Never Give Up—Fight Illness With Strength And Science
You may have read about what happened yesterday in Itaewon, South Korea. 82 people were injured, 19 seriously, and 151 died when thousands were packed in a sloped and narrow alley. In a CNBC report, Choi Sung-beom, head of the Yongsan Fire Station, said that many victims were women in their 20s. It was the…
A new study showed that microplastics are present in human breast milk. Using Raman spectroscopy, particles of polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and polypropylene with sizes ranging from 2 to 12 micrometers were found in women’s breast milk. In their abstract, The widespread use of plastics determines the inevitable human exposure to its by-products, including microplastics (MPs),…
In February 2022, Lancet published a paper that forecasted an almost three-fold increase in the number of people with dementia. From 57·4 million cases globally in 2019 to 152·8 million cases in 2050.[1] The Dementia Forecasting Collaborators authored the paper. They estimated that there were more women with dementia than men with dementia in 2019…
Yesterday I posted Remission of Hodgkin lymphoma with SARS-CoV-2. It was about a man whose blood cancer (Hodgkin’s lymphoma) disappeared four months after he contracted COVID-19. Oncolytic viruses can dissolve (lyse) cancer (onco) cells. Research into the use of viruses for cancer treatment has been ongoing for the past few decades. The following are genetically modified…
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…
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….
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…
This article has been updated with audio on September 7, 2025. Press the play button below to listen. Your browser does not support the audio element. Introduction 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),…
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…
Update July 20, 2022: The World Health Organization has confirmed Marburg viruses in the two patients who died recently. The Institut Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal received samples from each of the two patients from the southern Ashanti region of Ghana – both deceased and unrelated – who showed symptoms including diarrhea, fever, nausea, and vomiting….
An old article from the UN Chronicle – The Benefits of World Hunger has been getting much attention lately, and I partly reproduced it below, and you will understand why. Emphases added. We sometimes talk about hunger in the world as if it were a scourge that all of us want to see abolished, viewing…
In their infinite wisdom, The Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) of the Food and Drug Administration approved the COVID-19 shots for babies older than six months and children up to five years old. I will tell you three reasons why that decision is not in the best interest of babies and little kids….
Cases of human monkeypox have been steadily increasing. As of this writing, BNO News reports 639 confirmed, four probable, and 53 suspected for 696. There are no deaths. It is updatedIn the endemic countries in Africa, these are the number of cases from the WHO. Monkeypox is usually self-limiting, but there is likely to be…
The World Health Organization received reports from Iraq of 212 cases of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF). The cases were broken down as follows: 115 (54%) were suspected 97 (46%) were laboratory-confirmed There were 27 deaths 14 deaths in suspected cases 13 deaths in laboratory-confirmed cases. The number of cases reported in the first five months…
Yesterday, the first case in the United States was documented in Massachusetts. There have been seven suspected cases in Montreal, Canada. There were seven confirmed and one probable case of monkeypox in the United Kingdom and eight patients in Spain and Portugal. In the UK, the four cases were among men who have sex with…
I have talked about the benefits of intermittent fasting and the resulting reversal of cardiovascular risk factors like hypertension, diabetes, and hypertriglyceridemia. The past several months have shown unrelenting food price increases. This resulted from the war in Ukraine, the hyperinflationary policies of the US Federal Reserve, the culling of millions of poultry due to…
Fetal microchimerism is when the fetal cells travel outside the fetus and embed in the mother’s body during pregnancy. Those fetal cells can stay with the mother for decades and affect her health. The Chimera is a Greek mythological creature with parts taken from different animals. The Benefits to the Baby The fetus has a…
Today, I attended the University of Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences graduation for their medical students. At the end of the ceremony, the new physicians recited the Charge of Maimonides. I find it touching and reproduced it here. Charge of Maimonides “May the Almighty, source of Mercy, be with you in all…
The CDC confirmed that a Colorado man has tested positive for the H5N1 influenza virus. The man is a worker on a poultry farm and resides in a state correctional facility. He complains of fatigue and is taking oseltamivir (Tamiflu). Repeat tests on the person were negative for influenza. That may indicate that the highly…
This article aims to raise awareness about the increase in blood pressure (BP) that can be noted after getting COVID shots. A study in Italy showed that among 113 healthcare workers who received the Pfizer vaccine, six subjects (5.3%) showed an average rise in systolic or diastolic blood pressure at home by ≥ 10 mmHg during the first…