Well, Stayin' Alive
Steven Johnson has written the book I ' ve been meaning to write, about the history of human life expectancy. (Don ' t worry, I ' ve got another project in the works.) I ' m not sure how the paywall works with the NYT magazine,but he provides a great overview here, which I hope you can read. As I ' ve discussed here more than a few times, life expectancy bounced around just a little from time to time and place to place from the neolithic until the late 19th Century. Then it doubled, quite suddenly, first in the wealthy countries and then around the world. It ' s an artificial construct and interpreting it isn ' t stra...
Source: Stayin' Alive - April 27, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Are the SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines Safe for Pregnant and Lactating People?
Accumulating data suggest that SARS-CoV-2 vaccination of pregnant and lactating people is both safe and beneficial for both mother and child. (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - April 1, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: Gertrud U. Rey Tags: Basic virology Gertrud Rey antibodies babies blood breast milk breast-feeding cord blood COVID-19 fetus IgA IgG infants lactation placenta pregnancy SARS-CoV-2 vaccination vaccine Source Type: blogs
Wednesday Bible Study: Ouch!
I think I speak for nearly all members of my sex in saying that Joshua 5 is my least favorite chapter of the Bible. Why the baby boys were not circumcised while the people were wandering in the wilderness is not explained, but it is what it is. 5 Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how theLord had dried up the Jordan before the Israelites until they[a] had crossed over, their hearts melted in fear and they no longer had the courage to face the Israelites.2 At that time theLord said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites ag...
Source: Stayin' Alive - March 31, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
poem
Without GodHow long can a man go without god? What about food or drink or sex? Use it or lose it. You know it when you see it. How long can the piano sit in the dining room untuned? Cut the strings so the pieces unplayed never had a chance. What about the apple rotting on the ground, untasted. How long can its mealy flesh hold flavor while bees bore holes into its core. How long can a baby go without crying? Even when all its obvious needs are met. When the diaper is dry and his belly sloshes with warm milk. Won ’t you wake up in terrors to the silence? Would yo...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - March 28, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs
4 essential nutrients — are you getting enough?
The newest dietary guidelines for Americans say that many Americans don’t get enough of four vital nutrients. Over time, a shortfall of these nutrients may affect different aspects of your health, from teeth and bones to your heart, gut, muscles, blood pressure, weight, and more.
What is a nutritional shortfall?
Nutritional advice can be confusing. Eat more of this, less of that. Make sure you get enough — but not too much. It’s no wonder many people have so-called nutritional shortfalls, where their diet lacks sufficient essential nutrients.
So, which nutrients do you really need and how much? And what key nutri...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - March 16, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Matthew Solan Tags: Health Healthy Eating Nutrition Source Type: blogs
A look at the 2020 –2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs), published by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), provide science-based recommendations on what to eat and drink to promote health, reduce the risk of chronic disease, and meet nutrient needs. The guidelines provide a framework for policy makers and nutrition and health professionals to help individuals consume a healthy and nutritionally adequate diet. They also help inform dietary planning for federal programs including the National School Lunch Program, the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), and the...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - March 10, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Carol Sullivan, MS, RD, CSO, LDN Tags: Health Healthy Eating Source Type: blogs
Could what we eat improve our sleep?
We think of eating a nutritious diet and exercising as healthy behaviors, but sleep is one of the pillars of a healthy lifestyle. Why is this? Sleep sets the stage for our days. If we experience sound sleep for seven to eight hours, we arise energized in the morning. Diet, exercise, and sleep work synergistically, and affect one another. All three can have an effect on our daily well-being and longevity.
To be well and vital and help prevent certain diseases, like obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes, and many other conditions, we need to prioritize sleep. When we make sleep a priority, we can impr...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - March 9, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Pegg Frates, MD Tags: Diet and Weight Loss Healthy Eating Mental Health Prevention Sleep Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, March 8th 2021
Conclusion
Coupled with the animal data, and the existing human trial data for safety, the results here suggests that someone should run a formal, controlled trial of flagellin immunization in older people, 65 and over. The goal would be to see whether (a) this sort of outcome holds up in a larger group of people, and (b) there is a meaningful impact on chronic inflammation and other parameters of health that are known to be affected by the aging of the gut microbiome.
The Role of Reactive Oxygen Species in Aging is Complex
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2021/03/the-role-of-reactive-oxygen-species-in-a...
Source: Fight Aging! - March 7, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Sunday Sermonette: Sing that Thing
Deuteronomy 32 is the song we were promised in the previous chapter. It isn ' t clear if he actually sings it or if this is more a poetry slam performance. Anyway it once again summarizes the basic theological points: Yahweh chose Israel, he is specifically the God of Israel, not the God of humanity; he will reward the Israelites if they worship him properly and obey his laws, including by helping them massacre other people; when (not if, it ' s a prediction) they cease to obey him, he will torture them horribly and see to it they are murdered en masse in turn. That ' s the essential message of the Torah. I ' ve inserted a...
Source: Stayin' Alive - March 7, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Wednesday Bible Study: Change of command
In Deuteronomy 31, the passing of leadership from Moses to Joshua begins. There ' s a lot of repetition of the prophecy of the conquest of the promised land, followed by apostasy and Yahweh temporarily abandoning the people. Then there ' s a lot of business about writing down the law -- again, not clear if it ' s the whole of the law as given in Exodus, Leviticus and Deuteronomy, or some excerpt. Finally, God has Moses write a song, but we don ' t get to read the lyrics until the next chapter. Unfortunately, the music is not supplied, and we don ' t know much about the music of that culture.According to Wikipedia:The earli...
Source: Stayin' Alive - March 3, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
What is Known of the Interaction of Cancer Stem Cells and Tumor Associated Macrophages
Cancers subvert the immune system in order to survive, but also to accelerate their growth. Macrophages are a part of the innate immune system, and have roles in wound healing. They become engaged by a tumor; tumor-associated macrophages assist in the rampant growth of tumor cells by supporting them in an analogous way to the support of regrowth in injured tissues. A cancer is, in many ways, the twisted reflection of regeneration. In place of the intricate dance between macrophages, stem cells, and somatic cells, there is instead an equally complex interaction between tumor-associated macrophages, cancer stem cells, and ca...
Source: Fight Aging! - March 2, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
How my son helped me rediscover the art of medicine
When the pediatrician woke me at midnight to get a blood test from my three-month-old son, I knew things were serious. I should have known this already. Four weeks prior, my four-year-old daughter passed along a respiratory virus to my husband, me, and her brother. Her brother’s low oxygen level and inability to keep down milk […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 28, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/cindy-mong" rel="tag" > Cindy Mong, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Critical Care Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Wednesday Bible Study: A strange assortment
Deuteronomy 27 is something of a head scratcher. It strongly emphasizes a set of rules, two of which overlap with the Big Ten, the rest of which are a weird potpourri. Deuteronomy often has this feeling of having been thrown together more or less at random.27 Now Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, “Keep all the commandment which I command you this day.2 And on the day you pass over the Jordan to the land which theLord your God gives you, you shall set up large stones, and plaster them with plaster;3 and you shall write upon them all the words of this law, when you pass over to ent...
Source: Stayin' Alive - February 17, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Sunday Sermonette: Some platitudes
Nothing really to say about this, it doesn ' t say much.26 “When you come into the land which theLord your God gives you for an inheritance, and have taken possession of it, and live in it,2 you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you harvest from your land that theLord your God gives you, and you shall put it in a basket, and you shall go to the place which theLord your God will choose, to make his name to dwell there.3 And you shall go to the priest who is in office at that time, and say to him, ‘I declare this day to theLord your God that I have come into the land ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - February 14, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
The latest on brain health, neurotechnology, artificial intelligence and “never stop wondering”
Welcome to a new edition of SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter, featuring a life well lived, the latest news on brain health and innovation, and some brain teasers in honor of International Brain Teaser Month.
#1. Thank you, Sharon. We won’t. “Never stop wondering” — Sharon Begley, science journalist, RIP
#2. Write injuries in sand, kindnesses in ____________.
Milk the cow, but do not pull off the ___________.
Enjoy these 5 US and 7 international proverbs to test your cognitive skills.
#3. Beware the snakes as you tease your mind with this optical illusion.
#4. The blood-brain barrier is hopefully hard at work: Can COVI...
Source: SharpBrains - January 29, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Technology & Innovation artificial intelligence brain health Brain Teasers brain-teaser cognitive neurocognitive Neurotechnology Source Type: blogs
