Lon Anderson – Lifeboat News: The Blog https://lifeboat.com/blog Safeguarding Humanity Sun, 16 May 2021 15:22:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Dealing With Difficulty Swallowing After a Stroke (Dysphagia) https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2021/05/dealing-with-difficulty-swallowing-after-a-stroke-dysphagia Sun, 16 May 2021 15:22:28 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/05/dealing-with-difficulty-swallowing-after-a-stroke-dysphagia

At Rehab, a nurse explained to me that my swallowing problem was caused by weak muscles in the esophageal sphincter. That information stimulated me to create my own therapy for the esophageal sphincter. I wrote out the transcript for the therapy, and a lady named Collette read it into a recorder. I listen to the recording several times a day. My swallowing problems resulted in a feeding being inserted up my nose. The therapy makes it possible for me to eat oatmeal, grits, eggs, pasta & beef, and corn flakes. After passing the swallowing test last Friday, the Speech Pathologist sent me to the Emergency Room, where they pulled the feeding tube from my nose.


Dysphagia refers to the difficulty in swallowing after a stroke. It is a problem that can be easily managed with proper medical care.

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BPS Publications https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2021/05/bps-publications Fri, 14 May 2021 13:22:48 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/05/bps-publications

While the mitochondrion has long fascinated biologists and the sheer diversity of druggable targets has made it attractive for potential drug development, there has been little success translatable to the clinic. Given the diversity of inborn errors of metabolism and mitochondrial diseases, mitochondrially mediated oxidative stress (myopathies, reperfusion injury, Parkinson’s disease, ageing) and the consequences of disturbed energetics (circulatory shock, diabetes, cancer), the potential for meaningful gain with novel drugs targeting mitochondrial mechanisms is huge both in terms of patient quality of life and health care costs. In this themed issue of the British Journal of Pharmacology, we highlight the key directions of the contemporary advances in the field of mitochondrial biology, emerging drug targets and new molecules which are close to clinical application. Authors’ contributions are diverse both in terms of species and organs in which the mitochondrially related studies are performed, and from the perspectives of mechanisms under study. Defined roles of mitochondria in disease are updated and previously unknown contributions to disease are described in terms of the interface between basic science and pathological relevance.

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15 Frequent Causes of Difficulty Swallowing https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2021/05/15-frequent-causes-of-difficulty-swallowing Thu, 13 May 2021 18:22:34 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/05/15-frequent-causes-of-difficulty-swallowing

Difficulty swallowing after a Stroke occurs when the esophagus becomes damaged or the muscles and nerves that control swallowing are functioning poorly. There can also be a blockage in the esophagus, which is making it difficult to swallow. It will hurt when you try to swallow. Since it’s painful, it may cause you to not want to eat. This can cause other issues to occur in your body, such as weight loss. At Rehab, a nurse explained to me that my swallowing problem was caused by weak muscles in the esophageal sphincter. That information stimulated me to create my own therapy for the esophageal sphincter. I wrote out the transcript for the therapy, and a lady named Collette read it into a recorder. I listen to the recording several times a day. My swallowing problems resulted in a feeding being inserted up my nose. The therapy makes it possible for me to eat oatmeal, grits, eggs, pasta & beef, and corn flakes. After passing the swallowing test last Friday, the Speech Pathologist sent me to the Emergency Room, where they pulled the feeding tube from my nose.


Difficulty swallowing occurs when the esophagus becomes damaged or the muscles and nerves that control swallowing are functioning poorly. There can also be a blockage in the esophagus, which is making it difficult to swallow. It will hurt when you try to swallow. Since it’s painful, it may cause you to not want to eat. This can cause other issues to occur in your body, such as weight loss. When it comes to finding out what is causing the difficulty in swallowing, there are a number of reasons why it’s happening. Some reasons you can’t help, while others are simple.

Certain things that we do to our bodies could trigger our inability to swallow. Once you know what is causing the issue, it’ll be easier for you to swallow. Sometimes it is things you can do at home, while others need to be treated by a medical professional.

Here are eight frequent causes of difficulty swallowing.

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How Scientist Jennifer Doudna Is Leading the Next Technological Revolution https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2021/03/how-scientist-jennifer-doudna-is-leading-the-next-technological-revolution Wed, 10 Mar 2021 16:22:17 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/03/how-scientist-jennifer-doudna-is-leading-the-next-technological-revolution

A new book from Steve Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson offers an incisive portrait of the gene editing field that is changing modern medicine.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Life Advice Will Leave You SPEECHLESS — One of the Most Eye Opening Interviews https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2021/03/neil-degrasse-tysons-life-advice-will-leave-you-speechless-one-of-the-most-eye-opening-interviews Mon, 01 Mar 2021 22:23:59 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/03/neil-degrasse-tysons-life-advice-will-leave-you-speechless-one-of-the-most-eye-opening-interviews

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Neil deGrasse Tyson — Mind-Blowing Facts About The Universe- Top Speech https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2021/03/neil-degrasse-tyson-mind-blowing-facts-about-the-universe-top-speech Mon, 01 Mar 2021 22:23:24 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/03/neil-degrasse-tyson-mind-blowing-facts-about-the-universe-top-speech

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Ghost Particle From Star Shredded by Black Hole Reveals Cosmic Particle Accelerator https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2021/02/ghost-particle-from-star-shredded Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:22:27 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/02/ghost-particle-from-star-shredded

A team of scientists has detected the presence of a high-energy neutrino — a particularly elusive particle — in the wake of a star’s destruction as it is consumed by a black hole. This discovery, reported in the journal Nature Astronomy, sheds new light on the origins of Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays — the highest energy particles in the Universe.

The work, which included researchers from more than two dozen institutions, including New York University and Germany’s DESY research center, focused on neutrinos — subatomic particles that are produced on Earth only in powerful accelerators.

Neutrinos — as well as the process of their creation — are hard to detect, making their discovery, along with that of Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs), noteworthy.

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A Genetic Variant You May Have Inherited From Neanderthals Reduces the Risk of Severe COVID-19 https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2021/02/a-genetic-variant-you-may-have-inherited-from-neanderthals-reduces-the-risk-of-severe-covid-19 Sun, 21 Feb 2021 00:22:16 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/02/a-genetic-variant-you-may-have-inherited-from-neanderthals-reduces-the-risk-of-severe-covid-19

DNA variants passed on to modern humans from Neanderthals can increase as well as decrease our ability to fight SARS-CoV-2, a new PNAS study finds. New research has found that a group of genes that reduces the risk of developing severe COVID-19 by around 20% is inherited from Neanderthals Th.

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Incredible Sneak Peek of Mars Landing Sent Back https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2021/02/incredible-sneak-peek-of-mars-landing-sent-back Sat, 20 Feb 2021 01:22:18 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/02/incredible-sneak-peek-of-mars-landing-sent-back

The six-wheeled robot’s latest data since touching down yesterday include a series of images captured as the rover’s “jet pack” lowered it to the ground.

Less than a day after NASA ’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover successfully landed on the surface of Mars, engineers and scientists at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California were hard at work, awaiting the next transmissions from Perseverance. As data gradually came in, relayed by several spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet, the Perseverance team were relieved to see the rover’s health reports, which showed everything appeared to be working as expected.

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First Black Hole Ever Detected – Cygnus X-1 – Is Much More Massive Than We Thought https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2021/02/first-black-hole-ever-detected-cygnus-x-1-is-much-more-massive-than-we-thought Thu, 18 Feb 2021 20:22:21 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/02/first-black-hole-ever-detected-cygnus-x-1-is-much-more-massive-than-we-thought

New observations of the first black hole ever detected have led astronomers to question what they know about the Universe’s most mysterious objects.

Published today (February 182021) in the journal Science, the research shows the system known as Cygnus X-1 contains the most massive stellar-mass black hole ever detected without the use of gravitational waves.

Cygnus X-1 is one of the closest black holes to Earth. It was discovered in 1964 when a pair of Geiger counters were carried on board a sub-orbital rocket launched from New Mexico.

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