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Feminist mom of 3 ace kids, nurse. I worry about the my kids' future, want them to learn to be decent, capable, loving people. And a goofy husband who still rocks my boat! Heartbroken about Gaza, Sudan, the Ukraine, try to help refugees.
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#MedSky NIH still researches women's health as afterthought & is declining! Women need to learn how to investigate on their own, push for explanations & ask for time to consider options when offered a course of action. The maternal death rate for the US keeps climbing & for black women especially.
To Improve Health in the United States, Focus on Women
This Viewpoint discusses the dearth of womenโ€™s health research at the National Institutes of Health and proposes investment in a national chronic disease research agenda that promotes the science of g...
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Transgender & gender-diverse pl face significant barriers to equitable cancer care, yet remain critically underrepresented & understudied in oncology research. Limiting for inclusive screening guidelines, equitable treatment pathways & patient-centered survivorship care.
#Feminism #StarreVartan "When sports have easier standard for women's events, it signals to female competitors that they can't possibly beat men on a level playing field. Even when they can. Even when they have. Even in the Olympics before the patriarchy got embarrassed & split our events!
#MedSky Studies posit vaccines rev up immune system by acting as siren, -> release of signaling proteins called cytokines, incl type 1 interferon -> activates immune cells in tumors -> causes them to move into lymph nodes -> train other immune cells to travel back thru bloodstream -> attack tumors.
A surprise bonus from COVID-19 vaccines: bolstering cancer treatment
Patients who got shots of mRNA before starting a type of cancer immunotherapy lived much longer
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#MedSky John Gormly went for "standard blood test" but he rec'd results that changed his life. Newly approved test, Shield, diagnosed colon cancer that was quickly treated at stage 2. A growing wave of liquid biopsies promise to rapidly accelerate early cancer detection.
Could simple blood tests identify cancer earlier?
Blood tests that detect early cancer are coming to market. Could they lead to earlier diagnosis and treatment?
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#MedSky A gene that causes obesity is paradoxically linked to a reduced risk of having heart disease and high cholesterol. People w obesity due to relatively rare forms of gene called MC4R have lower levels of โ€˜badโ€™ cholesterol & lower rates of heart disease than people with similar body-mass index.
#MedSky Expresso could help prevent Alzheimer's & neurodegenerative disease. Incubated isolated molecules w tau protein to 40 hours. As concentration of compounds in the espresso shot increased, the shorter chains of tau protein did not form larger sheets, which would be indicative of Alzheimerโ€™s.
This Type Of Coffee Could Protect Against Alzheimer's, Study Finds
Hint: It's a crowd favorite.
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#MedSky More than 250,000 cancer papers from last 25 years have been flagged by an artificial intelligence tool as being poor quality and textually similar to those created by paper mills.
Study not yet peer reviewed & needs vetting by human specialists.
#MedSky Any food goes thru some level of processing. But foods w sugars, refined carbs, saturated fats, trans fats, salt & other additives become nutritionally unbalanced. Research suggests ultra-processed foods & some additives lead to depression, type 2 diabetes, cancer & other health conditions.
What are ultra-processed foods and are they bad for me?
From frozen pizza to lactose-free milk, food processing takes many forms. Hereโ€™s how to tell when itโ€™s helping or hurting us.
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#MedSky Conversion of blood type of donor kidney & transplanted organ into 68-year-old brain-dead man, keeping alive for 2 days. They used enzyme to remove type-A antigens from kidney, making type-O organ compatible with all blood types.This could improve access to donor organs & reduce wait lists.
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Kind of feels like feds occupying our city for a month, killing one person and shooting another while attacking neighborhoods with chemical weapons and kidnapping hundreds of people already counts as a civil war whether the Guard arrives or not, but what do we know?
#Feminism #StarreVartan Crafted image of Man the Hunter should be People the Hunters, from prehistoric to current Indigenous peoples today. Men have small edge in short-distance running speed & spear-throwing power, while women have real advantages in shooting accuracy & especially endurance hunting
#Feminism #StarreVartan With years of latest (some older & hidden by the patriarchy) Starre reveals how women's bodies are "incredibly powerful & resilient in ways men's aren't. Better at endurance, flexibility, immunity, pain tolerance & the ultimate - longevity! Women win the battle of the sexes!
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So, patients with high Lp(a), OxPL-apoB & AA levels MAY benefit from early aspirin initiation. Small sample, low power, single facility.
But indicative & hypotheses worth further study.
๐Ÿ”ฌ New finding: High Lipoprotein(a) is linked with elevated arachidonic acid levels.

Read more ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://ow.ly/uIF950XcOJz

#CardioResearch #LipoproteinA #Lipidology #CardioSky #MedSky
Tho not large studies, consonant with other related findings
#Medsky๐Ÿงช #IDsky #Autoimmunity #immunosky #Publichealth Several #casereports have documented instances of acute viral induced #myopathy from #postcovid ,highlighting muscle pain, weakness & elevated muscle enzymes as common features.
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"...the proposed program could save many patients between $2k & $4k a yr... lower costs could result in substantial savings bc the state buys the product every year for the millions of people on its publicly funded health plans." ๐Ÿ›Ÿ medsky health policy sociology
California to begin selling affordable, state-branded insulin beginning next year
Insulin pens will be available at a recommended price of $11 per pen, or a maximum of $55 for a five-pack.
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#MedSky American College of Cardiology says chronic, low-grade inflammation also directly linked to CVD. High levels of inflammation are linked to elevated heart disease risk, even if cholesterol looks fine. Key marker is high-sensitivity C-reactive protein. Time to track hsCRP alongside LDL.
Heart Disease Is an Inflammation Problem, According to New Scientific Statement | Super Age
New scientific statement links inflammation and heart disease. Hereโ€™s the blood test that detects it, and lifestyle changes for your heart.
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"Food dye that helps give certain sodas and snacks their hallmark orange hue renders mouse skin almost completely see-through in a reversible, potentially non-toxic research method may spur new scientific findings, boost microscopy advances, and improve medical diagnostic strategies and treatments.
The dye in Doritos can make mice transparent
'Itโ€™s not magic, but itโ€™s still very powerful.'
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#SexualViolence in the US
Every 74 seconds, someone is sexually assaulted. Every 9 minutes, it's a child!
>423,000 age 12+ experience sexual violence
> 1/2 of sexual violence victims are 18-34
2009-2013 Child protective services found that 63,000 children a year were sexually abused.
80% unreported