Hookworm: The Southern Slowdown - Billy Bob Thornton and Joe Rogan

#cognitivefunction #hookworm

@realTuckFrumper well, the 🍎 doesn't fall to far from the tree 🎄! #hookworm
@UnitedStates Eugenics might could solve this problem, I reckon! #hookworm
'Wake-up call' as hookworm parasites that infect pets and people grow drug resistant

Hookworms that cause deadly dog infection and 'creeping eruption' in humans are growing resistant to drugs.

Live Science
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Pet Poop Can Be Much More Dangerous Than You Might Realize

Have you ever been out on a walk and as you take that next step, you feel the slippery squish of poop under your foot? It's not just gross.

ScienceAlert
Improving Water Quality in Bangladesh Reduces Hookworm Prevalence by 30%

New Study in Bangladesh Shows Water Treatment and Sanitation Interventions to Reduce Hookworm Prevalence by 30%, offering potential solutions to combat ...

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-40263-4

“Effect of experimental hookworm infection on insulin resistance in people at risk of type 2 diabetes”

I don’t care if it meant I could eat candy all the live long day, I would not be interested in that therapy. Unless maybe they came up with a clever brand name.

#insulin #diabetes #hookworm #medical #therapy #nature #naturecommunications #yuck

Effect of experimental hookworm infection on insulin resistance in people at risk of type 2 diabetes - Nature Communications

A beneficial effect of parasitic worms on metabolic health has been postulated based on epidemiological and animal studies. Here, the authors show in a phase I clinical trial that treatment of people at risk of type 2 diabetes with hookworms is safe and may improve key measures of metabolic health.

Nature
Contagion and enclaves: Tropical medicine in colonial India
(2012) : Bhattacharya, Nandini
isbn: 978-1-84631-829-0
#colonialism #colony #disease #health_care #history #hookworm #malaria #medicine #plantations #tea #tropics
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