People with Alzheimer’s disease who took the common supplement glucosamine were 25% more likely to die within five years than those who didn’t. That’s the key finding of a new study that my colleagues and I published in the journal Nature Metabolism.
The Over The Counter "Cure" For One Problem Is NOT Good For The Rest Of Your Body
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Animal experiments and analysis of patient records suggest that taking glucosamine is safe for a healthy brain but is associated with further decline in diseased brains.The Conversation
Latest comic: The Wellness Charlatan's Guide to Longevity
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"The very discovery of phage was the subject of a prolonged dispute between two camps: on one side was Félix d’Herelle,Citation5 the French-Canadian autodidact who first recognize ..."
Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding
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The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. ProPublica heard from more than 150 researchers to understand the work that’s been lost.
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The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with ProPublica what is being lost.ProPublica
A Health System Is Fighting Idaho’s Abortion Ban. It’s Not Its First Controversial Stance.
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St. Luke’s, Idaho’s largest health system, was outspoken in defending its staff during a backlash against masks and vaccines. It also sued right-wing figure Ammon Bundy — and won. Now it’s backing its doctors on the abortion front.
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It’s not the first controversial stance for St. Luke’s, which was outspoken in defending its staff during a backlash against masks and vaccines during the pandemic.ProPublica
US to cut billions in medical research funding
“Sick kids may not get the treatment they need. Clinical trials may be shut down abruptly with dangerous consequences. Just because Elon Musk doesn’t understand indirect costs doesn’t mean Americans should have to pay the price with their lives"
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National Institutes of Health said the $4bn loss will affect ‘indirect’ funding of buildings, equipment and staffOliver Milman (The Guardian)
Biomarkers could monitor ageing in the brain, revealing ways to treat dementia and other age-related brain disorders.Naddaf, Miryam
In 2017, Trump was considering cuts to indirect costs to universities. If you don't know how research works, "indirects" support the basic infrastructure that makes science possible. What happens? Deep faculty cuts. Less research. Bad for science. Get organized. #science #medicine #publichealth
Latest cartoon on Alabama decision that IVF embryos are people
Dr. Margaret Chung was born in CA in 1889. As a med student, she wore masculine clothing & referred to herself as “Mike.” She became the first Chinese American female physician & applied to be a medical missionary, but was rejected due to her race.
In the 1920’s, Chung founded one of the first Western medical clinics in San Francisco’s Chinatown. She advocated for Chinese Americans & pushed for the inclusion of women in the US military. nps.gov/people/dr-margaret-mom… #HistoryRemix #history #medicine
About 80% of the world population relies on compounds derived from plants for medicines to treat various ailments, such as malaria and cancer, and to suppress pain. Our future medicines are likely …Palm Oil Detectives
Fludarabine-induced DNA damage pathways enhance the in vivo efficiency of homologous recombination-based gene editing.Nature
