take the headline at face value; but if you look with a closer eye, you'll find that the results from this study are virtually meaningless.

What do we know about this study?

This study was presented as a poster at a conference, meaning that study details are limited and the full study still needs to be peer-reviewed before publication, as noted above. Randomized trials have been used to study the potential health benefits of TRE, but usually with limited duration. The motivation for this study was to see if long-term use of TRE affected mortality, something that would be extremely difficult to do with a randomized trial. For this retrospective, observational study, the researchers used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) collected between 2003 and 2018 from more than 20,000 people in the US. Each year, NHANES collects demographic, biomarker, and dietary data from approximately 5,000 randomly selected US residents to track changes in overall population trends. Each food recall questionnaire requires the participant to remember what they ate, how much, and at what times on the previous day. This study required that every participant completed two food recall surveys less than two weeks apart, and averaged their two feeding windows to determine each person's eating duration.

Comment: Call it a sign of the times, but at this point in history, any health headlines in the mainstream media can almost be guaranteed to be false. As is said in the article, you can pretty much find a study to support any argument, so the studies chosen for the headlines serve an agenda in the messaging they convey. Implemented correctly, intermittent fasting, or time-restricted eating, can be a very beneficial health strategy with multiple benefits. The 'it will make you die' headlines should be approached with the highest possible scepticism.

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Best of the Web: Ivermectin could be a 'powerful drug' for fighting cancer, here's why

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Different from many conventional cancer therapies, ivermectin kills cancer cells by enhancing immune response.

Rick Alderson was a retired sawmill worker who was diagnosed with terminal colon cancer in November 2020.

He experienced excruciating pain in his bowels for months; then, a gastroenterologist found a large tumor in his rectum and told him and his wife he only had six months to live.

Comment: Not bad for a "horse de-wormer"! The more research that goes into ivermectin, the more of a miracle drug it turns out to be, with a broad range of therapeutic benefits beyond Covid. Is it any wonder there was a wide-sweeping smear campaign against it?


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Workout in a pill? Scientists move one step closer to an exercise-mimicking drug

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© alvarez via Getty ImagesScientists are working to develop a class of drugs called "exercise mimetics," which recapitulate some beneficial effects of exercise.
Scientists are in the early days of creating a drug that can mimic cellular benefits of exercise for people unable to engage in physical activity.

Could popping a pill bring someone similar benefits to running on a treadmill or doing resistance training? In new research, scientists moved one step closer to making this a reality and developing a drug that can mimic some of the cellular effects of exercise.

The goal is to make a drug that flips switches in human cells that would normally be activated by exercise. These switches help maintain and regenerate muscle mass and boost the activity of cells' power houses, for example, said principal investigator Bahaa Elgendy, an associate professor of medicinal chemistry and anesthesiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

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FDA loses its war on Ivermectin: Must remove all related social media content and consumer advisories

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In December 2021, the FDA warned Americans not to use Ivermectin, which "is intended for animals" to treat or prevent COVID-19.

"Never use medications intended for animals on yourself or other people. Animal ivermectin products are very different from those approved for humans. Use of animal ivermectin for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19 in humans is dangerous," FDA said at the time.

This was a very controversial statement at the time since the FDA pushed the drug on African migrants back in 2015, and the drug was praised in several scientific journals.

There have now been 101 Ivermectin COVID-19 controlled studies that show a 62% lower risk in early treatment in COVID-19 patients.

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Risks associated with blood transfusions from Covid mRNA vaccinated individuals exposed in new study from Japan

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The COVID-19 pandemic, declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2020, has spurred unprecedented efforts to develop and deploy genetic vaccination programs worldwide. Genetic vaccines, particularly those utilizing mRNA technology, have emerged as powerful tools in combating SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, concerns have been raised regarding potential risks associated with blood transfusions involving individuals who have received COVID-19 mRNA vaccines. This COVID-19 News report delves into the intricacies of genetic vaccines, the risks they may pose in transfusion scenarios, and proposes detailed measures to address these concerns.

Understanding Genetic Vaccines and Mechanisms of Action

Comment: See also: The Inanity of RNA Vaccines For COVID-19


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Biden DOJ asks supreme court to toss abortion pill restrictions

Mifepristone (Mifeprex), one of the two drugs used in a medication abortion, is displayed at the Women's Reproductive Clinic in Santa Teresa, N.M., on June 15, 2022.
© Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty ImagesMifepristone (Mifeprex), one of the two drugs used in a medication abortion, is displayed at the Women's Reproductive Clinic in Santa Teresa, N.M., on June 15, 2022.
The argument comes as the court prepares to hear the most significant abortion-related case since it overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.

The Biden administration asked the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court's ruling that reversed regulations that made abortion pill mifepristone easier to obtain.

The case, to be heard on March 26, is the Supreme Court's most important abortion-related case since its decision in June 2022 in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade (1973) and found that there was no right to abortion in the U.S. Constitution. The ruling returned the regulation of abortion to the states.

A medication abortion generally involves the use of mifepristone, which blocks the hormone progesterone, and misoprostol, which induces contractions. Mifepristone is also known as mifeprex and RU-486. Misoprostol, which is widely available because it has many medical uses, isn't an issue in the current litigation.

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Best of the Web: 'Deep genetic and cellular changes relating to detoxification' found in tissue of tobacco smokers

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It's no secret that smoking is extremely detrimental to health. Tobacco smoke contains thousands of chemicals, including carcinogens, increasing the risk of cancer, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases.

A new study from the University of Chicago analyzed data from more than 900 samples of nine different human tissue types to understand just how deep the cellular and genetic damage from smoking goes. The research team generated epigenetic data to assess the effects of smoking on DNA methylation, or genetic locations where a handful of atoms can attach to DNA and turn off gene expression.

They found several new regions associated with smoking, including some that are shared across tissue types, suggesting that DNA methylation is part of the body's attempts to defend itself from the damaging effects of tobacco smoke.


Comment: Vaccines work by stimulating the body to protect itself against dead viruses, and yet they're considered to be a revolution in medicine; exercise 'damages' the muscle tissue creating a healthier physiology overall - the point being that perhaps there's more than one way to look at what's happening here.


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Global cancer phenomenon: UK, Japan, South Africa, among dozens of countries suffering 'mystery' spikes of tumors

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The above graph shows the change in cancer case rates around the world
Doctors across the world are sounding the alarm over a surging epidemic of young people being diagnosed with cancers more commonly associated with the elderly.

Between 1990 and 2019, cases of cancer in young people across the globe have increased by 79 percent and deaths have risen 28 percent.

Studies project diagnoses will continue to rise by 31 percent and deaths will rise by 21 percent in 2030.

Nearly every continent is experiencing an increase of various types of cancer in people under 50 years old, which is particularly problematic as the disease tends to be caught in later stages in this population because most doctors aren't trained to look for it in young people.

Comment: What with the experimental covid vaccines, lockdowns, as well as the overall worsening of living conditions for people - that is accelerating at a pace unseen for decades - it's likely that the appearance of 'turbo cancers', deaths of despair, and unusual outbreaks, is just the beginning: Leprosy cases surge in US, deaths from rabies double in Vietnam


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Aussie health agency says no such thing as 'long COVID'

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© Nicholas Felix/peopleimages.comExperts said the term came into use after high volumes of people struggled to recover from COVID at once, saying the longer recovery period some experience after a viral illness would normally go unnoticed.
Follow the science — right out the door.

The term "long COVID" should be tossed aside like a stack of expired N95 masks — that's according to health experts in one country, who found that symptoms of those reportedly suffering a year on weren't any different than your typical virus, such as the flu.

Government-backed medical researchers in Australia say it's time to stop using the fear-inducing phrase, which became popular after high volumes of people testing positive for COVID-19 led to a surge in generally non-severe "virus fatigue symptoms" that would normally have gone unnoticed, South West News Service reported.

"We believe it is time to stop using terms like 'long COVID,'" said Dr. John Gerrard, Queensland's chief health officer, who oversaw the newly released study.

Comment: That is not to say the whole covid event was not without danger and damage. What is being obfuscated is the source of the damage.