Ozempic and other weight-loss medications have been linked to a jump in various health issues, including pancreatitis and kidney problems, according to a widespread study conducted by researchers from St Louis’s Washington University School of Medicine and the city’s John J. Cochran Veterans Hospital.
Category: 28 January 2025
RAMPANT VIRUS THREATENS THE WORLD’S CHOCOLATE SUPPLY
Cacao swollen shoot virus disease is attacking cacao trees in Ghana, destroying up to half of the current harvest. About half of the global supply of cacao, from which chocolate is made, comes from Ghana and neighboring Ivory Coast.
WEIGHT-LOSS DRUGS: 42 BENEFITS, 19 DANGERS
Weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy may help you avoid 42 different health problems but steer you toward 19 dangerous conditions, according to one of the most comprehensive studies yet done on the compounds.
AS FORECAST: “INTERACTIVE U” IS THE TEACHING TREND OF THE FUTURE
The Wall Street Journal just caught up to a trend last week that Gerald Celente had forecast some 30 years ago, when it ran a story about the major shift in the U.S. from in-person classes to teachers who can be Zoomed into a classroom—building on the relative success of the program during the COVID War lockdowns.
DARK CHOCOLATE MAY LOWER DIABETES RISK, WHILE MILK CHOCOLATE ADDS POUNDS
Consuming dark chocolate is linked to a 21 percent reduction in the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, while milk chocolate does not offer the same benefit and is associated with weight gain.
TRUMP’S EXECUTIVE ORDER MAKES GOOD ON PROMISE TO DEPORT ANTI-GENOCIDE PROTESTERS ON CAMPUSES
U.S. President Donald Trump wasted no time to make good on his campaign vow to try and deport foreign students who dare to speak out against Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
WHAT COMES NEXT ON THE GREATER ISRAEL AGENDA?
The eminent Roman historian Publius Cornelius Tacitus in a biography of his illustrious father-in-law Gnaeus Julius Agrippa famously wrote “Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium, atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.”
THE CONSTITUTION HAS GONE AWOL: FROM PRESIDENTIAL POWER GRABS TO MARTIAL LAW
That didn’t take long. Within days of Donald Trump’s second term, the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights disappeared from the White House’s website.
HIGH TIMES FOR THE WORLD’S RICHEST: NEW REPORT SHOWS BILLIONAIRES HAVE MORE POWER THAN EVER
The world’s richest are richer than ever and the “aristocratic oligarchy” around the world is consolidating power while their collective wealth skyrockets, according to an annual report by Oxfam.
ECONOMIC UPDATE—MARKET OVERVIEW
As that lovely old-time song sung by Dinah Washington—who like other “Greats” were once-upon-a-time the truly high, unique spirit of America before music was destroyed by the synthetic Geeks—“What a Difference a Day Makes.”