Dr. Howard Smith Reports

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A newly published NIH study demonstrates CoVid in mouth and salivary gland tissues and explains why saliva can be highly infectious.  This adds the mouth to a host of other CoVid infection site in the body including the nose, lungs, heart, brain, kidneys, gastrointestinal tract, and blood vessels.

Oral tissues have the key ACE2 receptor and the TMPRSS2 enzyme that open a cell’s front door to CoVid.  Tissues from living and deceased CoVid patients had CoVid RNA and evidence of viral replication.  

This is more evidence that spit droplets as well as aerosols from coughing and sneezing can spread CoVid.  Make sure your mask completely covers your mouth as well as your nose.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01296-8

#CoVid #mouth #saliva

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A newly published NIH study demonstrates CoVid in mouth and salivary gland tissues and explains why saliva can be highly infectious.  This adds the mouth to a host of other CoVid infection site in the body including the nose, lungs, heart, brain, kidneys, gastrointestinal tract, and blood vessels.

Oral tissues have the key ACE2 receptor and the TMPRSS2 enzyme that open a cell’s front door to CoVid.  Tissues from living and deceased CoVid patients had CoVid RNA and evidence of viral replication.  

This is more evidence that spit droplets as well as aerosols from coughing and sneezing can spread CoVid.  Make sure your mask completely covers your mouth as well as your nose.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01296-8

#CoVid #mouth #saliva

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/gaEyGNCJd_0

Using anabolic steroids to bulk up is associated with accelerated brain aging as seen on magnetic resonance imaging.  Norwegian neuroscientists just published their study comparing the brains of 130 weightlifting men who consistently ingested anabolic steroids with 99 non-using lifters.

The investigators used machine learning protocols on brain images of 1838 healthy men to set age-dependent brain appearance standards.   Applying this model to images from using and non-using lifters, they found that anabolic steroid consumption was associated with older looking brains.  Inordinate aging in all brain regions was most marked in those with greater than 10 years of drug use.

Anabolic steroids are dangerously toxic.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451902221000197?via%3Dihub

#bodybuilding #steroids #aging #dementia

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/gaEyGNCJd_0

Using anabolic steroids to bulk up is associated with accelerated brain aging as seen on magnetic resonance imaging.  Norwegian neuroscientists just published their study comparing the brains of 130 weightlifting men who consistently ingested anabolic steroids with 99 non-using lifters.

The investigators used machine learning protocols on brain images of 1838 healthy men to set age-dependent brain appearance standards.   Applying this model to images from using and non-using lifters, they found that anabolic steroid consumption was associated with older looking brains.  Inordinate aging in all brain regions was most marked in those with greater than 10 years of drug use.

Anabolic steroids are dangerously toxic.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451902221000197?via%3Dihub

#bodybuilding #steroids #aging #dementia

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/RZyXvKmZ6Ho

mRNA vaccines trigger protective anti-CoVid antibodies in only 17% of transplant patients compared with close to 100% of the general population.  Johns Hopkins researchers now publish this data from their study of 436 transplant recipients.

Moderna vaccine proved the more effective triggering antibodies in 34% compared with the Pfizer product inducing them in only 12%.  Only 10% of those on anti-metabolite immunosuppression produced antibodies compared with 70% of those not receiving antimetabolites.  Younger recipients 39 years and younger were twice a likely as older persons to develop antibodies.

Transplant recipients may do better with additional vaccine boosters.  Meanwhile, they must do everything to avoid CoVid infection.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2777685

#CoVid #mrna #moderna #pfizer #antibodies

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/RZyXvKmZ6Ho

mRNA vaccines trigger protective anti-CoVid antibodies in only 17% of transplant patients compared with close to 100% of the general population.  Johns Hopkins researchers now publish this data from their study of 436 transplant recipients.

Moderna vaccine proved the more effective triggering antibodies in 34% compared with the Pfizer product inducing them in only 12%.  Only 10% of those on anti-metabolite immunosuppression produced antibodies compared with 70% of those not receiving antimetabolites.  Younger recipients 39 years and younger were twice a likely as older persons to develop antibodies.

Transplant recipients may do better with additional vaccine boosters.  Meanwhile, they must do everything to avoid CoVid infection.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2777685

#CoVid #mrna #moderna #pfizer #antibodies

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CoVid survivors and CoVid long-haulers have banded together with healthcare experts to form Survivor Corps.  This more than 150,000 large and growing grassroots organization, online at survivorcorps.com, provides psychological and educational support for CoVid victims and their families.

The website is a single resource for all things CoVid.  What to do if you think you have it.  Steps to take if you just tested positive for Covid. When and how to get free monoclonal antibody that, if timely, could save your life.  State-by-state post-CoVid care for those with continuing symptoms.

There are links to live and recorded CoVid webinars.  And…info is available in English and Spanish.  Check this out!

https://www.survivorcorps.com

#CoVid #monoclonal #antibodies #support #longhauler

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/cRmvogT-Dzo

CoVid survivors and CoVid long-haulers have banded together with healthcare experts to form Survivor Corps.  This more than 150,000 large and growing grassroots organization, online at survivorcorps.com, provides psychological and educational support for CoVid victims and their families.

The website is a single resource for all things CoVid.  What to do if you think you have it.  Steps to take if you just tested positive for Covid. When and how to get free monoclonal antibody that, if timely, could save your life.  State-by-state post-CoVid care for those with continuing symptoms.

There are links to live and recorded CoVid webinars.  And…info is available in English and Spanish.  Check this out!

https://www.survivorcorps.com

#CoVid #monoclonal #antibodies #support #longhauler

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/09PJvwH_bgE

The FDA now issues a warning that the nasal decongestant Benzedrex and its generic propylhexedrine may cause cardiovascular and psychiatric complications which could be fatal.

The agent is marketed in a nasal inhalation device to be used for the common cold and nasal allergies.  The proper dosage is 2 inhalations per nostril every 2 hours for adults, children older than 6 years, and teens.

Misuse including overuse, ingestion, or even injection has lead to a 7-fold rise in poisoning.  Symptoms include rapid heart rate, agitation, hypertension, chest pain, tremors, hallucinations, delusions, nausea, and vomiting.

Those with heart disease or taking MAO inhibitors should not use Benzedrex.

https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-warns-abuse-and-misuse-nasal-decongestant-propylhexedrine-causes-serious-harm

https://www.fda.gov/safety/medical-product-safety-information/benzedrex-propylhexedrine-drug-safety-communication-fda-warns-abuse-and-misuse-nasal-decongestant

#benzedrex #propylhexedrine #mao #heart #hypertension #psychosis

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/09PJvwH_bgE

The FDA now issues a warning that the nasal decongestant Benzedrex and its generic propylhexedrine may cause cardiovascular and psychiatric complications which could be fatal.

The agent is marketed in a nasal inhalation device to be used for the common cold and nasal allergies.  The proper dosage is 2 inhalations per nostril every 2 hours for adults, children older than 6 years, and teens.

Misuse including overuse, ingestion, or even injection has lead to a 7-fold rise in poisoning.  Symptoms include rapid heart rate, agitation, hypertension, chest pain, tremors, hallucinations, delusions, nausea, and vomiting.

Those with heart disease or taking MAO inhibitors should not use Benzedrex.

https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-warns-abuse-and-misuse-nasal-decongestant-propylhexedrine-causes-serious-harm

https://www.fda.gov/safety/medical-product-safety-information/benzedrex-propylhexedrine-drug-safety-communication-fda-warns-abuse-and-misuse-nasal-decongestant

#benzedrex #propylhexedrine #mao #heart #hypertension #psychosis