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New Recs: Twice as many Americans should take statins! /AmerHeartAssn
New guidelines from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology for the use of statin drugs came out on November 12. This is a very big deal for big Pharma, for doctors and for patients. Health consumers beware! The guidelines may lead to tens of millions of healthy, low-risk people being transformed…
I don’t know what this means but “New discovery shows human cells can write RNA sequences into DNA” is worth looking into/Phys.org
https://phys.org/news/2021-06-discovery-human-cells-rna-sequences.html We already knew that under certain conditions (including infection with HIV, which contains a reverse transcriptase) cells could “write” RNA into DNA. But I didn’t think it happened that often. However, according to this paper, a DNA polymerase that is normally present in mammalian cells has this ability too. If so, it could really…
GMO’s unacceptable elsewhere, good enough for Americans: Japan Suspends Some Imports of U.S. Wheat
Most US corn, sugar, canola oil and soy produced and sold in the US is genetically modified. That includes most food for human as well as animal consumption. Monsanto has had patents on GMO wheat since the 1990s. However, wheat is the US’ largest export crop. Rather than being fed to livestock or unwary…
What DHHS proposes to tell parents about giving anthrax vaccine to their children
In order to meet the requirements of 45 CFR 46.407, a federal advisory panel must review the proposed pediatric research, agree that it will provide important generalizable knowledge, and that children participating in the research will be protected from taking dangerous risks. DHHS has convened the necessary panel, which will meet to discuss details of…
IgG2 Deficiency May Underlie Cases of Life-threatening Swine Flu
from the Canadian Press: Researchers from Melbourne, Australia tested pregnant patients with life-threatening swine flu infections for levels of antibody in different antibody subclasses. This test is rarely done, but is used to investigate possible immune deficiencies. Serendipitously, the researchers and treating physicians found that one class of antibody (IgG2) was low in most of…
My Guantánamo Nightmare/ NY Times
In my view, the term “American exceptionalism”had a meaning, which stemmed from our adherence to the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Those days are gone, and institutionalized brutality is no longer unlawful. The NY Times essay below, published on the 10th anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo prison, was written by the former Sarajevo Red…



