Years ago, a patient told me her emotions changed after her hysterectomy. At that time, I wondered if some nerve tissue was present in the uterus that, when removed, affected her. Recently, I read Glial cells may take on big jobs in unexpected body parts on Science News referring to a study that showed glial cells in…
Resistance exercises increase skeletal muscle fiber size and number. That is good for everyone, especially those with obesity or type 2 diabetes. That’s because muscle fibers use more glucose, lowers blood sugar, and control diabetes. Coupled with intermittent fasting, resistance exercises can burn many calories and body fat and produces weight loss. Resistance exercises are…
This article is about a decades-old study that found that adequate hydration and cooler temperatures produce greater ketosis. The topic here is different from dehydration after ketosis happens. The Courtice-Douglas Effect The featured study is The modification of post-exercise ketosis (the Courtice-Douglas effect) by environmental temperature and water balance.[1] The Courtice-Douglas effect is the production…
This article shows how to properly wash chicken meat to avoid bacterial contamination on surrounding surfaces. The technique comes from the engineers, chemists, and mathematicians from Montana State University and a microbiologist from the University of Chemistry and Technology in the Czech Republic. They published their work in the Physics of Fluids in March 2022….
A prospective peer-reviewed study published this month showed a higher number of heart inflammation or myocarditis and other cardiac side effects after the second dose of the Pfizer BNT162b2 COVID jab compared to previous studies.[1] The C.D.C. maintains that myocarditis is a rare complication of COVID shots. Their data is based on the VAERS, a…
I always wondered why some skinny people don’t gain weight even if they eat a lot. And then there is the opposite. Overweight people will gain weight even on days that they don’t eat a lot. I suppose that it has something to do with the eating habit and the size of the intestines. People…
A study published in Cell Research in July 2022 shows that a high-fat diet can lead to inflammation and possibly colorectal cancer. The study by Deng et al. showed that a high-fat diet increases the leptin receptors and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) in the intestinal stem cells (ISC).[1] Leptin is a hormone that regulates…
This article features a study that showed that ketosis could start earlier when high-intensity aerobic exercise is done at the start of fasting. Ketosis is the state the ketone levels are high enough to be an energy source. In times of no caloric intake, glucose gets depleted, and the body starts to convert body fat…
This article presents a study that shows that exercise suppresses the release of the hunger hormone to delay hunger while fasting. The study was presented at the International Journal of Exercise Science conference in 2021. The researchers were from Brigham Young University. Brigham Young is the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day…
A prospective study published this month showed a higher number of myocarditis and other cardiac side effects after the second dose of the Pfizer BNT162b2 COVID jab compared to previous studies. Cardiovascular effects were found in 29.24% of patients, ranging from rapid heart rate, palpitations, and myopericarditis. It is a well-made preprint study. Prospective studies…
Antidepressants are one of the most popular drugs in the US. According to the CDC, during 2015–2018, 13.2% of adults used antidepressants. Prozac (fluoxetine), Paxil (Paroxetine), Celexa (Citalopram), and Zoloft (Sertraline) are popular Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI) used to treat depression. The idea behind using the SSRIs came from the serotonin theory of depression,…
A silent stroke has mild symptoms that it is often ignored. They are usually seen on a head CT scan as incidental findings. Silent strokes are warning signs of fatal and non-fatal strokes. With time, the brain tissue damage accumulates with silent strokes and manifests as vascular dementia. Silent stroke prevention is possible if the…
This article features a study that showed that caloric restriction has the same benefits that beta-blockers provide to failing hearts. Beta-blockers like metoprolol and atenolol are recommended for people with congestive heart failure (CHF). Failing hearts cannot supply enough blood. That is why people with CHF constantly feel weak and short of breath. In heart…
Nature Cardiovascular Research recently published a study that showed that some people who take antiplatelets and beta blockers have a higher risk of a non-fatal heart attack during warm weather. The authors were from Yale University and several prestigious institutions in Germany. The study evaluated 2,494 heart attack cases in Augsburg, Germany, during warm seasons…
This article is about the meta-analysis that included 80,071 children and adolescents that shows how many children and teenagers have the Long COVID syndrome and their most common symptoms. The study is eye-opening because it shows that Long COVID symptoms in children are different from those of adults. The World Health Organization defines Long COVID…
This article shows that Long COVID symptoms resulting from different variants can vary. And that some variants tend to cause more Long COVID syndromes. According to the World Health Organization, Long COVID syndrome occurs in individuals with probable or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection history. It usually starts three months from the onset of COVID-19, and the symptoms…
Earlier this month, Marlies Dekkers of De Nieuwe Wereld Podcast interviewed Dr. Robert Malone and Dr. Theo Schetters. Dr. Malone wrote about the interview and included the video on his substack page, Data doesn’t lie: mRNA-vaccines and correlation to all-cause mortality. The interview was 1:14:53 long and very informative. I listened to it twice. Dr….
In 2019, scientists from Yale used BrainEx technology to revive a pig’s brain after four hours of isolation from the body.[1] This time, the same group modified BrainEx into called OrganEx to partially revive the organs of a whole pig. Nature published the research in its August 3, 2022, edition.[2] How they did the experiment…
A new study showed that new heart muscles form in the hearts of older mice. It was published this month in Circulation. In the study, eight weeks of running exercise increased the formation of new heart muscle cells or cardiomyocytes in adult mice. (∼4.6 fold). The authors tested for the presence of new cardiomyocytes by…
Research from Kindai University, Osaka, Japan tested commonly worn face masks and isolated several pathogenic bacteria and fungi from them. The study was peer-reviewed and published in Nature on July 18, 2022 The investigation involved 109 participants who wore three types of masks. The majority (78%) wore the non-woven mask, the typical blue mask worn…
