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Cannabidiol is being researched by a clinical-stage company (STERO Biotechs) in Israel for inflammatory diseases and now COVID by enhancing therapeutic effects of steroid treatments, lowering dosage needed in steroid treatments and side effects. The company has 2 ongoing phase II clinical...

https://immunology.sciencemag.org/content/6/59/eabi9007

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01370-1?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=orga

My ex-financial advisor swears by his prescription cannabis oil to treat his back pain. He was barely able to walk. He was able to get off all his pain meds years ago. His only side-effect is the munchies and gaining a few lbs.

The US is calling it 'the honor system'. :emoji_rolling_eyes: We are still in an 8 week stay-at-home order lockdown. On Saturday there was a HUGE rally of 'freedom fighters' and "anti-mask' rebels all glued to together like sardines w/o masks. Canada is only 3% fully vaccinated.

I was always under the impression that body builders lacked endurance? https://www.bestworkoutsupplementsblog.com/running-and-building-muscle/

Discussion here

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-13442-5

@DokaGirl The good news regarding Long-Covid is that it is bringing more attention to post-infectious POTS and dysautonomia related illnesses.

I was reading about Sestrin a while back. Is this the same idea?

@DokaGirl My best friend passed away from ME related comorbidities after 18 years of illness from a viral infection. He had autonomic failure and severe gastroparesis. He was an athletic healthy 35 yr old when he became ill.

An Internist I saw in 1991 told me that my 'iron' was fine. I don't know if he tested my ferritin, and didn't know what ferritin was at time so didn't ask. Then in 1996 when I was tested by a new GP, my ferritin was at 4. She asked if I was vegetarian, and when I told her I wasn't, she...

Absolutely, gastroparesis can be a manifestation of GI autonomic dysfunction. I know many who have this.

I have seen the term "functional" used in gastroenterology many times. My guess is that 'functional' (non-organic) is used in this case because it lacks a proper biomarker?

Abstract INTRODUCTION: It is unclear how immune perturbations may influence the pathogenesis of idiopathic gastroparesis, a prevalent functional disorder of the stomach which lacks animal models. Several studies have noted altered immune characteristics in the deep gastric muscle layer...

Delayed 2nd Pfizer/BioNTech shot boosts antibodies in elderly; COVID-19 obesity risk higher for men (msn.com)

I experience tremors with shakiness, especially with adrenaline surges.