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Are Trends in Alcohol Consumption and Cause-Specific Mortality in Russia Between 1990 and 2017 the Result of Alcohol Policy Measures?
https://www.jsad.com/doi/10.15288/jsad.2019.80.489 Comment; Disappointing that there is no mention of the fact that AA entered the USSR in the 1990s, I suspect this also had a significant though unrecognized (in this article) impact! Journal of Studies on Alcohol and...
Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement reduces opioid craving among individuals with opioid use disorder and chronic pain in medication assisted treatment: Ecological momentary assessments from a stage 1 randomized controlled trial
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0376871619303059?via%3Dihub#! Comment; It makes sense that adding Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) would help those on Methadone Maintenance Therapy (MMT) who have chronic pain with addiction...
Association of Prior Convictions for Driving Under the Influence With Risk of Subsequent Arrest for Violent Crimes Among Handgun Purchasers
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2751947 Comment; I would not have looked for this connection but can see why it would be present, addicts are more impulsive, the fact that violence is linked to a more impulsive personality...
Reduced glycolytic reserve in isolated natural killer cells from Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome patients: A preliminary investigation
http://apjai-journal.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/AP-011117-0188.pdf Comment; Great study demonstrating the reduced glycolytic reserve in Natural Killer (NK) T-Lymphocyte activity in Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS) patients. Glycolysis is respiration...
Validation of impaired Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 3 ion channel activity in natural killer cells from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ Myalgic Encephalomyelitis patients
https://molmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s10020-019-0083-4 Comment; Impaired TRPM3 activity in Natural Killer (NK) T lymphocytes can potentially be reversed with Pregnenolone, parent to sex steroids & Nifedepine a calcium channel blocker used to treat...
Fibromyalgia symptoms are reduced by low-dose naltrexone: a pilot study.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19453963 Comment; Interesting that those with a high RBC sed rate had the best response. Sed rate measures inflammation--but generally not fibromyalgia-type inflammation--yet still predicted the best response to LDN. Younger...
Low-dose naltrexone for the treatment of fibromyalgia: findings of a small, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, counterbalanced, crossover trial assessing daily pain levels.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23359310 Comment; Small study of 31 patients, crossover design--everybody had intervention-free and intervention intervals studied, improved pain control, fatigue & sleep problems without any significant adverse effects. What's...
Effects of naltrexone on pain sensitivity and mood in fibromyalgia: no evidence for endogenous opioid pathophysiology.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19365548 Comment; This study is using "standard" dosing of Naltrexone, not "low" dose Naltrexone (LDN), yet still provides evidence that the mechanism does not involve classic brain opioid receptors. Younger JW1, Zautra...
The use of low-dose naltrexone (LDN) as a novel anti-inflammatory treatment for chronic pain
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3962576/ Comment; LDN has been used for years, though incompletely understood regarding how it works. We know it affects Natural Killer T-Lymphocytes, doesn't seem to work solely by effects on the CNS opioid receptors....
Naltrexone restores impaired transient receptor potential melastatin 3 ion channel function in natural killer cells from myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome patients
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2019.02545/abstract Comment; Technical Australian paper demonstrating that low-dose naltrexone (LDN) affects Natural Killer T Lymphocyte calcium channels in cell membrane--calcium is an intra-cellular signal agent....
FRIGHTENING FREQUENCIES: THE DANGERS OF 5G
https://eluxemagazine.com/magazine/dangers-of-5g/ Comment; Very well-written summary of the dangers of 5G including the basic fact that antennae need to be close to each other because water and our tissues ABSORB the radiation--"it's not nice to fool (with) mother...
Is 5G technology bad for our health?
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326141.php#1 Comment; Good introductory article on the dangers of 5G/EMF effects on the human body. Not mentioned was the fact that EMF also triggers release of more toxic volatile organic compounds--toxins from fungi/mold. I...
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