Helen Batty
@hbelfry.bsky.social
Academic Family Physician advocate for rebuilding soil and human health based on scientific nutrition dense regenerative agriculture and optimal mitochondrial function
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Helen Batty
@hbelfry.bsky.social
· Dec 31
"A Triple Threat to Humanity: Climate Change, Pandemics, and Anti-Science" | My new article with Peter Hotez in #SkepticalInquirer: skepticalinquirer.org/2024/12/a-tr...
A Triple Threat to Humanity: Climate Change, Pandemics, and Anti-Science | Skeptical Inquirer
Over the past decade, many of us in the scientific community have come to appreciate the existential threat we face today—a threat unlike any we’ve witnesse ...
skepticalinquirer.org
Great antidotes to #antiNeuroscience see 📚 &blogs by experts GeorgiaEdeMD & ChrisPalmer “BrainEnergy” describing #MetabolicSyndrome basis of autism & other 🧠 ❤️kidney Disorders& UNBIASED EBM #nutrition fix needed at PublicHealth level
Advocacy website NGO #MetabolicMind Jan Ellison
Advocacy website NGO #MetabolicMind Jan Ellison
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3 children die from influenza A complications in Ontario 💔
Still no airborne virus mitigations in schools, hospitals, healthcare, LTC
Even in this article, handwashing is the first bullet listed on how to prevent getting the flu 😡
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
Still no airborne virus mitigations in schools, hospitals, healthcare, LTC
Even in this article, handwashing is the first bullet listed on how to prevent getting the flu 😡
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
3 children die from influenza A-related complications in Ottawa and eastern Ontario region
Three children have died from flu-related complications in the Ottawa area, as officials report a “rapid and significant rise” in Influenza A in the region.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
3 children die from influenza A complications in Ontario 💔
Still no airborne virus mitigations in schools, hospitals, healthcare, LTC
Even in this article, handwashing is the first bullet listed on how to prevent getting the flu 😡
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
Still no airborne virus mitigations in schools, hospitals, healthcare, LTC
Even in this article, handwashing is the first bullet listed on how to prevent getting the flu 😡
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
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A tonne of mask articles out on UK media this morning.
Must be bad there.
And likely reflects North Americas near future.
This is the best mask article in the bunch. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Must be bad there.
And likely reflects North Americas near future.
This is the best mask article in the bunch. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Does wearing a face mask stop you catching flu? Experts give verdict
Wearing a mask is inconvenient, but not as inconvenient as lockdowns
www.independent.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
A tonne of mask articles out on UK media this morning.
Must be bad there.
And likely reflects North Americas near future.
This is the best mask article in the bunch. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Must be bad there.
And likely reflects North Americas near future.
This is the best mask article in the bunch. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
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They want banks to be able to go back to openly discriminating against women and POC. They want women to need to have a man to cosign a credit card or a bank loan like before this rule was passed.
US consumer watchdog to narrow civil rights era lending law, sources say
The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to propose in the coming days narrowing a key part of civil-rights era fair-lending regulations as Republican President Donald Trump's administratio...
www.reuters.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They want banks to be able to go back to openly discriminating against women and POC. They want women to need to have a man to cosign a credit card or a bank loan like before this rule was passed.
Reversible adverse effect seen in Primary Care not infrequently; Georgia Ede explains well why basic physiology of important role of cholesterol/lipid in brain function can cause this
I was trying to explain to my brother that statins don't carry a risk of cognitive side effects, when he (correctly) pointed out that there was a box label suggesting that they do.
What's the backstory here? Why do they have that warning?
What's the backstory here? Why do they have that warning?
![Cognitive effects
Multiple systematic reviews and meta-analyses have concluded that the available evidence does not support an association between statin use and cognitive decline.[77][78][79][80][81] A 2010 meta-review of medical trials involving over 65,000 people concluded that Statins decreased the risk of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and even improved cognitive impairment in some cases.[29][needs update] Additionally, both the Patient-Centered Research into Outcomes Stroke Patients Prefer and Effectiveness Research (PROSPER) study[82] and the Health Protection Study (HPS) demonstrated that simvastatin and pravastatin did not affect cognition for patients with risk factors for, or a history of, vascular diseases.[41]
There are reports of reversible cognitive impairment with statins.[83] The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) package insert on statins includes a warning about the potential for non-serious and reversible cognitive side effects with the medication (memory loss, confusion).[84]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:73aicoale2mqwrap63rdzwep/bafkreidqivizpbtwx3vmempdrzqkrczllnw2yh2vxuybpqlw5jnk6kt2cy@jpeg)
December 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Reversible adverse effect seen in Primary Care not infrequently; Georgia Ede explains well why basic physiology of important role of cholesterol/lipid in brain function can cause this
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Farming and ranching every last acre of the US has always been as much a state-sponsored and subsidized economic project to benefit capital as it has been an ideological scheme rooted in the idea that settlers' epistemology and axiology are vastly superior to those of Native Americans.
December 7, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Farming and ranching every last acre of the US has always been as much a state-sponsored and subsidized economic project to benefit capital as it has been an ideological scheme rooted in the idea that settlers' epistemology and axiology are vastly superior to those of Native Americans.
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Novo Nordisk's semaglutide fails to slow disease progression in two large Alzheimer's trials.
The latest in a series of drugs that appear promising from observational data that fail when put to the test in trials.
beingpatient.com/glp-1-diabet...
The latest in a series of drugs that appear promising from observational data that fail when put to the test in trials.
beingpatient.com/glp-1-diabet...
Blockbuster GLP-1 Diabetes and Weight Loss Drugs Fails in Alzheimer's Trial
Novo Nordisk, took a longshot gamble, and lost. Its GLP-1 drug semaglutide failed to treat Alzheimer’s in a trial that was halted.
beingpatient.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Novo Nordisk's semaglutide fails to slow disease progression in two large Alzheimer's trials.
The latest in a series of drugs that appear promising from observational data that fail when put to the test in trials.
beingpatient.com/glp-1-diabet...
The latest in a series of drugs that appear promising from observational data that fail when put to the test in trials.
beingpatient.com/glp-1-diabet...
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NHS England: “It will not be possible to halt the spread of a new pandemic virus, and it would be a waste of public health resources and capacity to attempt to do so.”
This has got to be one of the most 🤯 things I’ve ever seen written down in an official document.
This has got to be one of the most 🤯 things I’ve ever seen written down in an official document.
December 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
NHS England: “It will not be possible to halt the spread of a new pandemic virus, and it would be a waste of public health resources and capacity to attempt to do so.”
This has got to be one of the most 🤯 things I’ve ever seen written down in an official document.
This has got to be one of the most 🤯 things I’ve ever seen written down in an official document.
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More or less as per AJ's predictions from early on in the pandemic #leonardieffect thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
What If COVID Reinfections Wear Down Our Immunity? | The Tyee
Dr. Anthony Leonardi is a lightning rod for debate. If he’s right, this pandemic poses a greater threat than widely assumed.
thetyee.ca
December 7, 2025 at 12:28 AM
More or less as per AJ's predictions from early on in the pandemic #leonardieffect thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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A scientific journal retracted a study which found that glyphosate — the active ingredient in one of the most widely used herbicides on the planet — does not pose a human health risk, igniting a debate over the chemical’s possible link to cancer.
A retracted study on Roundup reignites debate over its potential cancer risk
The 2000 study in the scientific journal Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology had concluded that the active ingredient in Roundup, glyphosate, did not pose a cancer risk to humans.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A scientific journal retracted a study which found that glyphosate — the active ingredient in one of the most widely used herbicides on the planet — does not pose a human health risk, igniting a debate over the chemical’s possible link to cancer.
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You may have heard that Trump’s extortion of University of California was defeated in court. But do you know who won this historic case? Spoiler: not a single UC administrator participated. It was all faculty members of the UC Faculty Associations and @aaup.org! Cc: @veenadubal.bsky.social
Behind the Scenes: How UC Faculty Beat Back Trump's Attacks
YouTube video by UC Faculty
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 7:15 AM
You may have heard that Trump’s extortion of University of California was defeated in court. But do you know who won this historic case? Spoiler: not a single UC administrator participated. It was all faculty members of the UC Faculty Associations and @aaup.org! Cc: @veenadubal.bsky.social
Food source possibility or Iceland invasion? Any connection to “sweet” Lupin bean of andes or Italy? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How an invasion of purple flowers made Iceland an Instagram paradise – and caused a biodiversity crisis
Nootka lupins, introduced in the 1940s to repair damaged soil, are rampaging across the island, threatening its native species
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Food source possibility or Iceland invasion? Any connection to “sweet” Lupin bean of andes or Italy? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
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Rosencranz and Guildenstern and I weep. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/t...
Tom Stoppard, Award-Winning Playwright of Witty Drama, Dies at 88
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Rosencranz and Guildenstern and I weep. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/t...
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New data that supports metformin as a potential intervention to reduce #LongCovid www.authorea.com/users/100423...
Metformin at the time of Covid-19 infection and risk of Long Covid: A Target Trial Emulation Study
Background: Our objective was to evaluate metformin prescribed at the time of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the risk of developing Long Covid (LC) in electronic health record data. Methods: We conducted a n...
www.authorea.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
New data that supports metformin as a potential intervention to reduce #LongCovid www.authorea.com/users/100423...
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This was the parliamentary tribute I gave to 21-year-old Nilo Makela and the anti-fascist fighters of the Canadian Mackenzie-Papineau brigade.
We stand on the shoulders of giants.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rms...
We stand on the shoulders of giants.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rms...
Angus Celebrates the Mac-Paps
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:44 AM
This was the parliamentary tribute I gave to 21-year-old Nilo Makela and the anti-fascist fighters of the Canadian Mackenzie-Papineau brigade.
We stand on the shoulders of giants.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rms...
We stand on the shoulders of giants.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rms...
Only small % humans can thrive with full potential brain functioning on vegatarian type diet - most people do not inherit the enzymes necessary to generate maximum energy from solely plant based nutrition:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37792698/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37792698/
November 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Only small % humans can thrive with full potential brain functioning on vegatarian type diet - most people do not inherit the enzymes necessary to generate maximum energy from solely plant based nutrition:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37792698/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37792698/
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"You can spend about $40 per employee per year of increased ventilation costs and that will give you $7,000 of gained employee productivity per person, almost a 200 to 1 gain."
Today on Volts: for years, I've wanted to do a podcast on indoor air quality, and I finally found the perfect guest! Dr. Lagoudas & I discuss indoor air pollutants, the policies and technologies that can control them, and the growing need to frame indoor air quality as a basic human right.
What's the deal with indoor air quality?
From CO2 monitors to better building codes, Dr. Georgia Lagoudas outlines how to clean up the spaces where we spend 90% of our lives.
www.volts.wtf
November 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"You can spend about $40 per employee per year of increased ventilation costs and that will give you $7,000 of gained employee productivity per person, almost a 200 to 1 gain."
Isn’t there a Shakespearean play where this happens -when loyal bloodthirsty followers of a local leader leave him in distress when his verbal wish list has deadly manifestation in their hands ?
WATCH: "If the President is saying you should be hanged, then we shouldn't be surprised when folks on the ground are going to follow suit and say even worse," says Sen. Elissa Slotkin on Trump amplifying calls to hang six Democratic lawmakers.
November 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Isn’t there a Shakespearean play where this happens -when loyal bloodthirsty followers of a local leader leave him in distress when his verbal wish list has deadly manifestation in their hands ?
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Denmark compensates patients for vision loss linked to Novo Nordisk drugs reut.rs/43JXjcN
Denmark compensates patients for vision loss linked to Novo Nordisk drugs
Four patients in Denmark, who experienced vision loss after using Novo Nordisk's popular weight-loss and diabetes drugs Wegovy and Ozempic, have been granted compensation, the Danish Patient Compensation association said on Friday.
reut.rs
November 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Denmark compensates patients for vision loss linked to Novo Nordisk drugs reut.rs/43JXjcN
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I won't start ranting about it because I just get myself worked up, but quickly: I literally can not think of an investment of public funds that has a higher return than *cleaning the indoor air in schools*. It's so easy, so cheap, & has such HUGE payoff. Criminal that we basically don't do it.
November 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I won't start ranting about it because I just get myself worked up, but quickly: I literally can not think of an investment of public funds that has a higher return than *cleaning the indoor air in schools*. It's so easy, so cheap, & has such HUGE payoff. Criminal that we basically don't do it.
Rice production ⬆️methane!
livestock is responsible for 30%of humanity’s methane emissions. But it’s not just bovine belching that makes agriculture drive so much warming. Rice cultivation, surprisingly enough, accounts for another 12% of humanity’s global methane emissions.
eos.org/articles/ric...
livestock is responsible for 30%of humanity’s methane emissions. But it’s not just bovine belching that makes agriculture drive so much warming. Rice cultivation, surprisingly enough, accounts for another 12% of humanity’s global methane emissions.
eos.org/articles/ric...
November 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Rice production ⬆️methane!
livestock is responsible for 30%of humanity’s methane emissions. But it’s not just bovine belching that makes agriculture drive so much warming. Rice cultivation, surprisingly enough, accounts for another 12% of humanity’s global methane emissions.
eos.org/articles/ric...
livestock is responsible for 30%of humanity’s methane emissions. But it’s not just bovine belching that makes agriculture drive so much warming. Rice cultivation, surprisingly enough, accounts for another 12% of humanity’s global methane emissions.
eos.org/articles/ric...
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Excellent overview of all the complexities of #COP30 from @roycerk2.bsky.social and @amywestervelt.bsky.social
"If COP were a pointless exercise, it wouldn’t be targeted so heavily by the fossil fuel industry."
"If COP were a pointless exercise, it wouldn’t be targeted so heavily by the fossil fuel industry."
Curious about what's happening at #COP30? @roycerk2.bsky.social and I recapped the first week for @drilledmedia.bsky.social drilled.media/news/COP30-w...
COP30 So Far: Protestors, Polluters and Paying for Pollution
Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.
drilled.media
November 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Excellent overview of all the complexities of #COP30 from @roycerk2.bsky.social and @amywestervelt.bsky.social
"If COP were a pointless exercise, it wouldn’t be targeted so heavily by the fossil fuel industry."
"If COP were a pointless exercise, it wouldn’t be targeted so heavily by the fossil fuel industry."
@choosingwiselyca.bsky.social JasonFung 🇨🇦 nephrologist &author of popular EBM books on physiology of metabolic syndrome for general readers correct all along?
www.linkedin.com/posts/claire...
www.linkedin.com/posts/claire...
#lowcarb #kidneyhealth #deprescribe #lifestylemedicine #metabolichealth #kidneydisease #pcos | Claire McDonnell Liu
🛑 Evidence is growing: keto diet can stop progression or reverse metabolic kidney disease.
💡 Thanks for highlighting Dr Penny Figree.
Research and clinical practice on the breakthroughs in kidney di...
www.linkedin.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
@choosingwiselyca.bsky.social JasonFung 🇨🇦 nephrologist &author of popular EBM books on physiology of metabolic syndrome for general readers correct all along?
www.linkedin.com/posts/claire...
www.linkedin.com/posts/claire...
Was @JasonFung 🇨🇦 nephrologist & popular author of physiology books for general public correct all along …@ChoosingWiselyCanada? www.linkedin.com/posts/claire...
#lowcarb #kidneyhealth #deprescribe #lifestylemedicine #metabolichealth #kidneydisease #pcos | Claire McDonnell Liu
🛑 Evidence is growing: keto diet can stop progression or reverse metabolic kidney disease.
💡 Thanks for highlighting Dr Penny Figree.
Research and clinical practice on the breakthroughs in kidney di...
www.linkedin.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Was @JasonFung 🇨🇦 nephrologist & popular author of physiology books for general public correct all along …@ChoosingWiselyCanada? www.linkedin.com/posts/claire...