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alfonon A prospective Alzheimer’s trial reports

Right, although apparently it can as well, at a very low levels cause the same degeneration to neurons as seen in Alzheimer disease, unlike any other heavy metal tested as far as I know. I found this video pretty interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU8nSn5Ezd8

alfonon A prospective Alzheimer’s trial reports

I found this old presentation making a set of hypothesis regarding Alz etiology, possible mechanisms and possible treatments somewhat interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1FmK4582mA.

I am obviously biased towards this concept, as I have personally seen my mom slow reverse her early dementia with the help of an experimental Mercury removing drug, but since Alzheimer is really only confirmed by Autopsy, and we happen to live close by a Chlor Alkali plant that has been dumping Hg to the environment for decades, we would never know if she would have eventually died / get diagnosed of Alz.

alfonon Time to Get Serious about Tick-Borne Diseases

For whom it may concern, regarding specifically a Bb infection: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03891667

alfonon Ask HN: Recommendations of good cybercrime novels?

On the topic of Non-fiction cybercrime books, one that provides very good insight imho on the history of spam albeit a little hard to follow is "Spam Nation", by Brian Krebs

alfonon Is the Alzheimer's “Amyloid Hypothesis” Wrong? (2017)

A related article that I enjoyed: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/05/devastating-c...

alfonon Gut Germs Appear to Play Role in Multiple Sclerosis

I, myself, was diagnosed with RR Multiple Sclerosis, with multiple dem. lesions in both brain and spinal cord, ON, delayed evoked potentials, 4 years ago. Completely reversed the condition with long term antibiotics and anti-helmintics, no evidence of MS currently. So my advice might be biased, sorry. As I said, there is no harm in examining this perspective. I didn't advocate for treatment, but for testing.

alfonon Gut Germs Appear to Play Role in Multiple Sclerosis

You might also want to have her CSF independently tested for nematode worms. (what I mean by this is to put it under a microscope). it surely won't hurt, as some pathologists (although not published yet in the medical literature AFAIK) are finding them in all the samples they have tested for.

More information: https://youtu.be/aTPU87CKQLQ?t=6m30s

If this proves to be the case for your aunt, the good news is that anti-helmintics like Ivermectin, could efficiently treat the underlying cause.

You also might benefit from performing Metagenomic tests ( such as Digital Culture by Karius - kariusdx.com) to look for insidious pathogens that might play a role in her illness.

In other words, there are many different things that might cause the symptomatology described as "Multiple Sclerosis", Lyme disease actually being one of them, https://youtu.be/Fy0ViOX7xNk?t=9m37s

alfonon Peanut allergy cured in majority of children in immunotherapy trial

Link to the original 2013 study http://www.jacionline.org/article/S0091-6749(14)01737-0/pdf

alfonon Breaking open the Mt. Gox case, part 1

Btc-e is currently under 'unplanned maintenance' [1], does anyone know if it has something to do with this?.

[1] https://btc-e.com/

alfonon Lifestyle changes can reduce dementia risk, study says

You think that preventing a STD, or a tick bite wouldn't count as a lifestyle change?, really?.

alfonon Lifestyle changes can reduce dementia risk, study says

I think this article ignores some very important risk factors.

Does it assumes idiopathic Dementia?, what about dementia caused by AIDS, Syphilis, or late-stage Lyme disease?, to mention a few?.

alfonon Ask HN: What tools do you use to manage your life?

Trello syncs up with my calendar very well, it's what I use for tasking and I am quite happy with it.

alfonon The Liver: A ‘Blob’ That Runs the Body

Some case studies that I find interesting:

Cirrhosis presenting as Parkinsonism - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2771969/

Reversal of parkinsonism following liver transplantation. - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12578945

alfonon Two new peanut allergy treatments are on the verge of approval

Another interesting read: "about 80 percent of the children who received the peanut protein plus probiotic treatment were able to consume about 0.1 ounces (4 grams) of peanut protein without a reaction. What's more, when the parents of these children were interviewed about three months after the study ended, most said that their child was still able to include some peanuts in his or her diet (varying from five peanuts to 3 tablespoons of peanut butter a week)."

http://www.livescience.com/49638-peanut-allergy-treatment-pr...

alfonon Ask HN: I don't want to be a founder anymore

Just came here to say:

Don't do drugs for this, that's as far as I can say.

alfonon How Social Media is Built for Addiction

The funny thing is that when I think about this, it always comes down to government regulations; when big corporations (whose interest is always to maximize profits at any cost) are allowed to get inside your pocket, your kitchen, and whatnot, and spend billions in learning how to influence our brain's reward systems without little limitations, I am not surprised they achieve so much success, after all, we are limited by our biology, we like it or not.

alfonon Ask HN: Building a side project that makes money. Where to start?

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.bit-booster.bb...

alfonon Nicotine Normalizes Brain Activity Deficits That Are Key to Schizophrenia

I wonder if this could be related https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/155/8/732/65654/Parkins...

alfonon Extreme side-effects of antidepressants

Dr. Peter C Gøtzsche: Psychiatry gone astray.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiJcSoo3C4Q

alfonon Amphetamine boosts rats’ recovery from brain injuries

"Two other drugs, atomoxetine and amantadine, which have been used to treat impulse control disorders in patients, offered no significant benefits." - Ups

alfonon Show HN: I invented a caffeinated toothpaste

So before and after?

alfonon How the Sugar Industry Shifted Blame to Fat

I have had some pretty nasty neurological symptoms due to invasive intracellular infections of the CNS, and been whole-food paleo-like keto diet for more than 1 year now with no exceptions, and I feel damn great, compared to before that is.

alfonon Alzheimer’s treatment appears to alleviate memory loss in small trial

https://jneuroinflammation.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.118...

and

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160525161351.h...

alfonon The Solitary Vice: Victorian Views on Masturbation

www.yourbrainonporn.com

alfonon Reverse engineering and removing Pokémon GO’s certificate pinning

In iOS though, SSLKillSwitch v2 does the job well.

alfonon ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Donations Lead to Significant Gene Discovery

To anyone suffering from this condition, or that know someone with it, watch this video, doesn't hurt. It saved my life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY9FdULDV6M

alfonon How climate change is rapidly taking the planet apart

When my high-functioning aspergers friend was 'deeply concerned' about the ESAS methane some months back, the actual models not taking into account positive feedback loops, and how there was a very high likelihood of us as a species going extinct in a mere decade, and given how much I trust his criteria, I knew something wasn't going well. This article pretty much sums up what he was telling me.