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90 Percent of Americans Suffer from this New Heart Disease

90 Percent of Americans Suffer from this New Heart Disease

pgnewser May 15, 2024

According to the American Medical Association (AMA), almost 90 percent of American adults suffer from a newly defined heart disease called Cardiovascular, kidney, and metabolic (CKM) syndrome. An explanation for why the new definition was issued and how 90 percent of Americans suffer from it was not forthcoming.

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“Health experts are redefining cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, prevention and management, according to a new American Heart Association presidential advisory published today in the Association’s flagship journal Circulation…

The risks are greatest among older adults, men, and Black individuals, the report, which was published in JAMA Wednesday, found.

The American Heart Association (AHA) introduced a new staging system in 2023 — called CKM syndrome — to better treat and manage cardiovascular, kidney, and metabolic diseases, since they are deeply connected and often require a multidisciplinary approach.

Via Journal of the American Medical Association (emphasis added):

“Almost 90% of US adults met criteria for CKM syndrome (stage 1 or higher) and 15% met criteria for advanced stages, neither of which improved between 2011 and 2020. The lack of progress, in part, may reflect concomitant improvement and worsening of different risk factors over time. Substantial between-subgroup differences in advanced stages were observed, with older age, men, and Black adults at increased risk.”

CDC Scrambled to Cover Up Sudden Deaths of 2 Teens Shortly after Covid Shots, Emails Show– slaynews.com

CDC Scrambled to Cover Up Sudden Deaths of 2 Teens Shortly after Covid Shots, Emails Show– slaynews.com

pgnewser May 9, 2024

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Officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) scrambled to cover up a study that revealed two teenage boys died suddenly shortly after receiving Covid mRNA shots.

In a study published on February 14, 2022, experts revealed that the two teens both suffered unexpected fatal heart failure after being injected with the experimental mRNA shots.

The study was the first to detail examinations of American children who died of heart failure after COVID-19 vaccination.

However, the study’s paper set off a firestorm within the CDC that led to attempts by agency officials to overrule the medical examiners who examined the boys, internal emails have revealed.

Within hours of the study being published, federal officials scrambled to respond.

Internal CDC emails show officials were worried the paper would harm their efforts to promote the Covid injections to the public.

Google DeepMind unveils next generation of drug discovery AI model– www.aol.com

Google DeepMind unveils next generation of drug discovery AI model– www.aol.com

pgnewser May 9, 2024

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LONDON (Reuters) – Google Deepmind has unveiled the third major version of its “AlphaFold” artificial intelligence model, designed to help scientists design drugs and target disease more effectively.

In 2020, the company made a significant advance in molecular biology by using AI to successfully predict the behaviour of microscopic proteins.

With the latest incarnation of AlphaFold, researchers at DeepMind and sister company Isomorphic Labs – both overseen by cofounder Demis Hassabis – have mapped the behaviour for all of life’s molecules, including human DNA…

“With these new capabilities, we can design a molecule that will bind to a specific place on a protein, and we can predict how strongly it will bind,” Hassabis said in a press briefing on Tuesday.

“It’s a critical step if you want to design drugs and compounds that will help with disease.”

Researchers target spermidine production to combat emerging drug resistance in Salmonella– phys.org

Researchers target spermidine production to combat emerging drug resistance in Salmonella– phys.org

pgnewser May 9, 2024

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Food-borne diseases like typhoid, caused by Salmonella Typhimurium, are a severe threat to public health, especially in India. The indiscriminate use of antibiotics has allowed this bacterium to become resistant, posing a major hurdle in treating infections.

“Salmonella’s strategies to survive are par excellence. With an increase in antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella, it is just impossible to eradicate,” says Dipshikha Chakravortty, Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology (MCB), Indian Institute of Science (IISc).

In a recent study published in Redox Biology, she and her team have pinpointed how the bacterium uses a key molecule called spermidine to shield itself from the onslaught of the host’s defense machinery. They also find that an existing FDA-approved drug can reduce spermidine production, weakening the bacterium’s ability to cause infection.

Ozempic Face to Ozempic Breasts– people.com

Ozempic Face to Ozempic Breasts– people.com

pgnewser May 9, 2024

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  • Ozempic — the diabetes drug that’s become a trendy weight-loss tool — works in the brain to impact satiety
  • Patients have reported side effects like sagging breasts and butt, decreased libido and increased fertility
  • Experts say that some of these side effects are the result of rapid weight loss and suggest losing weight more gradually to combat any negative effects
EPA and CDC release findings affirming safety of synthetic turf fields with recycled tire crumb rubber – Tire Technology International– www.tiretechnologyinternational.com

EPA and CDC release findings affirming safety of synthetic turf fields with recycled tire crumb rubber – Tire Technology International– www.tiretechnologyinternational.com

pgnewser May 9, 2024

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EPA and CDC release findings affirming safety of synthetic turf fields with recycled tire crumb rubber  Tire Technology International

COVID ‘FLiRT’ variants spreading. Chicago experts urge vaccination.– www.chicagotribune.com

COVID ‘FLiRT’ variants spreading. Chicago experts urge vaccination.– www.chicagotribune.com

pgnewser May 9, 2024

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A new family of COVID variants nicknamed “FLiRT” is spreading across the country, as vaccination rates in Chicago — as well as nationwide — remain concerningly low for some public health experts.

While symptoms and severity seem to be about the same as previous COVID strains, the new FLiRT variants appear to be more transmissible, said infectious disease expert Dr. Robert Murphy.

“A new, more contagious variant is out there,” said Murphy, executive director of Northwestern University’s Institute for Global Health and a professor of infectious diseases at the Feinberg School of Medicine. “COVID-19 is still with us, and compared to flu and RSV, COVID-19 can cause significant problems off-season.”

Murphy urged the public to get up to date on COVID shots, particularly individuals who are at higher risk for severe complications from the virus. While much of the population has some immunity from vaccination or previous COVID infections, Murphy noted that “with COVID-19, immunity wanes over time.”

New vaccine could protect against coronaviruses which have yet to emerge– www.independent.co.uk

New vaccine could protect against coronaviruses which have yet to emerge– www.independent.co.uk

pgnewser May 8, 2024

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Scientists at the University of Cambridge, the University of Oxford, and Caltech in the US are developing a novel approach called “proactive vaccinology”, which aims to train the body’s immune system to recognise several different coronaviruses.

The vaccine used antigens – a substance that triggers an immune response in the body – found in eight different coronaviruses, including those circulating in bats. This trains the immune system to go after the parts of the antigens that are shared across the viruses and other similar ones, including those not included in the vaccine.

The vaccine, for instance, does not include the Sars-CoV-1 virus, which led to the 2003 SARs outbreak, but can produce an immune response to it.