August 2021

August 28

Natural immunity for the win
By Alex Berenson,  www.substack.com, August 27, 2021

Exercise maintains normal heart rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation
ScienceDaily, August 23, 2021

New study suggests eating a hotdog may shorten your lifespan by 36 minutes
www.thenationalnews.com

Nutritional support may be lifesaving in heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 May, 77 (18) 2307–2319

Entresto risky for advanced heart failure?
By Crystal Phend, www.medpagetoday.com, May 17, 2021

Victor Navarro on hepatotoxicity from garcinia cambogia
By medpagetoday.com 

Trends in dietary supplement use among US adults from 1999-2012
JAMA. 2016 Oct 11;316(14):1464-1474.

Ivermectin flying off North Texas shelves as a COVID-19 remedy despite FDA warnings, side effects
www.bakersfield.com

48% of Americans want the government to restrict misinformation on social media
By Robby Soave, https://reason.com,  August 20, 2021

Plastic barriers may not stop COVID-19 spread, experts say
By Carolyn Crist,  https://mdedge.com, August 23, 2021

Florida doc booted from hospital after offering $50 mask exemptions
By Kristina Fiore, www.medpagetoday.com,  August 25, 2021

Hospital patient dies after security guard performs surgery
https://www.france24.com, July 6, 2021

August 21

Alabama doc puts his foot down on the unvaccinated
By Jennifer Henderson, www.medpagetoday.com August 18, 2021

Effects of statins on dopamine loss and prognosis in Parkinson’s disease
Brain, awab292, Published: 04 August 2021

Will the Delta variant peak and then burn out
By Kathleen Doheny, www.medscape.com August 4, 2021

Why Moderna, BioNTech, and Novovax stocks sank today
By Keith Speights, www.fool.com  August 19, 2021

The Biden administration’s plans to make Covid-19 booster shots available next month has drawn a collective scream of protest from the scientific community
By Rachana Pradhan, The Daily Beast, August 20, 2021

British study shows COVID-19 VACCINE EFFICACY WANES UNDER Delta
By Ludwig Burger, Reuters,  August 15, 2021

Baby formula based on fad diet bad news for bones
By Molly Walker, www.medpagetoday.com,  August 20, 2021

Memory biomarkers confirm aerobic exercise helps cognitive function in older adults
Front. Endocrinol., 20 May 2021

Effects of powdered Montmorency tart cherry supplementation on acute endurance exercise performance in aerobically trained individuals
J Int Soc Sports Nutr 13, Article number: 22 (2016)

Sex specific effects of DHEA on bone mineral density and body composition. A pooled analysis   Of four clinical trials
Clin Endocrinol, Clinical Endocrinology, 2018; DOI: 10.1111/cen.13901

Half of Americans think they’ll never have a pain-free day again
By Chris Melore, August 19, 2021

Pregnenolone decreases veterans’ chronic back pain more than placebo
JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(3):e200287. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.0287

FDA expands supplement attack, targets hemp oil
https://anh-usa.org,  August 19, 2021

August 14

If you think kids are eating mostly junk food, a new study finds you’re right
JAMA. 2021;326(6):519-530. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.10238

Vitamin K intake and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in the Danish Diet Cancer and Health study
Journal of the American Heart Association. 2021;10:e020551

Babies born during COVID-19 pandemic tied with lower IQ
By Dejaris Holt  www.foxnews.com, August 13, 2021

Deadly Lambda variant could be neutralizing vaccines
By Hannah Sparks  nypost.com, August 12, 2021

Ovarian cancer population screening and mortality after long-term follow-up in the U.K. Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS): a randomized controlled trial
The Lancet 2021

Daily energy expenditure through the human life course
Science  13 Aug 2021: Vol. 373, Issue 6556, pp. 808-812Science 2021

Energy intake and satiety responses of eggs for breakfast in overweight and obese adults-a crossover study
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Aug; 17(15): 55583

Reversal of TGFb1 driven profibrotic state in patients with pulmonary fibrosis
N Engl J Med. 2020 Mar 12:382(11):1068-1070

August 7

Global eradication of COVID-19 probably feasible, and more so than for polio, say public health experts
BMJ Global Health

‘Learn to live with it’: COVID-19 can’t be eradicated like smallpox, experts warn
By Katie Dangerfield, Global News, July 14, 2021

How often did kids develop ‘Long COVID?’
By Molly Walker, Medpage Today

The delta surge may collapse faster than you think
By ZDoggMD, www.medpagetoday.com  August 6, 2021

COVID reinfections are unusual-but could still help the virus to spread
By Heidi Ledford, www.nature.com, January 14, 2021

SARS-CoV-2 infection induces long-lived bone marrow plasma cells in humans
Nature volume 595, pages421–425 (2021)

Had COVID? You’ll probably make antibodies for a lifetime
By Ewen Callaway, www.nature.com May 26, 2021

Necessity of COVID-19 vaccination in previously infected individuals
MedRxiv.org, June 5, 2021

Debate is over: COVID vax doubled protection for the previously infected
By Molly Walker, www.medpagetoday.com

Covid will increase life expectancy
By David Colander, July 28, 2021

Fenofibrate, a common cholesterol drug, dramatically reduces symptoms of Covid-19
By Chris Melore www.studyfinds.org August 6, 2021

Excess dietary carbohydrates affect mitochondrial integrity as observed in brown adipose tissue
Cell Reports Volume 36, Issue 5, 3 August 2021, 109488

Men who ejaculate at least 21 times a month slash their risk of prostate cancer by a third
By MANSUR SHAHEEN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM, August 3, 2021

Bayer to pull glyphosate products, including Roundup, from US home and garden market
By Olivia Rosane, wwwecowatch.com, July 30, 2021

Keto diet is a ‘disease-promoting disaster’, researchers warn
By Chris Melore, www.studyfinds.org

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