SUBJ: New COVID infections can occur within a few months of a previous bout
SUBtitle: Kamala Harris proposed Medicare coverage for in-home health care
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SHORT NOTES:
- New COVID infections can occur within a few months of a previous bout or a vaccination
- Vice President Kamala Harris made an announcement proposing that Medicare provide coverage for in-home health care
- South Wales’ residents are 44x more likely to have kidney stones; Ashkenazi Jews are more likely to have the BRCA gene for ovarian cancer.
- A new AI model can listen to patients and diagnose conditions for depression to anxiety with accuracy better than conventional diagnosis.
- Lifespan was heritable and genetics had a larger influence on lifespan than dietary restriction.
- BE SURE TO PROPERLY TAKE AND DISPOSE OF ANTIBIOTICS, AND EAT YOGURT TO MAINTAIN YOUR MICROBIOME.
- Today, older adults either must spend themselves into poverty to qualify for Medicaid or rely on family for the care they need.
- Carbon Monoxide causes growth, aging, and death in mammals, including us.
- A substantial reduction of Alzheimer’s disease associated with semaglutide
LONG NOTES:
Science 18 Oct pg 255-New COVID infections can occur within a few months of a previous bout or a vaccination because of how the spike protein shifts position on the virus.
Vice President Kamala Harris made an announcement proposing that Medicare provide coverage for in-home health care
The Economist 10/5 pg 69-Insular communities have higher rates of disease. South Wales’ residents are 44x more likely to have kidney stones; Ashkenazi Jews are more likely to have the BRCA gene for ovarian cancer. Pg 70 – Traditional methods of diagnosing mental health conditions require months of visiting a psychiatrist. A new AI model can listen to patients and diagnose conditions for depression to anxiety with accuracy better than conventional diagnosis.
Dietary restriction impacts health and lifespan of genetically diverse mice. Caloric restriction extends healthy lifespan in multiple species1. Intermittent fasting, an alternative form of dietary restriction, is potentially more sustainable in humans, but its effectiveness remains largely unexplored. We show that caloric restriction and intermittent fasting both resulted in lifespan extension in proportion to the degree of restriction. Lifespan was heritable and genetics had a larger influence on lifespan than dietary restriction.
From Live To 151 – My Quest For Longevity! : Antibiotic Resistance Is Marching On. Every year, antibiotic resistance directly leads to nearly 1.3 million deaths. Based on the latest available data, the resistance rates of key antibiotics increased from about 16% in 2001 to 44% in 2020. In other words, nearly half of infections are not responsive to the antibiotics typically used to treat them. Unfortunately, the majority of experts believe that some of these key antibiotics—including amoxicillin and cephalexin, some of the most prescribed drugs in the U.S.—will very likely be lost to resistance within the next 15 years. BE SURE TO PROPERLY TAKE AND DISPOSE OF ANTIBIOTICS, AND EAT YOGURT TO MAINTAIN YOUR MICROBIOME.
From Kevin: “Today, older adults either must spend themselves into poverty to qualify for Medicaid or rely on family for the care they need. Courage would give families a choice – and, the dignity they deserve.”
GRG zoom presentation: Albert Donnay: Carbon Monoxide causes growth, aging, and death in mammals, including us. (75 minutes. My notes: CO causes lots of death and cancer from breathing it. Lots of disease correlate with CO and HO (free radical) exposure. CO causes senescence of RBCs. Salt, heat, sunlight and exercise boost CO (bad); sugar, coolness, darknes and rest lower it (good). To reduce risk of premature death, donate blood, sleep in a cold dark room, breath with your nose and mouth covered with cupped hands www.tinyurl.com/DIYrebreathers.
A substantial reduction of Alzheimer’s disease associated with semaglutide (Ozempic) among > 1 million people with Type 2 diabetes from a nationwide data resource x.com/hashtag/Alzheimers
