ASPIRIN: On November 23, 2023, a study entitled “Aspirin and cancer treatment: systematic reviews and meta-analyses of evidence: for and against” was published in BJC. In it, researchers report that their meta-analyses of 118 observational studies showed consistent reductions of about 20% in mortality among cancer patients who used aspirin. Furthermore, there is evidence that aspirin may help prevent cancers from metastasizing.
DEPRESSION: On December 14, 2023, a study entitled “Metabolic features of treatment-refractory major depressive disorder with suicidal ideation” was published in Translational Psychiatry. Researchers’ blood analyses of 99 people with treatment-resistant MDD and 94 healthy controls showed the depressives were deficient in CoQ10, lutein, carnitine, and folate (vitamin B9).
Consumer Lab’s Top Picks (quality, bio-availability, price) are shown in the graphic above. N.b., there was no Top Pick for the recommended version of carnitine; the brands listed all passed Consumer Lab’s quality tests. A B complex is recommended for folate because all the B vitamins are important; Nature Made’s product has a good amount of each while not exceeding Upper Tolerable Limits of any.
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41398-023-02696-9
- https://www.consumerlab.com/ – I have a subscription to Consumer Lab, which gives me access to a huge data base of their own lab analyses of and published scientific studies about health care products. Their particular emphasis is vitamin, mineral, and herbal supplements, but they also test and report on things like water filters.
LIFE HACK: It’s an open book exam.
MICHAEL COHEN: The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan has rejected Michael Cohen’s appeal, ruling that his claims were without merit. Cohen filed his civil action against President Trump in December 2021, alleging retaliatory imprisonment for his public comments and tell-all book criticizing the former president. The former president’s lawyer sought damages for alleged “extreme physical and emotional harm” and free speech violations after he was ordered back to prison after completing a three-year sentence for crimes including campaign finance violations, lying to Congress, and tax evasion.
VAXXX: On October 27, 2023, a study entitled “DNA fragments detected in monovalent and bivalent Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna modRNA COVID-19 vaccines from Ontario, Canada: Exploratory dose response relationship with serious adverse events” was published in OSFPreprints. In it, Canadian researchers report having found “billions to hundreds of billions” of DNA molecules per dose. These far exceed guidelines set forth by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
There is serious concern that the lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) used to deliver the mRNA into human cells will simultaneously deliver DNA. Integration of rogue DNA has terrifying potential for not only harming organs and causing cancer, but also becoming integrated into gametes (sperm/eggs) and passed on to offspring of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine recipients.
- https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/florida-surgeon-general-warns-against-using-mrna-covid-vaccines-over-possible-cancer-risk-5557761
- https://osf.io/preprints/osf/mjc97
GRAMMY NOTES: Oh for crying out loud! I was in graduate school when the first personal computers hit the market. I wanted one so badly, but it would be many years before our income and their prices got within sight of each other. When it became painfully obvious that Dearest Architect had to switch to CAD, we had to take out a substantial bank loan to pay for his first work station. Anybody else remember when computers advanced in power and dropped in price so quickly that they would practically be obsolete by the time yours arrived? I sure do. By the time we paid off that loan, his work station was so outdated, we might as well have used it for a door stop.
SHORTS:
CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vSix2ThZ4V4 to see how Ghostbusters hatched the eggs.
CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2fXvWLTQJLo for bad (i.e., raunchy) Christmas designs.
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Really needed this today. Thank you, dear Chrissy-!
Bit of a narcissist as a parent going on right now. As many times I forgive them, without them confessing their fault, they ask for forgiveness anyway. I do. And then comes more hurt. They are a best friend when we’re alone together. Then with other family, I’m a joke. Worse – bad to this best friend; this best friend makes the others think.
Peace in Christ and God is here. Still hurts when parents aren’t.
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Yes! And so hard to know what “Honor thy father and they mother” means when they are so cruel. Honestly, when my mother finally passed away, my first thought was, “Phew! No more trying to find greeting cards for her holidays that aren’t total lies.”
I just bought “The Covert Passive Aggressive Narcissist: Recognizing the Traits and Finding Healing After Hidden Emotional and Psychological Abuse ” by Debbie Mirza. I think it’s going to help. But I also want a Christian perspective. There isn’t much out there, but I did find Kris Reese’s channel at YouTube, so I’m watching that.
My parents have both been dead for decades and I have almost complete No Contact with harmful people, in part thanks to my extreme chemical sensitivities. I’m way too much trouble for a narcissist to care about and I have the perfect excuse to never go to any family anything. When it’s been my daughter’s graduations and weddings etc., it’s been weepy and horrible; but I have GLADLY missed out on the extended family crap fests.
I had 5 years of excellent therapy and my marriage is awesome. But I know I still have healing to do. I’ll no doubt blog as I learn more. God bless you!!
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