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[Mattus]

I do take Celebrex which is a COX-1 inhibitor, not COX-1 and COX-2

Think you might have that arse about.

take nine fish oil tablets as 3 lots of 3 everyday—these are extremely mild anti inflammatories and are supposedly good for heart and other functions too.

Marine oil is obviously a mix of many different oils naturally occurring in fish. Some of them are actually exquisitely potent NSAIDS several orders of magnitude more potent than aspirin.

The way they work is actually quite interesting. They are the fish equivalent of human inflammatory molecules. In humans the human version of these molecules cause inflammation by binding to a particular receptor on cells. When taken by a human the fish oil out competes the human inflammatory molecules for the same receptor, but don't cause the inflammation (because they're from a different species, they don't work in humans).

But they make up such a small fraction of the oil that the dose you receive when you take them is very small and thus you don't see much of an effect.

In theory you could increase the anti-inflammatory fraction of the oil by beating the fish up a bit, causing it to synthesise its fishy inflammatory molecules, before harvesting the oil. I wonder if anyone else has thought of this. /patent

By the time the arthritis in my left hip and lower back is a problem hopefully stem cells to rebuild the joint cartilege will be available.

Not unless we start funnelling some of the enormous hip-disability and prescription COX-2 inhibitor welfare dollars in our budget (see AM's thread) into medical research, statim.

[Jovial Monk]

Well maybe it is just a COX-2 inhibitor. Who the fuck cares anyway? Point is, it is milder than other NSAIDS. Jesus!

[boxy]

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What's the harm in being a child?

This is the saddest page on this site. Most of these children were not hurt by their own action, but by those of their parent or guardian. Some of them never had a chance.

Here are 18,910 people who were harmed by someone not thinking critically.

[mantra]

What's the harm in being a child?

This is the saddest page on this site. Most of these children were not hurt by their own action, but by those of their parent or guardian. Some of them never had a chance.

Here are 18,910 people who were harmed by someone not thinking critically.

It is a sad page, but the parents were fanatics or just plain neglectful. Most parents would take their children to the doctor at the first sign of serious illness and not resort to natural, religious or alternative therapies, but as adults if we choose to take another path for ourselves for non-life threatening ailments and they don't work - then that's our problem.

[boxy]

Everyone who spouts off about the success they had, by smearing bat guano on their arthritic knees, over the medical alternative, in spite of specific data showing it doesn't work better than chance, needs to take their share of the blame, for encouraging such nutbaggery.

IMO.

[Jovial Monk]

For arthritis there is no medical alternative, bar stem cells which are still a way off.

Anti inflammatories and reworking the daily routine so you don’t walk about carrying heavy weight, incl bodyweight, are ways of managing the condition. Fish oil capsules or glucosamine tablets are mild anti inflammatories that don’t hurt the gut.

[Mattus]

This is concerning.

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Madhya Pradesh government to launch campaign to prevent malaria in Sidhi district from June 15
Ramendra Singh, TNN Jun 14, 2012, 09.36PM IST

BHOPAL: The AYUSH Department of Madhya Pradesh government is launching a widespread campaign from June 15 with the objective of preventing recurrence of malaria outbreak like last year in Sidhi district.

Under the campaign launched by the state government, homoeopathic medicines will be administered door-to-door. The decision to distribute homeopathic was taken as it has provided effective in prevention of malaria.
Anganwadi and ASHA workers will administer doze of the medicines to about 60 thousand families in all the 244 villages of Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh.

The campaign will benefit around 2.75 lakh population of the district. Three dozes of the medicine will be administered on three days which is to start from June 15. The other dates for distributing medicin doze will be June 22 and 29.

One worker has been entrusted with the responsibility in each village. According to homoeopathy experts, the medicine is very effective in prevention of malaria. Besides, it has no side effects. Anyone can take the doze distributed by the state government under the campaign.

Villagers in the Sidhi district have been urged to take interest in taking this medicine's doze to avoid any outbreak of malaria like it was happened in 2011.

[IQS.RLOW]

The green movement has a lot to answer for, for the scare campaign they ran against DDT

Once again, the left and their failure to recognize their unintended consequences

[mellie]

The green movement has a lot to answer for, for the scare campaign they ran against DDT

Once again, the left and their failure to recognize their unintended consequences

Unintended?

Perhaps at a more 'local' level (local Australian Greens) but globally, I think this was very well thought through, premeditated.

Afterall, Hitler too had a plan... not a good one, but a plan none the less.