5ASkia
I am a moral philosopher & eternal student. I like cats. Chocolate is the key to world peace. Surely, my brain is making me do all this.
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Food As Medicine : Interesting Facts You Do Not Know About Your Gut Mirobiome
Gut health and its importance to overall well-being has become a hot topic as more people seek ways to manage their health by paying close attention to what they eat. This article captures the interesting facts people do not know about gut health.
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I never appreciate assertions about what I won't know, and It's exactly because I know this shit, I was actually appreciating the accuracy of everything he said until I got to point 8: Interesting Facts You Do Not Know About Your Gut Mirobiome. #ins2019
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Scientists Engineered a Bacterium That Poops Out Huge Amounts of Psilocybin
Scientists have found a new way to harvest psilocybin, the psychedelic compound typically found in mushrooms. They've engineered bacteria to produce psilocybin in their cells and poop it out, in gram-scale concentrations that are higher than any othe
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What could possibly go wrong Scientists Engineered a Bacterium That Poops Out Huge Amounts of Psilocybin.
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We’re Getting Ripped Off
I knew the American health insurance system was bad. I didn't know it was this bad.
"Nothing should stand in the way of a girl and her education": Sophia Bush is fighting to end period poverty in the U.S.
According to a 2019 survey, nearly one in five girls in the U.S. have missed school due to a lack of period products
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CBS News: "Nothing should stand in the way of a girl and her education": Sophia Bush is fighting to end period poverty in the U.S..
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Probiotics 2.0: Your Gut Microbiome Is Getting A Tech Upgrade
With growing knowledge of the microbiome, more companies are seeking to use microbes to benefit human health. What if we could design microbes to target specific tissues and cells rather than your whole body, avoiding preventable side effects,...
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What could possibly go wrong?Probiotics 2.0: Your Gut Microbiome Is Getting A Tech Upgrade
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PubPeer - A lowered probability of pregnancy in females in the USA age...
There are comments on PubPeer for publication: A lowered probability of pregnancy in females in the USA aged 25–29 who received a human papillomavirus vaccine injection (2018)
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HPV vaccination and seriously bad science to discourage it. Join the fray: pubpeer.com/publications/E… @MicrobiomDigest doing her thing at @PubPeer
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Common Mistakes That Could Lead To 'Keto Crotch' & How To Avoid Them
Pro tip: You're probably not eating enough plants.
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Pseudoscientific humbug: Common Mistakes That Could Lead To "Keto Crotch" & How To Avoid Them.
mindbodygreen.com/articles/what-…
via @GoogleNews
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A Florida woman was fined $100,000 for a dirty pool and overgrown grass. When do fines become excessive?
States, cities and counties collect billions of dollars in fines. The Supreme Court raised the possibility that some are going too far.
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Ain't this grand? A Florida woman was fined $100,000 for a dirty pool and overgrown grass.
usatoday.com/in-depth/news/…
via @GoogleNews
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University Library Off Campus Login for Licensed Resources
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And I thought I had seen it all. www-sciencedirect-com.ezproxy.gsu.edu/science/articl…
#microbiomania #smh pic.twitter.com/88D8yiWPEK
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New York Times falls for “obesity probiotic” hype
Like many probiotic studies, it’s small, inconclusive, and has financial conflicts.
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Ars Technica: New York Times falls for “obesity probiotic” hype.
arstechnica.com/science/2019/0…
If only it were just the NY Times falling for it. Gut microbes? Anything goes. #microbiomania #arstechnica
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Search Alumni Exam Register since 1990 | Erasmus University Rotterdam
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@anitaleirfall @obrien_cathie I did some Dutch googling, but apparently there's no central system. The 14 Dutch universities are members of the association of Dutch universities, @deVSNU, maybe they can answer the question. Individual universities like @erasmusuni have registers
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Unexplainability and Incomprehensibility of Artificial Intelligence
If superintelligence explained itself we would not understand it.
Read and Watch Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Rebuke of Mitch McConnell at the House Reparations Hearing
Coates’ response was a catalog of crimes against black people by the federal government in McConnell’s own lifetime.
What the Hell Are We Supposed to Do With This New Research About Breast Milk?
Brace yourself for another public debate about breastfeeding, because there’s new research that finds that, while breastmilk is really good for babies, it’s most beneficial when delivered directly from the breast. Pumping and bottling breast milk, a...
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What the Hell Are We Supposed to Do With This New Research About Breast Milk? jezebel.com/what-the-hell-… via @jezebel
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Welfare Money Is Paying for a Lot of Things Besides Welfare
Instead of giving cash assistance to poor families, states are widening the racial divide.
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The Atlantic: Welfare Money Is Paying for a Lot of Things Besides Welfare.
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/… #racism
via @GoogleNews
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Patient dies from fecal transplant containing drug-resistant bacteria
The donor stool had not been tested for the drug-resistant bacteria before the procedure, the FDA noted.
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Here it begins... Patient dies from fecal transplant containing drug-resistant bacteria.
nbcnews.com/health/health-… #microbiomania
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Pregnant Women Who Eat More Fiber May Lower Child's Celiac Risk
Mothers who eat a high-fiber diet in pregnancy may lower the risk of celiac disease in their children, a new study suggests.
Gut worms were once a cause of disease, now they are a cure – William Parker | Aeon Essays
You might think they are disgusting. But our war against intestinal worms has damaged our immune systems and mental health