HEALTH: If pigs and rats will not touch it and it can’t rot … … why should humans?

Monday, December 8, 2025

https://johnklar.substack.com/p/what-pigs-and-rats-taught-me-about?publication_id=779141&post_id=179717459&isFreemail=true&r=3vwsqx&triedRedirect=true

What pigs and rats taught me about human snack food

  • You are what you eat….

John Klar
Small Farm Republic
Nov 27, 2025

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As an experiment, I left a rejected pink Snoball on the floor in one of the pigs’ stalls. I would shovel up their manure and bedding daily, but leave the half-round pink dainty to tempt them on the concrete floor. But they wouldn’t bite. (I recall one brave, presumably very hungry pig taking a nibble, no more.)

With all that grain, bread, hay, and sweets stockpiled, we attracted a small population of rats that I would sic my border collies on when we startled them on barn entry. The rats would creep into the pigs’ stalls to scavenge for their leftovers. But they wouldn’t touch that pink Snoball.

Nor would the flies. I left the thing out for weeks, and nothing would eat it. Over time, it remained preserved, as though it had been prehistorically sealed in amber, though it was in the open air. It wouldn’t rot – even the mold and bacteria eschewed the rubbery marshmallow lure.

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I have a suggestion for RFKjr and the CDC / FDA (aka Big Pharma advocates).  Let’s create a new simple test for foods, additives, and chemicals.  I call it the “Pig, Rat, and Mold” test. 

(Remember the Big Mac that was untouched by age?)

A panel of pigs, rats, and molds will be introduced to a proposed food.  If they won’t eat it, or it unfortunately kills, them, then it’s stamped “Unfit For Consumption” and treated like an industrial poison.

No expensive study required.

If BigAg is convinced the pigs are wrong, then they can fund the studies to prove that. Laugh!  I can see the ads now: “9 out of 10 pigs agree, this is inedible.  Be unique and be a early adopter!”

Argh!

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HEALTH: A Missing Link Between Concussion and Alzheimer’s?

Thursday, December 4, 2025

https://nautil.us/a-missing-link-between-concussion-and-alzheimers-1184691/

Neuroscience
A Missing Link Between Concussion and Alzheimer’s
Viruses may play a surprising part
By Katharine Gammon January 27, 2025

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Itzhaki says in the future she wants to look into how to interrupt the damaging processes that unfold following traumatic brain injuries, such as those suffered in soccer, boxing, and football. She is aiming to test antivirals and other medications to reduce the inflammation caused by viruses that could be reactivated after a brain injury.

Though they are far from a perfect proxy, brain organoids will help her and others to continue this work.

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This is interesting to me in that Alzheimer’s is a devastating disease that robs people of memories and condemns them to an expensive end of life disaster.

Even football’s NFL, the NFPL, and individual players are recognizing the risk of the “sport”.  

Boxing should be restricted because we’ve seen the effect.  Muhammed Ali is the poster child for the damage.  There has to be a more civilized way to have this sport made safer.

Hopefully there will be a cure before too many more are lost.

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HEALTH: The Quiet Rise of a Pharmaceutical Star — at what risk?

Monday, November 17, 2025
https://www.offthegridnews.com/pain-free-living-off-the-grid/gabapentin-nation-almost-all-aches-and-irritations-now-get-this-off-label-pill/
 
Gabapentin Nation: Almost All Aches And Irritations Now Get This Off-Label Pill
2025 Nov 11 at 10:31
by Bill Heid
in Pain-Free Living Off The Grid
 

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The Quiet Rise of a Pharmaceutical Star

It didn’t start out this way. Back in the ’90s, gabapentin was just another seizure med. Then came the sales push. The company behind it sent reps and doctors to fancy dinners and “educational retreats,” where talk quietly turned to off-label uses—headaches, mood swings, ADHD, you name it. Eventually, that little scheme cost them almost half a billion in fines. You’d think that would’ve ended the story.

But then the opioid crisis hit. When OxyContin started wrecking lives and headlines screamed addiction and death, doctors needed something—anything—that wouldn’t destroy their patients or careers.

Gabapentin looked like a safe harbor: cheap, not technically addictive, and tolerated well enough. So, when the pain didn’t fit a neat category, gabapentin became the fallback.

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​Seems like an over prescribed med.  Wonder when we’ll see the ads “if you were hurt by Gabapentin, call 1-800-gab-pent to join our class action suit”.  Of course, like all “class actions”, only the lawyers get rich.
 
And, like thalidomide, when do the bad effects become visible?
 
Married to a chronic pain after amputation sufferer, she report that it’s “not very effective and only dulls the pain for an hour”.  If so, why bother?
 
Wonder when we will see the studies about ill-effects and Big Pharma abuses?
 
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HEALTH: Caution Against Suppressing Fevers?

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/why-does-natural-medicine-caution

Why Does Natural Medicine Caution Against Suppressing Fevers?
Exploring the link between Tylenol and Autism
A Midwestern Doctor 
The Forgotten Side of Medicine
Nov 02, 2025

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Story at a Glance:

  • Over-the-counter (OTC) pain and fever medications are widely used despite having marginal efficacy and significant side effects that hospitalize hundreds of thousands of Americans each year.
  • While a widespread practice, using these medications to reduce fevers has long been controversial, both due to their toxicity and the notion that fevers are essential for health.
  • During the 1918 Influenza pandemic, one of the most critical lessons was that avoiding fever suppression was vital for protecting patients from dying.
  • While considered the “safest” option, Tylenol has a wide range of issues, including liver damage, gastrointestinal issues, blood cancers, and kidney injuries.
  • An extensive body of data connects using Tylenol during pregnancy or in infancy to the development of neurological injuries (e.g., autism).
  • Many of these tragic cases illustrate a longstanding observation within natural medicine—suppressing superficial reactions (e.g., fevers) can transform illnesses into chronic ailments that can cause far more issues.

*** and ***

Many consider NSAIDs (ibuprofen and naproxen) amongst the most hazardous drugs in the U.S. because:

  • They are the leading cause of drug-related hospital admissions
  • Kidney damage is a significant risk. 
  • NSAIDs raise cardiovascular risks.
  • Gastrointestinal bleeding 
  • They impair healing, especially of ligaments

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My string of kidney docs —  thanks to all the changing of insurance networks during Obamacare —  have ALL warned me not to take ANY “pain treatments” without consultation.

Those pregnant women with TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome) are really brainwashed.  Even if DJT47 is wrong, why would you risk your baby and your own health to prove a political point.

And, we should learn from the history of medicine with the axion “first do no harm” that sometimes doing nothing is the best strategy and tactic.  Many from Eastern and Western medical traditions have urged that body can hal itself in some cases.  

Humans should be humble and realize that we can’t know it all and have to be careful when “popping pills”.

Some conditions don’t ned Big Pharma’s quick fixes.

Sigh!

“Do Your Own Research. Make Up Your Own Mind. Think For Yourself.” — Sharyl Attkisson

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HEALTH: Time for a “death sentence” is in order for Big Pharma

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/the-mrna-reckoning-has-begun?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1119676&post_id=172678300&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=3snn7d&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

The mRNA Reckoning Has Begun

  • Epidemiologist Nicolas Hulscher on the Kim Iversen Show

Nicolas Hulscher, MPH

Sep 03, 2025

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They may harm future generations.

Infant mortality, declining for 30 years, reversed sharply in 2021 shortly following mass mRNA uptake in childbearing age women. Babies born years later are now dying at a 77% excess rate

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This to me is the single biggest STOP sign on mRNA “vaccines”.  

Remember they redefined the word “vaccine” to cover mRNA.  Bait and switch?

Who can forget Thalidomide?  The birth defects showed up in the NEXT generation.

At the very least, to cure basically a bad “cold”, we’ve made ourselves “lab rats” for Big Pharma.

It seems that regulatory capture has run its course, and that the “death sentence” is in order for Big Pharma.  And Nuremberg trials for the politicians, bureaucrats, Pharma executives, doctors, and any medical personel found complicit in this “medical disaster / time bomb”.

Argh!

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HEALTH: Why hasn’t this been more widely know? Money!

Saturday, September 6, 2025

https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/vaccine-autism-link-proven-by-case?publication_id=1119676&post_id=172268221&isFreemail=true&r=3snn7d&triedRedirect=true

Vaccine-Autism Link Ascertainable By Case Studies

  • Population-wide statistical analysis can be manipulated and it often misses the complex reality of individuals.

John Leake  —  Aug 29, 2025

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Likewise, Dr. Jon S. Poling, (formerly at the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital) and and Dr. Robert Zimmerman were not imagining things when they published their paper, “Developmental Regression and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in a Child with Autism” in which they described the case of Hannah Poling (Dr. Poling’s daughter).

*** and ***

Though it was initially concealed from the public, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims acknowledged that Hannah Poling’s profound autism had indeed been caused by the battery of vaccines she received at the age of 19 months.

The extraordinary intrigue and skulduggery of the U.S. government’s conduct in the Poling case is presented in our new book, Vaccines: Mythology, Ideology, and Reality.  

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Why hasn’t this been more widely know?  Money!  Big Pharma is legally immune to lawsuits.  Time to revoke that immediately.

All the politicians, bureaucrats, corporations, executives, doctors, and researcher should be made PERSONALLY responsible for this disaster.

I empathize with the poor baby and her family.  This should be headline news any time the word vaccine or autism is mentioned.

At the very least, there needs to be a reasonable interval between shots.

Argh!

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HEALTH: What fact can we “tease out” of just that single factoid?

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/sudden-deaths-incapacitations-soar-among-covid-jabbed-airline-pilots-report/?utm_source=digest-canadian-2025-08-26&utm_medium=email

Sudden deaths, incapacitations soar among COVID-jabbed airline pilots: report

  • Since 2021, deaths of ‘younger’ airline pilots have risen markedly, long-term disabilities have surged, and near-miss incidents at airports have skyrocketed.

Doug Mainwaring  — Mon Aug 25, 2025 – 4:22 pm EDT

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 “Something happened in 2021” that has jeopardized air travel safety, according to a disturbing report by Dr. Kevin Stillwagon, a retired airline pilot and immunology expert. 

Mounting evidence points to the COVID-19 vaccinations that airlines, acting under pressure from the U.S. government, mandated or otherwise coerced their cockpit, cabin, and ground crews into taking.   

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You don’t have to be an epidemiologist to look at subsets of the population and draw reasonable inferences.

Pilots dying and incapacitated in far larger numbers than the historical average.

What fact can we “tease out” of just that single factoid?

It’s reasonable to blame the Covid 19 “vaccine” and just on that basis alone stop allowing it.  Certainly not mandating it or even recommending it.  Maybe some careful investigation MIGHT need some testing.  But there would have to be a lot of safeguards and planning for adverse impacts.

Similarly we can see from the Amish that there is some connection between autism, which is virtually nonexistent in the Amish community (as is obesity), and something we, in the general population, are doing. First thing that comes to mind is vaccination.

Based on that alone, we should be suspending most if not all vaccinations until we establish safety as a prime directive.

Remember the Nuremberg requirement for informed voluntary consent for ALL medical actions!

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HEALTH: So why is RFKjr excoriated for his being an “anti-vaxer”? Anyone remember thalidomide!

Friday, August 29, 2025

https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/breaking-cdc-child-death-records?publication_id=1119676&post_id=171601670&isFreemail=true&r=3snn7d&triedRedirect=true

BREAKING: CDC Child Death Records Indicate Severe Transgenerational Harm of Mass mRNA Vaccination

  • A new analysis of CDC data by The Ethical Skeptic shows children born following mass mRNA vaccination of mothers are dying at a 77% excess rate.

by Nicolas Hulscher, MPH  —  Aug 21, 2025

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A new analysis by The Ethical Skeptic of CDC/NCHS death certificate data using Deviation from Trend (DFT) analysis reveals a disturbing development: a sharp, sustained rise in infant and child mortality among those who neither had COVID-19 nor received the vaccine, but whose parents were previously exposed to mRNA injections.

The evidence points to two risks—teratogenic effects during pregnancy and transgenerational epigenetic effects passed through germline biology. Together, they raise historic concerns about the long-term impact of synthetic mRNA technology.

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Anyone remember thalidomide?  I do.

The adverse effects of a “morning sickness” drug given to expectant mothers was found to cause birth defects in their children.

https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(11)62157-5/fulltext

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In the United States, the drug was never approved for marketing, thus averting a major tragedy. Thalidomide initially was denied Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval by Dr Frances Kelsey, who reviewed the new drug application and had concerns about the lack of safety data.7 Dr Kelsey was instrumental in preventing the drug from being marketed in the United States. Once the teratogenic properties of the drug were known, the application for FDA approval was withdrawn. Dr Kelsey subsequently received the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service from President John F. Kennedy. 

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So why is Rfkjr being excoriated for his being an “anti-vaxer”?  Isn’t he pointing out that the mRNA “vaccines” have not been adequately tested?

I don’t understand how one bureaucrat is lauded for holding up a drug and another is criticized for basically doing the same thing?

Argh!

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HEALTH: What happened to the Presidential Fitness Challenge?

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/06/13/Guinness-World-Records-red-light-green-light-Anaheim-California/1291749834068/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4b9c55d78644b3a882a4d

Odd News
June 13, 2025 / 1:12 PM
World’s largest game of red light, green light played in California
By Ben Hooper

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June 13 (UPI) — A fitness education group in California broke a Guinness World Record by gathering 1,423 people to play the playground game red light, green light.

CF Fitness Inc., an education-oriented group aimed at promoting physical fitness at schools, gathered students from the Anaheim Elementary School District and their families to play the record-breaking game at Yorbe Park in Anaheim. 

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As you know as a little L libertarian, I really don’t like Gooferment involvement in anything.

BUT, (and there is always a BIG butt), here’s a cheap and easy way to get children, and maybe some adults, moving.

I remember the Presidential Fitness Challenge; do you?

Every Gooferment politician, from mayor to governor, can spark up their own “challenge”.  Make it fun and somewhat competitive.  Get some ribbons and medal to give out at the end of school year.  

Like being an Eagle Scout, that I am not one or had the opportunity to be one, I believe that children can be encouraged to accomplish great things.

Instead of a nation of “thumbs” ((i.e., video game addicts mindlessly spending hours in front of a screen), we could create physical and mental challenges that would prepare then for a healthy and happy life.

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HEALTH: Fried foods are really “greasy”

Friday, June 6, 2025

Personal Observation:

Got some take out last night and it came with French Fries.  My better half today gave me all the fries to break up for the birds.  In the process of doing that, my hands were covered with “grease” and some of it leaked out on the bottom of the dish.  

Yuck!  

I’ve come to the conclusion somewhat very very belatedly, that all that “grease” can’t be good for our health.  Some of it actually congealed at room temperature into globs.  Clearly that can’t be good for veins and arteries.

Now I love McDonald’s French Fries when they are hot as well as KFC.

(Was the name change from Kentucky Fried Chicken to KFC because they took the “chicken” out?)

But no more, too much grease in  anything “fried”?

YMMV FWIW

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HEALTH: But I like hot dogs and sausage … …

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2025/05/13/ultraprocessed-foods-cardiovascular-deaths.aspx?ui=f9839516412491bb1e06c9e47058c6fb81b9b9b6acedf03e65e93dfdb263c1b9&sd=20210317&cid_source=dnl&cid_medium=email&cid_content=art1HL&cid=20250513&foDate=false&mid=DM1746242&rid=291736034 

Ultraprocessed Foods Linked to 4 in 10 Cardiovascular Deaths and Increased Mortality Risk
Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola   
May 13, 2025

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Story at-a-glance

  • Nearly 38% of cardiovascular deaths in Canada are linked to ultraprocessed foods. These products contribute to 96,000 new heart disease cases and 17,400 deaths each year
  • Eating just one additional daily serving of ultraprocessed food raises your risk of obesity by 7%, abdominal fat by 5%, and Type 2 diabetes by 12%
  • Ultraprocessed foods increase cognitive decline risk by 16% and stroke risk by 8%, with the strongest effects seen in Black participants
  • Processed meat products like hot dogs and deli meats are linked to a 43% higher risk of death from neurodegenerative diseases and a 13% higher all-cause mortality risk
  • Even small amounts of ultraprocessed food trigger inflammation, oxidative stress, and mitochondrial dysfunction that accelerate aging and drain your energy daily

Ultraprocessed foods dominate grocery store shelves today in the form of frozen dinners, packaged snacks, and fast-food items. While they offer convenience, they are engineered to hijack your appetite and flood your system with harmful compounds. These products, stripped of real nutrition and loaded with additives, trans fats, and artificial ingredients, are slowly clogging your arteries and setting you up for a heart attack or stroke.

According to a recent study, nearly 38% of all cardiovascular disease deaths in Canada are directly linked to ultraprocessed food consumption. 

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OK OK ok, I am a believer.  But I still like hot dogs.  Don’t eat them anywhere as near as used too but old habits are hard to break.

Luckily my significant other is pescatarian who likes to cook; so I get lots of “good for me food” that’s very tasty.

We’ll see if that helps me make it to 132 (to steal back all the social security dollars “they” stole from me  — ignoring the time value of money!).

Diet-wise I’ve been doing better and losing some weight and keeping it off.

My target is 175  — the weight I was in the military  —  so I have long way to go but I have all the time in world.  Laugh!  Or so I think.  (Remember the fellow who said “think of your age in decades?  So I’m only 7!)

YMMV but what’s the harm in trying to avoid soda and UPF (ultra processed foods)?

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HEALTH: Doctors know best? I’m not sure of that!

Saturday, March 22, 2025

https://bestlifeonline.com/common-mistake-taking-vitamins/

The #1 Mistake People Make When Taking Vitamins, Doctors Say

By Craig Kanalley  —  Mar 14, 2025

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 5 | Your doctor knows best.

As Harvard Health sums up, based on the Physicians’ Health Study II, the top consideration should always be: “Ask your doctor.” They’ll be able to determine if you need to take a multivitamin, if you have a vitamin deficiency, and how to go about it the right way.

Why chance it? Just have a conversation with your doctor so you can safely take vitamins, align with the right dosage, and live a healthier life.

*** end quote ***

It’s a well known fact that medical schools don’t teach nutrition.  

Further after Covid revelations, doctors have been compensated for getting a majority of their patients they see vaxed.

“Appeal to authority” is one of the many logical fallacies that philosophers warn us about.

I follow nutrition facts dot org, and Doc Gregor points out many scientific studies that defy current “wisdom”.  Plant based diets have a great track record.  (Ugandans eating their tradition vegitarian diets don’t get colorectal  until they move to the city and eat a western diet.)

Blue zone diets are mostly plant based and lead to long healthy lives.

So, don’t tell me the profession, that use to advertise cigaret smoking as healthy, is the “authorized fact source”.

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HEALTH: Now we know that ‘post-vaccination syndrome’ is real

Monday, March 3, 2025

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14421799/yale-scientists-covid-vaccine-study-message-victims.html

Yale scientists who risked careers to publish bombshell Covid vaccine study issue message to shot’s victims
By EMILY JOSHU STERNE HEALTH REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and ISHITA SRIVASTAVA FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 01:40 EST, 22 February 2025 | Updated: 07:03 EST, 22 February 2025 

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On Wednesday, a team from Yale University known for their rigorous work revealed the mRNA shots can cause a previously unknown condition known as ‘post-vaccination syndrome.’

The syndrome appears to cause brain fog, dizziness, tinnitus, extreme fatigue and biological changes to patients’ immune systems.

Dr Akiko Iwasaki, the lead researcher behind the paper, told DailyMail.com she understands her findings could be seen as controversial. But she wants patients to know her team will keep studying to bring them ‘better transparency and safer vaccines.’  

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Now we know that ‘post-vaccination syndrome’ is real.  And, who do we hold accountable and how?

What’s controversial?

People were harmed.  People were misled.  People were unemployed forcibly.

How can it all be made right?

How is it prevented in the future?

Argh!

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HEALTH: Think about a visual of a “credit card per week”?

Friday, February 28, 2025

https://johnklar.substack.com/p/maha-vs-microplastics-to-ensure-the?publication_id=779141&post_id=156807700&isFreemail=true&r=3vwsqx&triedRedirect=true

MAHA vs Microplastics – To Ensure the First, Get Rid of the Second!

American children are being sickened by toxic partisan ideology.

John Klar

Feb 19, 2025

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If Americans are ever to be healthy again, an effective response to ubiquitous microplastics will be essential. Recent confirmation hearings of the MAHA maven Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. focused on his supposed vaccine and abortion positions while mainly ignoring his opening statement centered on American diets. Industrially-backed officials may thrust their ostrich heads in the political sands, but America’s babies and children are left exposed to toxic chemicals in the meantime – especially microplastics.

*** and ***

Studies increasingly demonstrate toxic threats to developing children’s bodies from microplastics and chemicals called phthalates (plasticizers) used in plastic containers and food service gloves. A recent study of human brains found an average equivalent of a plastic spoon’s worth of microplastics per brain, an increase of 50% in eight years. A 2023 study estimated that humans are inhaling the equivalent of a credit card per week of microplastics.

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The visual of a “credit card per week” made a traumatic impression upon me.  Don’t know why?  For me at the end of life’s journey, not much worries me. 

BUT, (and there is always a BIG butt), what about the little children?

That can’t be good for them.  Not sure how the average parent prevents that, but I’d sure like to know.

Argh!

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HEALTH: Dogs become immune to radiation, heavy metals and pollution; what can we learn from this disaster?

Sunday, December 15, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14174993/dogs-chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-mutated-new-superpower.html

Dogs living near Chernobyl nuclear disaster have mutated to develop new superpower
By ELLYN LAPOINTE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 16:18 EST, 9 December 2024 | Updated: 06:01 EST, 10 December 2024

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Dogs living near the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster have mutated to develop a new superpower – they are immune to radiation, heavy metals and pollution.

Scientists collected blood samples from 116 stray dogs living in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ), finding two different populations that were both genetically distinct from other dogs in the surrounding area.

This suggests they have adapted to withstand long-term exposure to this toxic environment and would explain why they have continued to thrive in the wasteland.

*** end quote ***

Hopefully something great can come from this disaster.  Imagine if we learnt how to survive and thrive in hostile environments.  Might be needed for space travel where such exposures are likely.  The “exclusion zone” maybe habitable to humans, but who’d want to live there.  Like Sweden, the Amish, and the California Seventh Day Adventists, we don’t often have such obvious control groups.  We have so much to learn that we can’t afford to be stupid and unobservant.

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HEALTH: If you have a loved one sent to the hospital, … …

Tuesday, December 3, 2024

https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/what-makes-hospitals-so-deadly-and

What Makes Hospitals So Deadly and How Can We Fix It?
November’s Open Thread
A Midwestern Doctor
Nov 24, 2024

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In this month’s open thread, I’ll share my thoughts on a question many have asked me since Trump and RFK Jr. won the election and an actual window has been created to change healthcare policies in America—what could be done to increase the survival rates in our hospitals and how can you protect a loved one that’s hospitalized?

*** and ***

Overall, the remarkable illustration of this corruption was the fact that families eventually began suing hospitals to allow the use of ivermectin for a relative who was expected to die even after being subjected to Fauci’s hospital COVID protocols. Remarkably, because there was so much money on the line, the hospitals chose to fight these lawsuits in court rather than just give ivermectin to the patients. In turn, of the 80 lawsuits filed by lawyer Ralph Lorigo, in 40 the judge sided with the family, and in 40 with the hospital, and of those, in the 40 where patients received ivermectin, 38 survived, whereas of the 40 who did not, 2 survived—in essence making suing a hospital arguably the most effective medical intervention in history. Yet, rather than take this data into consideration, the profit-focused hospitals banded together to develop an effective apparatus to dismiss further lawsuits.

*** and ***

Sadly, while this is quite depressing, it’s simply illustrative of a few more toxic trends that have taken over medicine.

*** end quote ***

So maybe “doctors” have to wear sponsors’ logos on their white coats like race car drivers.  Ditto for politicians and bureaucrats!

Personally when my sainted wife was in the hospital, I “babysat” like a mother hen documenting everything.  And I mean EVERY THING.  Like who came in and what if anything was, or was not done.  Meds were logged and when I found a mistake I raised holy hell.  

One time, I even called the local fire department when she was put in an overcrowd ward with fellow who was on oxygen and smoking.  (It was fun when the firetrucks showed up and the Fire Marshall was literally yelling at everyone in “management”.  He shut the ER down for 12 hours while they brought everything up to code.)

I’m not a fan of “medical care” and especially when there is an obvious financial conflict of interest.

If you have a loved one sent to the hospital, then I urge you to monitor their care 24 by 7 by 365,

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HEALTH: About Vaccines That You Should Know

Thursday, November 28, 2024

 

 

Nine Things About Vaccines That You Should Know But That No One Else Will Tell You

https://www.2ndsmartestguyintheworld.com/p/nine-things-about-vaccines-that-you

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The American Government was warned of this danger back in 1956 but the doctor who made the discovery was ignored and her laboratory was closed down. Surprise, surprise. It was five years after this discovery before drug companies started screening out the virus.

And even then Britain had millions of doses of the infected polio vaccine in stock. There is no evidence that the Government withdrew the vaccine and so it was almost certainly just used until it had all gone. No one can be sure about this because in Britain the official records which would have identified those who had received the contaminated vaccine were all destroyed by the Department of Health in 1987.

Oddly enough the destruction of those documents means that no one who develops cancer as a result of a vaccine they were given (and which was recommended to their parents by the Government) can take legal action against the Government.

Gosh.

The world is so full of surprises. My only remaining question is a simple one: How do these bastards sleep at night?

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“Well, I’m not a <insert profession that requires a lot of study>, I have never played one on TV, and I didn’t stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, but here are some simple thoughts.”

Seems there is a lot of calling RFKjr an anti-vaxer.  I’ve heard him say that “no one should be force to vax” and that “there needs to be safety studies since there are none now”.  That doesn’t seem to be an “anti-vaxer” to me.  It sounds perfectly reasonable.  

And, given the track record of Big Pharma and Big Medicine, it seems this is prudent policy advice.  Like that comic (Dave Smith recently) said “doing your own research” is not as crazy as it sounds.  

Maybe I’ve listened to too much George Carlin, Ron Paul, Malcolm X, Tom Woods, Michael Malice, and other podcasters “critical of the regime”, but it seems that “all is not well”.  

I may be a tin foil hat Conspiracy Theorist that jumps to disbelief too quickly, but a lot of those Conspiracy Theories seem to be true or at least very “plausible”. 

Do “do your own research” and make your own decisions.  Just don’t take the “default” without making a conscious decision. 

Remember we have to live with the consequences of our own decisions.

FWIW

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HEALTH: But the Food and Drug Administration’s “pronouncements” should not be construed as medical advice

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

https://worldhealth.net/news/cheeky-discovery-predicting-risk-of-mortality/

Predicting Mortality With A Promising Cheeky Discovery

  • New epigenetic clock based on easy-to-collect cheek cells accurately predicts mortality

October 2, 2024

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As with anything you read on the internet, this article should not be construed as medical advice; please talk to your doctor or primary care provider before changing your wellness routine. WHN does not agree or disagree with any of the materials posted. This article is not intended to provide a medical diagnosis, recommendation, treatment, or endorsement. Additionally, it is not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, individual, or anyone or anything. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. 

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I’d say after Covid demonstrated the regulatory capture of the FDA, CDC, and NIH, that they are the tools of Big Pharma and just another source of advertising propaganda.

Instead of DOJ applying anti-trust break up to Google, like they did with AT&T and unsuccessfully with IBM, they should focus on BigPharma and the damage it does as a cartel.

Argh!

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HEALTH: Where’s the warning label for high-fructose corn syrup and emulsifiers?

Friday, October 4, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13890137/doctor-colon-cancer-crisis-food-ingredients.html

EXCLUSIVE I’m a doctor on the frontlines of America’s colon cancer crisis – I believe two ingredients found in ‘healthy’ foods are to blame

By Emily Joshu Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com

Published: 07:45 EDT, 26 September 2024 | Updated: 08:45 EDT, 26 September 2024

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She notes the introduction of high-fructose corn syrup and emulsifiers in the 1970s and 80s could explain why so many adults in their 40s are getting colon cancer at record rates. 

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Not that I expect much from the FDA, CDC, NIH, or any of the politicians and bureaucrats, but how about a skull and crossbones for all products containing these?

Argh!

Yeah, not until Pelosi sells all here stocks in these companies!

Argh!

RFKjr has made the “obesity epidemic” an election issue.  This could be added to that!

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HEALTH: Fears of a cancer cover-up in state — Conspiracy Theoriey or Real Risk

Saturday, September 7, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13720725/urge-agricultural-research-stop-cancer-crisis.html

Fears of a cancer cover-up in state suffering mystery spike in tumors

  • DO YOU HAVE A HEALTH-RELATED STORY? WE’D LOVE TO HEAR IT. GET IN TOUCH: HEALTH@DAILYMAIL.COM 

By Maiya Focht In Iowa For Dailymail.Com
Published: 07:48 EDT, 2 September 2024 | Updated: 08:31 EDT, 2 September 2024

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A mystery surge in cancer in Iowa has been blamed on alcohol – but locals fear another major factor is being ignored or suppressed.

DailyMail.com visited Iowa and spoke to doctors and locals who had cancer themselves or knew of dozens who had, but one common thread stood out – none of them were heavy drinkers. 

And while a report published in early 2024 highlighted alcohol as a major health concern, locals are trying to raise awareness about another contributor: agricultural chemicals – of which Iowa uses more than any other state.

*** and ***

Neil Hamilton, a lawyer and the former Director of the Drake Agricultural Law Center, told DailyMail.com: ‘There seems to be a surprising lack of curiosity [from] the agricultural companies and agriculturalists and farm groups. 

‘And, you know, maybe that’s predictable, because they maybe are concerned about what might be found if we started scratching a little bit deeper.’

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He regularly reported on high levels of nitrates in the various waterways across the state – including those citizens swam and fished in. A blog he ran through the University of Iowa that shared this pollution data and his opinions about water policy gained a large audience in the state.

In May 2023, two members of Iowa’s state legislature allegedly approached university officials about stopping Mr Jones’ blog, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported. 

Mr Jones told The Chronicle the message from them was: ‘You guys can’t be over here asking for money for these various programs and at the same time allow this blog to continue.’ 

He added, ‘Now, is that a threat? Is that a threat to defund something? I think it’s definitely something you better take seriously.’ 

Shortly after, his blog was shut down, he retired and $500,000 in funding was stripped from his program. 

Mr Jones wrote: ‘I’ve written these essays, especially over the last two years, knowing that I was basically a dog chasing cars. Once in a while, even a three-legged dog like me can get too close to the rear wheels, and well, that happened.’ 

One of the lawmakers named in the Chronicle, Senator Dan Zumbach, who is also a farmer, said ‘no threat to funding was ever made because of the content of a blog,’ and those claims are ‘reckless and potentially defamatory.’

Senator Tom Shipley, also named, told the Chronicle a conversation had occurred about Mr Jones’ blog, but declined further comment. 

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Sure sounds like that “three-legged dog” got close to “The Truth”.

What First Amendment?  Those two Iowa state legislators should be investigated and prosecuted.

The blog was “conversed about”!  That sure sounds fishy.

On my taxonomy, I’d rate this as “Class 5 Possible” in the “Governmental Conspiracy Theory” and “Health Conspiracy Theory” categories.

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HEALTH: if “nearly all the PE reports in VAERS are associated with the COVID vaccine”, then what do you conclude?

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

https://kirschsubstack.com/p/the-pulmonary-embolism-reality-gap?publication_id=548354&post_id=147282572&isFreemail=true&r=onvra&triedRedirect=true

The pulmonary embolism “reality gap”

  • According to the peer-reviewed medical literature, COVID vaccination reduces your risk of pulmonary embolism. According to the doctors, nurses, and pathologists I know, it does the opposite.

Steve Kirsch  — Aug 02, 2024

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Pulmonary embolism (PE) as a side effect of the COVID vaccine is a perfect example of what I’ll call the “reality gap” between mainstream medicine and direct observations of people.

The medical community estimates, using large data that is kept hidden from public view and both partial and fully adjusted hazard ratios (HRs), that the COVID vaccines reduce your risk of pulmonary embolism by around 20%. The proposed mechanism of action for that miracle is that the vaccine reduces your risk of getting COVID (which can elevate PE levels).

On the other hand, all the medical experts I regularly communicate with believe the reverse is true.

And we have other supporting data as well: nearly all the PE reports in VAERS are associated with the COVID vaccine and there are over 15,000 reports. Since VAERS is at least 50X under-reported, this suggests around 650,000 PE’s associated with the COVID vaccine. That’s a train wreck. In addition, I did a survey of my followers on X, 80% of whom did not take the COVID vaccine, and the results were consistent with the safety signal in VAERS: 85% of all the PE cases people observed after 2021 were associated with the COVID vaccine.

Someone is not telling you the truth. This article looks at the arguments on both sides.

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Someone is lying.  To protect Big Pharma, the politicians, and the bureaucrats?

Once I read that Big Pharma was immune to damage claims in US Courts, I knew the fix was in.

Didn’t India refuse to agree to that?  Wonder what their results look like.

And, another “dead giveaway” (no pun intended) is that “the data” is hidden.

We need some Nuremberg (2.0) trials to expose “the Truth”.

“Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Whose gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinburg? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago, and you curse the Marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That Santiago’s death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don’t want the truth because deep down in places you don’t talk about at parties, you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon, and stand a post. Either way, I don’t give a damn what you think you are entitled to.” Colonel Jessep in A Few Good Men played by Jack Nicholson

We need some hangings and life sentences to ensure this never happens again!

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HEALTH: An avocado a day keeps the doctor away.?

Thursday, August 1, 2024

https://nypost.com/2024/07/20/lifestyle/eating-this-one-fruit-every-day-leads-to-better-sleep-heart-health-new-research/

Eating this one fruit every day leads to better sleep, heart health: new research
By Brooke Kato
Published July 20, 2024, 2:36 p.m. ET

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An avocado a day keeps the doctor away.

New research has found that eating one avocado every single day is associated with health benefits, including improved sleep and diet quality.

“We do know from prior work that avocado intake is linked to lowered risk of cardiovascular disease,” Penn State University postdoctoral scholar Dr. Janhavi J. Damani, who was involved in the study, told Healio.

The research, presented recently at the conference Nutrition 2024 in Chicago, builds upon past studies that examined the health benefits of avocado, suggesting that avocadoes can “improve cardiovascular risk factors by reducing total cholesterol and LDL-C without adversely affecting body weight,” according to Damani.

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Throw in an “apple a day” and cover all the bases.

Who knows they may be correct?

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HEALTH: Apple’s cheapest Watch just saved another life

Tuesday, July 9, 2024

https://www.imore.com/health-fitness/apple-watch/needless-to-say-i-called-my-doctor-and-was-told-to-get-to-the-emergency-room-immediately-apples-cheapest-watch-just-saved-another-life

“Needless to say I called my doctor and was told to get to the emergency room immediately” — Apple’s cheapest Watch just saved another life
By Stephen Warwick

  • You don’t need the best to stay safe.

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Apple’s cheapest wearable has just been credited with saving another life, proving you don’t have to buy the best Apple Watch on the market to benefit from life-saving tech yet again. 

User V3N0M0US83 took to the Apple Watch Subreddit this week and revealed “Apple Watch saved my life this past weekend.” “I have an SE 2 and Thursday my watch had gone off saying my heart rate was above 120 bpm,” they explained. The user ignored the alerts “as I didn’t feel any discomfort,” but got two more heart rate alerts while sitting at the kitchen table the following day. 

“I opened the heart rate app and my bpm was at 161 while resting.” The user’s girlfriend, a medical assistant in training, gave their heart a listen with a stethoscope “and said my heart was beating out of my chest.” Turns out, they needed life-saving treatment. 

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My afib was detected by my apple watch and the cardiologist didn’t believe it.  The episode evidently was intermittent.  He wired me up with 73 hour monitor.  Then next day he called me into the office and started me on a drug regimen.  

It was afib. 

Even on drugs I get a warning that the “afib is less than 2%”.  He says that is ok, but don’t stop the medicine or lose the watch.

So, it doesn’t have to be the best apple watch to get this feature, but it could save your life.  Afib causes heart attacks, strokes, and all sorts of other “lesser problems”.  It’s a cheap tool.  And, I can confirm the efficacy of it. 

YMMV but I am a believer.

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HEALTH: What is the impact of blood supply contamination?

Tuesday, June 4, 2024

https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2024/05/27/blood-supply-contamination.aspx?ui=f9839516412491bb1e06c9e47058c6fb81b9b9b6acedf03e65e93dfdb263c1b9&sd=20210317&cid_source=dnl&cid_medium=email&cid_content=art1HL&cid=20240527&foDate=false&mid=DM1578458&rid=32254691

Researchers Call for Urgent Action to Address Mass Contamination of Blood Supply
Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola
May 27, 2024 

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Story at-a-glance

  •     Japanese researchers warn of the risks of using blood from mRNA COVID vaccine recipients, highlighting potential deadly effects and the need for urgent action to secure the global blood supply
  •     Blood contaminated with prion-like structures from the spike protein raises the risk of inducing fatal neurodegenerative diseases in recipients. The potential transmission of harmful proteins through exosomes (“shedding”) and the risk of autoimmune diseases due to the vaccines’ mechanism and components like lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are other major concerns
  •     Proposals for managing blood collection include rigorous donor interviews, deferral periods, and a suite of tests to ensure the safety of blood products
  •     The researchers advocate for comprehensive testing of both jabbed and unjabbed individuals to assess the safety of blood products and suggest discarding blood products contaminated with spike proteins or modified mRNA until effective removal methods have been developed
  •     They call for suspending all gene-based “vaccines” and conducting a rigorous harm-benefit assessment in light of the serious health injuries reported. They also urge countries and organizations to take concrete steps to address and mitigate the already identified risks

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Looks like we have not heard the end of the impact of the COVID MRNA “vaccine”.  Reminds me of thalidomide where there were terrible second generation birth defects from pregnant women who too the drug.  When will humanity learn not to conduct mass experiments with untested “stuff”.  That can be drugs, diets, or even “ideas” like memes.  I see a big correlation between AIDS, thalidomide, and “socialism / communism”.  All giant society wide experiments with terrible impacts.

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HEALTH: Why can’t we use the Amish as a “control group”?

Thursday, May 9, 2024

https://sharylattkisson.com/2024/05/the-verdict-is-in-the-amish-approach-to-covid-was-superior-2/?vgo_ee=h3CVXY2Rsw1eCUV9Fgmm%2BkEtH8zVLtsVvf5yc%2BHf7Co%3D%3A77PJPPB5Djc0Aj7xhvoEoMy%2FG6Z2rqcF

The Verdict is In: The Amish Approach to Covid was Superior
By Sharyl Attkisson | May 1, 2024

  • So why don’t our public health officials seem interested?

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It could be one of the most important lessons learned for the next pandemic. And it should make international headlines.

But it seems like those who made the mistakes during Covid aren’t very interested.

The Amish population that largely rejected public health recommendations fared no worse in terms of health impact than the rest of the country that masked, isolated, and vaccinated. That’s according to available data and a federally-funded study that attempted to evaluate the Amish approach.

These findings imply the US could have avoided experimental vaccines that have serious side effects; and circumvented costly shutdowns that devastated the economy, travel, businesses, mental health, and education at the expense of trillions of US tax dollars.

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The Amish quickly demonstrated that the US “Health Establishment” were full of <synonym for excrement>!

With this powerful piece of evidence, why were all the politicians and bureaucrats reluctant to revise their faulty thinking about this “PLAN DEMIC”?

Cui Bono?

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HEALTH: Novo Nordisk stops making Levemir

Sunday, April 28, 2024

https://www.foxnews.com/health/utah-mom-fights-daughters-access-discontinued-diabetes-medication-life-saving

Utah mom fights for her daughter’s access to discontinued diabetes medication: ‘Life-saving’

  • Family found the ‘ideal’ drug for managing diabetes — then it was abruptly discontinued

By Melissa Rudy Fox News
Published April 19, 2024 5:00am EDT 

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Smart has now made it her mission to convince Novo Nordisk to continue making Levemir — or to find a pharmaceutical company to create a biosimilar (generic) alternative.

Levemir is a long-acting basal insulin that’s injected once or twice a day to control high blood sugar in adults and children with diabetes, according to Novo Nordisk’s website.

For Smart’s daughter, an active athlete who plays on the tennis team at Woods Cross High School, Levemir has enabled her to continue with her regular activities while controlling her diabetes.

While there are a couple of other types of basal insulin on the market, Smart said Levemir is best suited to her daughter’s needs.

“Levemir is unique in that it is a relatively shorter-acting basal insulin, making it ideal for those with fluctuating basal insulin needs, including teenagers, menstruating women, pregnant women and athletes,” she said.

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Doesn’t Novo Nordisk’s decision make Levemir an “orphan drug”?

If it’s not worthy of the Federal Gooferment’s support, then at least it should become unpatentable and free to generic makers.

I don’t understand how patent and copyright holder can hold things “hostage” and still get “protection”?

Sorry, society’s grant of these privileges is subject to them being made reasonably available.

IMHO 

Argh!

Gooferment is always at the root of problems.

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