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Yale LISTEN Study – Listen to Immune, Symptom and Treatment Experiences Now

Yale paper - 'Immunological and Antigenic Signatures Associated with Chronic Illnesses after COVID-19 Vaccination'

The purpose of this study by Yale School of Medicine is to understand long COVID, Post Vaccine Syndrome (PVS), and the corresponding immune responses by collecting information about symptoms and medical history from participants, as well as blood and saliva samples from some participants.

The demographics at risk of developing PVS and symptom manifestations are similar to those of long COVID. Whether this reflects overlapping underlying mechanisms such as persistent S protein remains to be determined.

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Food Intolerances -are you affected? How to find out, and what to do about it.

As many as 20% of the population are affected by food intolerances on a daily basis. Are you or a family member one of them? Here we look at the main food intolerances, the symptoms and what you can do about them if you are affected. Knowledge is power, so read on!

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Auto-immune diseases – is leaky gut the missing link?

The intestinal surface is exposed to diverse antigens, including food antigens, food-borne pathogens, and commensal microbes. Intestinal epithelial cells have developed unique barrier functions that prevent potentially hostile antigens from crossing into the body. Disruption of the epithelial barrier increases intestinal permeability, resulting in Leaky Gut Syndrome (LGS), which in turn can cause a number of autoimmune conditions.

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12 Top Tips to reduce stress and sleep better

People have been living in a storm of stress during the ongoing pandemic, which has had a negative impact on our well-being.

A little bit of stress is good, and essential for survival, but severe or prolonged stress can increase the risk for stress-related diseases, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, depression, Alzheimer's disease, and cancer amongst others.

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The Secret Seven

Seven evidence based metabolic natural interventions to reduce your cancer risk.
If I said to you that there were three very simple and inexpensive things that you could do to reduce your cancer risk by 60%, would you be interested?

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Gallbladder deep dive

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Why are so many people that we know irritable, anxious or depressed all the time?

Over the past few years, you may have noticed that people, even some of those that we know well, are more irritable, anxious or depressed all the time. I have certainly noticed this in day to day interactions.

Clearly the last five years have been an unprecedented time, certainly within my lifetime, for a number of good reasons. These include the COVID pandemic, fear of debilitating illness, lockdowns, vaccination mandates, testing, isolation, school closures, and economic and political uncertainty to name but a few of them.

These fears and anxieties can certainly have an effect on mental health. In this article, we will look at the causes, and what we can do to help ourselves and those around us.

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