- Sugar - A Chronic Toxin? In this podcast, endocrinologist Dr Robert Lustig explains why he believes the sugar fructose is a particular problem, he explains the science behind what it does to our bodies, causing fatty liver disease, accelerating the aging process and driving sugar addiction. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sugar-a-chronic-toxin-season-two/id1640338805?i=1000585474272 16 comments health
- Healthcare is about helping people who lost the genetic lottery, not the elderly: chronic diseases, such as heart disease and diabetes, among people younger than 65 drives two-thirds of medical spending. http://m.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/11/obesity-not-old-people-is-making-healthcare-expensive/281444/ 5 comments politics
- "More Americans die of lack of health insurance than terrorism, homicide, drunk driving and HIV combined. You can't go the emergency room for the screening that will catch cancer or heart disease early, or ongoing treatment to manage chronic kidney disease or asthma." http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/09/26-4 100 comments politics
- New science details discovery of bacterial pathogen in brains of Alzheimer’s patients and possible evidence of disease causation - an unlikely culprit, Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg), the bacterium commonly associated with chronic gum disease, appears to drive Alzheimer’s disease pathology in mice. https://www.uoflnews.com/releases/new-science-bacterial-pathogen/ 7 comments science
- New science details discovery of bacterial pathogen in brains of Alzheimer’s patients and possible evidence of disease causation - an unlikely culprit, Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg), the bacterium commonly associated with chronic gum disease, appears to drive Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology. https://www.uoflnews.com/releases/new-science-bacterial-pathogen/ 3 comments science