By Daniel Brouse July 8, 2023 How long is “ever”… as in “the hottest it’s ever been in recorded history”? During the first week of July 2023, the Earth had the hottest days ever. Humans are about 200,000 years old with our closest variety being dated to about 140,000 years ago. The earliest “recording of […]
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Climate Change: How Long Is “Ever”?
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Health Impacts of Air Pollution
By Daniel Brouse June 30, 2023 The health impacts of air pollution are both cumulative and irreversible. The more polluted the air, the more severe the effects. The more polluted air you breathe over time, the more severe the effects. That is to say breathing “Moderate” quality air for 3 days might be similar to […]
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Tagged air pollution, climate change, ozone, particulate matter
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Corsi-Rosenthal Box: The Best Air Purifier
What is a Corsi-Rosenthal Box and how do you build one? The Corsi-Rosenthal Box is a simple DIY air filter and purifier that outperforms and can be more effective than expensive HEPA purifiers. Corsi-Rosenthal Boxes are made from cardboard, tape, furnace air filters, and a box fan. The Corsi-Rosenthal Box was invented by Richard Corsi, […]
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Tagged air filters, air pollutin, air purifiers, air quality, climate change, free, pollution
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COVID: Insulin Reduction, Diabetes, High Cholesterol, Heart Disease and Stroke
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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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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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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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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COVID-19 Compromises Your Immune System (Immunocompromised)
By Daniel Brouse SARS-CoV-2 and the results of COVID-19 cause long-term immune system dysfunction. That is to say COVID results in a compromised immune system. * SARS-CoV-2 infection weakens immune-cell response The magnitude and quality of a key immune cell’s response to vaccination with two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine were considerably lower in […]
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Tagged antigen presentation of covid, autoimmune disconnect, 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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COVID-19: reinfection increases risks of death, hospitalization and damage to multiple organs
The study Acute and postacute sequelae associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection was published in the Journal Nature. * The evidence shows that reinfection further increases risks of death, hospitalization and damage to multiple organ systems * COVID exacerbates underlying conditions including pulmonary, cardiovascular, hematological, diabetes, gastrointestinal, kidney, mental health, musculoskeletal and neurological disorders First infection with […]
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