A day after infusion of an experimental drug, helicopter transfer, hospitalization, Remdesivir, 2 brief notes from his doctor on the medications....we're going to hear directly from Dr Conley shortly. That'll be interesting.
No supplemental oxygen now, oxygen sat 96%, walking around, "doing extremely well," no fever since Friday morning. On therapy: "For the President, I didn't want to hold anything back." Not going into anything specific on lung findings (CT?). Why transfer: "He's POTUS" End.
Mostly a delayed, evasive, lack of transparency (on oxygen, lung scan, vital signs, real reason for use of treatments, differences from other reports) but, ironically, one inadvertent and potentially serious disclosure on timeline nytimes.com/2020/10/03/us/…
Did Dr. Conley and team think this wouldn't come out?
Are you "weak" if you get supplemental oxygen?
As I wrote in SUPER AGERS, the immune system is the key to modulating our aging process and the opportunity to extend healthspan. Today @NatureAging 7 new articles, summarized here, that reinforce its central role nature.com/articles/s4358…
The new special issue @ScienceMagazine features Immunity with 4 outstanding review papers, 5★
Our immune system over the lifespan, sex differences, influence on physiology, and host antiviral defenses science.org/toc/science/cu…
We've learned a lot more about the principal drivers of age-related diseases in the past few weeks. And that leads to a unified model to pull it all together. (open-access)
I review 4 new reports, summarized here: 1. The proteins from senescent cells predict age-related clinical outcomes 2. A new epigenetic age clock connects the dots between aging, the immune system, inflammation and lifestyle factors 3. People with a fast pace of aging had an increased risk of cognitive impairment, age-related diseases, disability, and mortality 4. The Importance of “Immune Resilience” for Healthspan
And present a unified I/I model for what we now know
Most people haven’t heard of this test, which is available in the US. It accurately predicts Alzheimer’s (not just if there’s a risk, but when). It is favorably affected by exercise and likely many other lifestyle factors.
Here’s (almost) everything we know about it. In Ground Truths (link in my profile d/t X-suppression)
A major @Nature paper this week found a significant decline in dementia after an outdated Shingles vaccine.
I've reviewed the study and many other relevant ones in a new Ground Truths (link in profile)
A Table from the post
The effect in the 2 natural experiments differed substantially by sex with the benefit predominant in women
The vaccine against Shingles helps protect against dementia, results of a natural experiment, adding to prior evidence
"implications are profound"
New @Nature nature.com/articles/s4158… nature.com/articles/d4158…