Dr. Howard Smith Reports

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A Johns Hopkins study finds that USDA-certified organic meats were 77% less likely to be contaminated with multiple drug-resistant micro-organisms.  The public health researchers reviewed purity data from 39,349 retail meat samples linked to 342 processing facilities using conventional and organic processing protocols.  Some plants were split as both processing techniques take place under the same roof.

Chicken, turkey, beef, and pork processed conventionally had a 34% incidence of bacterial contamination compared with a 20% incidence when processed organically.  More critical was 3.8% incidence of drug-resistant bacteria in meat processed in conventionally versus 0.9% for meat processed organically.

You do get a significantly cleaner and healthier meat for the extra bucks.

https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/EHP7327

#meat #organic #bacteria #drugresistant

meat, organic, bacteria, drugresistant

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A Johns Hopkins study finds that USDA-certified organic meats were 77% less likely to be contaminated with multiple drug-resistant micro-organisms.  The public health researchers reviewed purity data from 39,349 retail meat samples linked to 342 processing facilities using conventional and organic processing protocols.  Some plants were split as both processing techniques take place under the same roof.

Chicken, turkey, beef, and pork processed conventionally had a 34% incidence of bacterial contamination compared with a 20% incidence when processed organically.  More critical was 3.8% incidence of drug-resistant bacteria in meat processed in conventionally versus 0.9% for meat processed organically.

You do get a significantly cleaner and healthier meat for the extra bucks.

https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/EHP7327

#meat #organic #bacteria #drugresistant

meat, organic, bacteria, drugresistant

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Vaccination with either mRNA CoVid Vaccine, the Moderna or Pfizer product, and the resultant immune stimulation create no injury to the placenta.  Northwestern Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialists draw this conclusion from their study of 200 CoVid-uninfected women in their third trimester 84 of whom were vaccinated.

Comparative pathologic studies of the placentas from the vaccinated and the control women revealed no increased incidence of negative vascular changes, no evidence of fetal malperfusion, and no appearance of unusual inflammatory changes.  In fact, the incidence of high-grade chronic villitis was higher in the unvaccinated women.

CoVid vaccination during pregnancy produces none of the placental damage inflicted by an untimely CoVid infection.

https://journals.lww.com/greenjournal/Fulltext/9900/Severe_Acute_Respiratory_Syndrome_Coronavirus_2.206.aspx

#CoVid #pregnancy #placenta #vaccination #moderna #pfizer

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Vaccination with either mRNA CoVid Vaccine, the Moderna or Pfizer product, and the resultant immune stimulation create no injury to the placenta.  Northwestern Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialists draw this conclusion from their study of 200 CoVid-uninfected women in their third trimester 84 of whom were vaccinated.

Comparative pathologic studies of the placentas from the vaccinated and the control women revealed no increased incidence of negative vascular changes, no evidence of fetal malperfusion, and no appearance of unusual inflammatory changes.  In fact, the incidence of high-grade chronic villitis was higher in the unvaccinated women.

CoVid vaccination during pregnancy produces none of the placental damage inflicted by an untimely CoVid infection.

https://journals.lww.com/greenjournal/Fulltext/9900/Severe_Acute_Respiratory_Syndrome_Coronavirus_2.206.aspx

#CoVid #pregnancy #placenta #vaccination #moderna #pfizer

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Drinking ANY alcohol is associated with reduction of your functional brain volume, and the more you drink the worse the effect.  Epidemiologists and neuroradiologists at Britain’s University of Oxford make this assertion after studying 25,378 participants in the UK Biobank by magnetic resonance brain imaging.

As lifetime drinking escalates, all brain zones suffer.  Elevated blood pressure and body weight only aggravate this brain deterioration.  Binge drinking predictably makes the situation worse, and the frequency of benders from none to daily has an additive effect.

The scientists sobering conclusion is that there is no safe level of drinking when it comes to your brain health.  They recommend that current guidelines be revised. 

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.10.21256931v1.full.pdf

#alcohol #brain #greymatter #hypertension #obesity

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Drinking ANY alcohol is associated with reduction of your functional brain volume, and the more you drink the worse the effect.  Epidemiologists and neuroradiologists at Britain’s University of Oxford make this assertion after studying 25,378 participants in the UK Biobank by magnetic resonance brain imaging.

As lifetime drinking escalates, all brain zones suffer.  Elevated blood pressure and body weight only aggravate this brain deterioration.  Binge drinking predictably makes the situation worse, and the frequency of benders from none to daily has an additive effect.

The scientists sobering conclusion is that there is no safe level of drinking when it comes to your brain health.  They recommend that current guidelines be revised. 

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.10.21256931v1.full.pdf

#alcohol #brain #greymatter #hypertension #obesity

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Novavax, a nanoparticle complexed with a CoVid spike protein, is overall 89.7% effective.  This is similar to the Modern and Pfizer vaccines and about 20% better than the adenovirus vector J&J and Astrazeneca vaccines.  These results of a phase 3 study now appear in advance of its presentation to the FDA.

A total of 15,187 participants took part with half receiving the 2 shot vaccine.  Novavax is 96.4% effective against the original strain and 86.3% effective against the British B.1.117 variant.  The vaccine works for all ages and medical conditions.  Side effects are mild and more prominent after the second dose.

It may trigger longer-lasting immunity.  Stay tuned.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.13.21256639v1.full.pdf+html

#novavax #nanoparticle #vaccine #CoVid

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Novavax, a nanoparticle complexed with a CoVid spike protein, is overall 89.7% effective.  This is similar to the Modern and Pfizer vaccines and about 20% better than the adenovirus vector J&J and Astrazeneca vaccines.  These results of a phase 3 study now appear in advance of its presentation to the FDA.

A total of 15,187 participants took part with half receiving the 2 shot vaccine.  Novavax is 96.4% effective against the original strain and 86.3% effective against the British B.1.117 variant.  The vaccine works for all ages and medical conditions.  Side effects are mild and more prominent after the second dose.

It may trigger longer-lasting immunity.  Stay tuned.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.13.21256639v1.full.pdf+html

#novavax #nanoparticle #vaccine #CoVid

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How protective is the Moderna CoVid vaccine over time?  Preliminary answers were just pre-published online by a multi-site collaborative study group coordinated by the NIH Vaccine Research Center.

The sera gathered from 24 individuals representing various age groups were exhaustively studied to assess their antibody protection at 2 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months following completion of vaccination.  A variety of assays were used.

The bottom line: the Moderna vaccine affords declining but functionally effective protection for up to 6 months.  The most telling viral neutralization tests demonstrate continued protection against the original, the British, the New York, the California, and the Brazilian strains, with only borderline protection against the South African strain.

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.13.444010v1.full.pdf

#moderna #vaccine #CoVid #variants

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/pa2eVkvAFmA

How protective is the Moderna CoVid vaccine over time?  Preliminary answers were just pre-published online by a multi-site collaborative study group coordinated by the NIH Vaccine Research Center.

The sera gathered from 24 individuals representing various age groups were exhaustively studied to assess their antibody protection at 2 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months following completion of vaccination.  A variety of assays were used.

The bottom line: the Moderna vaccine affords declining but functionally effective protection for up to 6 months.  The most telling viral neutralization tests demonstrate continued protection against the original, the British, the New York, the California, and the Brazilian strains, with only borderline protection against the South African strain.

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.13.444010v1.full.pdf

#moderna #vaccine #CoVid #variants