I find it funny that many times after publishing in a peer reviewed journal I have to go to sci-hub to get access to my own pdf
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most small medical practices are sold to large corporate hospitals. the legacy that could be created from building a resilient practice for a community across multiple physician generations with doctors and financial partners has been lost.
the cash based medical and health practices that are slowly building steam will help rebuilding this tradition
one of the studies that first made me question the concept of viral "infectiousness" was this 2005 paper. it is assumed that EBV reactivates when the human is stressed, but these are astronauts that test negative for symptoms.
They are asymptomatic yet under none physiologic conditions in space produce fragments which we call epstein barr virus.
It dawned on me when reading this paper that it could be reactivation of a virus incorporated into our molecular biology or it could be that humans create the dna in times of stress and shed these particles as a purge of internal derangements.
https://files.ostermayer.co/pierson2005.pdf
PubMed
The anatomy of medical research: US and international comparisons - PubMed
New investment is required if the clinical value of past scientific discoveries and opportunities to improve care are to be fully realized. Sources...
Calcium builds and maintains bone; phosphorus is crucial for energy metabolism.
chronically high phosphorus (especially from sodas, processed meats, and some protein additives) can trigger hormonal changes that pull calcium out of bone and into the blood.
Cambridge Core
High phosphorus intakes acutely and negatively affect Ca and bone metabolism in a dose-dependent manner in healthy young females | British Journal of Nutrition | Cambridge Core
High phosphorus intakes acutely and negatively affect Ca and bone metabolism in a dose-dependent manner in healthy young females - Volume 96 Issue 3
Effects of High Phosphorus Diet on Bone Metabolism-Related Gene Expression in Young and Aged Mice - PMC
In this study, the effects of high phosphorus (P) diet on bone metabolism-related gene expression were investigated in young and aged mice. Twelve-...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002916523275462
Western diet often has a 20:1 omega-6:omega-3 ratio, hunter-gatherer diets were closer to 4:1.
Zinc supports immunity and testosterone; copper supports collagen, red blood cells, and antioxidant enzymes. Excess zinc can deplete copper and lead to anemia-like symptoms and low white blood cells.
Anemia Due to Unexpected Zinc-Induced Copper Deficiency - PMC
Anemia due to acquired copper deficiency is most commonly the result of malabsorption or dietary deficiency. However, it can occasionally be due to...
plastic cutting boards are gross
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/20/13442?utm_source=chatgpt.com
academic science involves working for free or grant wages and then spending many unpaid hours editing and submitting manuscripts. then when accepted for publications you sign the rights to your work over to a private journal that sells access to your work that was probabaly supported by government funding
"The four major scientific publishers — Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley, and Taylor & Francis — earned more than $7 billion in 2024, with profit margins unimaginable in almost any other industry, exceeding 30%, according to a new analysis led by British anthropologist Dan Brockington of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. This collective windfall is explained by the “publish or perish” system — which rewards improbably prolific scientists who produce a study every two days — as well as a shift in the industry’s business model.
Previously, readers paid subscription fees to access quality journals. Now, amid the push for open access to science, it is the authors themselves who must pay to have their research published so that others can read it for free. This perverse incentive — whereby both scientists and journals earn more the more they publish, regardless of quality — has fueled a flood of millions of low-quality studies.
Elsevier is the publisher that publishes the most studies and earns the most, with a 38% profit margin ($1.5 billion in 2024), according to the analysis by Brockington and his colleagues."
EL PAÍS English
The fall of a prolific science journal exposes the billion-dollar profits of scientific publishing
One of the 15 publications that put out the most studies globally has been expelled from the indexing system for irregularities. Its publisher, Els...
the metabolic theory of cancer is starting to catch on
hopefully it because mainstream that the mitochondria is at the heart of cancer development
"no tumor has yet been described with a normal content or composition of cardiolipin, the inner mitochondrial membrane-enriched phospholipid essential for the efficiency of OxPhos function"
most oncologist still treat cancer as a generic disease (a mutation gone wild)
The Warburg hypothesis and the emergence of the mitochondrial metabolic theory of cancer | Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes
Otto Warburg originally proposed that cancer arose from a two-step process. The first step involved a chronic insufficiency of mitochondrial oxidat...
PubMed
Mitochondria and the Metabolic Logic of Oncocytic Tumors - PubMed
Oncocytic tumors represent a compelling model for understanding cancer through the lens of mitochondrial metabolic dysfunction, challenging the pri...
whenever you want to teach your kids something new, lead by example if you want your kids to learn a new instrument, then you should show them that you can learn one as well
so many people that work in healthcare define health as the absence of disease or if they know that's not quite right, struggle with coming up with a real definition
"Health is our ability to do the things we really care about for as long as possible"
i have never met a child that is addicted to tools.
cultivate a computing experience with your children where they use computers as tools.
time is only experienced by the events that occur within it.
https://annas-archive.org/search?q=Vilhjalmur+Stefansson
Vilhjalmur Stefansson was an explorer and anthropologist in the Arctic before World War I, and spent many years living with the Eskimo, hunting, fishing, eating, and living very similarly to them.
He wrote and talked extensively about the carnivore diet, almost 100 years ago.
kids like these crackers and they done have garbage in them
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NUFS - 'nuffin but the best
NUFS is a women-owned and led family business that's bringing bold flavor experiences made from simple ingredients to the cracker aisle. All our cr...
100 years ago every "winter", people did caloric restriction, intermittent fasting, and low carb.
as your physical exertion declined because it was too cold, you ate less.
unless you lived at the equator, and then you continued to work shirtless and eat your normal amount.
The Quiet Ban on Physician-Owned Hospitals
"In most sectors of the American economy, we celebrate the moment when insiders break
away to build something better. Engineers start their own firms. Chefs open their own restaurants. Innovators leave incumbents and test their mettle in the market. Only in US healthcare do we treat that entrepreneurial impulse as a threat worthy of prohibition.
Section 6001 of the 2010 Affordable Care Act froze the growth of physician-owned hospitals (POHs) by barring new POHs from getting paid by Medicare and Medicaid, and by restricting the expansion of existing POHs. It did not ban POHs outright, but it had roughly the effect of a ban; after years of growth, the number of POHs in the US abruptly plateaued at around 230-250, and practically no new POHs have opened since 2010.
Supporters of the ban on POHs say it is needed to prevent conflicts of interest, cream-skimming, and overuse."
The Quiet Ban on Physician-Owned Hospitals | The Daily Economy
your stomach acid is not only an important defense against contaminants in food but also helps your intestinal biodiversity.
long term antacids like proton pump inhibitors increase infectious risks and damage long term health.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2808367
The Positive Association between Proton Pump Inhibitors and Clostridium Difficile Infection - PMC
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are among the most commonly used medications by patients due to its availability over the counter and frequent prescr...