Comments on: Dumbing Down Dementia http://www.ministryoftruth.org.uk/2007/06/29/dumbing-down-dementia/ Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin van-guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. Sat, 18 Aug 2007 02:27:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: The BritMeds 2007 (26) http://www.ministryoftruth.org.uk/2007/06/29/dumbing-down-dementia/#comment-22475 The BritMeds 2007 (26) Fri, 10 Aug 2007 06:18:25 +0000 http://www.ministryoftruth.org.uk/2007/06/29/dumbing-down-dementia/#comment-22475 [...] Obesity is bad for you. This is well established. It increases your risk on winding up with all manner of nasty shit, like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, sleep apnea, gallstones, hernias, fatty liver disease, renal failure, osteoarthritis, stokes, that most people would much rather not have to deal with. But clearly none of shit is scary enough to stop people pigging out at Maccy D’s, so now the ‘experts’ are wanting to tack going doolally-tap on to the list to make the whole business ever scarier.Dumbing down dementia from the Ministry of Truth+++++++++++ [...] […] Obesity is bad for you. This is well established. It increases your risk on winding up with all manner of nasty shit, like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, sleep apnea, gallstones, hernias, fatty liver disease, renal failure, osteoarthritis, stokes, that most people would much rather not have to deal with. But clearly none of shit is scary enough to stop people pigging out at Maccy D’s, so now the ‘experts’ are wanting to tack going doolally-tap on to the list to make the whole business ever scarier.Dumbing down dementia from the Ministry of Truth+++++++++++ […]

]]> By: Ministry of Truth » Cannabis: Don’t die of shoddy reporting UPDATED http://www.ministryoftruth.org.uk/2007/06/29/dumbing-down-dementia/#comment-22056 Ministry of Truth » Cannabis: Don’t die of shoddy reporting UPDATED Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:19:35 +0000 http://www.ministryoftruth.org.uk/2007/06/29/dumbing-down-dementia/#comment-22056 [...] journalism in the mainstream press - see Why is the Indy Shilling for Big Pharma? and Dumbing Down Dementia- the second of which includes this [...] […] journalism in the mainstream press - see Why is the Indy Shilling for Big Pharma? and Dumbing Down Dementia- the second of which includes this […]

]]> By: The BritMeds 2007 (26) · New York Articles http://www.ministryoftruth.org.uk/2007/06/29/dumbing-down-dementia/#comment-21271 The BritMeds 2007 (26) · New York Articles Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:38:23 +0000 http://www.ministryoftruth.org.uk/2007/06/29/dumbing-down-dementia/#comment-21271 [...] Dumbing down dementia from the Ministry of Truth+++++++++++ [...] […] Dumbing down dementia from the Ministry of Truth+++++++++++ […]

]]> By: Surreptitious Evil http://www.ministryoftruth.org.uk/2007/06/29/dumbing-down-dementia/#comment-20831 Surreptitious Evil Sun, 01 Jul 2007 08:17:18 +0000 http://www.ministryoftruth.org.uk/2007/06/29/dumbing-down-dementia/#comment-20831 <i>“People who are overweight at 60 are twice as likely to get dementia at 75."</i> Ignoring the fact that overweight is not obese, how much more likely are people who are obese at 60 (going to the headline, not the detail) not to reach 75, than their merely overweight or even trim counterparts? And how much more fun will they have had enjoying their food and wine, rather than worrying about the calorie content of their bland diet-meal-for-one with reduced-taste-0-cal beverage? S-E “People who are overweight at 60 are twice as likely to get dementia at 75.”

Ignoring the fact that overweight is not obese, how much more likely are people who are obese at 60 (going to the headline, not the detail) not to reach 75, than their merely overweight or even trim counterparts?

And how much more fun will they have had enjoying their food and wine, rather than worrying about the calorie content of their bland diet-meal-for-one with reduced-taste-0-cal beverage?

S-E

]]> By: Unity http://www.ministryoftruth.org.uk/2007/06/29/dumbing-down-dementia/#comment-20796 Unity Sat, 30 Jun 2007 11:04:42 +0000 http://www.ministryoftruth.org.uk/2007/06/29/dumbing-down-dementia/#comment-20796 I know that amyloid proteins are a big part in one of the three contending causal hypotheses that are being looked at, currently, and that that hypothesis is gaining a lot of support, but its still a fair way from being a 'done deal' on causation and even then its questionable how that stacks up as risk by comparison to the risks of vascular degeneration and all that goes with it in terms of other potentially life-threatening illnesses. At this stage I'm still inclined to look at this from the POV of understanding that life is the only condition with a guaranteed 100% mortality rate. I know that amyloid proteins are a big part in one of the three contending causal hypotheses that are being looked at, currently, and that that hypothesis is gaining a lot of support, but its still a fair way from being a ‘done deal’ on causation and even then its questionable how that stacks up as risk by comparison to the risks of vascular degeneration and all that goes with it in terms of other potentially life-threatening illnesses.

At this stage I’m still inclined to look at this from the POV of understanding that life is the only condition with a guaranteed 100% mortality rate.

]]> By: A. http://www.ministryoftruth.org.uk/2007/06/29/dumbing-down-dementia/#comment-20795 A. Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:54:02 +0000 http://www.ministryoftruth.org.uk/2007/06/29/dumbing-down-dementia/#comment-20795 Is this the nearest they could get to a British equivalent of eating too much foie gras? http://www.utk.edu/news/article.php?id=4138 It was interesting to watch the "trail" of articles about this which started with the press release above "Our study looked at the existence of amyloid fibrils in foie gras and showed that it could accelerate the development of AA amyloidosis in susceptible mice" and ended up in at least one place as "Foie Gras can be dangerous". Is this the nearest they could get to a British equivalent of eating too much foie gras?

http://www.utk.edu/news/article.php?id=4138

It was interesting to watch the “trail” of articles about this which started with the press release above “Our study looked at the existence of amyloid fibrils in foie gras and showed that it could accelerate the development of AA amyloidosis in susceptible mice” and ended up in at least one place as “Foie Gras can be dangerous”.

]]> By: Trusted.MD Network http://www.ministryoftruth.org.uk/2007/06/29/dumbing-down-dementia/#comment-20772 Trusted.MD Network Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:19:12 +0000 http://www.ministryoftruth.org.uk/2007/06/29/dumbing-down-dementia/#comment-20772 <strong>The BritMeds 2007 (26)...</strong> ++++++++++++ Warm the cockles with this:... The BritMeds 2007 (26)…

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]]> By: The BritMeds 2007 (26) · Articles http://www.ministryoftruth.org.uk/2007/06/29/dumbing-down-dementia/#comment-20770 The BritMeds 2007 (26) · Articles Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:03:43 +0000 http://www.ministryoftruth.org.uk/2007/06/29/dumbing-down-dementia/#comment-20770 [...] Dumbing down dementia from the Ministry of Truth+++++++++++ [...] […] Dumbing down dementia from the Ministry of Truth+++++++++++ […]

]]> By: F0ul http://www.ministryoftruth.org.uk/2007/06/29/dumbing-down-dementia/#comment-20764 F0ul Fri, 29 Jun 2007 20:00:37 +0000 http://www.ministryoftruth.org.uk/2007/06/29/dumbing-down-dementia/#comment-20764 There is evidence to show that smoking and Alzheimer’s Disease are connected, but inversely! In English, smoking slows down the onset of Alzheimer's in people who have a history in it in their family. For the citation read this: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=1855016&dopt=Citation It is interesting what the medical bodies don't want us to read! Maybe the figures in your article took the numbers who are giving up smoking due to the upcoming smoking ban as the reason for the growth in Alzheimer's?? :) There is evidence to show that smoking and Alzheimer’s Disease are connected, but inversely! In English, smoking slows down the onset of Alzheimer’s in people who have a history in it in their family.

For the citation read this:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=1855016&dopt=Citation

It is interesting what the medical bodies don’t want us to read!
Maybe the figures in your article took the numbers who are giving up smoking due to the upcoming smoking ban as the reason for the growth in Alzheimer’s??

:)

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