I was trying to write something about the irony of a tick that induces a meat allergy being named after the lone star/meat state, but okay you win, I give up!
Here you go:
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The original lone star tick
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Researchers at Columbia University used population data and computer modeling to predict how many people will get uterine cancer – and how many will die from it – over the next 30 years. They predict that the number of new uterine cancer cases will increase by over 50% for Black women compared to about 30% for white women by 2050.
There are currently no routine screening tests for uterine cancer. People are often diagnosed once they start having symptoms like abnormal vaginal bleeding typically after menopause, pelvic pain and weight loss.
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Increase of over 50% is terrible, but increase of 30% is also bad. What the heck is going on? Is it the current bugabear, microplastics?
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Well,
“Like many cancers, uterine cancer is a disease of aging. Another major factor is the increase in overweight and obesity in the U.S. population,” she said.
Elkin pointed to decreases in hysterectomies – surgery to remove the uterus – for conditions like fibroids and endometriosis as another reason uterine cancer rates are increasing. More women are living with their uterus, putting them at risk of developing the disease, she noted.
Not dying of something else, for starters. RFK jr is certainly trying to fix that.
But I am highly suspicious that there are other factors at play, not least of which that this is a disease of older women, largely, which makes it not terribly sexy as a research area. The increasing level of endocrine disruptors in our environment, when discussing hormone responsive tissues, is always a suspect. And yes, microplastics are in the mix as well.
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Thanks!
Years ago my PCP talked about a medical condition that has a tendency to affect older women, and thus is not studied: Notalgia Paresthetica. There are theories, but no one knows what causes it or what makes it go away (and it doesn’t always goes away). True, it doesn’t seem to be deadly, but I’ll bet SOMETHING would be known about it if it only or even mostly affected men.
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I’d never heard of this before.
I have a pinched nerve in my back that cause occasional itching, pain, and numbness. But the specificity of this condition is peculiar.
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Fucking assholes…
The new memos from the Food and Drug Administration show how the agency’s vaccine chief, Dr. Vinay Prasad, personally intervened to place restrictions on COVID shots from vaccine makers Novavax and Moderna.
Both vaccines were approved by the FDA in May after months of analysis by rank-and-file FDA reviewers.
Waiting to see if they come after our routine childhood vaccines. I cannot for a moment believe they will not. Damn it to hell, I hate this timeline.
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When. Not if.
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Not that this is news here, but watch for how they blame Biden, or dems, or anybody but themselves. Had not thought about “but it’s not called Medicare!” But that does make sense.
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OTC cough syrup price increased 1000% in 10, 9, …
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