I need your suggestions and comments to add substance and more recent information to the topics I answered at quora.com My answers are not FDA approved but the intent is to provide a baseline info from various sources and not to replace your doctor’s advice. Doctors can use the word cure and we the patientContinue reading “Connie’s answers at quora.com”
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Check your bile acid production and stress level for fat metabolism
Bile acids are synthesized from cholesterol Bile begins its life in the liver and spends a significant amount of time somewhere between the liver, gallbladder, and gastrointestinal tract, specifically the intestines. Liver cells manufacture bile before it undergoes modification in the bile duct epithelium, and then it is transported to the gallbladder for storage and, ultimately, use. Bile acidsContinue reading “Check your bile acid production and stress level for fat metabolism”
High blood glucose and homocysteine
My parents died of cancer and my other relatives of heart attack. My two grandpas of Spanish descent I believe have an iron metabolism dysfunction which was not tested. This genetic disorder make us prone to liver and heart disease. I now vow to limit my alcohol and meat consumption. I was also exposed toContinue reading “High blood glucose and homocysteine”
Limit iron intake to limit growth of invading pathogens
Iron Limitation as an Innate Immune Defense In addition to mitigating toxicity associated with hypo- or hyperferremia, regulation of iron distribution serves as an innate immune mechanism against invading pathogens. Even in the absence of infection, several facets of human iron metabolism ensure that iron is scarcely accessible to pathogenic microorganisms. First, the majority of ironContinue reading “Limit iron intake to limit growth of invading pathogens”
About Connie Dello Buono
Connie was born and raised in the Philippines. She is the eldest of the family of 6. At age 19, she has to support her family by working as a high school science and math teacher, while still completing her BS in math, minor in chemistry. She then worked at Intel and Acer and laterContinue reading “About Connie Dello Buono”
Amino acid alanine from meat is food for cancer
Alanine is a hydrophobic molecule that does not mix with water. It is ambivalent, meaning that it can be inside or outside of the protein molecule. It is a non-essential amino acid found in meat. Both my parents who died of cancer do not eat sugar rich foods. They love BBQ meat. Scientists have discovered thatContinue reading “Amino acid alanine from meat is food for cancer”
Last stage of liver and lung cancer, pain and fluid build up
When my father and mother died of lung and liver cancer, there is fluid build up and pain. My father felt the pain from lung cancer for 9 months while my mother had severe pain from liver cancer during the last month of her life. Both experienced the signs and symptoms years before such asContinue reading “Last stage of liver and lung cancer, pain and fluid build up”
Alzheimer’s gut bacteria, virus and iron dysregulation
Researchers Identify Virus and Two Types of Bacteria as Major Causes of Alzheimer’s NEUROSCIENCE NEWSMARCH 9, 2016 FEATUREDMOST POPULARNEUROLOGYOPEN NEUROSCIENCE ARTICLES5 MIN READ A worldwide team of senior scientists and clinicians have come together to produce an editorial which indicates that certain microbes – a specific virus and two specific types of bacteria – areContinue reading “Alzheimer’s gut bacteria, virus and iron dysregulation”
Gut microbes eat our medication for Parkinson
Pills illustration (stock image). Credit: © georgejmclittle / Adobe Stock Researchers have discovered one of the first concrete examples of how the microbiome can interfere with a drug’s intended path through the body. Focusing on levodopa (L-dopa), the primary treatment for Parkinson’s disease, they identified which bacteria out of the trillions of species is responsible forContinue reading “Gut microbes eat our medication for Parkinson”
How Pancreatic Cancer Cells, Master Scavengers, Thrive Even When Starved
By Alec Kimmelman, MD, PhD In recent years, researchers have hoped to combat pancreatic cancer by developing drugs that interfere with tumor cells’ source of fuel. But a study led by researchers at NYU Langone and other institutions has found that when their glucose fuel supply runs low, pancreatic cancer cells signal to nearby support cells for helpContinue reading ” How Pancreatic Cancer Cells, Master Scavengers, Thrive Even When Starved”
Cancer recruitment, collusion and collaboration with normal cells
Cancer Metastasis: Building a Framework – ScienceDirect https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867406014140 by GP Gupta – 2006 – Cited by 3435 – Related articles Nov 17, 2006 – Metastasis occurs when genetically unstable cancer cells adapt to a tissue … to cancer cells and the concomitant recruitment of traits in the tumor stroma … The utter inefficiency of the metastatic process implies that healthy tissues ….. requires collusion between tumor cells and multipleContinue reading “Cancer recruitment, collusion and collaboration with normal cells”
Aerobic exercise and HITT training make telomeres in the brain to grow longer
Endurance involved 45 minutes of walking or running. The resistance group completed a circuit of eight machine-based exercises, such as back extensions, crunches, pulldowns, seated rowing, seated leg curls and extensions, seated chest presses and lying leg presses. The interval training group, meanwhile, were asked to perform HIIT according to the “4×4” method: Individuals exertedContinue reading “Aerobic exercise and HITT training make telomeres in the brain to grow longer”
Liver cancer calculator
Activity 4B. Calculating APRI CME/CNE Self-Study Module Check Answer Back A 61-year-old man with a recent diagnosis of hepatitis C infection is seen in the clinic for follow-up after an initial visit. His initial laboratory studies show the following: Total bilirubin = 1.6 mg/dL Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) level = 120 IU/L (upper limit of normal for men = 40Continue reading “Liver cancer calculator”
Glial cells and neurons in the brain
The wiring of the nervous system is arguably the most challenging question in developmental biology. In recent years there has been tremendous progress in elucidating how the axons of neurons seek out, recognize, and establish connections with their targets in the developing nervous system. This process can be broken down into cell fate determination,Continue reading “Glial cells and neurons in the brain”