This opinion piece is in response to an interesting report on fetal neurocognitive development, reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLM, which I received today, Mar 29 2023.. It is entitled “Maternal weight gain in pregnancy and fetal neurodevelopmental disorders” The report, based on children born in Sweden from January 2007, to December 2010, was authored by Dr. Chinta Sidharthan, Rates of maternal weight gain over the course of pregnancy and offspring risk of neurodevelopmental disorders. Image Credit: Hazal Ak / Shutterstock Dr. Siddharthan, reporting on a Swedish study says (paraphrased): “Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) are prevalent. The main three, ASD, ADHD, and intellectual disability,…

Women with rheumatoid arthritis more likely to achieve remission if they take sex hormones, finds research, by University of South Australia, in “Rheumatology” (2022). DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac357 This paper appeared in my newsfeed today: I have paraphrased it for brevity. Abstract: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)affects < 2% of the world’s population and is primarily genetic.It mainly causes joint disease but can also affect the whole body, including organs.At age less than 50 years of age, RA is 4x more prevalent in women than men. It is more aggressive in women and the prognosis is worse.It is twice as common in women over…

Erythritol and Heart Disease Who uses the artificial sweetener, erythritol? Here is a minimally altered report by F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE, Feb. 28, 2023. This is not my usual blog, in which my comments are my own words: The first section (A) is my paraphrase of Dr. Wilson’s opening segment.The 2nd section (B) is an extensive, direct quote from the body of Dr. Wilson’s report.The 3rd section (C) is my “take” on overeating, obesity and the disease cascade which results from overconsumption of foodstuffs. The reasons why I am doing it this way are that: – The “body” of Dr. Wilson’s…

Well, hello again! Those few of you who have chosen to follow this blog will, quite likely, have thought of this eventuality….. And here it is! I have just finished rereading my novel, XCRATH!, about spaceflight to a new planet which has 3% Xenon in its atmosphere, which I completed in 2004. At first, in trying to “be Canadian, buy Canadian”, I self-published via Trafford publishing, in Vancouver. When I got the first copy, it turned out to be visually substandard, with a very dull cover, clumsy looking graphic, and not-so-great paper. I was quite upset, but eventually I got…

On March 2nd, 2023, I got the current issue of the Green Medicine Newsletter, a monthly health blog, by Dr. Jonathan Wright, who is one of my Gurus.The subject this time is Macular Degeneration, which causes blindness in 9% of the population over 70 years of age. The information provided is not new, but I’m sure you will find it interesting, if you haven’t heard it all before. WHO NEEDS THIS INFORMATION? This is important to people who have been diagnosed with macular degeneration; but also to those who have indigestion problems of one sort or another, because they are…