Jorgen
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Jorgen
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Dr. Med. Jørgen Thorball
Medical Research & Health Consultation.
+30 years in Translational Medicine Worldwide.
RIGI.CARE
Debunking the Alcohol Myths: Red Wine Is (Not) Healthy!
“I think it has been a myth that’s been around a lot and it's also one that the alcohol industry loves to say". There is a clear dose-response relationship between alcohol use and mortality.

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Breaking the Silence: Europe Unites Against Alcohol Harm
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May 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Vitamin D Supplementation Protects Telomeres in VITAL (clinical trial). Is the apparent effect due to elevated Treg cells => reduced suPAR (low grade inflammation) - or are we talking about a direct effect on the telomeres?
May 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Kennedy gets a few things right:
Most people have had COVID at least once, often multiple times. Vaccines should be preceded by an immunity test to avoid over-vaccination. For high-risk individuals, checking suPAR levels can assess chronic inflammation before boosting. www.msn.com/en-us/health...
MSN
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May 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“Stretching exercises are the mainstay of preventive therapy”. One could also consider magnesium supplement, hot-cold shower of legs before bedtime and check-up for thrombosis prophylaxis.

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How to Manage Nocturnal Leg Cramps
Dr Douglas Paauw shares the two best options for muscle cramp prevention.
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February 2, 2025 at 10:26 AM
“Evidence shows that just one drink a day increases risk of some cancers.
Despite this evidence, we often serve alcohol at events, even those focused on cancer. Today, it would be unthinkable to hand out cigarettes, yet we don't question the presence of alcohol”
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Opinion | Alcohol Causes Cancer. We Should Be Drinking Less.
Labels highlighting the risk of cancer can shift behavior
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January 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
PARKINSON: Ketamine Offers Hope for Dopamine Treatment-Linked Dyskinesia
Ketamine may help disrupt abnormal repetitive electrical patterns in the brain that occur during dyskinesia and then days later trigger processes in the brain connectivity that last longer.
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Brain study challenges long-held views about Parkinson's movement disorders | University of Arizona News
U of A researchers have uncovered new findings about involuntary muscle movements that come with long-term administration of Parkinson's drug levodopa.
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January 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Long Covid can be diagnosed with 7T MRI and as we already do: measuring free circulating Spike proteins in the blood.
Hopefully this study ends the debate on whether Long Covid is real or not. academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
Quantitative susceptibility mapping at 7 T in COVID-19: brainstem effects and outcome associations
Using 7T MRI in patients who were previously hospitalized with COVID-19, Rua et al. reveal abnormalities in specific regions of the brainstem linked to mor
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January 4, 2025 at 8:08 AM
14 risks linked to 50% dementia cases
1. Depression
2. Diabetes
3. Brain injury
4. Low education
5. Social isolation
6. Vision loss
7. Hearing loss
8. Smoking
9. High LDL
10. Obesity
11. Physical inactivity
12. Hypertension
13. Alcohol
14. Air pollution
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Eliminating these 14 risk factors may prevent nearly half of dementia cases
PHILADELPHIA — Tackling 14 risk factors for dementia beginning in childhood could prevent or delay nearly half of cases, according to a report from the Lancet Commission presented at the Alzheim...
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January 2, 2025 at 11:54 AM
“Stopping smoking is, without a doubt, the best thing you can do for your health,” “And the sooner you stop smoking, the longer you’ll live.”
Your suPAR (chronic inflammation) level can tell if you are in the higher or lower risk category.
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A single cigarette can cut 20 minutes off your life expectancy, UK research suggests | CNN
For people whose new year resolution is to quit smoking, doing so can add years to your life expectancy.
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January 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
ALS study: motor neurons seen to be preserved in spite of being paralyzed providing new basis for reversal therapies.
Hopefully this positive finding will be reconfirmed.

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Laminar fMRI in the locked-in stage of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis shows preserved activity in layer Vb of primary motor cortex | Published in Aperture Neuro
By Lasse Knudsen, Bo Jespersen & 5 more. In this study, using submillimetre resolution laminar fMRI, we assessed the layer-dependent activation associated with attempted (motor) and passive (somatosen...
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December 22, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Dental Health Without Water Fluoridation.
In the early 1960s Denmark discussed if they should add fluoride to the water. No. They decided for better protection of the water sources and free dental care for children. 60y later they like many European countries have excellent dental health and water.
November 24, 2024 at 4:45 PM