📋 Come along this Thursday 26 March to our next #CPCCGWebinar with Joseph Harrison from the University of #Salford.

Joseph will discuss a key finding in #migrant #healthresearch: although foreign‑born #populations often live longer, they may spend more of those extra years in poorer health. Using #Swedish #administrativedata, Joseph offers a clearer picture by relying on objective #patientrecords rather than self‑reported #health.

Register to join us online: https://www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/event_calendar/1004/CPC_CG_Webinar__Joseph_Harrison

#morbidity

Hypertension is a major #health concern among older adults, linked to high #morbidity and #mortality. Higher adherence to a #plantbased diet was significantly associated with a reduced risk of #hypertension in older adults: www.frontiersin.org/journals/pub... #diets #nutrition

Frontiers | Association of pla...
Frontiers | Association of plant-based food intake in daily diets and hypertension in older adults: a cohort study

IntroductionHypertension is a major health concern among older adults, linked to high morbidity and mortality. While plant-based diets may offer health benef...

Frontiers
#Friday night firing massacre begins purge of #FederalWorkers including key #CDC #MedicalExperts at #HHS National Center for #Immunization and #RespiratoryDiseases such as those behind the #Morbidity & #Mortality tracking reports that first began publication by #USGov in late 1800's...
https://insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-news-cdc-employees-terminated
Modifiable dietary risk factors are the No. 1 contributor to premature #morbidity & #mortality, accounting for >25% of the global #disease burden, and #agriculture & food production is one of the key contributors to #environment degradation & GHG emissions… (1/2) doi.org/10.1016/j.aj... #emissions

Redirecting
Pretty sure this is why Rutger Hauer's replicant android character Roy Batty gouged out the eyes of his creator in the original Blade Runner. Presumably, he would have justifiably done the same thing with the aforementioned Republican senator.
"I want more life, f*cker!"
#longevity #morbidity #inceptdates
#scifi

4.) Is there currently any evidence of efficacy of any of the proposed "#anti-aging drugs" and interventions in human aging? E.g. #rapamycin, #metformin #resveratrol but also #reprogramming, #rejuvenation, #caloric restriction and others? In other words, is there a shortcut to health and eternal life? Spoiler: you might not like the answer... Moreover, some of these might even have negative effects on other health-beneficial interventions, e.g. the potential dampening of exercise training adaptation by metformin, resveratrol or rapamycin.

5.) We discuss all of the known factors for which solid data and proof for an impact on human health, the aging process, #morbidity (risk for a disease), #mortality (risk of premature death) and life expectancy exist. The good news: only around 20% (or even as low as 10%) of our aging trajectory is determined by our genes – this means that to a large majority, we can influence this ourselves! Some can be done on the individual level, first and foremost by physical activity, but also #sleep, #nutrition, #stress, social interactions and more. Others will have to be addressed on the societal/political level, e.g. #socioeconomic disparities or access to quality (and affordable) health care. Lastly, there are factors such as anthropogenic #climatechange or #pollution (e.g. air pollution or #microplastics) that we have to solve on a global scale.

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The virus is spreading so quickly that dairy farmers are calling it “Covid for cows,” and scientists are racing to figure out how to stop the contagion.
#virology #PubilcHealth #Influenza #pandemic #morbidity #pathology #zoonosis #microbiology #science
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/us/bird-flu-california-covid-cows.html
Bird Flu Has Hit California Dairies So Hard That They’re Calling It ‘Covid for Cows’

The virus has spread rapidly in California, the nation’s largest producer of milk. Farmers are frustrated that their herds are getting infected despite various precautions.

The New York Times
Ignore the headline. This is a good article about Covid’s ongoing impacts: “The greatest numbers of excess deaths in the acute phase of the pandemic were in older adults. …The pattern now is one of persisting excess deaths, which are most prominent in relative terms in middle-aged and younger adults.” #CovidIsNotOver #maskup #ExcessDeaths #morbidity #mortality #opioids https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-08-19/deaths-are-up-post-covid-and-so-are-funeral-stocks-prognosis
Deaths Are Up Post-Covid, and So Are Funeral Stocks: Prognosis

Hi, it’s Jason in Melbourne. Is the Covid-19 pandemic behind us? An upswing in the gloomy business of funerals suggests not. Before I get into that...

Bloomberg
The study of 115,000 people found that those who ate large amounts of ultra-processed foods, especially processed meats, sugary breakfast foods and sugar and artificially sweetened beverages, were more likely to die prematurely.
#nutrition #mortality #morbidity #PublicHealth #food #pathology #health
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/05/08/ultraprocessed-junk-food-health-risks/
High levels of ultra-processed foods linked with early death, brain issues

Ultra-processed foods encompass a broad category, including cookies, doughnuts, potato chips, hot dogs, white bread and frozen meals.

Washington Post

“The body will destroy the germs of a physical illness within a week; but the mind will preserve germs of morbidity or fear for a lifetime.”

https://library.hrmtc.com/2024/05/08/the-body-will-destroy-the-germs-of-a-physical-illness-within-a-week-but-the-mind-will-preserve-germs-of-morbidity-or-fear-for-a-lifetime/

"The body will destroy the germs of a physical illness within a week; but the mind will preserve germs of morbidity or fear for a lifetime." - The Hermetic Library Blog

The body will destroy the germs of a physical illness within a week; but the mind will preserve germs of morbidity or fear for a lifetime. Colin Wilson, The Mind Parasites [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library] Consider also: “She prayed often. Her brain took refuge in rituals.” The Outsider “By and large, we were taught […]

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