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1. Breast Cancer Warning - part 1
2. Breast Cancer Warning - Part 2
3. Alzheimer's Disease - what they don't tell you
4. Dementia Update
5. Thong Bikinis, Surfers, and the Kanak Attack
6. Advice from ER Doctors - what not to do
7. HMSA - Hawaii's largest health insurance company
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Breast Cancer Warning - part 1
Courtney Kelley said she got breast cancer where she carried her phone in her bra. She said the radiation oncologist said, “we do know how dangerous these devices are, there's just a concerted effort to keep that from the public.”
This is the link to her video (0:51): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4veG7CoPm6o
Dr. John G. West was co-founder and (retired) director of surgery at Breastlink in Orange County in California. He has over 40 years of experience, performed over 20,000 breast surgeries. He authored three books and 20 peer-reviewed articles. He was co-founder of the breast cancer detection outreach Be Aware Foundation. He was named a “Best Doctor in America” and recognized as one of the “Best Doctors in Orange County.”
“Breast cancer occurring in women under the age of 40 is uncommon in the absence of family history or genetic predisposition, and prompts the exploration of other possible exposures or environmental risks. We report a case series of four young women---ages from 21 to 39---with multifocal invasive breast cancer that raises the concern of a possible association with non-ionizing radiation of electromagnetic field [EMF] exposures from cellular phones.
All patients regularly carried their smartphones directly against their breasts in their brassieres for up to 10 hours a day, for several years, and developed tumors in areas of their breast immediately underlying the phones. All patients had no family history of breast cancer, tested negative for BRCA1 and BRCA2, and had no other known breast cancer risks. Their breast imaging is reviewed, showing clustering of multiple tumor foci in the breast directly under the area of phone contact. Pathology of all four cases shows striking similarity; all tumors are hormone-positive, low-intermediate grade, having an extensive intraductal component, and all tumors have near identical morphology. These cases raise awareness to the lack of safety data of prolonged direct contact with cellular phones.”
These scientists contradict what we are being told. (click image to enlarge)
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Breast Cancer Warning – part 2
Dr. Davis warns people not carry their cellphones on their body; particularly young women should not carry their cellphones in their bra. She said cellphones come with specific warnings from manufacturers not to do so, but most consumers are completely unaware of the existence of those warnings. Working with Dr. John West at Breast Care in Southern California and Dr. Lisa Bailey, one of the nation's top breast surgeons who was also a former President of the American Cancer Society California, they accumulated nearly 40 cases of young women with very unusual breast cancers, all of whom have no family history and no genetic risk factors for the disease. These cases have multiple tumors under where these women kept their cellphones in their bra.
When you drive from one cell tower to another, the phone goes to maximum power each time it comes to a tower to connect to the tower. The cell tower connects to the cellphone through the antenna of the phone. Tumors that developed, developed under the antenna of the phone.
Dr. Davis said there hasn't been serious research on the relationship between cellphones and breast cancer in the US but published research by scientists in Turkey report breast cancer cell growth quadrupled when exposed to cellphone radiation.
Alzheimer's Disease – what they don't tell you
His research focuses on the genetic and molecular basis of neurological conditions, particularly Alzheimer's disease. He co-discovered Alzheimer's genes and he is director of the Alzheimer's Genome Project.
Dr. Tanzi said, “based on how long we live right now, only 5% of Alzheimer's genes guarantee the disease, 95% only predispose, which means lifestyle has a lot to do with avoiding this disease.”
Dementia Update
Dr. Diener said, “we know that there are about 14 different lifestyle factors and comorbidities that increase the risk for mild cognitive impairment, dementia, and in particular, Alzheimer's disease.” He said the most frequent ones are vascular risk factors, hearing loss, smoking, high alcohol intake, obesity, and nutrition. As an example, he said one study in the US published in Neurology, involving more that 100,000 participants, showed that consumption of red meat significantly increases risk of dementia.
He said there is a correlation between Herpes zoster infection and increased risk of cognitive impairment and dementia. There are several studies involving hundreds of thousands of patients in the US, UK, and Australia that show if someone is infected with Herpes zoster, over the next 13 years, risk of dementia is increased 15% to 30%. Vaccination against Herpes zoster reduces that risk. There have been several studies, including one study in Wales with nearly 300,000 participants that found diagnosis of dementia was reduced by 3.5% in those vaccinated. “The relative risk reduction for dementia was 20%.” A study in the US of more than 100,000 people over 6 years showed that the recombinant vaccine is more effective in preventing cognitive impairment and dementia compared to the traditional live vaccine. Risk reduction was 17%.
Dr. Diener said there is indirect evidence that the new class of medicines to treat diabetes and obesity, GLP-1 receptor agonists, “might also be beneficial for the prevention of dementia.” Examples of these drugs include Ozempic, Wegovy, Trulicity, Victoza, Byetta. “One publication in JAMA [Journal of the American Medical Association] Neurology looked at a database of more than 33,000 patients treated with GLP-1 receptor agonists and 34,000 treated with SGLT2 inhibitors [Jardiance] compared with standard therapy. For both substances, there was a 35% - 45% reduction in the risk of Alzheimer's dementia and other dementias compared to standard therapy.”
Regarding a new drug approved in the US and in Europe for treatment of early stages of Alzheimer's disease, he said, “This is a complicated business because you need biomarkers and amyloid PET for the diagnosis, you need regular intravenous administration, and you need MR controls to check for Amyloid-related imaging abnormalities.” He suggested, “At the end of the day, I'm not really sure whether this is an effective treatment if we consider cost and risk, and I think a healthcare system would be better advised to invest all this money into teaching of at-risk persons, in particular, to have an impact on lifestyle.” This includes “treating comorbidities like obesity, diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, and so on.”
Thong Bikinis, Surfers, and the Kanak Attack
When did female surfers start wearing thong bikinis? It caught me by surprise to see this. It's probably not even a new fashion trend. Just another thing to remind me how behind the times I am. These are real surfers. They may not surf competitively or surf big waves like Makani Adric, but these young women are true surfers.
Makani Adric (click photo to enlarge)
Makani means "wind" in Hawaiian. That's a good name for a big wave surfer.
In Hawaii 26% of the population is obese. 21% of Hawaii adults ages 65 and older have obesity. The Hawaii adult obesity rate is projected to increase further, potentially reaching over 50% by 2030 if current trends continue.
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Advice from ER Doctors – do not do this
That's advice from emergency room doctors, including Dr. Ryan Gerecht, E.M.S. Medical director at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. Dr. Gerecht said airbags deploy in less than one-twentieth of a second; when that happens, you have no time to move your legs.
Dr. Gerecht said “knees and the hips and the legs can be forcefully pushed into your face, or strike your head, which can cause a traumatic brain injury.”
Dunn reported, Dr. Gerecht “has seen facial and leg fractures as well as hip dislocations.” Dr. Gerecht said, “We've even seen spinal cord injuries.”
HMSA – Hawaii's largest health insurance company
Scott Norton was required by HMSA to get weeks of physical therapy before HMSA would approve an MRI or specialist care. His son said Norton “just got worse.” He was in a lot of pain, but no one knew he had cancer because HMSA denied the MRI. “The cancer was literally eating his bones at the time that he had to go through physical therapy.” After months of suffering, Norton died. “He was angry. He said we had been paying HMSA all these years.”
Sophie Cocke, for StarAdvertiser, reported, HMSA executives “received hefty pay raises and bonuses during the COVID-19 pandemic” at the same time HMSA was eliminating and outsourcing the jobs of nearly 200 employees. 107 HMSA workers lost their jobs. Another 89 employees now provide customer service for HMSA as employees of a company based in Mumbai, India, or provide tech assistance for HMSA as employees of a company in Maryland and Bengaluru, India.
Gina Marting, HMSA executive vice president and CFO: total compensation rose 20% from $902,402 in 2021 to $1.08 million in 2022.
Janna Nakagawa, HMSA vice president and chief administrative and strategy officer: total compensation rose from $788,287 to $995,633 (26% increase) in 2022.
David Herndon, HMSA executive vice president and chief business operations officer: total compensation rose to $817,361 (3.7% increase) in 2022. Jennifer Walker, HMSA senior vice president for data and analytics and general counsel: total compensation rose nearly 20% to $737,689 in 2022.
HMSA is a nonprofit organization. It reported profits of $48.9 million in 2021 and $26.9 million in 2022. In 2021 employee salary increases were capped at 1.5%. Average increase was 1%. In 2022 average employee raise was 3% according to HMSA.