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?
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A major @Nature paper this week found a significant decline in dementia after an outdated Shingles vaccine.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…
Of >105,000 participants with 30-year follow-up, only 9.3% achieved healthy aging (age 70, w/o any chronic diseases). Their diet was significantly associated with this outcome🧵 @NatureMedicine
These are the specific foods that were linked with healthy aging and other outcomes. Green-favorable; Red-unfavorable
Adherence to these diets (most to least in quintiles) linked to healthy aging
A paper on microplastics accumulating in the brain was just published @NatureMedicine, open-access
I review the background and major implications in a new Ground Truths edition (link in my profile)nature.com/articles/s4159…
The human brain:
—had 7-30 times more accumulation of microparticles (MPs) than the liver or kidney (organs with previously documented high propensity)
—from people with dementia had 5X accumulation of MPs compared with non-dementia
—there was a marked increase of accumulation over recent years