by Daniel Brouse March 11, 2023 Post-COVID patients are at an increased risk of developing or exacerbating diabetes. In addition, the American Heart Association (AHA) states that diabetes often lowers HDL (good) cholesterol levels and raises triglycerides and LDL (bad) cholesterol levels. Both blood sugar and cholesterol increase the risk for heart disease and stroke. […]
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COVID: Insulin Reduction, Diabetes, High Cholesterol, Heart Disease and Stroke
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Tagged cell fate change, cholesterol, COVID, COVID-19, diabetes, DNA, epigenetic, genetics, genome, insertions, Insulin, long haulers syhdrome, long-COVID, Post Acute COVID-19 Syndrome
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Antarctic Ice Sheet Is Melting at Accelerated Rate
The Word Economic Forum published the report The Antarctic ice sheet is melting. And this is bad news for humanity. * The Antarctic ice sheet has been strongly decreasing since 2016. * If left unchecked, the complete melting of the West Antarctic ice sheet would cause a global sea level increase of 3.3 metres in […]
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Tagged climate change, flood insurance, flooding, real estate, rising sea level
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Long COVID Update: 3 Years of Living With It
by Daniel Brouse March 7, 2023 In February of 2020, I contracted SARS-CoV-2. By May of 2020, I recognized a pattern of recurring symptoms including: difficulty breathing, congestion, cough, stomach aches, diarrhea, loss of taste and smell, temperature deregulation, night sweats, nightmares, vivid dreams, dizziness, brain fog, headaches, muscle aches, earaches, and peripheral neuropathy. Over […]
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Climate Change Impacts on Flood Risks and Real Estate Values
by Daniel Brouse and Sidd Mukherjee February 26, 2023 Climate change poses many risks to real estate values. In general, as energy is added to a system, the fluctuations in the system increase. So, we expect more storms, more droughts, more wildfires, more floods, more fluctuations of all kinds. What we are saying is that […]
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Tagged cliamte change, climate displacement, climate migration, climate refugees, flood insurance, real estate, rising sea level
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Earliest Spring on Record: Climate Change in Real Time
by Daniel Brouse February 24, 2023 Parts of Texas, Arkansas, Ohio, Maryland, and New York are all experiencing the earliest spring conditions on record. The National Phenology Network has published a study on February 21, 2023 that found: Spring leaf out continues to spread north, arriving several days to weeks earlier than average (the period […]
Real Estate Underwater: Displacement and Climate Refugees
by Daniel Brouse February 22, 2023 For years climate scientists have been trying to develop models for the real estate market impacted by rising sea levels. Florida is proving to be a microcosm of coastal real estate. “Everybody thinks this is a God-given sea level,” Harold Wanless, who heads the University of Miami’s geology department […]
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COVID: Hypertension, Heart-disease Risk Soars
by Daniel Brouse There have been many documented cases of Sars-Cov-2 causing heart problems including Myocarditis (inflammation of the heart.) Johns Hopkins Medicine says, “Coronavirus infection also affects the inner surfaces of veins and arteries, which can cause blood vessel inflammation, damage to very small vessels and blood clots, all of which can compromise blood […]
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Tagged angiotensin, Blood Clots, COVID, COVID-19, heart disease, hypertension, long-COVID, microclots, pandemic, SARS-CoV-2
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Economic Update: Inflation, Interest Rates, AI, Consumer Spending, Climate Change, and Fiscal Policy
by Daniel Brouse February 3, 2023 This article is about the economic conditions up to 2023 and a forecast for the foreseeable future. It helps to understand fiscal and monetary polices prior to reading the following. In 2022 and 2023, the Federal Reserve raised their interest rates charged to other banks 4.75 percent in an […]
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COVID-19: Increased Risk of Autoimmune Diseases
by Daniel Brouse Not only is COVID-19 known to cause immune system disorders, post-COVID also increases the risk of autoimmune disease. There are multiple ways COVID has been shown to weaken the immune system (Immunocompromised) including: Destruction of Good Gut Bacteria Resulting in a Compromised Immune System, Dysfunctional Kynurenine Pathway, Down Regulating NAD+, Up Regulating IDO, […]
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Tagged autoimmune disconnect, autoimmunity, cell and molecular biology, coronavirus, COVID reinfection, COVID-19, disease and medicine, immune system, immunity, immunization, Immunocompromised, immunology, long-COVID, post-COVID, SARS-CoV-2
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Climate Change and Cigarette Litigation
by Daniel Brouse 2016 and 2023 In 2016, I had said: What will create the change needed? The oil industry is going to be like the tobacco industry. The consumers are going to claim they were misled about the dangers of burning fossil fuels and will file lawsuits against the oil companies. You will not […]
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