Your mother was right There are 5.6 million Americans with Alzheimer’s type memory loss. The disease has a variable course, and the ambiguity can be agonizing. Those identified at an early stage face the decision to take intravenous antibody drugs at great...
Can It be Fixed in Time? A Quote Worth Repeating: “Population collapse due to low birth rates is a much bigger risk to civilization than global warming,” (tweet on August 26) — Elon Musk, president of Tesla motors. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here How Do...
Only The US Working Population Resists Shrinkage Read Part 1 here and Part 3 here “Population collapse due to low birth rates is a much bigger risk to civilization than global warming,” — Elon Musk Elon Musk, the president of Tesla motors, SpaceX rockets,...
Read Part 2 here and Part 3 here The “Working-age population” around the world is shrinking. Birth rates have fallen in developed countries; climate change and food insecurity will undermine expanding population trends in less developed countries. The implications...
Main photo courtesy curearthritis.org A Guide to Avoiding Knee Replacement By Dr. James Katz, MD, MPH Last year there were 600,000 total knee replacement surgeries in the United States. Insurers spend five billion dollars on knee procedures per year. It is a...
Statins Prevent Coronavirus Infection Complications The statin drugs, such as Lipitor, Crestor, etc. reduce the severity of SARS-COV-2 (coronavirus) infections. In three separate studies, one in Malaysia and two at the University of California at San Diego, early...
Biogen Pharmaceuticals was the first biotechnical firm, founded in 1978 by two Nobel prize winners, essentially creating the biotechnical industry. It is now risking fallen angel status as it flaunts key principles of science for politics. Biogen is claiming that data...
How did aspirin’s reputation get to be so bad? Aspirin hasn’t changed. It is a blood thinner that acts by blocking the early stages of a blood clot that causes a heart attack. But too much thinning of the blood and bleeding can result. In the original aspirin studies,...
The Relationship between Alzheimer’s, Dementia and the Aging Brain New research reveals the best way to survive from 75 to 90 years old: eat, drink, be merry, and exercise. Those who made it to 75, benefited from Consuming wine rather than abstinence Consuming coffee...
And It is Preventable Medical records reveal that Ernest Hemingway had untreated Hemochromatosis, which may have contributed to his depression and suicide. Notice how pale he appears as a young man. The glowing skin of later life is partially suntan and partially the...
The answer might be your refrigerator… Approximately one out of every three American adults consume some form of omega-3 oil regularly. The majority is from eating fish, while fish oil pills provide most of the rest. Consumption of fish is advocated by the American...
The debate about the best way to treat/prevent heart disease has become caustic. Dr. Stephen Nissen, of the Cleveland clinic, has commented “There are a lot of people out there, particularly on the web, that I’d call statin deniers, like climate deniers, who...