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New compound found to be effective against 'flesh-eating' bacteria
 

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"Researchers at the University of Liège (Belgium) have discovered a new population of macrophages, important innate immune cells that populate the lungs after injury caused by respiratory viruses. These macrophages are instrumental in repairing the pulmonary alveoli.

This groundbreaking discovery promises to revolutionize our understanding of the post-infectious immune response and opens the door to new regenerative therapies. The study is published in the journal Science Immunology."

 

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Why Are So Many Young People Getting Cancer? It’s Complicated

"Their diagnoses spotlight a troubling trend: both in the U.S. and around the world, cancer diagnoses are growing more common among adults younger than 50. By 2030, one recent study estimated, the number of these early-onset cancer diagnoses could increase by roughly 30% worldwide—and the number of people who die from their conditions could rise by about 20%."

 

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Olympics sees 40-plus cases of Covid and respiratory disease: WHO

"More than 40 athletes at the Paris Olympics have tested positive for Covid-19 and other respiratory diseases, highlighting a new global rise in cases as vaccination coverage plunges, the World Health Organization said Tuesday."


 
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These anti-depressants have been prescribed to millions - but have a hidden side effect that is worse than death

The FDA is being sued for allegedly ignoring evidence that anti-depressants leave patients' sex lives permanently ruined - even years after stopping the meds.

"Patients sharing their stories through the PSSD Network have described a range of disturbances from erectile dysfunction, genital shrinkage, and numbness to a lack of any sense of attraction to others and an inability to feel pleasure."


 

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The introverts are winning

Technology is enabling us to retreat from the outside world. But we should resist the urge – for ourselves and for each other


 

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Chemical used in rocket fuel is widespread in food, Consumer Reports finds

"The tests by the advocacy group come decades after the chemical, called perchlorate, was first identified as a contaminant in food and water. The Environmental Working Group in 2003 found perchlorate in nearly 20% of supermarket lettuce tested.

Linked to potential brain damage in fetuses and newborns and thyroid troubles in adults, perchlorate was detected in measurable levels of 67% of 196 samples of 63 grocery and 10 fast-food products, the most recent tests by Consumer Reports found. The levels detected ranged from just over two parts per billion (ppb) to 79 ppb."



Why Rocket Fuel Has Been Contaminating Our Food and Water for Years

CR's tests confirm that the chemical perchlorate is widespread in our food. Regulators have known of the risks for decades but continue to drag their feet.


 

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Molecule restores cognition, memory in Alzheimer’s disease model mice

UCLA researchers say compound works to enhance electrical rhythms in the brain that could also treat schizophrenia, depression if proven effective in humans.

"“There is really nothing like this on the market or experimentally that has been shown to do this,” said study lead author Dr. Istvan Mody, a professor of neurology and physiology at UCLA Health. "


 
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"“A 75-year-old Tsimane's arteries are more like a 50-year-old American's arteries.”"


An interesting article, but after the initial claims about the age of the lady (Martina) and her fitness, we then discover that they have no records and can't count...... In another part we see this sentence - "According to their records, Hilda is 81, but she says recently her family killed a pig to celebrate her “100th birthday or something like that”.

Nobody really has any idea how old that lady is. Then we discover that the researchers estimate their age from the age of their children. That may work for those with young children, but for those like Martina, they have no idea how old she really is at all. Because of this problem, some of the claims made here about how marvellously fit these very old people are, become preposterous.

Then we discover that the average life expectancy is FIFTY, and that they have a lot of parasites and suffer constant infectious diseases.

That said - there are some useful things to be taken from the way these people live, and the fact that those that don't die in childhood or early middle age don't appear to suffer many of the degenerative diseases of older Americans and Europeans.

They are FAR more active than we are, and are rarely sitting down - unlike us. Also, they are not eating lots of fat and get most of their calories from carbohydrates like yucca and plantain.

Of course if someone in Europe was eating lots of carbohydrates, and sitting around they would be heading towards diabetes or pre-diabetes.

So - get out of that chair and start running about and lifting heavy stuff and carrying it home - and don't eat too much so that you get fat. But really - I think we all knew that already, didn't we.
 
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im powerd buy fast food and eat shite like mcd ect smoke weed and drink hi powerd cider for the last 30 years.

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Low level of common nutrient linked to disease-causing DNA damage

"According to the researchers, the toxic combination of low magnesium and high levels of homocysteine can increase the likelihood of contracting gastrointestinal disease, several cancers, diabetes, and Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases."