Mon: The Next Big Advance in Cancer Treatment?

Your Thoughless Neighbor is a Health Threat

Dog poo is linked to illness, pollution and antibiotic resistance

Dog faeces may contain microorganisms that cause illness in humans such as Salmonella, E. coli, Giardia and internal parasites.

Dog poo can also be a potential reservoir for antibiotic-resistant bacteria, meaning humans could develop bacterial infections that are difficult to treat through contact with dog faeces.

A recent Sydney study also identified dog faeces washed into storm water as a significant contributor to water pollution.

A Yevgeny For His Thoughts

The mercenary chief whose rebels seized a Russian city and marched toward Moscow over the weekend says he acted to protect his fighters and not to topple Vladimir Putin, according to a recording released on Monday.

"This unit was supposed to have ended its existence on July 1, 2023," Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a nearly 12-minute audio recording on his press office's channel on Telegram, referring to the date by when the Russian defense ministry said all volunteer and mercenary forces had to sign up with the military.

It was the first time that Prigozhin, who did not disclose his location or when he recorded the message, has spoken since he abruptly ended his revolt on Saturday.

"Experienced fighters, experienced commanders will be simply 'smeared' and will basically be used as meat," he said, using Russian slang for "destroyed," adding: "We did not have the goal of toppling the existing regime and legitimately-elected government."

Does Misery Love Company?  Do Republicans Love Misery?



If Misery Loves Company, Mexico Can Provide It.

Students collapse, water shortages, misery, and a mass mortality event all plague Mexico.

Where the fuck is the media? Most of them are completely useless for today's challenges.

Northern Mexico will endure temperatures up to 122 degrees Fahrenheit as a relentless heat dome provides no relief from deadly temperatures that have baked the Mexican people for weeks, and they have no choice but to suffer.

Of course, the national media is asleep at the wheel as always and fail to discuss the issue of a rapidly heating planet and the death spiral of the climate system we have known for 11,000 years. What is happening to the earth should be an International priority daily. Kind of like Donald Trump is but more critical for survival.

When news on the heat dome does grab the media's attention, it stops at the Texas border as if suffering brought about by the climate crisis recognizes international borders.

Experts report that the heat dome will expand into Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, and Louisiana. Millions will join Texans and Mexicans in a brutal assault on the ability to survive without air conditioning. But it is not just North America that suffers. Central America and the Caribbean also are dealing with record-smashing temperatures.

T-Cells:  Danger Hunters

The next big advance in cancer treatment could be a vaccine.

After decades of limited success, scientists say research has reached a turning point, with many predicting more vaccines will be out in five years.

These aren't traditional vaccines that prevent disease, but shots to shrink tumors and stop cancer from coming back. Targets for these experimental treatments include breast and lung cancer, with gains reported this year for deadly skin cancer melanoma and pancreatic cancer.

"We're getting something to work. Now we need to get it to work better," said Dr. James Gulley, who helps lead a center at the National Cancer Institute that develops immune therapies, including cancer treatment vaccines.

More than ever, scientists understand how cancer hides from the body's immune system. Cancer vaccines, like other immunotherapies, boost the immune system to find and kill cancer cells. And some new ones use mRNA, which was developed for cancer but first used for COVID-19 vaccines.

For a vaccine to work, it needs to teach the immune system's T cells to recognize cancer as dangerous, said Dr. Nora Disis of UW Medicine's Cancer Vaccine Institute in Seattle. Once trained, T cells can travel anywhere in the body to hunt down danger.

The next big advance in cancer treatment could be a vaccine

Roads Don't Kill People.  People Do.

The United States has the most traffic deaths per capita of any developed country.

In 2020, the coronavirus reduced road deaths worldwide because people were forced to stay home. But the U.S. bucked that trend and saw rising traffic deaths, which spiked to a 16-year high in 2021 before a modest decrease in 2022.

“We face a crisis here in America,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told Yahoo News last month, pointing out that the number of people who died on the roads each year (42,795 in 2022) is comparable to the number killed by guns (48,830 in 2021).

“It should not be this way,” she added.

Read more: These 5 states alone accounted for almost 40% of US traffic deaths in 2022 — is yours one of them?

As with gun violence, the United States stands apart from peer nations in Europe and East Asia. Americans drive more, which leads to more crashes, on roads that facilitate unsafe driving.

On average, Americans drive more than twice as many miles as the French, more than three times as many as the Japanese and far more than even the residents of neighboring Canada — and have many more road deaths per capita in comparison to Germany and the U.K.

Why do so many Americans keep dying in traffic accidents?

Term Limits Seems Like a Good Idea, But It Might Require a Constituional Amendment

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said in an interview Sunday that she believes that Supreme Court justices should be subject to term limits as well as ethics regulations.

The former House speaker spoke with Jen Psaki for a segment of MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki” about the court’s credibility being called into question in light of recent news stories about Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito receiving lavish gifts or going on luxury trips sponsored by GOP figures.

The former White House press secretary pointed out that a recent Quinnipiac University poll found that just 30% of American voters approve of the court. The number is notable given that it’s the lowest since the polls began in 2004.

The Weight Loss Industry is $72 Billion. Time to Sell Your Jenny Craig Stock?

What if treating obesity could be as easy as popping an effective pill?

That's a notion that has long fueled hope for many of the more than 40% of Americans who are considered obese — and fueled criticism from those who advocate for wider weight acceptance. Soon, the pill may be a reality.

High-dose oral versions of the medication in the weight-loss drug Wegovy may work as well as the popular injections when it comes to paring pounds and improving health, according to final results of two studies released Sunday night. The potent tablets also appear to work for people with diabetes, who notoriously struggle to lose weight.

Drugmaker Novo Nordisk plans to ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve the pills later this year.

If Something Serious Happens, At Least You Will Look Good As You Are Wheeled Into the Emergency Room

What Are Side Effects of Wegovy?

Wegovy may cause serious side effects including:

hives,
difficulty breathing,
swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat,
sudden vision loss,
blurred vision,
tunnel vision,
eye pain or swelling,
seeing halos around lights,
fast, irregular, or pounding heartbeats,
fluttering in your chest,
shortness of breath,
sudden dizziness,
lightheadedness,
fainting,
severe headache,
confusion,
slurred speech,
arm or leg weakness,
trouble walking,
loss of coordination,
feeling unsteady,
very stiff or rigid muscles,
high fever,
profuse sweating, and
tremors

Get medical help right away, if you have any of the symptoms listed above.

Side effects of Wegovy include:

nausea,
diarrhea,
vomiting,
constipation,
abdominal pain,
headache,
fatigue,
indigestion/heartburn,
dizziness,
bloating (abdominal distension),
belching,
low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) in patients with type 2 diabetes,
gas (flatulence),
gastroenteritis, and
gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

Seek medical care or call 911 at once if you have the following serious side effects:

Serious eye symptoms such as sudden vision loss, blurred vision, tunnel vision, eye pain or swelling, or seeing halos around lights;
Serious heart symptoms such as fast, irregular, or pounding heartbeats; fluttering in your chest; shortness of breath; and sudden dizziness, lightheadedness, or passing out;
Severe headache, confusion, slurred speech, arm or leg weakness, trouble walking, loss of coordination, feeling unsteady, very stiff muscles, high fever, profuse sweating, or tremors.