Cruise Ships & Covid 19

Close confines spaces help the virus to spread, @ Diamond Princess

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but closed environments are also an ideal place to study how the past coronavirus behaves. When COVID-19 was detected among passengers on the cruise ship Diamond Princess, the vessel offered a rarest opportunity to understand features of the new coronavirus that are hard to investigate in the wider population.
Some of the first studies from the ship — where some 712 people were infected — out of the 3711 passengers onboard. 14 passengers had died. Having revealed how easily the virus spreads, provided estimates of the disease’s severity and allowed researchers to investigate the share of infections with no symptoms.
United States population back in January 2020 was around 330 million, therefore,
the death rate would have been approximately 1 million people if there would had
been no vaccine at all (but remember these estimates are from a cruise ship within
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COVID-19 pandemic on cruise ships
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Part of a series on the COVID-19 pandemic


Parts of this article (those related to crew strandings, case numbers)
need to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent
events or newly available information. (March 2021)
Early in 2020, in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the disease spread
to a number of cruise ships, with the nature of such ships – including crowded
semi-enclosed areas, increased exposure to new environments, limited medical
resources – contributing to the heightened risk and rapid spread of the disease.[1]

The British-registered Diamond Princess was the first cruise ship to have a major outbreak on board, with the ship quarantined at Yokohama from 4 February 2020
for about a month. Of 3711 passengers and crew, around 700 people became infected 
and 9 people died.[2][3]
Governments and ports responded by preventing many cruise ships from docking and advising people to avoid travelling on cruise ships. Many cruise lines suspended 
their operations to mitigate the spread of the pandemic.
By June 2020, over 40 cruise ships had had confirmed positive cases of coronavirus
on board. The last cruise ship with passengers aboard during the first wave of the pandemic, Artania, docked at its home port with its last eight passengers on 8 June 2020.[a][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][excessive citations] In addition, over 40,000 crew members still remained on cruise ships, some in isolation, in mid-June 2020.[12] Many could not be repatriated because cruise lines refused to cover the cost,[13][14] and because countries had different and changing rules. The condition was stressful to many of those stranded;[15] multiple suicides were reported.[16] Domestic UK cruises, confined to ports of call in the British Isles, began to resume in May 2021.[17] United States cruises restarted back in June 2021.[18]

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Cruise ship incidents with confirmed positive cases on board

World Dream: Summary of confirmed cases on board
The cruise ship World Dream (registered in the Bahamas, operated by Dream Cruises) was on a journey from Nansha Port, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, to Nha Trang and Da Nang in Vietnam during 19–24 January 2020 with 6,903 persons on board including 108 from Hubei, in which 28 were from Wuhan.[172]
On 24 January 2020, the ship returned to Nansha Port. Port customs performed a temperature check for all disembarking passengers and crew, with 31 people sampled and tested for the virus, including those who had fever during the cruise and those who were in close contact with confirmed cases before they boarded for the cruise. All the test results were negative though some of them were later confirmed to be infected.[173]
Between 24 January 2020 and 2 February 2020, the ship made three additional cruises out of Guangzhou or Hong Kong, including two “cruises to nowhere” and one to the Philippines, although passengers from the journey were not disembarked at Manila due to local resident protests over fear on the virus.[174]

Confirmed cases.
On 2 February 2020, the ship departed from Hong Kong for Taiwan with around 3,800 persons on board. On the same night, the cruise company was notified that there were confirmed cases from the ship’s former passengers.
On the next day, the Guangdong government officially announced that three former passengers from the Vietnam journey had been confirmed infected by the novel coronavirus after they disembarked. Former passengers from the cruise in China
were told to contact local health authority and observer quarantine.[175]
As of 11 February 2020, 12 cases associated with the cruise were confirmed, including 1 ground worker who had temporarily worked on the ship, and 4 relatives of passengers.[20]

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Quarantine and preventive actions
After the Guangdong government official announcement of confirmed cases among former passengers, on 4 February 2020, Taiwan blocked the ship’s port of call in Kaohsiung due to concern on the virus. On 5 February 2020, World Dream returned to Hong Kong and all 3,800 passengers and crew on board the ship at the time were put under quarantine at Kai Tak Cruise Terminal.[176] The quarantine was lifted on 9 February 2020 after all 1,800 crew members tested negative for the virus. The majority of the passengers were not tested as they had had no contact with the infected Chinese passengers who had been on the ship during 19–24 January.[177]

Evacuation of crew members
After all passengers were disembarked, World Dream cruised to Malaysia. The crew were not allowed to leave the ship in several countries, after one passenger who had disembarked tested positive for COVID-19. The ship finally anchored near Bintan Island, Indonesia.[178] The evacuation of 188 Indonesia crew members from the cruise ship was performed by an Indonesian naval hospital ship and all tested negative for COVID-19.[179] On 28 February 2020 they were quarantined for 14 days on the uninhabited Sebaru Kecil Islet, Thousand Islands, Jakarta.[180][181]

Diamond Princess: Summary of confirmed cases on board
Main article: COVID-19 pandemic on Diamond Princess
On 4 February 2020, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare announced that Diamond Princess,[bt] which had docked at Yokohama[bu] the previous day,[bv] 
was quarantined at sea with 10 positive cases on board.[183]
Diamond Princess had originally departed from Yokohama on 20 January 2020 for a roundtrip cruise.[bz][182][184] On 20 February 2020, the World Health Organization stated that the ship accounted for more than half of the reported infections around the world outside of China.[185]
Westerdam

Westerdam on 24 November 2015
In February 2020, the Holland America Line ship MS Westerdam, departing after a stop in Hong Kong on 1 February, was not allowed to call in the Philippines, Japan, and Guam over concerns regarding coronavirus infections.[186][187] After initially receiving approval on 10 February to let the passengers disembark in Thailand, as the ship was heading to Laem Chabang port near Bangkok, permission to dock was refused the next day. However, the ship was still maintaining its course to Bangkok and at around 10:30 am CET on 11 February, Westerdam sailed around the southern tip of Vietnam.[188][189][190] 

According to Flip Knibbe, a Dutch passenger on the ship, all the passengers had their temperatures checked a second time. Speaking to NOS on 11 February, Knibbe said
Dit schip is virusvrij“: ‘This ship is virus-free’. Unlike Diamond Princess, those on board were not in quarantine. Everyone could move freely, shops and restaurants were open and the entertainment programme continued.[190]
After Westerdam was refused at several points of call, on 13 February, the ship was allowed to dock in Sihanoukville, Cambodia.[191] At this point, only the 20 passengers
who reported feeling ill were tested, and all of them tested negative.[192][193]

On 15 February, Malaysia reported that an 83-year-old US citizen who disembarked from Westerdam and flew into Malaysia on 14 February had tested positive for SARS-
CoV-2.[194][195][196] In a second test, requested by both the Holland America Line  and Cambodian authorities the woman tested positive again.[197][192][193][195][198] 
Despite findings, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen visited the ship, discouraged use
of masks, and encouraged the passengers to tour the city, sparking concerns that another spoke was being added to the contagion network.[199] Westerdam passengers were later denied entry to Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, and other countries.[200]

On 22 February, after treatment with antiviral medications that were speculated
to have an effect against COVID-19, the woman’s medical condition improved and she
was tested negative for SARS-CoV-2. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) initially stated that the woman had never been infected by SARS-CoV-2, but withdrew the claim, clarifying that the CDC “[has] no visibility on whether the initial test of the woman was anything other than positive”.[201] Due to possible background politics, it is uncertain whether these results were a false negative,[202] or whether the passenger cleared the virus from her system after 72 hours of intensive treatment.[203]
SOURCES: COVID-19 pandemic on cruise ships – Wikipedia 

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How Much Does it Cost to Charge an Electric Cost
By Kristen Hall-Geisler and John M. Vincent
Edited by Rachel Shuster
|April 13, 2023, at 5:29 p.m.

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It’s easy to figure out how much it costs to charge an electric car
with information from the EPA, your electric company or the company
operating a public charging company. In most cases, it’s cheaper than
a similar gas-powered vehicle. 

When shoppers are considering the purchase or lease of an electric vehicle (EV),
one of the first questions they ask is, “How much does it cost to charge?” For a gas-powered car, you only have to look at its fuel economy and your gas station receipt.
However, there are a couple of ways to answer that question for an EV, since there
are a couple of ways to charge up.
If you’re charging from a home charging station, the cost of charging an electric
vehicle is based on the vehicle’s energy efficiency and the cost of electricity,
which can vary greatly depending on where you’re charging.
In most cases, charging an EVs at home is dramatically less expensive
than fueling a gasoline or diesel vehicle. When you’re charging your electric
car from a public charging station, you’ll pay either by the cost of electricity
or the amount of time you spend tethered to the station. In some cases,
you won’t pay for the charge at all.
Fortunately, there’s ample information to help you determine the cost to charge
almost any electric vehicle available in the marketplace, and the math involved
is pretty simple.

Charging at Home
For most EV buyers or lessees, charging your electric vehicle at home
is the most convenient and lowest-cost option for daily charging.
You simply plug your car into a Level 1 three-prong 120-volt household outlet,
a 240-volt outlet (similar to what your clothes dryer uses) or a Level 2 electric
car charging station that’s been installed.
Cost-wise, there’s little difference in the daily price of electricity between
the two charging levels, though a Level 2 EV charging station is typically
the fastest and most convenient option.

Figuring Out the Cost
To determine the cost of charging an electric car, you simply multiply
the cost of electricity in your area by the vehicle’s fuel efficiency.
Once you know the cost per 100 miles, you can use your vehicle’s EPA-estimated
range to determine the cost of refilling it from zero percent to 100 percent charge.
You don’t need to know the car’s battery capacity or do anything — beyond some
simple math to find the total cost. Let’s look at exactly where to find the numbers
that need to be crunched.

Electric Car Efficiency
The EPA has developed a way to compare the efficiency of gasoline and electric vehicles called MPGe. That’s not the number we’ll use for calculating the cost to charge, though.
On an electric vehicle’s window sticker, you’ll see a number labeled kW-hrs per 100 miles or kWh per 100 miles. The same information for both EVs and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) is also available at the EPA’s fueleconomy.gov site.
We used the EPA’s site to look at a couple of electric cars on the market today to show
how different their fuel efficiency can be. The 2023 Chevrolet Bolt consumes 28 kWh
per 100 miles, while the 2023 Volkswagen iD.4 can use 34 kWh of electricity to cover
the same distance. A 2023 Kia EV6 with all-wheel drive can use 31 kWh of electricity
to go 100 miles.

Cost of Electricity
There are a couple of ways to determine the cost of electricity in your area.
You can get a ballpark idea by looking at the U.S. Department of Energy’s
Energy Information Administration’s state-by-state energy cost guide.
When exploring the table, you’ll see the wide range of costs across the country,
from North Dakota’s 9.62 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in December 2022 to
Hawaii’s 44.78 cents per kWh.
The national average in December 2022 was 14.96 cents per kWh.
Because costs can vary within states, among different power providers, seasonally,
and based on the rate plan you choose from your power provider, it’s a good idea
to do a little math to determine your personal cost of power.

To do so, look at your monthly electric bill to find out how many
kilowatt-hours of electricity your home consumed.
Then divide your total bill by that number to determine the cost per kWh.
You can get an even more accurate cost per kWh if you average the kWh
costs over several months, or by using bills from all four seasons.

How Do You Find the Full-Range Cost?
Now that you know the cost you’re going to pay per kWh and how many kWh the EV will take to travel 100 miles, you just multiply the two. For example, charging the 28 kWh-per-100-mile 2023 Chevrolet Bolt in Colorado, where the average cost per kWh is 14.24 cents, will cost $3.99 to power for 100 miles, or about 4 cents per mile.

The 2023 Chevy Bolt is EPA-rated to go 259 miles on a full charge. At 4 cents per mile,
the total cost to charge the Bolt from zero percent to 100 percent charge would be $10.36 at Colorado’s average electric rate. The same Bolt would cost $17.73 to charge from empty to full in California, where the average electricity cost is 24.46 cents per kWh.

How Can You Reduce Your Cost of Electric Car Charging?
You can reduce the cost of charging EVs by charging them at the right time.
In many areas, electric utilities offer time-of-use electric rates, with higher costs at peak hours and low costs when energy demand is at its lowest. If your utility offers the program, and you schedule your EV to charge late at night, you can save a tremendous amount in energy costs.

How Much Does a Charging Station Cost?
While having a Level 2 charging station installed in your home isn’t absolutely
necessary, having one makes the EV ownership experience much easier.
Installing one usually improves charging speeds and, with some charging stations,
allows monitoring and scheduling using a smartphone app.
Note that we call them charging stations. Electric cars actually carry their Level 1 (120-volt) and Level 2 (240-volt) chargers internally. The charging station, or electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE), just connects your home’s power to the car’s internal charger through its charging port. As electric vehicle battery packs evolve, charging with a Level 1 120-volt household outlet is becoming less and less of a viable option, as they can take 40-50 hours to charge these higher-range vehicles from empty.

Depending on what charging station you choose, how far it’s going to be installed from your electrical panel, the cost of permits and whether you already have a 240-volt outlet you can plug into, the cost of installation will vary. According to EV advocacy organization Forth, the cost of installing a charging station can cost $300 to $1,000, plus the cost of an electrician’s labor.
If you’re in an older home where the electric panel or service can’t accommodate the additional load, or your EVSE needs to be installed far from the panel, the installation costs can skyrocket. Fortunately, the cost of charging equipment can be partially reduced with federal, state, local and utility incentives. 

Charging on the Road
While home charging is how most EV owners will replenish their EV’s battery, it’s not always possible. When you’re out on the road, you need to take advantage of Level 2 public charging stations and Level 3 DC fast chargers to refuel your EV. If you live in a multi unit housing complex with no place to install your own charging station, public charging may be your only option.
While nearly all electric vehicles (including Teslas with an adapter) can be charged from Level 2 public chargers, there are three types of fast-charging plugs used in America. CHAdeMO was an early standard, but it’s now going out of favor. SAE Combo is a newer standard and works with a broad range of electric cars.

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The Tesla Supercharger network uses proprietary chargers that can only, for now, be used to charge Tesla vehicles. Using adapters, Tesla’s can be charged using any of the three types of plugs. Determining the cost of charging an electric car at a public charging station can get complicated. There are a multitude of different charging networks with also different pricing structures.
EV chargers can bill by the length of time you’re connected or based on the amount of energy transferred. Some, including Tesla’s proprietary Supercharger network, can charge different rates based on the speed of charging. At some EV chargers, you’ll be charged a per-session fee or the cost of parking.

Let’s look at a couple of networks to illustrate the different pricing models.
In Washington, D.C., the Electrify America network charges 48 cents per kWh to charge
at one of their fast chargers. Members who pay a $4 monthly fee get a discounted rate of 36 cents per kWh. If we were to charge a 2023 Chevy Bolt, which takes 28 kWh to travel 100 miles, it would cost $34.81 to get a full battery at Electrify America’s standard rate. Spending one full hour at an Electrify America fast charger would cost $28.80.
The EVgo network has a 35-cent per-minute non-member pay-as-you-go rate for their fast-charging network in Washington, D.C. Even if you were on the DC fast-charging station for a full hour, it would only cost $21 for the session.
Members receive discounts of up to 30 percent based on the plan they choose.
It’s difficult to predict exactly how long any electric vehicle would take to charge,
as charging speed can vary dramatically based on temperature, battery’s state of
charge, speed of the charger and speed at which the car is able to take the charge.

Where to Find Free Charging
You can reduce your cost of charging to zero if you’re able to take advantage of free charging. Some electric car makers offer free charging to their buyers and lease customers, though the amount of time you get varies dramatically. Volkswagen offers one of the best deals, with the ability to plug in the 2023 Volkswagen ID.4 for free at Electrify America chargers for 30-minute fast-charging sessions for three years.
Tesla goes back and forth with free access to its Supercharger network, occasionally offering drivers the ability to plug in at no cost.
Many shopping centers offer Level 2 charging as a free benefit while shopping.
While most shoppers don’t spend enough time with their car on the charger to fill up the battery completely, you can get at least a few miles of additional range. In some cases, the charging stations are placed close to the front door, providing another incentive to drive
a plug-in vehicle. The PlugShare app is an excellent way to find charging stations, their status and their cost.

Workplace Charging
Some employers offer the ability to recharge your plug-in car while you work.
Employers receive incentives to provide the benefit, which can save EV drivers
the cost of charging at home or other public stations.
Workplace chargers are typically Level 2 charging stations, as the installation costs
of a Level 3 rapid charger are typically too high for employers to pay.
A Level 2 charger is fast enough to recharge almost any EV in the span of a normal workday. It’s important that you don’t assume that any outlet you find in your employer’s parking lot is available to charge your car. Always ask permission, as you don’t know what other loads the circuit could already be powering & you don’t want to risk overloading it.

Comparing the Cost of Electricity Versus Gas
When you know how much it costs to power your electric vehicle, you can
compare it with the cost of fueling a car with an internal combustion engine.

Comparing Home Charging Prices to Buying Gas
We’ll use a few compact cars and the December 2022 national average kWh rate of
14.96 cents for this example. The 2023 Hyundai Kona EV consumes 27 kWh of electricity per 100 miles, according to the EPA. Multiply it out and that’s $4.03 in electricity to propel the car for 100 miles.
We can compare apples to apples by looking at the gas-powered 2023 Hyundai Kona.
The EPA’s gas mileage information page shows that the front-wheel drive Kona with a
1.6-liter turbo engine consumes 3.1 gallons of gasoline per 100 miles.
At the current average price of unleaded gasoline reported by the AAA,
$3.47 per gallon, it would cost $10.76 to drive the gasoline-powered Kona 100 miles.
Finally, let’s compare the cost of the electric Kona with the 2023 Toyota Prius hybrid,
which is one of the most fuel-efficient gasoline-powered cars you can buy.
According to the EPA, the standard Prius consumes 1.8 gallons per 100 miles.
At the national average gasoline price, it would cost $6.25 per 100 miles to
drive the Toyota Prius.

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Now let’s look at the cost of recharging your electric car at a public fast-charging
station compared to visiting a gas station with a traditional vehicle. We’ll say you’re in Washington, D.C. and charging your Hyundai Kona EV using a fast-charging port at an Electrify America charging station.
An Electrify America non-member would pay 48 cents per kWh for electricity, which works out to $12.95 to power the Kona EV for 100 miles. At the District of Columbia’s current unleaded fuel price of $3.51 per gallon, it would cost $10.88 to drive the gas-only Kona 100 miles, and $6.32 to fuel the Prius for the same distance.
In other words, an electric car charged at a typical fast charger could cost more than twice what a Prius’ gasoline would cost in this scenario. Your chances of saving money with an EV come from home, workplace or free charging. Fast charging, while necessary for long road trips, can be an expensive endeavor. On the other hand, gasoline prices tend to be much more volatile than electricity prices, making your cost of ownership less predictable.

The Bigger Picture
While it’s clear that in most areas of the country it’s cheaper to charge an electric
car at a home, workplace or free charging station than it is to fuel a gas-powered car,
the overall picture is a bit more complicated. That’s because electric cars and SUVs
currently cost significantly more than equivalent gasoline-powered vehicles.
Some, but usually not all, of the price difference can be offset by the Federal Electric Car Tax Credit, plus state, local and utility incentives. In some states, registering an electric
car is more expensive than registering a gas-powered vehicle.

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you drive will allow you to recover the vehicle’s higher initial cost.


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Determined

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Dementia is the umbrella under which Alzheimer’s and other debilitating cognitive diseases can be found. The symptoms include loss of short-term memory, difficulties.
with speaking, problem-solving and other thinking abilities. 
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About the film:
DETERMINED features a personal look into Alzheimer’s disease research.
The independent documentary follows three WRAP volunteer participants as they take part in research to help understand Alzheimer’s disease, illustrates the difficulties families face after a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, and highlights the work of WRAP research. The film features interviews with scientists from UW Alzheimer’s disease research programs. The film follows the journeys of three human research subjects who have
put themselves throughout the rigor of a medical study.
The test group also shares one of life’s most difficult trials – a parent’s decline from Alzheimer’s disease. As the researchers compile data from 1,500 participants over the period of the study, a narrative begins to emerge. One of the film producer’s, Therese Barry-Tanner, has been a participant in the WRAP study for more than fifteen years. Barry-Tanner served as a caregiver to her mother as she battled Alzheimer’s disease. 

The documentary began as Therese’s idea in 2011, and she said she hopes DETERMINED will bring the audience through the difficult decisions faced when a loved one lives with or dies from Alzheimer’s disease. She also hopes the film will share the experience of being a research volunteer participant, and offer an inside look at the people who are working to find a cure.
After losing their mothers to Alzheimer’s disease, three Wisconsin women — determined to find a cure — volunteer their bodies and minds to a groundbreaking study taking place right here at UW Madison. Hailing from Milwaukee, Madison, and Spooner Wisconsin, respectively, Karen, Sigrid, and Barb face strenuous cognitive exams, exercise tests, and neural scans as part of the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Prevention (WRAP).

This clear-eyed documentary secures access not only to the high-stakes inner workings
of medical research, but also to the intimate personal lives of the participants and their families. 
Determined examines, in heartbreaking detail, the toll of Alzheimer’s, particularly on the inner lives of caregivers. It also introduces us to three brave women and a team of doctors who, together, give us hope for a brighter future. 

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We welcome a lively panel of five women who together have spent the past seven years, determined to tell the story of Determined. Producers Therese Barry-Tanner, and Eileen Littig, Director Melissa Godoy, Sound person Shawndra Jones, and one of the stars of the film, Karen McElwee all sat down to talk with Ben Reiser via Zoom for an engaging and informative discussion about the making of this remarkable film.

DETERMINED is about the quest for a cure to Alzheimer’s disease.
As told by human research subjects in a long-term medical research study.
The documentary intimately shows what happens when human test subjects –
who are at high risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease – offer their blood,
brains, and hearts to conquer it.

Currently, one in nine older adults has Alzheimer’s disease.
But the population is aging rapidly, by 2025 the number of Americans aged 65 and
older with Alzheimer’s disease is expected to increase by 40 percent – to 7.1 million.
Alzheimer’s disease is not normal aging, but rather a fatal disease with no known cure. 
Since 2001, medical research scientists at the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute at the University of Wisconsin have been on a mission to figure out how to prevent, and eventually cure, Alzheimer’s disease. The Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Prevention (WRAP) tracks the characteristics and habits of people at high risk for the disease and observes them in biological detail as they age. Some go on to develop Alzheimer’s disease and some do not. 

Two breakthroughs on dementia —
one that’s useful right now

Opinion by Brett Arends 

Six million among us have full-blown Alzheimer’s disease, including 10% of those over 65
and half of everyone over 80. And many more have other types of dementia, or cognitive impairment typically associated with age. Actor Bruce Willis, a mere 68 years young,
is the latest heartbreaking example in the public eye.
So, when it comes to dementia and the aging brain, any news is good news.
And last week we had not one but two hopeful news items. One that’s useful to us right now, and the other that suggests something potentially very big down the road.

Let’s start with the one useful here and now. Some fascinating new research out of the University of California Riverside suggests we really can make our aging brain younger again, and lower the number of those senior moments, at later ages than previously realized.
Remember how quick your brain was when you were young? Like most people,
I’ve just assumed that was because my brain was neurologically new back then and presumably more agile. And there’s something to that.
But some scientists have been theorizing that it’s also because of the school environment. Back then we are stuck in a classroom all day every day, concurrently learning multiple different skills from composition to trigonometry. We have teachers, and we are in a social environment with other children learning the same stuff at the same time.
Some scientists have wondered if we could make our minds more agile again,
even at more advanced ages, if we tried to replicate some of that environment.

So that’s what the researchers did at UC Riverside. And it worked.
In two separate studies, seniors spent 7 hours a week learning three different skills over
3 to 3 ½ months. The participants had average ages of 66 in the first study and 69 in the second. The skills included Spanish language, photography, drawing, music composition, and operating an iPad.
They spent two hours per week on each, along with a one-hour discussion each week on one of the subjects. Critically, for each participant these were new skills. Nobody was relearning something they already knew.

Overall, the time and commitment for those 12 or 15 weeks “was similar to a full undergraduate course load,” the researchers report. “Our intervention included novel
skill learning, motivational lectures, and peer social support, as we originally intended to closely mimic rich, encouraging learning environments provided to children, adolescents and young adults.”
Here’s the payoff: Participants in the study showed dramatic improvements—and not simply in the three new skills they’d learned. They also showed “significant increases”
in mental skills across a battery of tests designed to measure the broad set of cognitive abilities, the researchers report.

That includes tests of both thinking skills and memory.
And these improvements weren’t just temporary. While participants in the studies showed cognitive gains during the program and at the end of it, they also showed further gains for up to a full year afterward.
“Older adults continued to increase their cognitive abilities even after one year from the end of the intervention,” the researchers report. “The present study revealed significant improvements up to a year following the end of the learning intervention.” The findings indicate “that a multi-skill learning intervention has the potential to induce long-lasting cognitive improvements in older adults.”

Wow.

One caveat is that the two studies were small: six people in one, 27 in another. Another is that the groups of participants were not ethnically diverse. We’ll have to see if other, broader studies replicate the findings.
But the studies suggest that signing up for programs at your local adult education center won’t just teach you Spanish, or oil painting, or Thai cooking and get you out of the house. They also rejuvenate your brain long term.

Meanwhile, there was some other hopeful news on dementia.
Scientists have long known that people who end up developing Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia are more likely to experience sleep problems in the years before the disease becomes apparent.

The connection isn’t fully known:
Does the disrupted sleep cause the brain decay, or vice versa?
But researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
have made a small, but potentially huge, discovery.

A sleeping pill already available could help.
A small number of patients who took the pill Suvorexant, which is made by Merck and marketed under the brand name Belsomra, saw sharp and immediate reductions in the two key biological markers of Alzheimer’s.
Those markers are the “amyloid-beta” and “tau” proteins that show up in the brains of people with dementia. The research involved 38 people aged 45 to 65.
Some were given a higher, 20 milligram doses of the sleep aid before going to sleep.
Others were given 10 milligrams. Others were given a placebo.

The researchers then took a spinal tap every two hours to analyze their cerebrospinal fluid.
“In the cerebrospinal fluid of people who had received the high dose of suvorexant, amyloid levels dropped 10% to 20% and levels of a key form of tau known as hyperphosphorylated tau dropped 10% to 15%, compared with people who had received placebo,” the researchers report. They repeated the test over a second night, with the same result.
What does it mean? Maybe nothing. Maybe an enormous amount.
“This is a small, proof-of-concept study,” warned the study’s senior author, Brendan Lucey, a Washington University neurology professor and the director of the sleep medicine center, in a statement. “It would be premature for people who are worried about developing Alzheimer’s to interpret it as a reason to start taking suvorexant every night.”
That said, he said these results were “very encouraging. This drug is already available and proven safe, and now we have evidence that it affects the levels of proteins that are critical for driving Alzheimer’s disease.”
There are many potential breakthroughs on Alzheimer’s, and so far none of them has panned out. There is currently no cure and very little we can do to slow the disease, let alone stop it. A new drug which can slow the progression early on is expensive, and currently isn’t covered by Medicare.

FDA Approves Insomnia Drug, Suvorexant, for Alzheimer’s Patients
By Lecia Bushak | February 5th, 2020

Whether it’s sleeping too much or experiencing fragmented sleep, people with Alzheimer’s or other types of dementia may often experience disruptions in their circadian rhythms. Now, a new insomnia drug is available for Alzheimer’s patients to help smooth out sleep difficulties.
The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approved Belsomra, an insomnia drug developed by Merck, for use among Alzheimer’s patients, the company announced this week. Belsomra is also known by its generic name, suvorexant.

In a study published this month in Alzheimers & Dementia, researchers investigated suvorexant’s potential in treating insomnia among patients who had mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease. The study focused on 285 participants and found that suvorexant improved their total sleep time, or TST.

Given the latest findings,
the FDA approved an updated label on Belsomra to include treatment for Alzheimer’s-related insomnia.
“Alzheimer’s disease is often accompanied by disruptions to an individual’s sleep-wake patterns and overall difficulty sleeping,” Dr. Joseph Herring, associate vice president of Global Clinical Research, Neuroscience at Merck Research Laboratories, said in the company’s news release.  

“We’re pleased that the prescribing information for BELSOMRA now includes findings from Merck’s first dedicated study of an insomnia medication in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease,” Herring continued.
Sleep and dementia have long intertwined. Whether it’s chronic sleep deprivation contributing to an increased risk of Alzheimer’s, or facing sleep problems once
a person is already diagnosed, researchers have examined the two in tandem.
It’s well-established that sleep deprivation can not only lead to a higher risk of chronic diseases like heart disease or obesity–but it can also take a heavy toll on the brain. One recent study measured the effect of losing even just one night of sleep on the brain, and found pulling an all-nighter was enough to trigger the increase of a biomarker associated with Alzheimer’s in people’s blood.

Other researchers have cited that poor sleep and limited deep sleep is associated with
a 40 percent decline in memory performance. In a past interview with Being Patient, sleep scientist Dr. Daniel Gartenberg discussed how crucial deep sleep is in clearing the brain of harmful elements.
“Sleep cleans out a lot of the bad plaques that build up during the day,” Gartenberg said. “Also, there are things [sleep affects] that you might not even think about. For example, you’re more sensitive to pain when you’re sleep deprived.”

“Deep sleep is thought to be the more regenerative aspect of sleep that’s associated
with human growth hormones and memory abilities,” he added. And once someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, sleep issues may exacerbate behavioral, emotional and cognitive issues already at play.
It makes sense, then, that patients and caregivers would turn to sleep aids and insomnia medications to help lighten the load. However, it’s important to discuss with your doctor first, as an increase in certain types of medications–including antidepressants, antipsychotics or insomnia drugs–could have varying effects on patients.
Alzheimer’s insomnia Sleep  

In Small Study, Hints That a Sleeping Pill Might Help Prevent Alzheimer’s
HealthDay | April 21, 2023, at 6:45 a.m.   
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter


FRIDAY, April 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) –
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Taking a particular sleep medication may help stave off Alzheimer’s disease, but it’s too soon to say for sure after a preliminary study. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that participants who took a sleeping pill called suvorexant before bed had a drop in levels of key Alzheimer’s disease proteins.

“This is a small, proof-of-concept study. It would be premature for people who are worried about developing Alzheimer’s to interpret it as a reason to start taking suvorexant every night,” said senior study author Dr. Brendan Lucey, an associate professor of neurology and director of Washington University’s Sleep Medicine Center.

“We don’t yet know whether long-term use is effective in staving off cognitive
decline, and if it is, at what dose and for whom,” he added in a university news release.
“Still, these results are very encouraging. This drug is already available and proven safe,
and now we have evidence that it affects the levels of proteins that are critical for
driving Alzheimer’s disease.”

Suvorexant (Belsomra), a dual orexin receptor antagonist, is one of three in this class of drugs that are already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for insomnia. Orexin is a natural biomolecule that promotes wakefulness.
When it is blocked, people fall asleep, according to the study.
In Alzheimer’s disease, plaques of the protein amyloid beta build up in the brain.
Years after amyloid begins accumulating, another brain protein called tau, starts
forming tangles that are toxic to neurons. As those tangles become detectable,
people with Alzheimer’s disease start experiencing memory loss.

In past research, Lucey and his colleagues have linked poor sleep to higher levels of both amyloid and tau in the brain. What they don’t know is whether good sleep would reduce those levels, and with that halt or reverse progress of Alzheimer’s disease. Mouse studies with orexin inhibitors have been promising.
For this study, researchers recruited 38 people between the ages of 45 and 65 who had no mental impairments. Researchers gave 13 of them a lower dose — 10 milligrams (mg) — of suvorexant. Twelve others received a 20 mg dose, while 13 participants received a placebo.

The doses were each given at 9 p.m.
Researchers withdrew a small amount of cerebrospinal fluid from participants via spinal tap every two hours for 36 hours. This began an hour before the sleeping aid or placebo was administered. The purpose was to measure how amyloid and tau levels changed over the next day and a half.
Amyloid levels dropped 10% to 20% in the cerebrospinal fluid of people who had received the high dose of suvorexant compared to those who received a placebo. Levels of a key form of tau known as hyperphosphorylated tau dropped 10% to 15%, researchers found.

These differences are considered statistically significant.
No significant difference was found between the people who received a low dose of suvorexant and those who received the placebo. Investigators administered another dose of suvorexant on the second night. Levels of both proteins again dropped in the high-dose group.
“If we can lower amyloid every day, we think the accumulation of amyloid plaques
in the brain will decrease over time,” Lucey said. “And hyperphosphorylated tau is very important in the development of Alzheimer’s disease, because it’s associated with forming tau tangles that kill neurons. If you can reduce tau phosphorylation, potentially there would be less tangle formation and less neuronal death.”

The findings were published April 20 in Annals of Neurology.
Lucey cautioned that the study is preliminary. Ongoing studies aim to assess the longer-term effects of orexin inhibitors in people who are at higher risk of dementia.
“Future studies need to have people taking these drugs for months, at least, and measuring the effect on amyloid and tau over time,” Lucey said. “We’re also going to be studying participants who are older and may still be cognitively healthy, but who already have some amyloid plaques in their brains.”

He noted that this study involved healthy middle-aged participants.
Results may be different in older participants. “I’m hopeful that we will eventually
develop drugs that take advantage of the link between sleep and Alzheimer’s to prevent
cognitive decline,” Lacey said. “We’re not quite there yet.
At this point, the best advice I can give is to get a good night’s sleep if you can, and if you can’t, to see a sleep specialist and get your sleep problems treated.” But if it turns out that the right sleep aids can make a difference—that would be huge. Stay tuned. In Alzheimer’s study, sleeping pills are shown to reduce signs of disease in the brain (msn.com)

More information
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more on Alzheimer’s disease.
SOURCE: Washington University, news release, April 19, 2023
Copyright © 2023 HealthDay. All rights reserved.

Scientists Discover Way To Reverse Alzheimer’s
Scientists at MIT have made a breakthrough in the fight to reverse the effects of Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers were successfully able to interfere with an enzyme typically found to be overactive in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.
The hyperactive enzyme, CDK5, was treated with an unnamed peptide.
Early tests conducted on mice have had promising results.

“This peptide has the ability to enter the brain, and in a couple of different models, the peptide shows protective effects against loss of neurons and also appear to be able to rescue some of the behavior deficits,” said Study Author Li-Huei Tsai, Director of MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory. The hope is that with further testing, this particular peptide might be a treatment for dementia in humans. Further research into such peptide inhibitors could lead to treatments for other neurodegenerative illnesses.   
For scientist Michal Schwartz, Israel Prize is rewarding milestone in ongoing journey.

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Bindi Sue Irwin

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💍 @chandlerpowell 💛 Grace Warrior
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Fans Rally Around Bindi Irwin After She Shares Personal Health Struggle
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Story by Katie Bowlby

Bindi Sue Irwin has been in the public eye since she was a child appearing on her dad’s
TV shows, but most of her fans were unaware of the health struggle. she’s been enduring for the past decade. The animal conservationist and TV personality recently opened up about her battle with endometriosis, a common yet painful condition where endometrial-like tissue grows outside your uterus.

In a heartfelt post, Bindi revealed that she has been struggling with “insurmountable fatigue, pain & nausea” for 10 years and finally received a diagnosis of endometriosis.
The 24-year-old recently decided to undergo surgery. In sharing her story with her
5 million Instagram followers, she encouraged people to be “gentle” with each other.
She said, “Things may look fine on the outside looking in through the window of someone’s life, however, that is not always the case.

Please be gentle & pause before asking me (or any woman) when we’ll be having
more children.” Bindi Irwin recently revealed that she underwent surgery to treat endometriosis. See her emotional Instagram post. Bindi Irwin (@bindisueirwin) | Instagram

Dear Friends,
I battled for a long time wondering if I should share this journey with you in such
a public space. It came down to the responsibility I feel to share my story for other
women who need help. For 10yrs I’ve struggled also with insurmountable fatigue,
pain & nausea. Trying to remain a positive person & hide the pain has been
a very long road. 

These last 10yrs have included many tests, doctors visits, scans, etc.
A doctor told me it was simply something you deal with as a woman and
I gave up entirely, trying to function through the pain. I didn’t find answers
until a friend @lesliemosier helped set me on a path of regaining my life.

I decided to undergo surgery for endometriosis. 
Going in for surgery was scary but I knew I couldn’t live like I was. Every part of my life was getting torn apart because of the pain. To cut a long story short, they found 37 lesions, some very deep & difficult to remove, & a chocolate cyst. @seckinmd’s first words to me when I was in recovery were, “How did you live with this much pain?” 

Validation for years of pain is indescribable. 
My family & friends who have been on this journey with me for 10+ yrs. – THANK YOU, for encouraging me to find answers when I thought I’d never climb out. Thank you to the doctors & nurses who believed my pain. I’m on the road to recovery & the gratitude I feel is overwhelming. To those questioning the cancelled plans, unanswered messages & absence – I had been pouring every ounce of the energy I had left into our daughter & family.

Things may look fine on the outside looking in through the window of someone’s life, however, that is not always the case. Please be gentle & pause before asking me (or any woman) when we’ll be having more children. After all that my body has gone through,
I feel tremendously grateful that we have our gorgeous daughter. 
She feels like our family’s miracle.

I’m aware of millions of women struggling with a similar story.
There’s stigma around this awful disease. I’m sharing my story for anyone who
reads this & is quietly dealing with pain & no answers. Let this be your validation
that your pain is real & you deserve help.

Keep searching for answers. www.endofound.org
She also encouraged women struggling with a similar story to find help.
Bindi wrote, “I’m aware of millions of women struggling with a similar story.

There’s stigma around this awful disease. I’m sharing my story for anyone who reads this & is quietly dealing with pain & no answers. Let this be your validation that your pain is real & you deserve help. Keep searching for answers.” www.endofound.org

Bindi posted another update with a photo of her in a hospital bed smiling
with a bouquet of roses. She said she’s healing and expressed her gratitude
for the support of her fans. Fans left comments of support like,

“So glad you’re using this time for physical and emotional healing.
You are true light in this world” and “Continue to heal up, beautiful girl! ❤🥰🌹.”


Bindi’s husband, Chandler, wrote, “You are the strongest, toughest person I know.

I love you and I’m so excited for this new chapter of life ❤️,” and her brother,

Robert, said, “You’re my hero, Bindi! 🙌.”

Celebrities: Selma Blair, Padma Lakshmi, and Amy Schumer all left supportive messages.

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Why Is Endometriosis Surgery Done?

Endometriosis is a condition in which the type of tissue that lines a woman’s
uterus grows outside it. A surgery called laparoscopy is the only way to know for sure whether you have it. Your doctor might also recommend surgery if you have severe endometriosis pain and medication doesn’t help enough. They can find the endometriosis inside your body and take out all or some of the affected tissue.
There are some things to think about, including whether you want to get pregnant later.
You might not be able to have children after certain endometriosis operations.
Talk with your doctor about what options are a good fit for you.

When Is It Time for Endometriosis Surgery?

Whether you should have surgery may depend
on your age and your overall health:
Talk with your doctor if:
You have severe pelvic pain
Medication doesn’t get your symptoms under control
You have trouble getting pregnant
A growth in your pelvic area needs to be removed

Get the Best Treatment for Your Endometriosis – Bing video
An expert outlines various endometriosis treatments and what questions
can help you and your doctor find the best option for you.

Laparoscopy Surgery for Endometriosis
Doctors can diagnose and treat endometriosis with a laparoscopy, which uses a thin tube called a laparoscope. It has a light and a camera that let your doctor see inside your body. Before a laparoscopy, you’ll get general anesthesia, medication to put you to sleep.
Your doctor will make a small cut in your belly button or another part of your abdomen. 
They’ll inflate your belly with gas so the camera can get a clear view. The laparoscope will go in through that cut. Your doctor might need to make more small cuts for other tools.
This procedure could take from 30 minutes to 6 hours, depending on how severe your case is. After your doctor checks for endometriosis and/or removes tissue, they’ll take out the instruments and gas, and they’ll close the cuts. You’ll stay in a recovery area until the anesthesia wears off. It might make you sleepy and nauseated. Laparoscopy is usually
an outpatient procedure, meaning you can go home the same day.

Laparotomy Surgery for Endometriosis
A laparotomy is major surgery, with one large cut in your belly.
Doctors usually use it when you have severe endometriosis that they can’t treat with laparoscopy. As with laparoscopy, you’ll get medicine to put you to sleep.
Your doctor will cut through your skin and muscle so they can see into your abdomen and take out affected tissue. After the surgery, your doctor will close the cut and move you to a recovery area. You’ll probably have to stay in the hospital for at least one night.

Hysterectomy for Endometriosis
Your doctor may need to take out some or all of your reproductive organs if they’re damaged or if they have endometriosis tissue on them. The removal of your uterus is called a hysterectomy. An oophorectomy is when they take out your ovaries. Your doctor will talk with you before the surgery about whether they might need to take this step, and they’ll do it only if you’ve agreed to it.

Doctors may recommend a hysterectomy for women whose symptoms don’t go away despite other treatments and who don’t plan to have children down the road.
Your doctor can usually do a hysterectomy with a laparoscopy, but they can also
do it with a laparotomy or by taking out the organs through your vaginal opening.

What to Expect After Endometriosis Surgery
You might be tired for a few days after a laparoscopy.
Your doctor may tell you not to drive for 2 weeks. They might tell you not to have sex
or do activities like swimming or bathing in a tub for about 2 weeks. Recovery from a laparotomy is slower and can be more painful. It might take several weeks. 
During your recovery at home, you may not be able to do some everyday activities.
After a hysterectomy, your period will stop. If your doctor took out your ovaries as well as your uterus, you’ll go into menopause. You might have symptoms like hot flashes and loss of bone density. Talk to your doctor about how to manage them.

Endometriosis Surgery Risks:
Complications of endometriosis surgery are rare.

They include:
Damage to organs like your bladder or intestines
Damage to nerves or blood vessels
Infection
Bleeding
Trouble peeing (this is usually short-term)
An unusual connection between your vagina and
another organ, such as your intestines (fistula)
Scar tissue that can cause belly pain or bowel blockages.

Endometriosis Surgery Outlook
Most women have less endometriosis pain after laparoscopy.
But the results may not last, and the pain can come back. Research suggests that laparoscopy tends to work better for moderate endometriosis, rather than mild forms.
If the affected areas, or “lesions,” are deep inside your body, you may be more likely to get relief if your doctor cuts the tissue out.
Laparotomy is just as effective as laparoscopy. Endometriosis returns in about 20% to 30% of women within 5 years of either type of surgery. Up to 15% of women who have a total hysterectomy with their ovaries and fallopian tubes removed have more endometriosis pain later. Symptoms of endometriosis usually go away during menopause.
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Natural Treatments for Endometriosis: The Ultimate 2021 Pain Relief Guide –
My Organic Life | Endometriosis recovery after surgery – Bing video

If you look online for natural treatments for endometriosis,
you’ll find a lot of big promises. The truth?

There’s no magical remedy, supplement, treatment, or diet capable
of healing all of your endometriosis symptoms at once.

There is no cure for endometriosis!

But if you want a simple, thorough guide on natural treatments for endometriosis,
you’ve come to the right place.

In this massive, in-depth article:
We’ll walk you through the step-by-step process for using natural endometriosis treatments, answer some common endometriosis related questions and show you
the best alternative pain and symptom relieves.

You’ll follow the simple steps, choose what helps you,
and start treating your endometriosis symptoms all naturally.

Sound good?

Let’s dive in!

What is Endometriosis and Why It’s Time to Rewrite the Endometriosis Definition?
Endometriosis is a rare and very painful disorder. Most of the people have never heard
of it before! And there is a huge reason behind that. Endometriosis is a painful condition
that affects 1 in 10 women all over the world.

Endometriosis is not a visible sickness. You are constantly in pain, you can’t even make it through the day, but you don’t look sick. That’s why often people and doctors won’t believe you. Now, let me ask you something. How long does it take to be diagnosed with endometriosis?

It takes a median of EIGHT years to reach a diagnosis of endometriosis from when the symptoms of the condition first appear confirmed a new British study (sometimes even longer). Eight long years of pain, fatigue, infertility issues, miscarriages…till someone finally understands what’s wrong with you!

What is Endometriosis?

Endometriosis is a condition where cells similar to the ones which line the uterus,
grow on other parts of the body and follow the pattern of the menstrual cycle.
These cells break down as the womb lining does, causing blood to empty onto organs, other tissue and spaces within the body creating scarring, adhesions, inflammation and often debilitating pain.

Despite this: endometriosis is not a period-dependent disease
endometriosis can continue after the menopause and without the presence of a period
the disease is also thought to be oestrogen dependent, and therefore the theory is that many people with endometriosis have a hormone imbalance called oestrogen-dominance
Endometriosis is a chronic condition, meaning it is ongoing and there is currently no cure. Managing its symptoms is possible through surgery, hormone treatment, as well as effective natural treatments.

Endometriosis is the second most common gynecological condition,
affecting 1 in 10 women all over the world Endometriosis can affect any woman – regardless of race, age, social status, and it does not matter whether she gave birth or not. It’s one of the most common causes of infertility in women. The disease could also be asymptomatic and hidden, but in most cases, there are clear signals, such as severe
pain during a cycle, irregular cycle, cysts.


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Endometriosis symptoms: Which Ones Do You Have?
Symptoms of endometriosis vary from person to person and doctors do not always list the following as medically recognized symptoms. Some women have many symptoms and severe pain, whereas others have no symptoms.

The types of symptoms and their severity are likely to be related to the location of the endometrial tissue rather than the amount of endometrial cells growing. Pain is the key symptom of this condition. Each woman with endometriosis will experience a different range of symptoms.

Pelvic/back/leg pain between and during periods
Painful sex
Irregular periods
Bladder frequency and/or pain when urinating
Painful bowel movements
Digestive problems including IBS
Infertility
Depression/anxiety
Chronic fatigue
Immune related disorders such as allergies

You should carry out more research into your symptoms.
Keep a diary of your pain and other symptoms to take to appointments.

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The Reasons Why Your Symptoms Don’t Go Away

Rule Number 1 – Listen to your body!
The thing is, even though you love getting to be “normal” and doing normal things,
the truth is, You’re not normal. You have a condition; you need to rest and slow down.

You should learn how to deal with being “not normal.” Your body will remind you
of that sometimes. Accept, and celebrate your pretty abnormal endometriosis life.
The best way to understand your symptoms is to look into your lifestyle.
Here are the most common reasons why your symptoms don’t go away:

Reason #1: Inflammation
Have you ever asked yourself “Why do I feel great some days and crappy on others?
And what do those nagging symptoms actually mean?”

Maybe your body is trying to tell you something.
Inflammation is not always a bad thing. Actually, it’s necessary for our survival.
However, inflammation can become a problem when the symptoms of inflammation are long-term. Chronic inflammation in the body can potentially lead to very serious health complications.

The 5 Classic Symptoms of Inflammation are:

Tiredness or sleeping disorders;
Allergy or autoimmune disease;
Itchy skin;
Abdominal pain;
Chest pain;

Reason #2: Stress
Excessive stress can raise the body’s stress hormones,
which can also affect the ovaries and sex hormones.
This is why you may miss a period when you are experiencing high levels of stress.
When you are stressed, your body releases more cortisol and adrenaline than is healthy.
That has other implications for your health and disrupts your other hormones.

Reason #3: Diet
Following a healthy and anti-inflammatory diet is one
of the most important things when living with endometriosis.
It’s proven that certain foods may worsen endometriosis symptoms.
The endometriosis diet serves to reduce inflammation in the body and
as a result, reduce pain.

Reason #4: Caffeine
Caffeine affects the possibility of developing Endometriosis:
caffeine intake increases estrogen levels, which may increase
the chance of developing Endometriosis or worsening the symptoms.
Studies show that women who drink coffee have up to 70% higher estrogen levels than women who do not and the American Journal of Epidemiology found that caffeine may increase the production of estrogen in a 1996 study.
Caffeine also inhibits the liver’s ability to reduce our estrogen levels.
It prevents our liver from doing its job. So, the estrogen levels, which are already increased by the caffeine intake, are unable to be reduced by our body’s natural functions.
Caffeine has been shown to aggravate and increase inflammation.

The Recommended Cures for Endometriosis (and Why They Don’t Work)
Endometriosis is still relatively misunderstood and very under researched
in the medical world and so unfortunately, there is no known current cure.

The most common treatment is surgery and hormonal medication.
If endometriosis is found during a laparoscopy, surgeons will remove or destroy the areas with tools which apply a laser, an electric current, diathermy, helium gas or heat.

Hormone treatment can be used to stop menstruation and as a result slow down the growth of endometriosis.
Other treatments include painkillers and anti-inflammatories such as paracetamol, naproxen, ibuprofen and codeine, and contraceptives.

Laparoscopy is the only way to see and prove endometriosis.
Besides that, any hormonal medications are risky, have many and strong side-effects and may risked your health.
Because pregnancy brings higher progesterone levels, it often suppresses endometriosis symptoms, but it’s not a cure, and the pain will almost certainly come back after you give birth.

Natural Treatments for Endometriosis: Can Endometriosis Symptoms Go Away?
Along with laparoscopic surgery, managing endometriosis with the support of natural treatments and specific self-help remedies can help you to control your symptoms and improve your overall health.

This will include reducing your pain, reducing the inflammation, and once your symptoms improve, you may find you have more energy.
Using natural remedies for endometriosis has many benefits as they are safe and non-toxic and support the body to assist natural healing.
These alternative therapies are completely individualized as each woman experiences the condition differently.
Nonetheless, it is essential to reduce inflammation, improve immune function, and optimize hormone levels.

Natural treatments for endometriosis start with treating leaky gut, supporting the immune system, and balancing hormones. Everything is connected. Treating your endometriosis with drugs and hormones does not have to be your only option.

There are many safe endometriosis natural treatments and simple self-help measures you can use to help with your symptoms and help to reduce your pain. As well as diet changes, there are also many supplements that can help with specific symptoms.

Some examples include herbal anti-inflammatories such as curcumin, specific-strain probiotics; herbal adaptogens such as Withania; and balancing estrogen excess with herbs like peony or vitex. Investing in these tests and treatments can make a massive difference long-term.

How Can I Reverse Endometriosis Naturally: Stop Crying on the Couch and Just Do It
You can ease your endometriosis symptoms naturally. Start with your lifestyle.
Here is how to arrange your environment to help defeat endometriosis:

Stomp out inflammation
Fighting inflammation is coming from the inside out.
Think about what you put into your body.

You need to stuff your plate with anti-inflammatory foods and
avoid or keep pro-inflammatory foods to a minimum.

Sounds easy right?

However, it’s so much more than a diet.

It’s a way of living, it’s a medicine.
The anti-inflammatory diet will help you to reverse endometriosis symptoms like leaky gut, IBS, acne, pain, and anxiety. On top of eating anti-inflammatory foods, you should also be eating MORE healthy, real food. The more nutrient-rich food you eat, the more nutrients your bodies absorb!

Eat low inflammatory foods, like cruciferous vegetables, nuts and seeds
Reduce the amount of sugar you eat or eliminate it altogether.
Sugar drives up the production of advanced-glycation end products,
which contributes to inflammation.

Anti-inflammatory foods are:
Foods rich in Omega 3 (flaxseeds, chia seeds or hemp seeds, fish like salmon and mackerel)
Foods rich in polyphenols (broccoli, spinach, carrots, cabbage, red peppers, lemons, apples, any kind of berries)
Spices and Herbs (nettle, ginger, peppermint, green tea, turmeric, cinnamon, garlic, rosemary)
Make ‘organic’ and ‘clean’ the main part of your life
The easiest way is to make the wallet-friendly choice.

But stop for a moment and ask yourself: ‘How many products do you use/eat on a typical day – cheese, yogurt, milk, meat, fruits & vegetables…Now ask yourself how many toxins are in those foods!

You should always keep in mind the true cost of the choice you’re making!
The toxins in these foods and products come into direct contact with your body and alter endocrine function, making endometriosis problems like pain worse. You may save at check-out, but you are ultimately paying with your health.

Eat organic and clean whenever possible.

Give up coffee!
Giving up coffee may not be just giving up any drink.
You are giving up interest and small but very real pleasures in life.
Caffeine is really bad for endometriosis.

But why?
Caffeine is found in coffee beans, tea leaves, and cocoa beans.
Coffee. Tea. Chocolate.

Quitting coffee is one of the main suggestions of the endometriosis diet.
Start slowly, reducing coffee consumption one cup at a time and perhaps replacing it with decaf. Your body needs time, work out what’s comfortable to you. Replace your morning coffee with green tea. Yes, it contains caffeine but not the same high levels.

Find what relaxes you…and make it a regular part of your life
Finding a way to manage stress is important. Meditating, exercising, and journaling can all be very useful, but what works can vary from person to person.

Alternative Treatments for Endometriosis: How to Get Started.
Endometriosis symptoms can’t go away in a day or two.
Understanding your triggers is the most important step.
With a mix of these treatment options, you can live pain-
free during your period or when you get a flare-up.

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Endometriosis Diet: What Foods to Eat and What to Avoid

The endometriosis diet, therefore, requires eliminating or reducing
foods that are known to increase inflammation, including:

Sugar
Gluten
Red meat
Dairy
Alcohol
Caffeine

Suggested food groups and great alternatives are…

Fruits and vegetables
Grains like quinoa, gluten free oats, buckwheat groats,
amaranth, polenta and wholegrain rice
Goods fats found in cold pressed coconut and olive oil, nuts and seeds
Pulses and legumes (soaked and in moderation)
Herbal teas such as green tea, raspberry leaf, ginger
Dairy free milks such as almond, oat and hemp
A lot of people with endometriosis experience a significant decrease in their pain and symptoms by ditching inflammatory foods and adopting a whole food plant-based diet.

The key component when starting the endometriosis diet is to understand what foods to eat and what your triggers are. As you experiment and make changes, you’ll notice what triggers an upset stomach, fatigue, pain, etc and you can begin to know how to tailor the diet to suit you.

Read next: Endometriosis Diet: 5 Life-Changing Tips That’ll Ease Your Symptoms

Supplements and Herbs

There is no scientific consensus on the effect of utilizing herbs and supplements for endometriosis and its related symptoms. However, herbs and supplements can impact different individuals in different ways, and some may experience relief from symptoms when using certain herbs or supplements in a healthy and safe manner.

What Herbs are Good for Endometriosis?
Healing your symptoms like pain, bloating, and flare-ups with herbs is truly possible. Chamomile, Turmeric,
nettle are some herbs for endometriosis that will help you cope with fatigue, pain, and endo belly.

Every herbal tea for endometriosis has a variety of health benefits. Some herbs can help with pain and abdominal cramps; others can be calming and can help you relax in the evening, while others can help you to detox or support your immune system.

Green tea – increases energy; it’s also so great for the IBS symptoms of Endometriosis and ginseng, which supports the immune system.
Peppermint – can help boost mood and decrease pain. The tea has shown promise in improving exercise performance and decreasing cramps and muscle pains.

Peppermint can help reduce bloating.
Turmeric – reduces inflammation.
Nettle – perfect for pain and cramps.
Chamomile – helps with anxiety and depression.

What Supplements are Good for Endometriosis?
Whether you are new to the diagnosis or longtime sufferer, you are likely here to learn a little more about how you can get some relief with the right supplements for endometriosis. Living with that disease means that your immune system feels pretty weak.

Endometriosis is rooted in both an autoimmune reaction within the body and a hormonal imbalance of estrogen excess. While you should always, always have a “food first” mindset when addressing the symptoms of endometriosis, you will find that supplements for endometriosis can supercharge the work of food in the body and speed up the process of symptom management and recovery.

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Evening Primrose Oil – acts to inhibit tumor growth in those with endometriosis.

The oil from this wonderful flower has anti-Inflammatory properties and inhibits the growth of abnormal tissue.
Some of the tumor growths are caused by prostaglandins.

The GLA in primrose oil evens out prostaglandin production and can reduce pain from uterine contractions.
Serrapeptase – for pain and inflammation. Serrapeptase is great for debilitating cramps and deep abdominal pain.
Milk Thistle – This herb contains the antioxidant silymarin, repairs the cells in your liver, and protects cells from damage
(thereby regenerating the strength of the liver to detox the body of excess estrogen), and it is anti-inflammatory.

Vegan EPA and DHA oil – This oil is packed full of Omega 3 fatty acids, which are excellent anti-inflammatories and also important for healthy hormone function.
Reducing inflammation helps reduce pain levels, and omega 3s have been shown to have a significant impact on the levels of endometriosis pain in the pelvic area.
Also, inflammation has now been strongly linked to depression, which many women with endometriosis suffer from and can also hinder the body’s ability to heal.

N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) for endometriosis – This is a powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory. NAC helps boost the production of glutathione; an important antioxidant your body produces naturally that helps reduce free radical damage. NAC plays a role in your body detoxification of heavy metals and other harmful substances.
The most important quality of NAC for women with endometriosis is that
research shows that NAC effectively treats ovarian endometriosis.

Magnesium – When your body does not have enough Magnesium then systemic inflammation occurs.
This can result in fatigue, headaches/migraines, aches, and pains.
Magnesium helps keep adrenal stress hormones under control too.

Read next: Top 7 Supplements for Endometriosis relief

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Daily Exercises and Yoga: Exercising with Endometriosis takes effort.

Chronic pain and feeling tired makes it difficult to do physical activity,
but research shows that exercise:

Releases pain-relieving endorphins.
Promotes circulation, delivering oxygen and nutrients to your body.
Decreases the estrogen in your body that endometriosis is dependent on.
Sometimes the last thing you feel like doing when you’re in a whole lot of pain is exercising, but it can help in a multitude of ways. Here’s why:

Exercise reduces inflammation within the body;
Exercise helps with desensitization of pain;
Exercise and stretching can help relax tight muscles;
Exercise can improve strength and posture;

Read next: Exercising with Endometriosis: 7 Easy Ways to Relieve Endometriosis Pain

Here is what to do:

Low impact aerobic exercise: think brisk walking or swimming; upright cycling if tolerated otherwise the recumbent bicycle can be a good alternative; Aim for 30 – 60 minutes most days of the week.

Strength & core exercise: focus on slowly rebuilding lower back strength and core control with progressive Pilates movements and basic pelvic floor exercises.
Social activities: being with others and moving your body in ways you enjoy can be the best exercise there is! My advice is to explore other avenues of movement such as dance classes, bushwalking, lawn bowls, gardening, or water aerobics.

Read next: Yoga for Endometriosis & Fertility: 5 Moves That’ll Ease Your Pain

Castor Oil and How to Use It for Endometriosis Pain Relief

Castor Oil itself is widely known for its ability to break up stagnation; there is some evidence it can have a suppressive effect on tumors, warts, accumulations, and so on.

Castor Oil packs can help you move toward your trouble-free period. Actually, castor oil packs aren’t just for those with endometriosis. Castor oil packs help with overall circulation, promote ovarian, uterine, and fallopian tube health, increase egg quality, and have your lady parts all-around happy!

Because of their general promotion of circulation, they are also considered detoxifying. Castor Oil Packs are a great tool to help naturally promote reproductive health. They recommend a variety of gynecological conditions including fertility, endometriosis, menstrual cramps, fibroids, hormonal balance.

Why is castor oil good for endometriosis?
May help reduce the bloat of endo belly
Helps break down scar tissue
Eases cramping when used on the abdomen
Calms central nervous system
Increases lymphatic flow
Reduces inflammations, pain, and swelling
Supports liver detox when placed over the liver
Strengthens immune system
Supports digestion

Use the castor oil pack daily or every other day for 30 to 60 days, except during your period, when bleeding,
or if you are pregnant. For less severe pain try using it three times per week for 30 days, except during your period.
Continue less frequently (1-2 times per week) for another 2 or 3 months, eventually reducing use to twice a month
How to Make Your Own Castor Oil Pack at Home

Read next: How to Use Castor Oil for Endometriosis Pain Relief

Listen to Your Womb and Tyr Yoni Steaming for Endometriosis

Also known as vaginal steaming, the treatment uses medicinal plants (yoni steam herbs) to cleanse, heal and tone the uterus, which in turn reduces discomfort associated with menstruation and comes with a whole host of other benefits.

A yoni steam (aka. vaginal steam or V steams), is an old womanly healing art and they are becoming popular again.
They are certainly part of the Maya healing lineage and used mainly to cleanse the uterus when there are menstrual difficulties, hmmmmmmmmm after birth, and with menopause to completely clean the womb when finished bleeding. They are popular in Central America, India, eastern Europe,and in Korea where women use them regularly as part of their hygiene.

Women with conditions affecting their pelvic health, such as endometriosis, can get really disconnected from their uterus, their wombs, that female part of themselves.

Improves menstrual cycle
Heals the womb
Helps with relaxation
Helps to increase fertility
Cleanse of the entire reproductive system
Increase of circulation in the reproductive organs/areas
Enable the womb to shed unnecessary membranes and buildup
Reduce period discomfort by supporting the uterus to function at its best
Creates space for blissful relaxation
Deeply connects a woman with her source of power
Makes sex more juicy
Speeds recovery after birth

Read next: Endometriosis Natural Treatments – Try Yoni Steam Herbs

Now It’s Time to Put These Natural Treatments Into Your Lifestyle
Most who read this post will smile, nod their head in agreement, and keep taking hundreds of pills,
hormones and other toxins, just because their doctor told them so.

But not you.

You know it’s time for a change that’s not another hard treatment. That’s why you’ve already picked out a few of the suggested natural treatments for endometriosis, and it’s why you can’t wait to try them.

On its own, even the best treatment for endometriosis won’t cure that horrible and painful condition. But each one of these alternative treatments, little by little can help you feel better and live a normal pain-free life.

So, are you ready to try? Ready to help your body feel better? Ready to go from being at a 9/10 on the pain scale and crying on the floor for most of the day to not needing to reach for codeine and actually enjoying the first day of your period! Then it’s time to change your treatment routine.

French green clay, calcium bentonite clay, sodium bentonite clay.
I would like to know which one is best for endometriosis?

What exactly is Yoni steam (Vaginal steaming)? – Bing video

Let’s do this thing.
xo, Lora

Lora is the founder of My Organic Life. She writes about herself and her story with endometriosis. After all these years living with pain she realized how to change her entire life…and now she is passionate about clean beauty, organic eats and nontoxic lifestyle.

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Democracy: The Mob Rules

HEY! Mayor Eric Adams – Please send your Bitching to “Sloe Joe” POS Biden!

The Imbecile Mayor should call out Traitor Joe and Traitor Alejandro,
the Leftist Media won’t and almost all Democrats won’t.

Bidens and Democrats and his friends are giving the whole world the middle finger.
Their message: Sloe Joe welcomed them with open arms, too late to be crying now,

1. We have card blanche, we are happy criminals, and nobody can touch us.
2 We kidnapped the US justice department.
3. We are using the System as weapons.
4. We have stolen the Elections.

Americans, what’s wrong with your country and you accept this Villains? How that can be? Eric Adams and zealots of “sanctuary city” church have been flocking around long enough to finally find out.

Playing stupid game – winning stupid prizes.
Who would guess … people who got to USA illegally (beginning their stay in the country by breaking the rules) would misbehave. Thanks to the Biden administration’s incompetence!
They’ve lied to the American people about the southern border for over two years.
Just wait until the terrorists that infiltrated into this country get established.
It’s going to get ugly! FJB!

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You don’t say….. “Destroyed”? Democrats R HYPOCRITE.

Now you know what the border states have been dealing with, you sorry POS
By the migrant catastrophe that the Biden Administration and Mayorkis’ open border policy did for you?

I would’ve thought that rampant crime and drugs might’ve been contributing factors
but if you say that it’s Biden’s migrant fiasco, aok.

The city has bigger problems than the illegal aliens.
Crime caused by the Soros appointed DA is destroying the city.

SL0E JOE…. What a piece of shit.
Remember all the crap he talked about those little border towns in Texas?
Democrats stand there all superior in asinine stupidity, screaming sanctuary city status and diversity is strength, while demanding us evil Americans provide free school and housing, medical care and phone service. New York and every blue city in America is being destroyed by communist mayors, DAs and judges who are intentionally pushing anarcho-tyranny.

What a whiner, and 100% wrong.
NYC was first dealt a lethal blow by Bill de Blasio. He forgot the gang violence,
some of the highest taxes, and rental costs. The lack of concern for reaching educational goals for students. ” This does not include the indoctrination in woke culture.”
He turned the New York groove into an open sewer…. then you come along, with a phony election promise, to end the crime and cleanup the city. Cometh the time..cometh the man. That sure as hell not Eric the fool. And Joe Biden destroyed what was left.

Well your Democrat ass is completely responsible for your situation.
Stop crying like a Nazi Leftist baby when your Sanctuary City policies are contributing to your own problems. Grow a pair of balls and end your Sanctuary City policies you stupid fuck. The city was destroyed by the dynamic duo combination of eight years of the pothead Mayor DeBlasio and now the plainly stupid and radical Mayor Adams. Let’s Go Brandon!

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You can throw in the witch in Albany and her cauldron of Communists
and New York RINOS as well.

It appeared to me that the Democrat leadership was well on
its way to destroying New York long before the migrant invaders began to show up!
Eric is asking for more funds from Joe since New York City is losing taxes due to the
vast citizens exodus due to crime increase and exorbitant amount of taxes.

Hey to bad! This is what you voted for.
Remember you voted for defunding the police and wide-open borders.
It is a problem for NYC but not El Paso? Houston? Arizona and New Mexico?
See what happens when the horde is dumped in your back yard.

When New York Mayor Adams talks about his city being destroyed he means the money he’s supposed to be skimming off the top is now being used up by the migrants he has no clue what he’s talking about other than that! This asshole needs to go spend one day on the border if he thinks the migrants assaulted his City.

Um classe de ateus desclassificados e outra de pseudo-crentes, tem acordado entre si,
que o povo de Deus será perseguido, preso, proibido de confessar o nome de Jesus Cristo. Pobres ignorantes soberbos: Está escrito que ; enquanto durar a lua, os justos florescerão, pois Deus já deu ao Rei de toda a terra e céus, os seus juizos e a sua justiça a todo o crente que já nasceu de novo entregando a vida a Jesus Cristo. Os inimigos dessa gente vai lamber pó. Vamos crescer prá cima desses escarnecedores.

Translated:
A class of disqualified atheists and another of pseudo-believers, have agreed among themselves that the people of God will be persecuted, imprisoned, prohibited from confessing the name of Jesus Christ. Poor ignorant haughty: It is written that; while the moon lasts, the righteous will flourish, for God has already given to the King of all earth and heaven, his judgments and his justice to every believer who has been born again by surrendering his life to Jesus Christ. The enemies of these people will lick dust.

Let’s rise above these scoffers.
NYC is a Marxist shithole that was long gone before Biden was installed and traitors opened up our border. Seriously? “City is Being ‘Destroyed’ by the Migrant Crisis”???
how about “Your City is being destroyed” by the Democratic Party communist ideology?
That’s delusional!

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QUOTE: ‘New York City Mayor Eric Adams:

Recently slammed Biden’s border policy, indirectly, by claiming that the migrant crisis
is ‘destroying’ the city.’ Thank You, Captain Obvious! Sounds like you may be just a couple
of Bus Loads short of a crisis. You ran your campaign on NYC being a sanctuary city,
as I recall… ZFG! What Happened, did your Daddy Joe turn off the money spigot?

But he will not challenge illegally certified Biden. Heil Hitler! 😡 ( edited)

Hey New Yorkers, You Voted for this Bag of $hit, You Pay for it! This is the Consequences of ill-informed Voters electing based on Woke Emotions. Or the equivalent of a Drunk being asleep at the wheel while driving down that DemocRAT Road to Nowhere. #YouOwnThis$hit!

Destroyed by evil politicians like yourself and liberal agenda…Theses politicians think they are on top just like Hitler thought…Hitler is in Hell being tormented for the same agenda…Wake up and repent before it’s too late…No, the city is being destroy of Un lawlessness. Adam is an embarrassment, being a law enforcer, he’s let the radicals control the five boroughs. New Yorkers thought they elected a person that was going to turn around the crime, instead he condones it.
(edited)

His political future is at risk, so he wants federal dollars to bail him out.
Won’t work, it has been attempted before with absolute failure each time.
Socialism consists of compassionate ideology ignoring our legal system and laws in place to keep disasters like this from happening. Socialism corrupts, kills and does not help individuals to better their lives and pull themselves up. I can smell the weed, piss and now. You know it’s a democratic run city when there are tyrannical mandates & filth absolutely everywhere. #ericadams, complain to your illegitimate governor about your self created crises. Or do what Newsom is doing and call in the national guard, your incompetence is evident.

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NEWYORK MAYOR SAYS CITY IS BEING DESTROYED BY CRIMINAL ILLEGALS……….Now, this does not make any sense to me. after all, NYC is a “SANCTUARY CITY” where all criminal illegals whether they are murderers, rapists, child abductors and sexual assaulters and murderers of these children etc. does not matter one bit. They still need “sanctuary”, especially from the govts. they fled that seek to lock them up. All they require is unlimited, indefinite housing in 4 or 5-star hotels with room service while real Americans, especially vets, languish on the streets. But they don’t count. Shut ur commie mouth mayor. That’s the view from ALENA’S CORNER.

Ha, ha, ha what a idiot to actually blame the poor illegal immigrants for the crime in NYC. Wait till they vote ILLEGALLY your dumbass out of office like your sister in Chicago and replace you with a TRANNY. Maybe just a mannequin with an AI brain…Well dressed mannequin however… Total fabrication! The libs will Never admit it’s the Criminal Justice System they let run the streets murdering, looting, and raping! The Criminals they let out of Prisons or Refuse to Sentence to Prison.

This Mayor (?) should see the American City Problem from A Different Perspective.
His Part in Turning NY City into A Sanctuary may be Deeply Rooted in His Genetic Want. One could Say that his Black Race is The World’s Original DP (Displaced Person) in the Western World: A Genetic, Un-Intelligent built For Physical, En-Slaved, and Not Having the Technological Ability to Push-Back against The Muslim Enslaver. ‘

One Big Ass Mistake America!!!
How Does One Return to His Motherland KENYA’?
So Today, Not from The Slavery in Another Country, but in the US, the Free Mayor Confuses his Nation Building Genetic Inability and His Struggle with White Emulation by Asking in His Nation Building Confusion, ‘ Am I Right or Wrong in Trying To Replace America by trying to bring and build My African Motherland Here? ‘
Good job liberals. Better job Texas for showing Democrats how foolish liberal border policies are and forcing Democrats to admit it. No sir it has been destroyed by Democratic twits like you. May you and yours rot in hell for all the evil you have foisted upon NY city by both your actions to do wrong and your inactions to do right to safeguard the good citizens of your city.

Who or which Party created and organized this MIGRATION CRISIS?
And what about Crime in the NY Streets?

Here’s how you speak TRUTH, Eric: NYC destroyed by the now COMMUNIST DEMOCRAT PARTY which under the illegitimate transnational criminal Biden, powered by the CCP destroyed the US Southern border in his/their goal to take down America.
FCK ALL OF YOU. (edited)

What’s the problem…the southwest has been assaulted daily with thousands of state and federal welfare users of all types. You thought that was just fine. What your suffering is nothing compared to what border area towns has suffered…is suffering…will suffer way into the future. Quit whining …

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Keep crowing about being a “Sanctuary City”, idiot.

NYC is being destroyed by Radical Marxist Liberals in Power.
You reap what you sow Eric Adams. You’re a failure as Mayor.
It’s your own policies that are “Destroying” NYC, fool.
Keep following the weirdest Progressive ideologies.
Keep not prosecuting felons.

Intentionally allowing high crime…number one. Illegals number 2 …
U.S. Marine gets 12 years for cross-border drug smuggling: NPR 

Eric Adam’s your policies are in place, and you allowed it so you can funnel more money from the government what’s sadder is you support the very party that created slavery the democrats you are a shame to the black race and anyone that follows the very party that created the shit you spew, you
wanted them and requested them. He got plane loads of them from Westchester airport under the guise of Hillary Clinton. Then under Bellone in Long Island they stepped off of the plane and suddenly landed in NYC. We have the second coming of David Dinkins and DeBlasio all wrapped up once again in a dam liar who previously tried to rape and assault a fellow cop while he was on the beat.

LMAO!!! THE ONES WHO DESTROYED THIS HELL HOLE ARE THE ONES WHO VOTED THE DESTROYERS INTO OFFICE!! THE SMALL-MINDED THINK THEY ARE EXEMPT FROM WHAT IS HAPPENING !! YOU TALK ABOUT STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES? THATS THE DEFINITION!! THE DEMOCRAT VOTER!! THEY WELCOME THE ILLEGALS WITH HANDSHAKES, AN 1800.00$ CREDIT CARD AND A BEAUTIFUL HOTEL ROOM!! LMAO!!

This BLM Monkey-NYC
is like every other dem run city it’s turning into a lawless toilet and soon they will be pooping on the sidewalks just like San Fran., Los Angeles. Phoenix, Portland, Seattle, Philadelphia, etc., and shootings are up in Chicago.

Did they destroy New York City or just its revenue?
Gee mayor, bring more of them into the city and find out for sure.
All the good New Yorker’s live in Florida and other southern states.
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NYC, Gee Whiz, who’s Guna pay for all this wonderful liberal nonsense.
These people standing on the shoulders of many generations that built it,
CAN QUICKLY DESTROY IT ALL. I don’t know. All of headlines I see it looks
like BLM is destroying the blue cities. Cities destroyed by liberal leadership.
What the HELL are YOU doing about it besides complaining like the rest?

Maybe he’s hoping we have not been paying attention.
Maybe that swamp is too deep for him, and he bit off
more than he can chew…well, you know. And then —
there’s maybe he actually believes his own bs.

I’m thinking he screwed up the lines provided to him by his Soros backed bosses.
He was probably told to use words like Republican, Maga, and Trump in unison
with “Destroying the city…” Now that’s the kind of liberal spin one might expect.

Was that when you “migrated” from being a cop to being the mayor?
This Fraud is trying to put distance between himself and his own
Corrupt “democrat”/Communist Party and Alzheimer Joe!
another statement from the hell he’s created.
Ho hum, No sale!

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NYC teen’s shooting death ended her quest for American dream (nypost.com)

Eric Adams doesn’t understand the connection between Murder & CHILDBIRTH.
Someone might want to tell this dumbass that when you declare yourself a sanctuary city, that kind of means you welcome illegals…maybe he didn’t get the memo. What a dummy:
Look in the mirror and you’ll see who destroying the city.

LAW & ORDER ❤
U R NO. BETTER THAN THE OTHER IDIOT MAYOR NYC Had,
NOW UR TELLIN…PEOPLE WHAT TO DO n/EAT He also announced
NY is starting to phase meat and dairy products out.
Hope the new arrivals like Beyond Food and bugs.
You will eat whatever we tell you to – YouTube

This is how this buffoon got elected.
He talks tough but does nothing, congratulations NYC you picked another winner.
Now deal with it! Charles Darwin would be very disappointed about this BLM Monkey: )))

The REST of America does NOT want to Hear It!
YOU & ALL of your fellow Democrats can just F*CK OFF…. NYC?
How about Texas and Arizona…. talking thousands., what about thousands per day?

BOMBSHELL REPORT: Phoenix TV, accused of being a CCP intel-owned and
military-run propaganda arm — While utilizing White House press credentials
and unrestricted programming distribution on AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, and
Dish Network — reaching hundreds of millions of US households.

Bush, Obama, Clinton Team Up with AmEx GBT to Fly Migrants into U.S. (breitbart.com)

AND NOW BIDEN, CLINTON, AND OBAMA WANT TO START AN NGO TO FLY ILLEGALS INTO THE U.S. all over the country….GREAT GO RIGHT AHEAD….WE CAN THEN ARREST ALL THREE OF YA….Cause ya know that we will consider that human trafficking….OUR IMMIGRATION LAWS ARE STRICT, AND YOU ALREADY KNOW IT, SO YOUR PUNISHMENT WILL AND I REPEAT WILL BE MUCH, MUCH WORSE….SO GO RIGHT AHEAD….We already know how you were setting things up with Hiden when he was VP, and with Hunter and his friends…., NYC is being destroyed by The Dimocrat stupidity and incompetence. Illegal aliens are just the distraction & side show.

Biden needs to compromise on the debt ceiling. Or we’re all headed toward disaster.
Larger, more powerful: Navy declares fleet of Sa’ar 6-class warships operational.
Joe Biden Wants You To Pay a ‘Fee’ To Give Loans to People with Bad Credit,
BRICS New Development Bank breaks away from US dollar (msn.com)

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Woman arrested for brutal knife attack on NYC juice bar worker (nypost.com)

“Relatively wide and high. They (Graphene hydroxide) are razors,
biologically NOT decomposabale.” Said Dr. #AndreasNoack.
So, this means that everyone who took the Covid jab would eventually DIE.
Those who lie to you that it is graphene oxide (controlled opposition) are alive and well…
They sell you healthy supplements claiming to eliminate vaccine damages, it’s all BS!
But only those who told the truth were murdered! (edited)

NYC subway attack victim shreds AOC’s argument against police raises:
‘We cannot call a teacher if I need help’ | Fox News

People leaving NYC for your inability to prioritize making the city safe, businesses to stay, as you ignore the rate of crime, have deterrents, or prosecute. When the budget needs to be met, minus the tax base now gone, we have just seen the beginning. It’s also Easy for New Yorkers to move to out of state snowbird homes. May lose business, real estate but family and new business out of NY will be safer. AOC, a megalomaniac demagogue!

Miles Guo constantly warned the US government that CCP launched unrestricted
warfare for years but was ignored. Even after his intelligence proved to be true, the DOJ
& FBI arrested him & put him behind bars without bail. CCP is in the American soil. CITY DESTROYED BY CCP Schumer BRAGG SOROS ADAMS. HOCHUL AND THE ANTI USA INCOMPETENTS. It was destroyed by you DemonRATs way before the ILLEGALS showed up in your sanctuary city. Seems your “Brand” is not working well Karma!

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Devin Spraggins charged for shooting rookie NYPD cop in NYC (nypost.com)

親愛的紐約市長 請您弄清楚,紐約、美國、全世界的真正的敵人是CCP,
只要CCP存在紐約的一天,那都是紐約災難的一天

Translate:
Dear Mayor of New York
Please make it clear that the real enemy of New York, the United States,
and the whole world is the CCP. As long as the CCP exists in New York,
it will be a day of disaster for New York

請別搞錯了,不是被移民摧毀,而是被共產黨摧毀。您的敵人是共產黨

Translate:
Please make no mistake, it is not destroyed by immigrants, it is being
destroyed by the Communist Party. Your enemy is the communist party.
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Democrats Always blame someone other than themself.

Is it time to jump ship Mr. Mayor? Your own Party pushed this lunacy.
Is “migrant crisis” some kind of code word for “Democrats” ?
Among other things…blue city …garbage in, garbage out.

If the CCP IS NOT Destroyed, the West will be destroyed.
Take down the CCP, #FreeMilesGuoNow

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This is all a part of their New World Order AGENDA!!

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SPLC’s woke-a-joke “hate map”. NYC is spotless. Notice that they have a link to an article supposedly about “Patriot Front”. Wasn’t “Patriot Front” completely fictional-made up by the stupid “Lincoln Project” to make Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin look bad? #Mob at play. He’s BLM1 of the Antifas attacking the Police Training Center in Atlanta was an attorney for the Southern Poverty Law Center. Hate Map | Southern Poverty Law Center (splcenter.org)

You know, the SPLC should be declared a terrorist organization.
The mayor allowed that to happen. If the migrant crisis is destroying your city, Mayor Adams, then demand this government CLOSE the border and enforce immigration laws. It’s on his watch and he needs to take responsibility for what his communist party is doing. Time to stand up patriots and take our borders back. Shut up mayor adams. { u don’t rate caps.} You and your fellow commie bastards also made your commie beds in your commie cities now sleep in them. (edited) Congresswoman MTG Introduces Resolution to Declare Antifa a Domestic Terrorist Organization (rumble.com)

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What an idiot but typical of a democrat.

Every sanctuary city, and NYC is one, invited the illegals in, and now he’s blaming the illegals who showed up. Dems virtue signal and then blame somebody else for their own stupid policies
and you think the government either doesn’t notice or can’t do anything about it?
If people started appearing inside your house and living in it would you not notice
and/or do nothing about it? OF COURSE, YOU WOULDN’T! If this is happening,
it is because it is ORCHESTRATED! No kidding.

All of America is being destroyed by this open border illegal immigration crisis.
PROTECTING NAZI SOROS/OBAMA ARMY OF SICK PSYCHO ILLEGAL ALIEN
MEN TO GROOM & ATTACK KIDS Illegal aliens who are LGBTQ ‘may not be
detained’ under Democrats’ new bill Illegal aliens who are LGBTQ ‘may not
be detained’ under Democrats’ new bill | Fox News

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New York Mayor Eric Adams Says the City is Being ‘Destroyed’
by the Migrant Crisis (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit | by Mike LaChance

DID THEY PUT ALL THE ELECTRIC CARS ON THE ROOF OF THE COLLAPSED PARKING STRUCTURE BECAUSE THEY WERE AFRAID OF THEM STARTING
A FIRE?? I DID NOT KNOW THEY ALL WEIGH OVER 1,000 POUNDS!!
I WILL NEVER PARK IN A PARKING GARAGE IF THEY LET ELECTRIC CARS IN………YOU CAN GET CRUSHED BY THEM !! THE ILLEGALS ARE THE NEW SLAVE TRADE FOR THE DEMOCRATS!! SLAVE TRADE IS ALIVE AND WELL BY LYING BIDEN!!

The city is being destroyed by criminals. They are free to do as they wish. The worthless bail reform, the worthless DA’s office, and you won’t let the police do their jobs. Let’s not forget a POS mayor. Yeah, it’s the migrant crisis destroying the city. Your pathetic city is not being destroyed by migrants. It is being destroyed because of you and your pathetic leadership. Stop blaming others for your incompetence. YOU are the root cause of all of your pathetic city’s problems. Before you, it was DeBlasio. Before that dolt, it was ALSO
Michael Blumberg. Three pathetic mayors in a row.

The first thing we need is a government who puts America and Americans first! The Biden, Americans Last Administration sends billions to protect Ukraine while handing control of our border to the drug cartels. Then they intentionally instigate an invasion of our country enabling millions of unvetted illegals, criminals and tons of deadly drugs to flow into our country!

Today New York being destroyed by migrants.
Yesterday by rats. Last week by crime. Tomorrow will be rich racist white.
Next the banker. Everyone and everything’s but Mayor Eric not responsible Adams! (
edited)

Really? You and the rest of the ‘woke’ -those-dimocrats did not care as they
destroyed their own states. Deal with it you idiot. I don’t like calling someone
an idiot, but it was the best non-profanity I could come up with for the ‘SOB.’
Fact: NYC isn’t being destroyed by migrants. It’s being destroyed by Democrats.

ADAMS IS DESTROYING NEW YORK WITH HIS POLICIES AND HIS HATRED OF WHITE PEOPLE. ILLEGALS ARE PART OF THE DESTRUCTION OF UNITED STATES AND GIVES A WAY OUT FOR ADAMS CULPABILITY FOR THE NOT-SO-SMART
CONSUMPTION. WHO IS VOTING FOR THEIR OWN SELF-DESTRUCTION?

ARE PEOPLE GIVING UP ON GOD AND BECOMING SO STUPID THAT THEY CANNOT DIFFERENTIATE RIGHT FROM WRONG? IF YOU GIVE UP GOD GUESS WHO WILL REPLACE IT? SATANIC DEMONS! REMOVE YOUR CHILDREN FROM GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS, ITS YOUR JOB TO SAVE THEM, AN HONOURABLE JOB (edited)

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Opinion: California takes on a new responsibility in U.S. politics:
Enlightening the rest of the country
Opinion by Thad Kousser • Yesterday 6:00 AM

The first maps that European explorers drew of California showed it as an island.
It was fully detached, separated by a wide gulf from the rest of the continental landmass, standing apart from the rest of the New World. This is both one of the most famous cartographic mistakes in history and one of the most telling. Later, ever since California became a state, residents have viewed their land and their politics as a world apart.

This was never more true than during the Trump era. When national politics lurched right, the state moved to isolate itself to protect its progressive policies. The day after Donald Trump’s election, California’s legislative leaders wrote, “Today, we woke up feeling like strangers in a foreign land” but called their state “a refuge of justice and opportunity,” vowing that “California will defend its people and our progress.” California declared itself a sanctuary state to protect immigrants and enacted a ban on government-funded travel to states with anti-LGBTQ policies.
Three recent announcements signal a shift in the Island of California’s approach. First, legislative leader Toni Atkins called to end California’s travel ban, replacing it with an ad campaign promoting acceptance and inclusion in the 23 red-leaning states that had been off limits. Before she moved to California and rose to historic heights — becoming the first person in over a century to serve as both speaker of the state’s Assembly and leader of its Senate — Atkins grew up in rural Virginia.

Reflecting on her roots, she said she has come to believe “that the way to change
people’s minds is to have impact and direct contact and to open hearts and minds. …
Polarization is not working. We need to adjust our strategy.”
Doubling down on this approach, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a political action committee, seeded with $10 million that he never needed to spend as he cruised to reelection in this blue bastion, that is designed to “take the fight to the red states.” The idea is to make the case for California values and the progressive policies that put them into action, holding his state up as a counterpoint to the conservative locales that have pushed the nation rightward on abortion, guns and voting restrictions.

In the first week after his announcement, Newsom visited Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and the MSNBC studios. It’s a counteroffensive in the culture wars, with California leading the charge.
Third, Democratic leaders across the state are taking action since the bans on abortion put in place elsewhere after the Dobbs decision last summer. These officials have pushed a concrete set of policies to convey California’s freedoms to those from other states. In Sacramento, legislators have introduced 17 bills this session that would “further the protections to people who may end up coming to our state” for abortions. After a federal judge in Texas issued a ruling aimed at restricting abortion medication, the state moved to create a stockpile of 2 million pills, and L.A. County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath affirmed that “anyone who comes to Los Angeles County will be safe, you will be protected.”

Similarly, in response to red-state attacks on trans people, Californians are seeking to ensure that our state’s doctors can provide gender-affirming care to patients from across the nation. Rather than walling off the state as a sanctuary against Trump-era policies, California’s leaders are actively positioning it as a haven that red-state residents can visit to seek gender-affirming care or reproductive care.
Is this a fight to change policies, or a battle to win the narrative? It’s both. Atkins’ idea
is that to change laws in rural areas, you must first change hearts and minds. The direct contact she prescribes could come through state employees traveling to other states again, or from those who travel to California to seek out its social freedoms. The hope is that each type of interaction will set off a chain reaction that shifts opinions, and eventually policies, across America.

Will it work? There are reasons to believe in and to doubt this project. California absolutely possesses the policymaking expertise to craft laws and regulations that become models for other states to follow. It’s long been a leader in areas such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions, protecting internet privacy, regulating autonomous cars, controlling gun and ammunition sales and safeguarding voting rights.
More and more, our lawmakers strive to pass first-in-the-nation laws like those providing universal school meals and allowing college athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness, then actively advocate for other states to follow along with them.
In an era of ever-more-nationalized politics, shining a light on the policies that California is exporting is a necessary step in changing the national conversation.

The next step is recognizing how the rest of America sees us at this moment.
Here, humility is in order. Our state’s reputation is at a low point, at least among red voters who see only crime and homelessness here on cable news and social media.
Just as we saw in the mid-1990s and during the Great Recession, we are losing population to other states.
So before they tell other states that they should pass all of our policies, California’s leaders need to make a clear case for their benefits.
California’s economy grew rapidly, outpacing many of our red-state rivals, at the same time that we passed many progressive policies over the past two decades. The economy rebounded strongly from the pandemic at the same time that we saw much lower disease and death rates than places like Florida and Texas. And from Silicon Valley to L.A. to San Diego, California businesses continue to attract the lion’s share of venture capital to build toward the future.

It’s certainly true that President Biden’s agenda is limited by Republicans in Washington, but Sacramento has the Democratic supermajorities to get things done. That’s a serious responsibility and a valuable opportunity — now that California is no longer positioning itself as an ideological island.
Thad Kousser is a professor of political science and the co-director of the Yankelovich Center for Social Science Research at UC San Diego.RELATED VIDEO: Republican and Democratic leaders in red states weigh in on Newsom’s southern tour (KCRA Sacramento) – Search (bing.com)
This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Your Free: Heritage Guide to the Constitution 
They continue to elect morons in Blue Cities!!!
My God it so shows that the people of NYC are even dumb and dumber.
🇺🇸 It’s time for government that puts America first! 🇺🇸
` DJT#2024 🙂
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Is Celery Juice ALL That

Celery Juice: Benefits and The Truth About ‘Medical Medium’ Anthony William
 (contrahealthscam.com)

Medical Medium Anthony Williams celery juice – Bing video

In Celery Juice: The Most Powerful Medicine of Our Time Healing Millions Worldwide, Anthony William, the originator of the global celery juice movement, introduces you to celery juice’s incredible ability to create sweeping improvements on every level of our health:

Healing the gut and relieving digestive disorders
Providing the brain with critical electrolyte support to counter disease
Balancing blood sugar, blood pressure, weight, and adrenal function
Neutralizing and flushing toxins from the liver and brain
Restoring health in people who suffer from a vast range of chronic and mystery illnesses and symptoms, among them fatigue, brain fog, acne, eczema, addiction, ADHD, thyroid disorders, diabetes, SIBO, eating disorders, autoimmune disorders, Lyme disease & eye problems:

After revealing exactly how celery juice does its anti-inflammatory, alkalizing, life-changing work to provide these benefits and many more, he gives you the powerful, definitive guidelines to do your own celery juice cleanse correctly and successfully.
You’ll get instructions on how to make the juice, how much to drink, when to drink it,
and what to expect as your body begins to detox. From the original source — here is everything you need to know to receive the full gift of what Anthony calls “one of the greatest healing tonics of all time.”

IS THERE TOO MUCH SODIUM IN CELERY JUICE?
All salt is not the same, just like all sugar is not the same. Consuming high fructose corn syrup, which is detrimental to health, is not the same as eating an apple, which can bring healing to the liver and provide a wealth of critical nutrients.
So don’t get confused by the idea that all salt is the same, because it’s not.
If you hear someone say that there’s too much salt in celery juice, they’re not correct.
The sodium cluster groups in celery juice are a subgroup of sodium. Science and research have not even discovered all the variations of trace minerals and subgroups of sodium that reside in celery juice. Sodium cluster salts are healing for the body and we can’t get have enough of them. Sixteen ounces of celery juice on a daily basis provides these sodium cluster salts we so greatly need.
Celtic sea salt or Himalayan rock salt are entirely different forms of sodium.
No matter how high quality the salt, putting Celtic Sea salt or Himalayan rock salt
in a drink or on your food is not the same as consuming enough of these undiscovered sodium cluster salts from celery juice.
Sodium cluster salts are the only form of sodium that destroys pathogens, helps detox the body and helps restore electrolytes and neurotransmitter chemicals. The sodium in celery juice is a medicinal sodium that’s meant for your bloodstream and your body whereas you need to be cautious of consuming too much of the type of sodium that comes in even the highest quality salts.

Is Celery Juicing Healthy For Your Body:

Celery Juice: “Is it safe to drink celery juice while pregnant or breastfeeding?”
Celery Juice: “Can I take my medications with it?”
Celery Juice: “is blending better than juicing?”

doctorIconRoundIyanuoluwa Oyetunji Dietitian – Search (bing.com)
Master of Science in Medicine, specialization in Human Nutrition ·

2 years of experience · Flag image of South Africa South Africa

Yes, celery can be consumed anytime. It is important to incorporate
vegetables into every meal. Vegetables, including celery contain a host of vitamins and minerals that help to maintain normal and important biochemical processes in the body.
Celery can be consumed in different forms including blending to make juice which can be taken anytime of the day. Celery may also be a wonderful way to manage calorie intake.

doctorIconRoundFaith Seke Dietitian – Search (bing.com)
PhD, Agronomy and Crop Science (ongoing), Master’s degree,

Food Science and Technology · 1 years of experience · Flag image of South Africa South Africa
Celery juice, used on a daily basis, helps to maintain intestinal flora balance and
promotes smooth bowel movement. Celery is mostly water, but also has a lot of
soluble and insoluble dietary fiber, which helps to avoid constipation & diarrhea.
Flavonoids in celery hinder the growth of certain microorganisms.

doctorIconRoundJodie Bennett Dietitian – Search (bing.com)

B.Sc. Food Science and Nutrition · 6 years of experience · Flag image of UK UK
You can drink, eat or juice celery anytime of the day, however you can reap most of
the benefits on an empty stomach. It is now known that consuming celery on an empty stomach can help improve your stomach acid concentration which helps with digestion. Celery can improve your skin’s appearance, reduce blood pressure, relax the body and more.

doctorIconRoundCarolina Castro Dietitian – Search (bing.com)
PhD Candidate (Health Services), Post Graduate Functional Clinical Nutrition,

Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition and Dietetics · 7 years of experience · Flag image of Australia Australia
Celery is a good option to eat in the morning, due to the high fiber content it can act as a natural laxative, plus can have anti-inflammatory benefits also because it is packed in phytonutrients.
doctorIconRoundMadison Deakin Dietitian – Search (bing.com)

Bachelor’s degree, Nutrition and Food science · 3 years of experience · Flag image of Australia Australia. Yes, it is good to eat celery in the morning. Celery is a great source of fibre which means including it in your diet in the morning may promote gut and digestive health. A healthy gut and digestion process is associated with better mental & physical health outcomes.

doctorIconRoundHannah Purtle Dietitian – Search (bing.com)

Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics · 1 years of experience · Flag image of Australia Australia
Celery is a low calorie vegetable that contains a range of vitamins, minerals and fibre.
As celery also has a high water content, it is great for hydration. Celery can be enjoyed
at any time of the day as a snack with a dip such as hummus, added to meals such as
soup or stew or simply eaten as is!

doctorIconRoundCagla E. Kayma Dietitian – Search (bing.com)
Bachelor of Science Nutrition and Dietetics · 7 years of experience · Flag image of UK UK
Yes, it is. High in fiber, celery will help improve digestion by keeping you regular.
Celery having a high-water content, it contains numerous vitamins and minerals,
including potassium and calcium, which are important for heart health.

doctorIconRoundChristos Sittas Dietitian – Search (bing.com)

M.Sc. in Nutrition and Exercise Sciences · 3 years of experience · Flag image of UK UK
Celery can be a great choice in the morning as it helps with hydration of the body, ameliorates digestion, reduces appetite, and provides the body with several
water soluble vitamins.

doctorIconRoundTheja Keerthi Dietitian – Search (bing.com)

M.Sc. Food Science and Technology and Nutrition · 5 years of experience · Flag image of India India. Celery is an easy addition to lunch or snack by serving raw, but not breakfast. Celery should be an add on to the meal. Morning breakfast should be heavy compared to other meals, Celery is very low in calories and high in fiber, which leads to malnutrition if we overdo it. Celery is high in electrolytes, vitamins and fiber and can be an easy addition to lunch or snack.

doctorIconRoundKrishna Priya Appali Dietitian – Search (bing.com)

M.Sc. Food & Nutrition · 7 years of experience · Flag image of India India
One should be careful not to overdo it on celery because it is so low-caloric and could lead to malnutrition. While fiber is good for better digestive health, however, too much fiber could lead to bloating or gastric issue or constipation or diarrhea. It is high in electrolytes, fiber and vitamins, good to have once a while or weekly 3-4 times, but not on a regular basis, especially individuals who suffer with gastric disturbances.

doctorIconRoundSrujana Gundu Dietitian – Search (bing.com)

B.Sc. Nutrition · Less than a year of experience · Flag image of India India
Celery juice or raw celery consumption in the morning is beneficial as it removes
the toxins from the body and has liver detoxifying and liver protective properties.
It lowers high blood pressure, has glucose-lowering properties, is cardioprotective
by reducing the total cholesterol content & increases good cholesterol in the body.
It also has antioxidant properties which fights against free radicals and prevents
oxidative stress.

doctorIconRoundLucía Ramos Dietitian – Search (bing.com)

Bachelor of Science · 8 years of experience · Flag image of Argentina Argentina
There is no scientific evidence as to the best time to eat celery. Celery is
a healthy option due to its high fiber and also low kilocalories content.
It’s recommended to have 2 or 3 portions of vegetables every day,
and celery is a good contribution.

doctorIconRoundLuciana M. Cherubin Dietitian – Search (bing.com)

Bachelor in Nutrition · 5 years of experience · Flag image of Argentina Argentina
Celery contains many healthy benefits. It is a great source of antioxidants,
reduces inflammation and is low in calories. However, there is no evidence
to suggest eating celery in the mornings is better than the rest of the day.

doctorIconRoundFelicitas Bouche Ocampo Dietitian – Search (bing.com)
Nutrition Professor, Bachelor’s Human Nutritional Sciences ·

5 years of experience · Flag image of Argentina Argentina. Celery in the morning is beneficial due
to its fiber, vitamin and mineral content, with components that have antioxidant and
anti-inflammatory capacity. Celery is also beneficial for bowel health. In the morning,
after night fast, celery is an excellent way of offering the body a nutritional food for
starting the day.

doctorIconRoundLivia Dickson Chen Dietitian – Search (bing.com)

PhD in Nutrition · 11 years of experience · Flag image of Brazil Brazil
Different health benefits are claimed from eating or drinking celery juice in the morning. But there is no scientific evidence. In fact, consuming celery regularly as well as other vegetables can promote health benefits, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be in the morning.

doctorIconRoundGabriella Leite Dietitian – Search (bing.com)

Nutritionist · 6 years of experience · Flag image of Brazil Brazil
Celery has numerous properties just like many other foods. Its consumption is
interesting but it should not be unique, if there are food variations and different forms of consumption it is very good. Celery has antioxidant and digestive properties, which are important when thinking about well-being and health.

doctorIconRoundLeticia Soares Dietitian – Search (bing.com)
Postgraduate Degree in Public and Family Health/Bachelor Degree

in Nutrition and Dietetics · 5 years of experience · Flag image of Brazil Brazil
It is healthy drinking celery juice in the morning, since this is the period when the intestine is able to absorb all the nutrients from the vegetable. Celery has diuretic properties and drinking its juice can increase the amount of urine produced in the body and help get rid of water retention. Celery is rich in antioxidants substances, which may reduce the risk of many diseases, including heart disease and certain types of cancers.

doctorIconRoundMarcelli F. Chagas Dietitian – Search (bing.com)

Bachelor in Nutrition · 1 years of experience · Flag image of Brazil Brazil
Although it is possible to mix celery juice with other fruits and vegetables, it is ideal to ingest it separately. Drink a 500 ml glass in the morning on an empty stomach. The most appropriate would be to buy organic celery and make the juice yourself – if organic is not available, wash it thoroughly before consuming.

doctorIconRoundJen Hsu Dietitian – Search (bing.com)

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc. ) – Nutritional Science · 11 years of experience · Flag image of Canada Canada. Eating celery in general is good for health as celery also provides a variety of micronutrients from Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, folate, potassium, and of course, fibre. There is no research stating which time of the day is best for eating celery but I personally would not recommend eating a big portion of celery in the morning since it has low calories and would not provide enough energy source to start off our day. A few sticks with other protein-rich food and carbs is acceptable.

doctorIconRoundWhitney Hills Dietitian – Search (bing.com)

Bachelor of Applied Science – Human Nutrition · 17 years of experience · Flag image of Canada Canada, Celery juice contains vitamin K, vitamin C, and small amounts of vitamin A, potassium, magnesium, and calcium. It also contains luteolin and pyrroloquinoline which may contribute to gut health and have anti-inflammatory properties. Some diets suggest drinking celery juice in the morning to promote digestion and cleanse or detoxify the body. Juicing celery removes some of the fibre and it may be just as beneficial to eat celery whole in other dishes. There is not enough research to show that celery juice on an empty stomach in the morning is as miraculous as some diets may suggest. It would not hurt to start some days with a glass of green juice, but do include whole vegetables in your diet most often.

doctorIconRoundDoug Cook Dietitian – Search (bing.com)

Masters of Health Science – Nutrition · 20 years of experience · Flag image of Canada Canada
The time of day makes no difference when it comes to eating celery. As a vegetable, it can be eaten any time of the day. There are no added benefits from eating it in the morning.

doctorIconRoundElise Museles – Search (bing.com)

Bachelor of Arts, certified in plant-based Nutrition · 5 years of experience · Flag image of Canada Canada. Celery is rich in fibre and nutrients and helps lower cholesterol, treats constipation, reduces stress hormone levels, fights inflammation and other health benefits, which is very much essential when starting a new day.

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Lena Cazes Dietitian – Search (bing.com)

Master of Science in Nutrition · 32 years of experience · Flag image of Canada Canada
Cilantro and parsley are herbs and celery is a vegetable. The easiest way to distinguish cilantro from parsley is through their taste and smell, because that’s where the two differ the most. Parsley has a pretty mild taste and scent so you may not be able to identify it based on these qualities alone. Cilantro has a very distinct, almost metallic scent and taste. Some people believe it has a soapy flavor, however, fans of the herb note its citrus taste. Celery is a plant that has a long fibrous stalk tapering into leaves and has a mild and strong taste at the same time, giving it a bold flavor. It can taste unpleasant to some people, and has a plant-like taste much like salad and kale does.

doctorIconRound
Janel Reeves – Search (bing.com)  


Master of Science in Nutritional Science · 4 years of experience · Flag image of USA USA
Celery is a vegetable that is also made mostly of water, as well as some vitamins.
With that said, eating celery at a specific time of day, like the morning, has no proven health benefits. If you enjoy celery, you can eat it whatever time of the day you would like.

doctorIconRound Michael Colangelo – Search (bing.com)

Master of Science (M.S.) in Nutrition · 15 years of experience · Flag image of USA USA
Some people like to drink celery juice in the morning and there isn’t any valid reason
not to drink it. There are claims it detoxifies, improves skin and digestion, and boosts metabolism and while most of these reports are anecdotal at best, it still makes some people feel good.
Like many other vegetables it is a wealth of vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients.
If you like celery juice, it is a good way to start your day with a green vegetable and it increases your daily vegetable intake, but don’t forget to incorporate raw celery that isn’t juiced into your diet. A balanced breakfast will also include a source of protein and fat. Variety is the spice of life and a cornerstone of good nutrition

doctorIconRoundAlli Shircliff – Search (bing.com)

Masters of Science in Nutrition Counseling · 18 years of experience · Flag image of USA USA
Some people eat celery in the morning because it is believed by some to have detoxifying and anti-inflammatory qualities. Celery is also high in water and has fiber, which are good for hydration and digestion, respectively. Also, the pectin-based polysaccharides (complex carbohydrates) in celery may help with digestion by protecting the lining of the stomach, which may be another reason why some people start the day with celery.

doctorIconRoundMadison Shaw Dietitian – Search (bing.com)

Bachelor of Science in Dietetics and Nutrition · 4 years of experience · Flag image of USA USA
Celery is a vegetable in the same family as carrots and parsley. The stock is crunchy and fibrous with a slight taster. Parsley and cilantro on the other hand are herbs with distinct tastes, although they look similar. Cilantro also has a rounder leaf, while parsley is more pointed. Cilantro has a strong, almost spicy smell, some people say it tastes like soap. Parsley has a more fresh and mild taste.

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U.S. WiLL CoLLapse Soon

Is Big Oil running out of gas? (msn.com)

The Golden Rule bible verse is the ethical principle of treating others as one would
like to be treated12. It can be found in Matthew 7:12 and Luke 6:31, where Jesus said,
Do to others what you would have them do to you12345. This sums up the Law and the Prophets, or the essence of all that is taught in the Old Testament125. The Golden Rule is part of the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus also taught about asking God for help4.

Democrats not enthusiastic about Biden
According to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public
Affairs Research, 52 percent of Democrats do not want Biden to run for president.
On the Republican side, 93 percent do not want Biden to run for reelection, which
“means that more than one in four adults surveyed do not want the president to seek
re-election,” Fox reported.
That over nine-in-ten Republicans wouldn’t want Biden to run isn’t especially noteworthy; we live in polarized times and cross-party support for any candidate is low. But that only 48% of Democrats want their incumbent president to run for reelection is noteworthy.
But Democrats don’t really have an alternative within the party.
Marianne Williamson and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. have announced campaigns to
challenge Biden’s claim to the Democratic nomination – but we’ve got a pretty good
idea this all ends with Biden winning his second consecutive Democratic nomination.

Democrats prefer Biden to the GOP alternative
Despite the lukewarm support for the president within the party,
Democrats are still signaling an intention to support Biden in the general election.
“If Biden wins the nomination, 41% of Democrats polled said they would definitely
support him – another 40% said they will likely support him,” Fox reported.
Why? Like I mentioned, we live in polarized times. Democrats would rather elect
an octogenarian with moderate-to-conservative leanings than elect a Republican.

Especially if that Republican turns out to be Donald Trump.
It’s funny. Democrats are more worried about Trump than any of the other GOP candidates – even though many of the GOP challengers, like DeSantis and Pence,
are more conservative in most respects than Trump.
But that doesn’t matter; that’s not how Democrats think.
Democrats have been hard-wired to view Trump as public enemy number one –
no matter what. So, Democrats will rally to defeat the orange-tinted Republican.

2024 campaign will be massive
Biden’s 2024 campaign could well be the most expensive political campaign ever.
And the earlier he announces, the faster he can get fundraising. Trump has something
of a head start with respect to fundraising. Actually, Trump made a fantastic haul after
his indictment – raising millions in hours. The president will have some catching up to do.
But with the platform of the presidency and the begrudged support of his party, however,
Biden will compensate.

Related video: Nearly half of Democrats feel Biden should run in 2024 (MSNBC).

 Support for Biden is low for multiple reasons.
For one, Biden is 80 years old; if he were reelected, his second term would
last through his 86th birthday. Most people agree: that’s too old for the presidency.
Second, the progressive wing of the party has, and has always had, reservations about Biden – who authored the 1994 crime bill, crafted Delaware into a corporate haven,
has personal misgivings about abortion and voted to invade Iraq. 

MORE: NY Times reveals Biden has held fewest
press conferences since Reagan: ‘Strategy to protect from criticism (msn.com)
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MORE: ‘Americans Will Pay The Price’: One Democrat Is Angry At Joe Biden
MORE: Could Joe Biden Get Impeached?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will bring back the democratic party of my father and
end the radical left’s nonsense destroying this country. The Republican party
is now the Democratic party of the 1960’s. The Democratic party is now the
Republican party of the 1860’s.

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Is the US dollar on the brink of collapse?
Top financial analyst thinks so.
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Renowned American geopolitical and financial cycle expert:
 Charles Nenner has issued a dire warning about the future of the US dollar, suggesting
it may be on verge of collapse. Nenner, who has accurately predicted various economic
trends in the past, believes that the dollar’s days as the world’s reserve currency could
be numbered due to the increasing influence of the BRICS nations and the potential
for global conflict.

BRICS nations pose a threat to the US dollar.
The BRICS countries—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—
have been working to reduce their dependence on the US dollar and
are reportedly exploring the creation of a new type of currency.
Revealed: Russia, China, Other Countries Get Ready To Tackle The West (msn.com)
According to Nenner, the increasing involvement of Saudi Arabia in these efforts could spell the end for the dollar’s dominance. As more countries move away from the top currency, it could lose its position as the global reserve currency, sending its value plummeting.
Nenner’s predictions indicate that the dollar could drop to 70 on the dollar index, a far cry from its current position of slightly above 100. The decline of the dollar, he warns, could have far-reaching consequences for the United States economy, leading to a brief increase in exports but ultimately resulting in economic stagnation and decline.

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Nenner’s analysis also points to what he sees as the decline of the United States
as a global power. He asserts that America is no longer the world’s leading nation,
and that its influence is waning. 

This decline, coupled with the potential collapse of the dollar, could lead to a significant downturn in the United States economy, and possibly even signal the end of American civilization as we know it.
The expert highlights the risks associated with his war cycle predictions, suggesting
that up to 30% of the world’s population could perish in the next global conflict.
Nenner warns that wars in Taiwan, South Korea, and the Middle East could all erupt simultaneously, leaving the country struggling to maintain its position on the world stage. 

Signs of economic turmoil ahead:
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Nenner’s outlook is far from optimistic, as he points to troubling trends in the real
estate market and the potential for a “Great Depression-style crash” in the near future.
The financial analyst notes that major banks are seeking his advice on purchasing physical gold as a means of safeguarding their assets in the face of impending economic catastrophe.
As a final warning, Nenner asserts that a collapse of the US dollar would likely lead
to investors worldwide dumping their securities, causing further economic turmoil.
He cautions that if China and Russia were to sell off their US bonds, consequences could be disastrous for the global economy.
Charles Nenner’s predictions paint a bleak picture of the future, and potential collapse
of the US dollar and the decline of American influence on the world stage.
With geopolitical tensions mounting and economic indicators pointing to a potential crisis, Nenner’s analysis serves as a sobering reminder of the fragility of our global economic system. 


IS A WORLD DEPRESSION AVOIDABLE?

In any economic system, the more that the purchasing capacity of money is not utilized
or if money is kept stagnant, the more the economic stratum is damaged. If due to huge interest rates charged by banks for credit card debts results in disparities in wealth, then the existing monetary system loses its ability to be the unit of economic equilibrium and stability. Both these factors are being ignored by Fed in its monetary policies. Due to this there is a severe chance of a global economic depression, because of USD being a global trade currency, if Fed does not reform it monetary policies in a timely manner.
During world war II, countries in Europe had to engage in trade related to bullion with other countries. When there is a direct trade in bullion, such countries suffer a partial depression. If countries which are prosperous in various spheres and have their economy unrelated to that of other countries undergoing a depression but invest their wealth in enterprises of a non-yielding nature ( or investments which do not earn any income in return) such as excessive defense spending, superfluous constructions, luxury goods, etc. these countries also eventually suffer from economic depression.

Hence, Keeping the defense industry running by means of engaging in unnecessary wars results not only in loss of human lives but such investments also do not yield any returns on their investments. The only way to avoid any kind of global depression is to reform monetary policies of all countries such that employees’ wages catch up with employee productivity.
This monetary policy would also force countries to base their currencies on a gold exchange standard which would essentially stabilize their monetary system, domestic economy and also international trade.
Engaging in fair trade for non-perishable goods and free barter trade for perishable
goods would eliminate any chances of a severe depression. In this case only a very slight economic recession could take place at the end of every financial year due to imbalances
in economic transactions as a result of barter trade of perishable goods.

When something, for some reason or other, descends from its universally accepted position, or its natural value is reduced or brought down, we call it devaluation.
When the leaders of the state find it difficult to balance the value of the currency with bullion, sometimes they officially reduce the value of the currency.
This is called monetary devaluation. Such a monetary devaluation leads to a severe economic depression if there is a trade imbalance which results in huge inflation as a result of monetary devaluation.
Hence, If any Global depression is to be avoided, monetary policies of Fed needs to be reformed before the Fed ends its QE in order to avoid any devaluation of dollar at later stage. If no Macro financial reforms are observed, an economic depression could be felt throughout US and the world due to inherent defects in the existing monetary policies
of the Federal Government.

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Harrison Kass is the Senior Editor at 19FortyFive. An attorney, pilot, guitarist, and minor pro hockey player, Harrison joined the US Air Force as a Pilot Trainee but was medically discharged. Harrison holds a BA from Lake Forest College, a JD from the University of Oregon, an MA from New York University. Harrison listens to Dokken.
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Mysterious Brain Tumor?

April 17, 2019. A date that, four years later, I look forward to. 

It’s the yearly reminder that I only get one life on this earth and to just enjoy it… and if ever something challenging or tough comes my way, to rely on the strength God gave me and the ones I love. Because in the end, it’s how you respond to those moments that builds character. So, thank you April 17 for helping mold the woman, wife, mom, daughter, sister, friend and everything else that I am today. 🧠 #anwarrior

In the years since Matthew Stafford was selected first overall in the 2009 NFL Draft, the quarterback has enjoyed a truly incredible amount of success. On top of everything that Matthew has accomplished in his career, he appears to have found a lot of happiness in his personal life as well. The couple started dating at Georgia where she was a cheerleader and he was a record-setting quarterback. They married in 2015. 
Matthew met his wife Kelly Stafford, who has been called one of the hottest NFL WAGs, when he was attending the University. While that certainly doesn’t mean the Stafford’s
are in the running for the longest-lasting celebrity marriages, it certainly seems like their marriage is built to last.

With that in mind, it is easy to imagine how scary it would have been for the Stafford’s
to learn that Kelly had a brain tumor. With that in mind, it begs an obvious question,
what has happened to Kelly since her brain tumor was diagnosed?
Kelly Stafford has acoustic neuroma brain tumor: Here’s what it means (freep.com)
From the outside looking in, it seemed like Matthew and Kelly Stafford were leading
an idyllic life. Seemingly deeply in love since they met, Matthew & Kelly have walked
down the aisle and welcomed four children into the world.

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Unfortunately for the happy couple, in April 2019 Kelly uploaded a post on Instagram which revealed that she’d been diagnosed with a brain tumor. In her post, Kelly revealed how she came to realize something was wrong which led to her seeking answers.
“Within the last year, I began to notice things that I thought were just me getting older…
I would show my girls how to do a front roll or twirl in ballet class and immediately feel dizzy & off balance. The things I had been doing my entire life were now, all of a sudden, difficult.”
 
“The beginning of Jan was when I experienced my first spell of vertigo…
It kept happening & then it happened while I was holding Hunter.” Kelly continued, “Matthew took me straight to the ER. They checked vitals & bloodwork, all were fine… Several vertigo spells later, Matthew’s team doctor recommended we go get an MRI
of my brain to rule everything major out.”
After undergoing that MRI, Kelly got news that would scare anyone
even though lots of people have survived having brain tumors including Mark Ruffalo.
“A few days later we were hit with the results. I had a tumor sitting on some of my cranial nerves. The medical term they used was an acoustic neuroma or vestibular schwannoma. All I heard was brain tumor & that they had to do surgery to take it out… so that is what
we are going to do & we believe we found the best doctor to do it.”

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To Kelly’s eternal credit,
Her Instagram post made it clear that she was doing her best to stay positive about
her situation. Most notably, Kelly revealed the inspiring reason she insisted on taking
a picture with Matthew to commemorate the day they learned about her brain tumor.

Matthew Stafford and Kelly Stafford brain tumor reaction
Matthew Stafford and Kelly Stafford brain tumor reaction
© Provided by TheThings

“This is a picture of Matthew & I the day we found out. I wanted this picture of us,
so that the day this was all over, we could look back at this photo & remember.”

Despite trying to stay positive,
Kelly was willing to be vulnerable enough to write about her fears in her Instagram post.  “I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t completely terrified of brain surgery. I am. I am terrified of them opening my head, I’m terrified of losing my hearing, I’m terrified of losing facial function.
I’m terrified of far worse things that could happen and I’m terrified that I won’t take the time I need to recover because the guilt I might feel of being absent from my kids for too long..” Finally, Kelly finished her Instagram post by asking her followers to pray for her and her family.

What Happened After Kelly Stafford’s Brain Tumor Diagnosis
Later the same month that Kelly Stafford revealed that she had a brain tumor, she followed up on Instagram to reveal that she’d undergone surgery to remove it. As it
turns out, Kelly’s follow-up post revealed that her brain surgery didn’t go as planned.

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Once Kelly’s surgery began, her surgeon discovered she had an “abnormal” vein in her skull. Fortunately for Kelly, she got very lucky as not only did her surgeon know how to handle the “abnormal” vein, he’d actually written a paper on it.
Thanks to her doctor’s expertise, he was still able to successfully complete her surgery,
but also took him twice as long. Needless to say, those twelve hours must have been excruciating for Kelly’s loved ones.

Kelly Stafford leaving the hospital
Kelly Stafford leaving the hospital© Provided by TheThings

Several months after Kelly’s surgery, she was interviewed by Click On Detroit.
During the resulting conversation, Kelly revealed a lot about her journey after she
found out about the brain tumor. For example, Kelly revealed how she broke down
after learning about the tumor and then realized she wasn’t alone.
“I remember sitting down with [Matthew] in the waiting room and just losing it.
Just thinking about our girls and the unknown. But I remember looking around
in that waiting room,” Stafford paused, with tears in her eyes.

“At all the other people sitting there waiting to get looked at.”
“I remember one girl had a scar on the back of her head that was pretty fresh.
And reminding myself that people go through this every day.” Kelly continued,
“It’s not just me. But it was just a really tough moment in my life but as I looked
around, I pulled strength from everybody in the room.”

Kelly revealed that feeling like she couldn’t help at home following her surgery was
the hardest part of the recovery process for her. “The hardest part about it was coming
home to a quiet home. I knew that’s what I needed, and I knew that’s what the doctor
said I needed. But when you go through this, the first thing I want to see are my kids.”

Kelly Stafford recovering from complicated brain surgery: 'Truly God's ...
Matthew Stafford and Kelly Stafford© Provided by TheThings

“I’m re-learning how to move again. There would be nothing I could do for them.
Except for sitting there and watching them,” Kelly continued. “So, I knew that was what
I needed, and it wasn’t what I wanted. Every day, Matthew would come and help me out
of bed, walk to the sink, brush my teeth.”
“I’m normally very upbeat with my kids. I’m loud, that’s just who I am. I couldn’t get that energy up to be that mom that I normally am with them.” Kelly continued, “I felt like they read it immediately.” Most importantly, Kelly finished up the interview by revealing how her recovery was going at that time.

“I feel amazing,” Kelly said, adding she feels close to her old self. “The energy…they said it would take like a year for my energy to be back to what it really was. Your brain gets tired quicker because it’s trying to figure everything out. I push myself. I will try.

It’s because I have great support when I come home.”
Later in 2019, Stafford penned an essay about her recovery that was published on ESPN.com. In that piece, Kelly wrote about suffering hearing loss after her brain surgery and not being able to handle loud noises at that time. Furthermore, Kelly wrote about how difficult it was to attend her husband’s football games at that time.

“I’ve only gone to one football game this year. They’re exhausting for me — I mean,
I feel like Lions games are always exhausting for everybody, because every game they play,
I feel like it always comes down to the last play — but the noise and constant action would be tough for me.”
With that in mind, perhaps the best way to sum up how far Kelly has come since her surgery is to look at her Instagram account. After all, Kelly now regularly posts images
of the very busy life she shares with her husband and kids including several images of
her attending football games. What Happened To Matthew Stafford’s Wife After Her Mysterious Brain Tumor? (msn.com)

Kelly Stafford shares story of brain tumor diagnosis,
12-hour surgery (clickondetroit.com)

Kelly Stafford praises brain tumor doctor: ‘his patience saved my hearing’ and according
to doctors, the tumor that Stafford has developed in an area that is responsible for vital functions and is packed tight with nerves. “The most common symptom is tinnitus or a ringing in the ear, followed probably by hearing loss,” said Dr. Jack Rock, a neurosurgeon for Henry Ford Hospital. “The symptom that doesn’t happen slowly over time is vertigo.”

Vertigo was the symptom that alerted Kelly Stafford that there was a problem.
“It’s not a rare lesion, but it’s not common. It’s benign and it, in 95 percent of the cases, really mostly in the young people, you can live a completely normal life after surgery,” Rock said. Rock noted the biggest challenge with removing the tumor is making sure
the nerve that controls facial movements isn’t damaged.

“It’s challenging to take the tumor off without injuring the nerve.
Experienced surgeons can do this fairly reliably, very reliably, but it’s something that takes technical skill to do,” he said. Kelly Stafford praises brain tumor doctor ‘his patience saved my hearing’. On April 3, 2019, Kelly announced that she needed surgery to remove a tumor from her brain on her cranial nerves. She said the medical term doctors use was acoustic neuroma or vestibular schwannoma.

In an Instagram post Tuesday, she explained that after she was diagnosed, they visited doctors all over the country and found Dr. Thompson at the University of Michigan hospital. She wrote that he had worked on thousands of acoustic neuroma cases. “He reminded me of my dad,” she wrote. “He truly cared and was empathetic, which meant so much to me.”

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The regular six-hour surgery turned into a 12-hour process after doctors
found an abnormal vein. “In his 2000 cases, he had seen it ONE other time.
BUT because it was so rare, he & his team wrote a paper on it for other surgeons.
Then, God sent him to me & although surprised when he cut in to see the artery,
he was confident & prepared. He took his time & was patient.

There was a moment when they thought I might have lost my hearing completely.
He made everyone & everything stop, they all sat, & waited for some time… the audio
wave returned. His patience saved my hearing, as well as my face. You read right,
he PRESERVED MY HEARING!” she wrote.

Kelly Stafford recovering from complicated brain surgery:
‘Truly God’s work’ – WSB-TV Channel 2 – Atlanta (wsbtv.com)

Kelly Stafford’s message to women after brain tumor scare:
‘Listen to your body’ (clickondetroit.com)

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Family over everything. Wife to an amazing man & mom of 4 girls

Who is Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford’s wife Kelly?
Kelly said Matthew told her that when Dr. Thompson gave him the rundown of what happened, he said it was a “team victory.” “He kept giving credit to his team which included, Dr. Telian (ENT), Dr. Joseph (neuro chief resident) Dr. Welch (ENT Fellow)
& Jane (Dr. Thompson’s NP). This team is my dream team… like the ‘92 bulls with
DR. Thompson as my MJ & Dr. Telian, my Scottie Pippen… MVPs of their craft.”

She said that Dr. Thompson visited every day and when she was forced to return to the hospital after the surgery due to pain and massive headaches, he drove an hour to make sure he saw her in person and check her out.

“I will forever be in debt to this man & his team. I can’t express how grateful
I am for him… his kindness, empathy, patience, knowledge, & steady hands.

Thank you Dr. Thompson, thanks so much to you & your team.”
I AM GRATEFUL TO BE ALIVE to Watch My Daughters Grow Up!
Kelly Stafford (@kbstafford89) | Instagram
#acousticneuromawarrior #staffordstrong
Podcast: @themorningafter.kellystafford

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Dee Mani-Mitchell

I Had Aggressive Cancer, But Was Healed Naturally Within 5 Months.
Here’s What I Did. – The Washington Standard

Dee Mani Mitchell Cancer Story – Bing video
Dee Mani-Mitchell developed Triple Negative breast cancer in March 2017. 
After 5 months, she was declared cancer free with no evidence of disease.
To this day she is still cancer free. She now spends her spare time, supporting
and mentoring other cancer sufferers and their loved ones. “During my research,
I came across an older lady in America who had cured her own Triple Negative
Breast Cancer with cannabis oil.

“I then discovered Rick Simpson and The Truth About Cancer and The Sacred Plant docuseries.” Due to the intense level of Reefer Madness in the UK, many are still of the belief that cannabis is a ‘scary,’ drug, linked to mental illnesses such as psychosis and paranoia. “I had smoked a few joints when I was younger,” Dee said, when discussing if she was worried about trying medical cannabis, “so I was well aware of the psychoactive compounds.

“I was more worried about the thought of having to use chemo if alternative medicine didn’t work.” Cannabis oil, however, was not the only treatment Dee received to help cure her cancer. “I had a lumpectomy which was the only medical intervention. “My oncologist expected me to have a combination of chemotherapy and radiotherapy for 12 months.

Dee Mani on The Kate Shemirani Show – 07 May 2023 | TNT Radio (podbean.com)
“Apparently Triple Negative doesn’t respond to any anti-cancer drugs and following the lumpectomy there would still be cancer cells left over. “I refused the chemo and rads, and was given all clear 14th August 2017!” Dee’s inspiring story could have been a major catalyst in changing the negative public perception on medical cannabis, helping to raise awareness of the ancient medical herb’s potential use as a cancer treatment.

Instead, Dee’s story was used to generate clicks for Alt-Right news outlets, such as
The Sun and The Daily Mail, and as an advert for Holland & Barrett’s CBD products.  Discussing her views on the mainstream misrepresentations, Dee said, “I’m annoyed as hell that The Daily Mail (who ran the article first) chose not to disclose the oil I use is FECO with a very high THC level. “Instead, they decided to print that I only used CBD!
“They even mentioned that my oil didn’t get me high, which of course it did.

FECO, Rick Simpson Oil
Full spectrum cannabis oil, with THC, that Dee used to cure her cancer.

THC is illegal in the UK.
“Following on from the original article the same story went viral globally,
it became out of my control to get my correct message across.
“I was then approached by Love It magazine.
“I agreed to another article on the promise that they would
use my correct details and I was able to proofread the details before it went to press.
“The article was 100% true and had all the correct details, however, they chose to put a Holland and Barrett advertisement for their CBD oil right smack bang in the middle of the 2 page spread!
“I contacted editors from both The Daily Mail and Love It and I’m yet to hear a response from them. “I was also informed that as long as the journalists don’t change my actual quotes (which they hadn’t done) they are free to ‘tweak’ the stories to suit their reader… unfortunately, The Daily Mail believed that mentioning THC as an illegal substance would be too controversial for their readers.”

The Daily Mail is the UK’s most read newspaper.
Millions of people read their website every year. Millions of people could have been potentially misled by their coverage of Dee’s story. Placing discussions about CBD oil within articles on Dee’s story has the potential to mislead readers into thinking they too could cure their cancers using legal CBD oils. “It may be a coincidence but as soon as my first article was featured,” Dee explained, “the day afterwards, H&B was all over the mainstream media, with headlines misleading people that their CBD oil cures cancer.
“They have simply jumped on a hype to gain bigger profits, most of their stores sold out in an instant! “H&B are giving false hope to cancer patients all over the world and I think it’s an absolute disgrace!

“I would never advise a cancer patient to use CBD oils. I strongly believe that THC is vital. “Each cancer type reacts differently to different ratios, for instance, I knew that Triple Negative responds best with a very high THC, however, I also understand that estrogen-positive types of breast cancer respond better to a lower THC ratio.” Cannabidiol (CBD) has experienced a recent boom in the UK, around 250,000 users in the U.K., double the 125,000 in 2016.
THC, however, remains illegal with no sign of being legalised or decriminalized while the Conservatives hold office. THC, they argue, can lead to addiction to harder drugs and the development of severe mental illnesses. Stories like Dee’s, however, illustrate how wrong our Conservative Government truly is when it comes to drug laws.
Dee explained to us that cannabis not only helped cure her cancer, but has helped her in other aspects of her life: “Whilst I’ve always considered myself to be healthy, I’ve always suffered from insomnia to the point where I was prescribed valium. “I also have 3 slipped discs in my back, from an injury that occurred almost 20 years ago. Since then, I’ve been on medication daily to alleviate the pain. “I also suffer from allergies (dust, pets, pollen) and needed antihistamines again on a daily basis.

“When Dee Mani started the oil, she no longer had sleepless nights and no back pain 
It did not take long for Dee to notice the changes: “The sleepless nights went straight away after my very first dose, the back pain and allergies seemed to disappear after a couple of weeks and rarely ever needed to take an antihistamine!”. Dee stated, “Around 2 months after I started taking the oil I felt healthier than I ever had, I couldn’t actually believe
that I had cancer because I felt so well.

“Medical cannabis saved my life!
While the anti-cannabis campaign by Alt-Right news outlets has scared many unfortunate people into believing that cannabis is an ‘evil, psychosis causing drug,’ Dee was unfazed by the negative reputation the herb has: The fact that cannabis oil is illegal did not for any minute affect my decision. “I started to grow my own plants to produce the oil.”
I even decided to inform the police of my harvesting for fear of a neighbour contacting them. “They advised that I was able to have at least 25 plants for medical reasons.”
Despite the purposeful campaign to use Dee’s story to sell CBD for Holland & Barrett,
the public reaction Dee received for standing up has been a largely positive one:
“The public feedback has been absolutely amazing, I’ve had people from all over the world congratulating me on my success and asking for advice on them medicating themselves using cannabis oil. There are so many people touched by my story that are now rooting for this natural plant to finally become legal again.”

Asked what message she could pass onto other 350,000+ British citizens diagnosed with cancer each year, Dee replied: “To simply educate yourself on everything and anything to do with cancer. Understand why you developed cancer in the first place and what you can do to firstly rid it from your body safely, and secondly, make sure you take measures to prevent a recurrence.”
“Don’t be afraid to disagree with your oncologist and be proud to have your own opinion.’ Dee said. “Most importantly, believe in the power of medical cannabis!”
Cancer survival stories like Dee’s often miss out some key details, with many left thinking that cannabis alone was what cured the cancer. Cancer survivors, who utilize medical cannabis, often make significant changes to their lifestyle, alongside cannabinoid treatments.

“Along the cannabis oil,” Dee explained, “I completely changed my lifestyle.
“I quit smoking, cut down on alcohol, ate a plant-based diet, juiced daily, took supplements such as turmeric, vitamin C, garlic pearls and biotin.
I took essential oils such as frankincense, oregano, wormwood and lemon oil.
“I meditated and took frequent salt baths.”
Dee Mani bravely stood up in the face of public persecution and told the world that cannabis oil, containing high levels of THC, saved her from cancer. Unfortunately, vultures decided to use her story to generate clicks on their website and sell CBD oil from Holland & Barrett’s. If the Alt-Right media goes unchecked, millions of desperate cancer patients may be misled into purchasing CBD thinking it contains the same anti-cancer properties as the cannabis oil Dee used to save her life.

Over 350,000 British citizens are diagnosed with cancer each year in the UK,
with over 165,000 of them dying. Hundreds of thousands of innocent lives could
be helped by legalizing access to full spectrum cannabis oil.
Hundreds of thousands of innocent lives could be lost due to misleading articles.
Help us tell the truth about Dee’s incredible story, and raise awareness about the
true medical potential of THC, by sharing this article.

Dee’s amazing story can be read in full in her tell-all book: 
My Way: Following the cancer brick road, from diagnosis
to all clear naturally in 5 months…

The success of her book led Dee to start My Way CBD to specialize in natural CBD Healing solutions that add value to the world of natural healing by revolutionizing posture towards hemp products and the wellness cannabinoids bring human lives. Dee is a columnist for two medical marijuana publications and writes with the goal of one better understanding of our health, our world and our place in it. A mission that has occupied them in many different roles: writer, motivator, supporter, inspirer, advocate and awareness builder.

Dee Mani refused the toxic conventional medicine of chemotherapy and radiation and instead opted to heal her body naturally, using a combination of nutrition, supplements, essential oils, cannabis oil and a positive mental attitude. Based on the best-selling cancer book from Amazon with the title “My Way”, in which the Journey of Curing an Aggressive Cancer with Fully Extracted Cannabis Oil, Author Dee Mani-Mitchell decided to open a branch of CBD oils and wellness products with a Difference.

A successful businesswoman who has personally relied on cannabis for many years.
She deals with her own health problems and is constantly breaking down barriers with her beliefs. This healing should be built into our more natural life. Dee is on a mission – to improve the quality of life through natural and effective healing Solutions. The exciting part is that Dee has developed a completely unique line of CBD Infusions.

As part of her daily life, she leads a cancer support group in which she Recommends patients add essential oils to their healing protocol and they help with treatment protocol. Apoptosis (cancer cell death). Pure, organic, food-safe (ingestible) essential oils often come at a high price. So Dee decided to include some very powerful essential Oils with their range of broad-spectrum CBD to be more affordable for people who want it.
Take both CBD and high-quality essential oils.

Early Life and Education
Dee was born Dee Mani on July 4th in Birmingham, United Kingdom. .

Career
Dee trained in pharmaceuticals for 5 years after college, she left the pharmaceutical industry after she understood the corruption ongoing. In 2017, she developed Triple Negative Breast Cancer Grade 3, her oncologist recommended a year’s worth of chemotherapy, detailing that she had about one year left to live.
But she refused Conventional Medicine (Chemotherapy/Radiotherapy) due to the
death of her sister which had taken place several years before. Dee started searching for natural ways to heal and found that many other people were healing with cannabis oil. 

So, she decided on this course of action. 
She took the oil every night, treating it like a sleeping pill as the THC makes you sleepy, and while you sleep, you heal. Dee managed to heal within a short five months, using a range of supplements, diet changes, and the illegal full extract of cannabis oil. She decided to share her experience to help to inspire other cancer patients and their families, her book shared her healing journey. The book’s success led her to create a private cancer support group to help other patients and their families. She also co-authored 2 other Amazon best-selling books Perfect Health and Life After Birth Trauma. 

She currently mentors patients worldwide and is also a columnist for two medical marijuana publications Weed World Magazine and Dank Dollz Magazine, and writes
with the aim to create a better understanding of our health, our world, and our place in it. She shares healing stories from various patients that she has helped heal from a range of diseases.

She went on to launch her range of CBD oils – called My Way CBD. 
The reason was to help people access good quality affordable oils, unlike many others on the market. “My job now is to educate people, teaching them how they can be healthy and prevent any disease, not just cancer,” she told The Portugal News.[1] My Way CBD stock infusions of Frankincense, Myrrh, Ashwagandha, Ginger, and Oregano oil. All essential oils are organic and safe for internal use, with 10% of the essential oil in each 30ml bottle of goodness. 

My Way guarantees an entire product range with a “complete transparency” and a strict “no evil policy “, which is always free from harmful chemicals, pesticides, solvent residues, Toxins, chlorophyll, fats and lipids, preservatives, sulfates, mineral oils, parabens, animals Tests, artificial colors and perfumes. All products are also vegan, GMO-free and kosher.

All products are formulated with the most refined laboratory tested CBD oils that are certified in both UK countries and US laboratories. She has been interviewed by many publications and podcasters worldwide and nominated for Best Wellness Influencer Award by Cannavist in 2021.

She is recognized internationally as a Natural Health Advocate and a Cannabis Expert
as she is on a mission to educate the world on Natural Health and Disease Prevention. [2] 
She is also the founder of My Way University, an institution offering quality cannabis
education about the benefits of medical cannabis.[3]

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Cutting Edge Treatments

Exciting advances involve radiation, tumor surgery and new insights into the nervous system.

Karen WeintraubUSA TODAY 

Cutting-edge advances in cancer treatment are underway. 
 What if radiation treatments could be given in a handful of
seconds rather than weeks of treatments?
What if surgeons could actually see tumor cells rather than
simply hoping they got rid of them all?
What if scientists could come up with new ways to detect, treat and understand tumors?
These were among some of the ideas presented this week in Orlando, Florida, at the American Association for Cancer Research annual conference, where more than 6,500 scientists shared their work and their hopes for improving the lives of cancer patients.
Work against cancer has continued over the last three years, despite the pandemic, said Dr. Robert Vonderheide, the conference’s program committee chair. The thousands of presentations and 20,000-person turnout should convince people of that. 
Obviously, lots of the research is worth public attention. But with Vonderheide’s guidance, USA TODAY picked three ideas that seemed among the most surprising and hopeful, the kinds of approaches that have the potential to transform cancer treatment and patients’ lives.

The first is “flash” radiation, which concentrates weeks of treatments into a few days;
the second, an imaging technology that lights up cancer cells to help surgeons
track them down.

“Two of the most fundamental tools, cancer surgery and cancer radiation, are undergoing before our eyes fundamental changes in their technology,” said Vonderheide, who directs the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania. “They are each promising better success.”

A third line of research is providing insights into the role of the nervous system in cancer, which could eventually be used to help patients sleep better, heal faster and live longer.

Researchers typically focus on a tumor, but there are “systemic signals that might tell us how best to treat a patient or that a patient actually has a lurking cancer,” Vonderheide said. Like the immune system, which has increasingly been manipulated to help fight  cancer over the last decade, the nervous system monitors the body and remembers
what it encounters. 

“The immune system is probably the first system to know that cancer exists. And probably the nervous system is the next one,” he said. “Maybe there’s new inroads in early detection if we focus on neurological health and immune health.” None of these new approaches is readily available yet, but Vonderheide thinks they’re among the advances worth watching. 

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Flash radiation could mean cancer treatment in seconds, not weeks
At least half of patients with solid tumors endure radiation at some point during their treatment. Radiation typically takes about 15 minutes, though sessions can last an hour
or more and are scheduled every weekday for three to nine weeks – requiring a total
of 15 to 40 visits.
Patients may suffer skin burns, dry mouth, difficulties eating and swallowing, and exhaustion. They must upend their lives and often a loved one’s to get to a clinic so many times.
Radiation therapy is traditionally delivered in small doses over weeks so it can efficiently kill tumor cells while being less toxic to surrounding healthy tissue, said Constantinos Koumenis, a professor of radiation biology at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine.
But as many radiation patients can attest, treatments still do plenty of damage to
normal tissue. Instead, Koumenis and dozens of other research teams have been testing
“flash radiation,” which uses ultra-high dose rate beams of energy to zap tumor cells.
Patients might get the same amount of radiation in just two to four sessions of less
than 1 second each. “The vulnerability of the tumor cells is essentially the same,” 
Koumenis said. “What’s different is the normal tissue is more resistant to the flash radiation.”

A therapist readies a proton therapy machine at the Roberts Proton Therapy Center at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Proton beam machines are gigantic, hugely expensive and not widely available,he said,

But they can also deliver flash radiation at 1,000 times the dose rate of conventional radiotherapy. While the X-rays used in conventional radiation damage normal tissue on the way to and from the tumor, proton beams are stopped by the tumor, so only affect healthy tissue in one direction, he said.
Koumenis and teams in Europe have been testing flash radiation in pets.
They’ve shown that they can efficiently and safely deliver these high-dose
rate beams in dogs and cats with sarcomas and head and neck cancers.
The first human trial, which started about two years ago, showed that the approach was safe and feasible in 10 patients whose cancer had spread to their bones. 

Additional human trials are ongoing or are being planned in the next two to three years.
Many more studies are needed, Koumenis said, but he hopes using flash radiation in head and neck cancer, for instance, might better preserve the taste buds and salivary glands, enabling the patient to maintain the ability to taste and swallow.
“We could keep the same dose, achieve the same control of the tumor,
but now spare these senses,” he said.
In other cases, when the radiation isn’t aimed at critical organs, patients might be able to tolerate higher doses “and perhaps achieve better control of the tumor and better survival because we’re not causing unacceptable side effects,” Koumenis said. “In my 25 years in radiobiology research, this is the most exciting we’ve been in this field.”

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 What to know about the state of cancer
New imaging could helps surgeons remove more of the tumor
When surgeons go to take out a tumor, they use their instinct and years of experience to know when they’ve cut out enough. Then they send frozen slides to the pathology lab to quickly assess if they’ve gone safely beyond the tumor, creating a negative or clean margin.
But time and again, patients whose surgeons thought they got everything find out they didn’t.
“Positive margins kill people,” said Dr. Eben Rosenthal, chair of
the Department of Otolaryngology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. 
“We do surgery the same way we did 30 years ago … It’s disappointing to me as a surgeon.” Rosenthal is at the forefront of an effort to literally highlight tumor cells,
offering surgeons an additional way to identify and eliminate cancer. 

Researcher Marisa Hom points to a nerve that has been colored with a fluorescent dye to make it easier for a surgeon to see.
By adding dyes to therapies that hone in on cancer cells,

A surgeon can get a better look at the tumor as it sits in the body, identifying tumors too small to be felt or seen with the naked eye.Once a tumor is removed, the dyed cells can help surgeons assess what part to send to pathology, avoiding the false sense of security that can come from sampling the wrong bit of tissue or cutting out more healthy cells than necessary – from, say, the nerves, tongue or brain, Rosenthal said.

“It tells you very quickly where to look,” he said.
But Rosenthal said the effort he started in 2010 has been mostly ad hoc, combining existing equipment and medication. “Literally, we’re just throwing things together that are not really intended for that purpose,” he said.
The approval process has been a challenge, he said,
because no one stands to make a lot of money from this procedure.
“I would love to see this developed in a way that would really help patients,” he said. “My goal is to show value, so that at some point when a company is able to get off the ground, we can know (it will work).” 

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Manipulating the nervous system to fight cancer     
Growing a tumor is a lot like growing a new organ, according to Jeremy Borniger, an assistant professor at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on New York’s Long Island.
It may look like a mass of cells, but a tumor is fed by blood vessels, communicates with the immune system, and like any other organ, connects to the body’s nervous system. 
For decades, scientists have explored ways to treat cancer by manipulating a tumor’s
blood supply and changing the way it interacts with the immune system.

Borniger is part of a burgeoning effort to focus on the role nerves play in cancer.
“They’re not just playing a passive role,” he said. “They’re important for all phases of cancer development from initiation all the way through to therapeutic resistance and responses to therapy.”
Many people with cancer suffer from chronic fatigue, sleep disruption, appetite changes and brain fog. These are all problems of the nervous system, said Borniger, who’s been working to figure out whether these symptoms stem from cancer therapy or cancer itself.
Studies in brain tumors have shown that cancercan affect brain circuits – and the tumors that tinker more are more dangerous. How common it is for nerves to directly talk to other types of cancer cells is one of the questions scientists are now asking, Borniger said. 

Nerves (in red) embedded in the breast tumor (white) of a mouse.
But it’s already clear that when treatments block the communication
between nerve and tumor cells, 

It “drastically alters” the tumor’s growth, cancer’s spread within the body and
its response to treatment. “It’s really exciting that we can mess with one tiny nucleus in
the brain and have such a strong effect on physiology and tumor growth,” Borniger said.
“The idea will be how linked are these things and what are the right knobs and dials to turn that we can restore this normal functioning so that we can block the bad signaling that promotes cancer.” 
So far, most of this work has been in animals, but early trials are beginning, particularly with already-approved medications like beta blockers that might affect the release of chemicals from the nervous system even in tumors like breast cancer.

Future treatments, Borniger said, might include electrical stimulation to better understand and directly affect the body’s wiring system, adding “good signals” to counteract the bad.
The bottom line, Borniger said, is that tumors are not floating in a vacuum, but integrated into the body’s systems.
“What’s becoming more evident is we need to start listening to how the body is responding to things and not just what’s happening in isolation,” he said. “One of the best ways we can listen to what’s going on is by tapping into the nervous system. Its function is to figure out what’s going on and to try and fix the problem.” This article was originally published in May 2022, and updated in February 2023.

Cancer is one of the world’s biggest killers, leading to 10 million deaths in 2020.
Scientists are using artificial intelligence, DNA sequencing, precision oncology
and other technologies to improve the treatment and diagnosis of the disease.
Breakthroughs include the DNA sequencing of more than 12,000 cancer tumours
and a new test for diagnosing pancreatic cancer – one of the deadliest cancers.
Cancer will kill nearly 10 million people in 2020 and is a leading cause of death globally, according to the World Health Organization.
Breast cancer, lung cancer and colon cancer are among the most common cancers.
Death rates from cancer were falling before the pandemic. Now COVID-19 has caused a big backlog in cancer diagnosis and treatment. But medical advances are continuing
to help the world fight cancer.

Here are some recent developments.

Precision oncology
Precision oncology is the “best new weapon to defeat cancer”, the chief executive of Genetron Health, Sizhen Wang, says in a blog for the World Economic Forum. This involves studying the genetic makeup and molecular characteristics of cancer tumours in individual patients. The precision oncology approach identifies changes in cells that might be causing the cancer to grow and spread. Personalized treatments can then be developed. Because precision oncology treatments are targeted – as opposed to general treatments like chemotherapy – it can mean less harm to healthy cells and fewer side effects as a result.

Artificial intelligence fights cancer
In India, World Economic Forum partners are using emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to transform cancer care. For example, AI-based risk profiling can help screen for common cancers like breast cancer, leading to early diagnosis. AI technology can also be used to analyze X-rays to identify cancers in places where imaging experts might not be available.
These are two of 18 cancer interventions that The Centre for Fourth Industrial Revolution of the World Economic Forum India hopes to accelerate. Scientists at Cambridge University Hospitals have sequenced the DNA of more than 12,000 cancer tumors to reveal new clues about the disease. Image: Science/Cambridge University Hospitals.

Infographic of sequenced DNA of cancer tumours.

Greater prediction capabilities
Lung cancer kills more people in the US yearly than the next three deadliest cancers combined. It’s notoriously hard to detect the early stages of the disease with x-rays and scans alone. However, MIT scientists have developed an AI learning model to predict a person’s likelihood of developing lung cancer up to six years in advance via a low-dose CT scan. Trained using complex imaging data, ‘Sybil’ can forecast both short- and long-term lung cancer risk, according to a recent study. “We found that while we as humans couldn’t quite see where the cancer was, the model could still have some predictive power as to which lung would eventually develop cancer,” said co-author Jeremy Wohlwend.

Clues in the DNA of cancer
At Cambridge University Hospitals in England, the DNA of cancer tumours from
12,000 patients are revealing new clues about the causes of cancer, scientists say.
By analyzing genomic data, oncologists are identifying different mutations that
have contributed to each person’s cancer.
For example, exposure to smoking or UV light, or internal malfunctions in cells. These are like “fingerprints in a crime scene”, the scientists say – and more of them are being found. “We uncovered 58 new mutational signatures and broadened our knowledge of cancer,” says study author Dr Andrea Degasperi, from Cambridge’s Department of Oncology.

Liquid and synthetic biopsies
Biopsies are the main way doctors diagnose cancer – but the process is invasive and involves removing a section of tissue from the body, sometimes surgically, so it can be examined in a laboratory. Liquid biopsies are an easier and less invasive solution where blood samples can be tested for signs of cancer. Synthetic biopsies are another innovation that can force cancer cells to reveal themselves during the earliest stages of the disease.

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CAR-T-cell therapy
A treatment that makes immune cells hunt down and kill cancer cells was recently declared a success for leukaemia patients. The treatment, called CAR-T-cell therapy, involves removing and genetically altering immune cells, called T cells, from cancer patients. The altered cells then produce proteins called chimeric antigen receptors
(CARs). These recognize and can destroy cancer cells.
In the journal Nature, scientists at the University of Pennsylvania announced that
two of the first people treated with CAR-T-cell therapy were still in remission 12 years on.

Fighting pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers.
It is rarely diagnosed before it starts to spread and has a survival rate of less than
5% over five years. At the University of California San Diego School of Medicine,
scientists developed a test that identified 95% of early pancreatic cancers.
The research, published in Nature Communications Medicine, explains how
biomarkers in extracellular vesicles – particles that regulate communication
between cells – were used to detect pancreatic, ovarian and bladder cancer
at stages I and II. 

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