Health

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Playing cards, other games can help prevent Alzheimer's for up to 5 years

https://www.studyfinds.org/cards-games-prevent-alzheimers/

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Antidepressants Still Linked to Increased Suicide Risk

https://www.madinamerica.com/2021/03/antidepressants-still-linked-increased-suicide-risk/

"Contrary to prominent claims, we find no reliable evidence that antidepressants protect against suicide. Instead, it appears that antidepressant use may even increase suicide risk."

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Not eating oily fish regularly can shorten life expectancy more than smoking, study reveals

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-9801089/Not-eating-oily-fish-regularly-shorten-life-expectancy-smoking-study-reveals.html

"Study lead researcher Dr Michael McBurney, of the University of Guelph in Canada, said: 'It is interesting to note that in Japan, where the mean Omega-3 Index is greater than eight per cent, the expected life span is around five years longer than it is in the United States, where the mean Omega-3 Index is about five per cent."

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Potential breakthrough treatment created for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease

https://www.studyfinds.org/treatment-alzheimers-parkinsons/

"Researchers add the compounds created from these molecules have a low toxicity, making them safe for use in patients. The team tested them in cellular models of Alzheimer's disease as well as in models simulating traumatic brain injury.

For both pyrrolyl- and indolylazine classes of compounds, the treatments had a significant therapeutic impact on the brain — increasing the survival of neurons."

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How eating your five-a-day may spare you from Covid: People who consume plenty of fruit and vegetables and cut out processed foods 'are up to 40% less likely to fall severely ill with virus'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9783301/People-eat-three-fruit-vegetables-day-40-likely-fall-severely-ill-virus.html

"King's College London experts asked 600,000 people to log what they were eating before the pandemic began...."

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Israeli lab: Some existing drugs could stop COVID at almost 100%

https://www.jpost.com/health-science/israeli-lab-some-existing-drugs-could-stop-covid-at-almost-100-percent-674426

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Scientists reverse age-related memory loss in mice

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210722113052.htm

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Too much coffee can cause your brain to shrink, raise risk of dementia by 53 percent

https://www.studyfinds.org/coffee-can-shrink-brain-raise-dementia-risk/

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https://www.theepochtimes.com/new-nasal-spray-claims-to-reduces-ccp-virus-infectivity-by-over-99-percent-in-30-seconds-scripps-research-institute_3925770.html

"We are very pleased to confirm the rapid virucidal activity of SPL7013, with greater than 99.99 percent reduction of infectious virus in just 30 seconds against the Delta variant," Starpharma CEO Jackie Fairley said.

Still in the very early stages of research/development. We'll have to wait and see.

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Miracle drug is 'life saving' against Covid and will stop sufferers needing hospital treatment, GPs claim

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9848109/Miracle-drug-life-saving-against-Covid-stop-hospital-treatment-GPs-claim.html

"The breakthrough in treatment came after an Oxford University study of over 2,000 NHS Covid patients were given a course of the drug over ten days."

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Amazonian tribe may hold key to having highly healthy brain, avoiding dementia

https://www.studyfinds.org/tsimane-tribe-amazon-healthy-brain-dementia/

The Healthiest Hearts On Earth

https://www.pritikin.com/healthiest-hearts-diet

For a succinct breakdown on the diet the Tsimane people traditionally maintain:

"For starters, this healthiest hearts diet is carbohydrate-rich, but they are not the hyper-processed, refined carbohydrates typical in American society, for example, white breads, potato chips, and sugary drinks.

The carbohydrates of the Tsimane are whole carbs – rich in fiber and straight from the earth. Two-thirds of their diet is starchy carbohydrates such as corn, manioc root, plantains, and rice, which they grow locally. The remaining third is foods they hunt and gather – carbs like fruit as well as nuts, freshwater fish, and free-roaming animals, like pigs, that are much leaner than the pigs grown in U.S. stockyards.

Only about 2% of the calories in a typical Tsimane diet come from foods purchased in stores, such as bread, pasta, crackers, and sugar.

Research on Tsimane women broke down the Tsimane diet as:

72% carbohydrate
14% fat
14% protein"

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Most vaccine-hesitant group is those with PhDs, research shows

https://www.thecollegefix.com/most-vaccine-hesitant-group-is-those-with-phds-research-shows/

I thought this was interesting. That's all.

(I have previously gone on the record here as being pro-vaccine.)

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Playing cards, other games can help prevent Alzheimer's for up to 5 years

Wow, this is awesome! Now everyone will start playing games for health