Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s dementia. Lewy Body Dementia and Parkinson’s disease are associated with the accumulation of abnormal proteins in the brain. Beta-amyloid and tau proteins in Alzheimer’s dementia, alpha-synuclein in Parkinson’s disease, and Lewy Body dementia disease can accumulate in the brain and later affect brain function because of their toxic functions. Alzheimer’s disease…
Addendum October 23, 2021: A new article about the Pfizer Booster shot can be read here: The Absolute Risk Reduction of the Pfizer Biontech Booster Shot The absolute risk reduction of the COVID-19 Vaccines are: Pfizer–BioNTech – 0.84 % Moderna – 1.2 % Gamaleya (Sputnik) – 0.93 %, J&J – 1.2 % AstraZeneca – 1.3…
The brain produces toxins and abnormal proteins like beta-amyloid and tau protein during its activity. If these proteins are not cleared, they can create plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain that lead to neurodegenerative diseases like dementia. An NIH study showed one night of sleep deprivation increases the β amyloid burden in the right…
Did you ever wonder how many more years you have in your life? Is there an objective measure of what your risk of dying depends on your medical problems? Actually, there is. Eprognosis.ucsf.edu is a website where you can put your data. Then it will tell you your mortality risk either for the next year…
A new preprint study of 513 284 patients looked at the risk of developing cerebral venous thrombosis among patients who a. had COVID-19, b. people who had the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, and c. those who did not have the COVID-19 and its vaccine. Cerebral venous thrombosis or CVT is when blood clots form…
This article is about how Peripheral Artery disease. What it is, why it happens, what the effects are, and what to do about it. Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) is the hardening of the arteries that supply the legs. It is part of the more systemic problem, Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD), which is the hardening and…
This article can develop an autoimmune disease when antibodies originally directed against the SARS-CoV-2 virus attack human proteins. This is concerning because anyone who got sick with COVID-19 or those who get vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine may have a theoretical possibility to develop autoimmune diseases. Barebones Immune Response The way we develop immunity towards…
Blood flow restriction training or BFR is known initially as KAATSU. Yoshiaki Sato discovered it in Japan in the 1970s. BFR is the application of a tight band around the upper arms or the thighs. The right application of a BFR band prevents the outflow of blood from the veins but should not limit the…
Erectile dysfunction or ED affects 3-76.5% of all men based on a global study. The same study also found that when compared with men with no ED, men with ED have an increased risk of dying from all causes, including: Cardiovascular disease like heart attacks, hypertension, heart failure, hyperlipidemia, peripheral vascular disease, strokes Dementia Prostate enlargement…
The Buchinger Wilhelmi Clinic in Überlingen, Germany, is a specialized facility where people can stay for several days and undergo supervised therapeutic fasting. It was started by a German physician Otto Buchinger, credited to being the first to document the health effects of fasting on several diseases. His book, “The Therapeutic Fasting Cure,” published in…
Can fasting normalize blood pressure, decrease cholesterol, and improve diabetes in the extremely obese? That question was answered in a study that was published in 2007. The study included 110 patients with the following characteristics: 33 male, 77 females Ages 35 +/- 1 year Body weights are 131.7 +/- 2.6 kg (289 +/- 5.7 lbs)…
Humanin is a component of the body that prevents many common diseases. Specifically, humanin can be found inside the power source of the cells, the mitochondria. Research published recently in the journal Aging, from the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology showed that humanin is associated with a longer life span in animals and humans. The…
A previous article, Antibodies to COVID-19 can Exist in the Uninfected, talked about research from the Francis Crick Institute about how the antibodies formed against seasonal coronavirus infections can protect against the new coronavirus infection COVID-19. Aside from antibody production, the body’s adaptive immune system has other components in its armory. One of which is the…
Sweating is commonly known as a means to lower body temperature during the hot summer. But do you know that sweating has health benefits? Those benefits can lower the risk of dying from infections by countering the effects of hypertension, obesity, unwanted chemicals like xenobiotics, and diabetes. All of them are illnesses that can increase…
Lack of sleep makes a person more likely to get infections. Here is a repost from January 3, 2020, about how to prolong your stay in slumberland. Sleeping is essential for overall health and chronic disease prevention. How well we sleep the night before can determine the outcome at work and personal relationships the next…
The immune system needs adequate amounts of zinc to handle COVID-19. This article is a repost from April 2020. The World Health Organization issued a report that says zinc deficiency is present in one-third of the world’s population[7] Worldwide, about two billion people are estimated to be affected by zinc deficiency. In developing countries, zinc…
This article is a repost from March 31, 2020. Now that we know that neutralizing antibodies against COVID-19 are only effective for a few months, it is essential to strengthening the immune system. High doses of Vitamin C are being used in the current COVID-19 pandemic in China and New York. This article looks into several…
A common belief is that once you get exposed to the COVID-19 virus, then a long-lasting immunity will develop, and there will be protection against COVID-19. That may not be the case. Two preprint studies, from Wuhan, China, and Amsterdam answers those questions. In both studies, the IgG or immunoglobulin G was tested. IgG confers…
On April 21, I had the worst headache of my life. It felt like bad sinusitis. However, there was visual aura in the upper and bottom part of my field of vision. I felt that I was looking thru a glass prism. It lasted the whole night and was relieved the next day after taking…
Patients with Ebola and HIV get lymphopenia or low lymphocytes. The viruses in both conditions enter the cells and destroy the lymphocytes. The result is a weakened immune system. Lymphopenia is also a common finding in the blood test of Covid-19 patients. Lymphocytes are a type of white blood cell that the body uses to fight viral infections. …
