Medics have been urged to reconsider our final moments as a ‘gradual, interruptible process’ — and reconsider how long they spend trying to resuscitate patients
Bursts of brain activity can occur after cardiac arrest
ALAMY
The brain can retain some degree of consciousness for “minutes to hours” after a patient has been declared dead by doctors, a science conference has heard.
After studying the near-death experiences of those who have recovered after experiencing a cardiac arrest, a researcher has called for a reappraisal of the “reversibility of death”.
She said her findings suggest that doctors should keep trying to save patients’ lives for longer, noting that hospitals should “re-evaluate [their] resuscitation efforts” and the point at which they begin harvesting organs for donation.
Death is defined as the irreversible cessation of circulatory and brain function — but the exact moment at which this takes place may be harder to pinpoint than previously thought.
Those of us who care, know quite a bit about the dirty truth about our water supply here in America. We also do not need the government to give us the truth although they should make that a high priority, but a large percentage of Americans believe that it is the duty of the gov to create a safe existence in relation to the integrity of our water supply. Unfortunately, a great many here in the states believe the gov is actually responsible for the toxicity or at best, they are allowing it to remain as such. To think that still in 2023 in this amazing blessed by God, Country and first world scenario...that we have to find alternative ways to safe water and that includes spending precious money on filtration/reverse osmosis systems for our own homes, is pretty unfortunate.
The Dailymail this past week posted two in depth articles about the poisonous water we are being exposed to and the most egregious states of poor health and chronic illness' plaguing their populations.
Let's look at one title alone on this article from TDM:
What is a forever chemical? They are PFAS chemicals and that stands for perfluoroalkyl substances or polyfluoroalkyl substances. They are called "forever" because they do not break down easily in the environment and build up in the body over time.
How sick is that title??? Cancer and infertility. How refreshing is the cold glass of tap water, now?
The DailyMail goes on to say:
In the most comprehensive study of its kind, researchers from the US Geological Survey tested water sources at more than 700 locations across the country for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). These microscopic, man-made chemicals can take thousands of years to break down in the environment or in the human body, hence the name 'forever chemicals'.
The report found that 45 percent of drinking water sources contained at least one PFAS - with highest concentrations in the Great Plains, the Great Lakes, the Eastern Seaboard and Central/Southern California. The team's testing was limited to 32 types of PFAS out of more than 12,000 that exist, meaning thousands of the chemicals could have gone undetected. If that's the case, it may indicate that the problem is even larger than the study conveys. Researchers set out to determine levels of PFAS in water sources across 716 unique sites nationwide, including both urban and rural areas.
Over the course of five years spent collecting samples to detect PFAS levels, the team concluded that taps in densely populated urban centers were generally more laden with the forever chemicals than taps in rural parts of the country.
This is due to the fact everyday home products from frying pans to food packaging contain PFAS that leach into the water supply, and urban areas tend to be situated closer to manufacturing plants.
The main purpose of PFAS compounds is to repel water and oil, which is what makes non-stick cookware so much easier to clean and why certain jackets and tents can withstand rain.
PFAS can seep into the water supply by simply washing the dishes. The compounds can also seep into our food if the packaging is made to be grease-resistant - think fast food cheeseburgers - or if the non-stick coating on pots and pans begins to deteriorate.
PFAS are also common in pesticides used to feed crops, which produces chemical-rich runoff that can enter the drinking water supply.
Last year, Texas Tech University researchers examined 10 common insecticides being used on cotton fields, but can work for food and other crops.
They found PFAS in seven of the 10 insecticides, with levels of PFOS – which has been strongly linked to cancer – as high as 19m parts per trillion (ppt) in one insecticide.
Here is the second article:
North Carolina and Iowa drinking water is worst for 'forever chemicals' after industrial waste was dumped into rivers for DECADES: Toxins are up to 46,000 times higher than EPA limit (read full story here)
Brunswick County, N.C. and Quad Cities, Iowa, have significantly higher levels of PFAs in their drinking supply
North Carolina at large has been known to have significant issues with PFAS pollution as the state has a large number of military bases, airports and industrial sites. PFAS are commonly found in firefighting foam and gear, which has led to contamination of military bases and airports.
The problem is particularly grave along the Cape Fear River partly because of the DuPont plant in Fayetteville and its spin-off, Chemours.
According to the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the DuPont chemical company dumped PFAs for over four decades into the river, which supplies drinking water for around 350,000 North Carolinians.
Many of the area's residents have claimed over the years that they got cancer from the contamination. Back in 2019, scientists recommended expanding an investigation of suspected thyroid cancer clusters in the area, as reported by NC Newsline.
In 2017, the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority filed a lawsuit against the company over their dumping of toxic materials in the river, and in 2020 the state's Attorney General filed another.
'Everyone should have the freedom to turn on their tap without the fear they are drinking poisoned water,' he tweeted. 'We need to take immediate action to remove these toxins from our water.'
Experts said the findings were 'frightening' given the scale of the problem and the link between the toxins and serious health conditions like cancer, infertility, birth defects and hormone issues.
Dr. Mercola has a great set of at home water systems, here, and here is an important column on this topic from him.
How Safe Is Your Drinking Water?
If you feel parched nowadays, there are so many beverages available to quench your thirst. However, none of these drinks will ever be able to take the place of good old water.
Water is the still best beverage and the healthiest way to stay hydrated. The reasons are simple. You only need to remember that your body is composed of approximately 60 percent water. Water is a primary component of all bodily fluids, including blood, urine, lymph, digestive juices and sweat. It also supports vital chemical reactions that regulate our body functions.
If you want to stay healthy, maintaining the quality of your drinking water is a must. But you can’t tell if your water is safe by the way it looks, tastes or smells. Water safety experts have recently discovered a new and toxic threat in the water supply – disinfection byproducts (DBPs).
The Dangers of Disinfection Byproducts
Water providers use chlorine as a disinfectant. Aside from chlorine, chloramines and chlorine dioxide are the other common disinfectants used at water treatment facilities to kill harmful, disease-causing microorganisms in the water.
You probably haven’t heard of DBPs before. Disinfection byproducts are formed when the disinfectants react with natural organic matter like decaying vegetation in water and are more than 10,000 times more toxic than chlorine, making them the worst type of contaminants.
The two most common disinfectant byproducts formed when chlorine is used are:
• trihalomethanes (THMs) and,
• haloacetic acids (HAAs)
Trihalomethanes are Cancer Group B carcinogens, meaning they’ve been shown to cause cancer in laboratory animals. DBPs have also been linked to reproductive problems in both animals and humans. A study found that men who smoke and drank chlorinated tap water for more than 40 years increased their risk of bladder cancer by 50 percent compared to male smokers who drank non-chlorinated water.
Another study showed that individuals on a low-fiber diet and consumed chlorinated water for more than 40 years doubled their risk of rectal cancer.
But drinking chlorinated water is not the only way DBPs can get inside your body. You’re also exposed to trihalomethanes if you shower, bathe and swim in chlorinated water. The cancer risk from skin exposure while swimming was over 94 percent of the total cancer risk resulting from being exposed to THMs!
Trihalomethanes in chlorinated swimming pools have also been linked to spontaneous abortion, stillbirths and congenital malformations.
To give you an idea how dangerous THMs are, Environment Protection Agency (EPA) regulations only allow water providers to have a THM level of 60 parts per billion. However, water companies are resisting this regulation because they feel it would be more expensive to remove DBPs from their water and are pushing to elevate the EPA standard.
Ideally, the safest DBP level should be ZERO. This goal is likely impossible to achieve.
If you get your water from a private well, DBPs are not an issue because most, if not all, private well water systems do not use chlorine.
Other Contaminants in Your Water
Aside from DBPs, a comprehensive survey of drinking water in the U.S. reveals that your drinking water may also contain a number of pharmaceuticals and hormonally active chemicals, including:
• Atenolol – a beta-blocker used to treat cardiovascular disease
• Atrazine – herbicide banned in the European Union linked to the decline of fish population and in changes in animal behavior
• Carbamazepine – a drug used to treat bipolar disorder • Estrone – an estrogen hormone blamed for causing gender changes in fish
• Gemfibrozil – a fibrate (drug used to lower lipid levels)
• Meprobamate – a tranquilizer used by psychiatrists
• Naproxen – a painkiller and anti-inflammatory linked to an increased number of asthma cases
• Phenytoin – anticonvulsant used to treat epileptics
• Sulfamethoxazole – an antibiotic • TCEP – a reduction agent used in molecular biology
• Trimethoprim – another antibiotic
Water safety expert Robert Slovak’s advice is to request a water quality report from your local water provider at least once a year to see how safe your tap water is. He recommends using a reverse osmosis filter to help remove DBPs and various pharmaceutical agents from your water at home.
Using a reverse osmosis filter is an important decision you can make but it may not be enough to protect you from water contaminants because you’re still exposed to toxins whenever you shower or bathe, wash your hands, rinse fruits and vegetables and clean dishes, glasses and other utensils.
This is Jennifer again right here! I cannot get out of this blue box.
So, in summary, do whatever you can to protect your family and your pets from this utter poisonous, life altering nonsense! Please share in the comments what systems you may have and how they are faring for you. God gave us a noggin to use to protect ourselves and to live in the healthiest state of being and while we still have the freedom to choose a safer option, why not take the time to do so! Your life depends on it!
It’s well known that magnesium is an essential mineral needed for optimal muscle function, restful sleep, bone health, and energy production. However, magnesium may play a much more profound role in overall health.
Emerging evidence suggests that magnesium helps protect DNA, which can reduce the risk of premature aging and serious health issues, including Alzheimer's disease, cancer, and diabetes.
These findings highlight the importance of addressing magnesium deficiencies through dietary changes or supplementation as a key strategy in preventing major health issues.
Is magnesium the key to health and longevity?
Groundbreaking evidence published in the European Journal of Nutrition suggests that magnesium may significantly reduce the risk of DNA damage and chronic degenerative disorders.
The study analyzed blood samples from middle-aged adults and found a strong inverse association between blood magnesium levels and DNA damage biomarkers.
This indicates that higher blood magnesium levels may protect from DNA strand breaks and mutations, helping preserve genetic integrity and reduce the risk of disease and accelerated aging.
The authors summarized, “Plasma magnesium level was independently and inversely associated with DNA damage biomarkers even after adjusting for covariates such as gender and age. This indicates that higher magnesium levels in the blood may protect the genome from endogenous genotoxic events.”
Magnesium's role in preventing DNA damage
Magnesium is essential for countless cellular and metabolic pathways, and more than 600 enzymes require it as a cofactor.
A magnesium deficiency can disrupt these biochemical pathways, increasing the risk of poor cellular functioning and improper DNA repair, highlighting magnesium's critical role in maintaining genomic stability.
In addition, magnesium is essential for mitochondrial function and energy production. Low magnesium levels affect mitochondrial health, which can lead to an increased production of reactive oxygen species within cells. These highly unstable metabolic by-products can cause oxidative damage to cellular organelles and genetic material.
Over time, DNA damage can accumulate and begin to disrupt normal cellular functions, linked to an elevated risk of cancer and age-related disorders.
Magnesium deficiency: a hidden health crisis?
Research published in Advances in Nutrition declares magnesium a shortfall nutrient as more than 50 percent of Americans don’t consume enough magnesium-rich foods to maintain healthy levels.
In addition, it’s estimated that only around 35 percent of dietary magnesium is absorbed, making it challenging to sustain optimal magnesium stores even for individuals who regularly consume magnesium-rich foods.
This widespread risk of deficiency may contribute to a greater incidence of chronic health conditions, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and neurodegenerative disorders.
Implications for chronic disease prevention
Addressing magnesium deficiency through dietary adjustments and supplementation may be crucial in promoting optimal cellular function and mitigating the risks of chronic diseases.
By prioritizing magnesium-rich foods, you can potentially help protect your genetic material from damage and promote healthy aging.
Some of the best dietary sources of magnesium include:
Leafy green vegetables
Nuts
Seeds
Avocados
Dark chocolate
Salmon
Mackerel
Grains such as rice, wheat, oats, and buckwheat are also often recommended as valuable sources of magnesium.
However, grains contain phytic acid, a compound classified as an antinutrient, as it can bind to magnesium and other essential minerals. This significantly reduces magnesium absorption and contributes to deficiency.
Factors such as aging, gastrointestinal disorders, and using medications such as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), antacids, or diuretics can also increase the risk of magnesium deficiency despite adequate dietary intake.
Why the right magnesium supplement matters
Magnesium supplementation can offer a convenient way to address and prevent deficiencies, thereby promoting cellular health and potentially reducing the risk of DNA damage and associated health problems.
Unfortunately, not all magnesium supplements are created equal, and certain elemental forms of this mineral are more effective and better absorbed than others.
Magnesium glycinate, threonate, and orotate are among the best types of magnesium as they are highly bioavailable and have a lower risk of side effects.
In contrast, magnesium carbonate, oxide, and hydroxide are poorly absorbed and linked to an increased risk of adverse effects, including diarrhea, nausea, and abdominal pain.
‘There are enough reports of it, enough interest in it, that we actually did — ivermectin, in particular — did engage in sort of a better preclinical study of its properties and its ability to kill cancer cells,’ Letai said at a January event with NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya and other senior agency officials.
Bhattacharya said at the same event: ‘If lots of people believe it and it’s moving public health, we as NIH have an obligation, again, to treat it seriously.’
Not present at the event was Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, a long-time Covid vaccine skeptic who has pushed the claim that an unhealthy government–Big Pharma alliance suppressed ivermectin simply because it isn't profitable.
In laboratory studies, ivermectin has been shown in cell cultures to kill cancer cells and suppress tumors. But there is currently no reliable clinical evidence from human trials to support its use as an effective cancer treatment.
In the rest of his comments at the NIH event last month, Letai appeared to temper expectations for the drug, saying at one point, ‘It’s not going to be a cure-all for cancer,’ and adding later that even if there are signals of anti-cancer properties in the preclinical studies, ‘I can tell you again, it’s not a really strong signal.’
Eli Lilly announced promising findings from a midstage trial indicating that tirzepatide, a widely-used medication for weight loss and diabetes, may also serve as an effective treatment for fatty liver disease. The study results unveiled additional potential health benefits of tirzepatide, beyond its established roles in weight management and blood sugar control under the brand names Zepbound and Mounjaro.
The pharmaceutical giant disclosed that tirzepatide demonstrated success in a phase two trial targeting metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), a severe form of liver disease. MASH, characterized by liver fat accumulation and inflammation leading to fibrosis, currently lacks direct treatment options. Studies suggest that approximately 3% to 5% of adults in the U.S. suffer from MASH. Unfortunately MASH is growing with no end in sight.
The trial, involving around 190 adults with advanced stages of liver scarring due to MASH, showed positive outcomes across all dose levels of tirzepatide. Notably, the medication met its primary objective by aiding patients in achieving freedom from MASH without worsening liver scarring compared to those not receiving treatment. For instance, approximately 74% of patients receiving the highest tirzepatide dose remained MASH-free with stable liver scarring after a year, in contrast to around 13% of those on a placebo. Now that is a huge difference.
While the extent of liver scarring reduction wasn’t explicitly disclosed, Eli Lilly highlighted the drug’s clinically meaningful impact across various dosage strengths. The company’s Chief Scientific Officer expressed equal enthusiasm regarding tirzepatide’s potential in reducing liver scarring, emphasizing the absence of concerning data hindering advancement to phase three trials.
Regarding safety, adverse events associated with tirzepatide aligned with prior studies in patients with obesity and diabetes. Typical side effects reported in previous trials of Zepbound included diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting.
Eli Lilly intends to unveil comprehensive findings from the phase two trial at an upcoming medical conference, signifying a significant step forward in exploring tirzepatide’s therapeutic potential beyond its established uses.
During my career, I’ve had the privilege of witnessing the cure for Hepatitis C. It is my sincere hope and fervent prayer that we can achieve similar breakthroughs for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), commonly known as Fatty Liver Disease.
“When combined with a small amount of silver nanoparticles, the amount of antibiotic needed to inhibit the bacteria decreased 22-fold, which tells us that the nanoparticles make the drug much more potent,” Czy? explained.
(Natural News) by Ethan Huff
(Natural News) Researchers at the University of Floridahave discovered that silver nanoparticles, also known as colloidal silver, can serve as a powerful remedy against antibiotic-resistant bacteria, more commonly known as “superbugs.”
Certain hard-to-fight infections die on contact with silver, the scientists revealed in their paper, which was published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology. The antimicrobial properties of silver nanoparticles, or microscopic spheres of silver small enough to operate at the cellular level, could aid in the fight against antibiotic-resistant infections, which kill more than a million people globally every single year.
The purpose of the study was to test the efficacy of silver nanoparticles alongside a common class of broad-spectrum antibiotics known as aminoglycosides. Daniel Czy?, the study’s senior author, told the media that his team’s experiments show that the two things do, in fact, work synergistically.
“When combined with a small amount of silver nanoparticles, the amount of antibiotic needed to inhibit the bacteria decreased 22-fold, which tells us that the nanoparticles make the drug much more potent,” Czy? explained.
Taking aminoglycosides by themselves at prescribed doses is risky, carrying with it the potential for deadly side effects. Adding silver into the mix allows for lower doses of aminoglycosides to be taken with amplified effect, making for a safer remedy.
Autumn Dove, another study author, explained that prolonged overuse of antibiotics has created an environment where traditional remedies no longer work, hence the need for alternative remedies that include the addition of silver.
“Let’s say you get a bad burn on your hand, and it gets infected with one of these resistant strains of bacteria,” Dove is quoted as saying. (Related: Copper is another healing metal with strong efficacy against superbugs.)
“It’s possible that dressing that burn with a combination of silver nanoparticles and antibiotics could both clear that infection and prevent those resistant bacteria from spreading elsewhere.”
Low-dose antibiotics combined with silver a better remedy than antibiotics alone
While antibiotics primarily target bacteria, they are also known to damage human and animal cells. This makes them problematic even for their approved use, which is killing people’s healthy gut bacteria along with the bad kind.
The great thing about silver is that, as confirmed in tests using a microscopic worm called C. elegans, it does not harm non-bacterial cells like antibiotics do. Silver selectively targets just the harmful bacterial cells, making it a better remedy alongside lower doses of antibiotics as opposed to just higher doses of antibiotics by themselves.
The next step, based on these findings, is for the scientists to seek authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct clinical trials on the silver-antibiotics formula. They also hope to work with the University of Florida’s Innovate program to patent an antimicrobial product that contains silver nanoparticles.
“Perhaps there was a reason for gold and silver money, silver eating utensils, and the current use of silver in burn dressing,” one commenter wrote about the history of use for silver, gold, and other natural metals.
“They have discovered something that has been known for hundreds of years but has recently been hidden by Big Pharma.”
Another wrote that colloidal silver can be made at home fairly easily without the need to purchase it as a patented drug formula.
“It works against bacteria, virus, and fungus,” this person added about homemade colloidal silver. “The U.S. Navy has experimented with this, and it is also used by the ‘silver spoon’ rich.”
Someone else joked that the new research “gives new meaning to being fed with a silver spoon.”
As a model of successful aging, you can’t beat 82-year-old Juan López GarcÃa.
Really, you can’t beat him.
Sixteen years ago, at age 66, López GarcÃa first tried running a mile. He’d recently retired after spending his entire working life as a car mechanic in Toledo, Spain. In all those years, he’d never trained as an athlete or exercised much at all.
He couldn’t finish that first mile. He could barely start it.
Now, at age 82, López GarcÃa is the world record holder in the 80-to-84 age group for the 50-kilometer (31-mile) ultramarathon. In 2024, he also won the world marathon championship for his age group, with a time of 3:39:10, setting a European record in the process.
His outsize success caught the attention of a group of European scientists who study aging. They invited López GarcÃa to their lab for extensive testing. Their findings, published in January in Frontiers in Physiology, are, at once, revealing and “inspiring,” said Julian Alcazar, an exercise scientist at the University of Castilla-La Mancha in Spain and a co-author of the study.
The researchers found that López GarcÃa has the highest aerobic fitness recorded in an octogenarian, matching that of healthy 20-to-30-year-old men. His muscles also absorb and use oxygen unusually well. But in other ways, his biology, biomechanics and training seem relatively ordinary.
Taken as a whole, López GarcÃa’s physiology and performance in his 80s may help upend some common assumptions about what’s possible and normal as we age, the researchers concluded, including whether it’s ever too late for the rest of us to tackle that first mile.
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A mix of healthy lifestyle choices, such as getting enough physical activity, can help people live a longer, healthier life.
However, the types of physical activity best for longevity remain underexplored.
A new study says that regularly participating in a variety of different types of physical activity, such as running, cycling, and swimming, may be the best way to help prolong your lifespan.
What can be confusing is knowing what types of physical activity are best for longevity.
A recent study published in BMJ Medicine helps answer that question by finding that regularly engaging in a variety of physical activities may be the best way to prolong your life span.
