Articles in ‘Health’

Double-blind, placebo-controlled trial finds beetroot extract rapidly increases immediate recall (+20.69%), delayed memory (+12.34%), verbal fluency (+11.16%), and frontal executive function (+2.57%). · by Nicolas Hulscher, MPH · In a recent double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial published in theEuropean Journal of Nutrition, researchers tested a single 3-gram dose of a Beta vulgaris (beetroot) extract delivered as four chewable…

Previously undisclosed government data from Israel show hundreds of 12–16-year-olds suffered severe cardiac injury, including cases coded as heart attacks, within six weeks of mRNA authorization. · by Nicolas Hulscher, MPH · For years, the public was told that COVID-19 mRNA injection–induced cardiac injury in children was rare. That reassurance formed the backbone of adolescent vaccination campaigns across the world. But what if the…

Frequent sexual fantasies are linked with neuroticism – a personality trait that could put you at risk of a range of physical and mental health problems – according to a study from Michigan State University, US. Credit: Getty images · Researchers surveyed more than 5,000 US adults about their sexual fantasies and personality traits. · The scientists used the Big Five framework, which is widely used in psychology to measure open-mindedness,…

An article in the UK Telegraph is entitled “I lost 3st on Mounjaro—now, I’m losing an organ”. It reports the case of a woman who took a weight loss drug and lost 20 kilograms over the course of a few months. She then developed painful gallstones, acute pancreatitis and an inflamed liver—a potentially life threatening combination. She is now scheduled to have her gallbladder surgically removed. Gallbladder surgeries hit a peak in 2024-25 in…

Ocean Robbins · Summary · Far less talked about than some of the other vitamins and minerals, magnesium is a critical nutrient that we need to optimize our health and function at our best. Here are some of the most important magnesium health benefits, the best sources to include in your diet, as well as a few potential risks. · Are you near a AA battery? If so, pick it up and feel its weight. That’s roughly how much of the mineral magnesium…

A paper published in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society entitled “Identifying and quantifying potentially problematic prescribing cascades in clinical practice: A mixed-methods study” throws a sharp light on mistakes that were made by physicians, GPs, hospital staff and epidemiologists during the pandemic. · A prescribing cascade occurs when adverse effects result which are not recognised as caused by the drug; after which another…

2019 heralded the start of a new era, but not perhaps the new age that many had hoped for. The advent of mass biotechnology has signalled a complete break with the past, not just the immediate past but virtually the whole of human history. Biotechnology cuts across every prior human relationship, cultural norm, political system, physiological mechanism and scientific concept. It does so by irrevocably altering the vehicle of human existence—the…

Dietary vitamin C rapidly enters skin tissue and improves structural density and epidermal renewal within 8 weeks. · by Nicolas Hulscher, MPH · Vitamin C (ascorbate) is present in every major compartment of human skin, and its biology is well established: it supports collagen-related processes in fibroblasts, helps buffer oxidative stress, and can influence keratinocyte behavior. Most of the popular conversation focuses on topical…

Colon surpasses breast as leading cancer killer driven by victims under age 50 years, likely mandated into COVID-19 vaccination · Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH · It was announced the colon cancer has surpassed malignancies of the breast as the leading cause of cancer driven by cases before age 50 where screening colonoscopy starts. This epidemiological shift started in 2021 co-incident with the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines which…

Deterioration was associated with Moderna (mRNA-1273) and persistent cough at vaccination · Dr. Robert W. Malone · Yes, I accepted two doses of Moderna COVID vaccine. Again and again, I have been attacked for having done so by a wide range of haters. And as I have repeatedly explained, I did so for three reasons. · 1. I was infected with the original SARS-CoV-2 strain (Wuhan 1) while attending an MIT computational drug discovery…