Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/I12h9qDm-YE

The CPSC and Target now recall Cat & Back Baby Heart Ears Rompers.  The heart-shaped decorations on the romper knees may peel off or detach and pose a choking hazard to children.  About 44,350 of these garments were sold nationwide at Target stores and on target.com.  Don’t permit your children to wear these rompers and return them to any Target store for a full refund.  For additional information, contact Target by calling 1-800-440-0680.

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2021/Target-Recalls-Cat-Jack-Baby-Rompers-Due-to-Choking-Hazard

#romper #target #choking #recall

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/pdfPMK8Plxo

The CPSC and Playgro are recalling the Playgro Clip Clop Infant Activity Rattle.  The abacus ring on the horses back may dislodge, release small beads, and thereby create a choking hazard to small children.  About 18,000 of these rattles have been sold nationwide at Walmart stores and on walmart.com.  Take away these rattles from your children and contact Playgro at 1-855-775-2947 for a free replacement.

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2021/Playgro-Recalls-Infant-Activity-Rattles-Due-to-Choking-Hazard

#rattle #playgro #walmart #choking #recall

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/C069WrAoDQ8

From TikTok viewer (user iii_1986_iii):  Is it true that once you’re immune, you’re immune because if not that would make literally every vaccine ever manufactured worthless.

We all wish that were true.  Even for# influenza, a yearly booster with different antigens is required. #Tetanus requires a 10 year booster. Even childhood vaccinations such as #MMR and #polio must be repeated if you are planning travel into an area where these diseases are present. All immunity wanes over time.

In the case of #Covid, the virus is mutating and the currently available vaccines made against the original strain are not completely protective.   Boosters are now under development by Moderna and Pfizer.

If you have a Tell Me Why, ask it via my TikTok, YouTube, or Instagram channels or email me at [email protected].

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/ED4Ui26z0Uc

CoVid infections are associated with devastating brain damage without evidence that the virus itself infects brain tissue.  Columbia University neuroscientists now publish these conclusions following their study of 41 consecutive deceased CoVid victims.

All had severe Covid disease with lung damage but only half required intubation.  No viral particles or viral RNA were found in brain cells even in the olfactory bulb that mediates smell and taste.  The cells showed signs of oxygen deprivation in association with blood clots, mini-strokes, and significant damage from immune inflammation but little evidence of killer T cell invasion.  

The findings suggest brain damage as the result of remote hyperimmune cytotoxic storms.

https://academic.oup.com/brain/advance-article/doi/10.1093/brain/awab148/6226391

#CoVid #brain #stroke #cytotoxicstorm #hypoxia #inflammation

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/HVYYr5Ilqd8

Hitting speed bumps at speeds exceeding 28 mph may cause brain injuries to a 3rd trimester fetus and uterine stress for the mother.  This warning comes from engineers at the University of British Columbia.

The investigators derived their conclusions from models that calculate the effects of speed bump shear on the fetal brain as well as the uterus after a vehicle hits the bump.  Variables include the vehicle speed and the speed bump size.

Crunching the numbers leads to the conclusion that vehicles with women in their late pregnancy stages should go over speed bumps at 15 mph or less.  They similarly caution care and suggest slower speeds when traversing bumpy terrain.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0021929021000373?via%3Dihub

#speedbumps #pregnancy #fetus #uterus

Vid https://youtu.be/DDmhbn0MY8k

Thiazide blood pressure drugs including hydrochlorthazide can bump up the risk of deadly skin cancer by 60%.  This the conclusion from a University of Toronto study comparing 302,634 adults on hypertensive medications and 605, 268 unmedicated matched controls. 

Increasing doses of thiazide medications were associated with increasing incidence of melanoma and the less lethal keratinocyte carcinoma.  On the whole those on this medication had a 60% higher incidence of melanoma, a 52% higher incidence of advanced keratinocyte carcinoma, and a 44% increased rate of keratinocyte carcinoma.

Those with light, sensitive skin prone to cancer should use another blood pressure med.  Those on thiazides should have their skin checked carefully by a dermatologist.

https://www.cmaj.ca/content/193/15/E508

#thiazide #hydrochlorthiazide #melanoma #skincancer #hypertension

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/Qz4DYKCooz4

A CoVid infection is 8 times more likely to be associated with blood clots in the brain than vaccination with the AstraZeneca vaccine.  This from studies by the European Medicines Agency and British neuroscientists.

Cerebral venous thrombosis occurs in 39 per million with CoVid infection but in only 5 per million after the AstraZeneca vaccine or 4.1 per million after an mRNA vaccine.  Fifty percent of brain clots occur in those under 40.  Only 20% occurred in the 40-59 groups, and 15% in each of the 60-69 and 70-79 age groups.

CoVid itself carries a greater risk of devastating brain clots than do any of the currently approved vaccines.

https://osf.io/a9jdq/

#thrombosis #CoVid #vaccines

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/2RYVDOo7gA8

If you had CoVid, there is still a 1 in 10 chance of reinfection.  Researchers at New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital followed 2,346 predominately male Marines 18-20 years of age over a 6 month study period.  Those entering the study with CoVid antibodies were considered to have been infected.

Ten percent became reinfected.  The reinfected had significantly lower anti-CoVid antibody levels as the result of their first infections.  The reinfected were predominately (84%) asymptomatic, but they harbored sufficient virus to infect others.

Even if you had CoVid, get the vaccine since your natural infection produces insufficient protective antibodies.  Studies show that you need only a single dose.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(21)00158-2/fulltext

#CoVid #reinfection #antibodies #vaccine

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/psC1lsiDV8k

Being overweight but also underweight boosts a woman’s risk of suffering recurrent pregnancy losses by 20%.  British obstetricians performed a focused meta-analysis of 16 published studies covering nearly 66,000 women.

Repeated miscarriages are 21% more likely in women with BMI’s >25 than those with normal body weight.  In those with repeated losses, having a BMI greater than 30 bumps up the risk of additional miscarriages to 77%.  Those with BMIs under 18, were 20% more likely to have repeat losses, particularly if they were underweight between the ages of 18 and 20.

Smoking, drinking, coffee, stress, and night shifts had no significant effects on recurrent miscarriages.

Pregnant women should weigh daily and adjust intake accordingly.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-86445-2

#miscarriage #overweight #underweight

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/_HW1iHftI3o

New developments for:  

Skin Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Stroke, Pediatric Heart Disease, Male Contraception, Genetic Engineering

All this on  Medicine of the Future.

Researchers at the Ohio State Comprehensive  Cancer Center suggest that the already available and inexpensive neurodrug dopamine can reduce the development of common skin cancers including basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas. Testing this drug in mice, it stimulates receptors in the cell that block the cancer-inducing effects of ultraviolet light.  The drug could be a godsend for those with light-complexions and a propensity for skin cancer

University of Pennsylvania oncologists report a preliminary phase 1 study of a drug that drives killer T cells into notoriously treatment-resistant pancreatic cancer.  The drug selicrelumab was given to 15 patients before their surgery and chemotherapy.  The excised tumor specimens were T-cell enriched and less fibrotic permitting better penetration of other therapeutic agents.  The treated group lived nearly twice as long.

mRNA delivered to brain tissues can induce an agent that protects during a stroke.  Tokyo neuroscientists and bioengineers developed mRNA in a polymer nanoball that codes for BDNF, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, that enhances the survival of neurons deprived of oxygen during a stroke.  The best news is that the mRNA treatment works well even if given 2 to 5 days after the neuro-catastrophic stroke.

University of Minnesota bioengineers have created pediatric heart valve replacements that can grow with their young recipients.  The researchers constructed valved conduits made from fibroblast-derived collagen that grew with the recipient lambs.  These valves revealed good function up to a year after implantation and developed less calcification than conventional bioprosthetic valves.

A Chinese herbal compound, triptonide, given orally can reduce sperm motility producing consistent yet reversible male infertility after 6 weeks of therapy.  Collaborators at the University of Nevada and UCLA developed and tested this compound which may well be the first practical non-hormonal male contraceptive.  Triptonide blocks the last steps of sperm assembly and may be purified from the Chinese herb or directly synthesized.

Wearable technology is on the rise, and many smart sensors may require wearable antennas to transmit that data for processing.  Such antennas must be able to twist, compress, and stretch.  Bioengineers at Penn State in collaboration with China’s Hebei University of Technology have now developed a layered copper mesh antenna with transmission properties minimally affected by geometric changes.

Genetic engineering, the ability to treat diseases by modifying a human’s cellular genetic makeup takes two giant steps forward.  First…….Geneticists at UC-San Francisco announce a modification to the epic CRISPR-CAS genetic editing technique that permits controlling expression of given genes without modifying the core cellular DNA.  This technique, called CRISPRoff, can modify epigenetic material in