January 28, 2024 | Volume XIV | Issue 4

Doctors issue fresh warning over silent disease that kills more than cancer and dementia combined

Emily Joshu Sterne reports for Daily Mail:


When you think of the biggest killers in America, you may assume cancer or dementia.


But experts are issuing fresh warnings about a disease which kills more than both of those conditions combined.


In 2022, there were nearly 1 million deaths from coronary artery disease, heart attack, and stroke - collectively referred to as cardiovascular disease - the equivalent of a death every 30 seconds.


Cancer, meanwhile, kills roughly 600,000 Americans per year, while dementia strikes down 288,000.


Researchers from the American Heart Association say a lack of awareness compared to other diseases like cancer and an increase in risk factors may be to blame.

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The Un-Merry-Go-Round of Media, Pharma and Government

Lori Weintz | Commentary


A scientific journal on Tuesday retracted the March 2020 study that introduced the world to hydroxychloroquine early in the COVID-19 pandemic – and confirmed that the attention was undeserved from the start…The International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, which is owned by Elsevier and the International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, issued a formal retraction.


-USA Today, December 18, 2024


Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, most people gave little thought to medical journals, pharmaceutical companies, and government regulatory agencies. Any passing thought was likely to involve the idea that medical journals were credible, helpful drugs were being developed, the taxpayer funded FDA was scrupulously testing for safety and effectiveness before approving products, and the media was doing its best to report both sides of every story.


Now we know better.


The above referenced USA Today article states that the study and its retraction are the “cornerstone of a global scandal.” That’s true, but not for the reasons the reporter indicates.

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Blood Test Accurately Detects Colon Cancer

Dennis Thompson reports for HealthDay via U.S. News & World Report:


An experimental blood test can effectively and accurately detect colon cancer in middle-aged folks and seniors, a new study says.


The blood test was 81% accurate in detecting colon cancer among people who have the disease, researchers reported at the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium held last week in San Francisco.

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Groundbreaking discovery at WMU Medical School offers new hope for kidney disease patients

FOX 17 WXMI


A team of researchers at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine has made a monumental breakthrough in understanding autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), a deadly and incurable kidney disease affecting 1 in 400 to 1,000 people.

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