Long Beach declares public health emergency after deadly tuberculosis outbreak

May 2, 2024

City officials declared a public health emergency Thursday after a tuberculosis outbreak left one person dead and nine others hospitalized.

Health officials said the outbreak stemmed from a group of people who stayed together at a Long Beach hotel room.

As of April 29, 14 cases of tuberculosis (TB) are associated with this outbreak — nine of them required hospitalization and one case was fatal.

Investigators said around 170 people have likely been exposed to the illness. Health officials are in contact with any guests or individuals who were at the hotel during the time the infected people were present.

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You can’t outrun a bad diet for coronary artery atherosclerosis

June 21, 2023

Atherosclerosis is a blood clot. High cholesterol causes atherosclerosis, becauses it causes RBC’s to stick together and form blood clots. LDL cholesterol is a bridging molecule. Fibrinogen, IgM antibodies & uric acid are all bridging molecules = they stick RBC’s together. Video describes some famous runners & a trainer who had myocardial infarctions despite lots of exercise. Dr Esselstyn doesn’t even require his coronary patients to exercise. Why? What happened during rationing in W-W-1 & 2?

How many times a day should you poop? Are you constipated?

June 23, 2023

Healthy poop is soft, typically like a cow pattie, or at worst, like boiled carrots.  Constipated poop is like a tootsie roll or goat pellets.  Constipation is an early warning of increased risk of obesity, HTN, diabetes, impotence, coronary artery diseae, HH, GERD, varicose veins, varicocele, diverticulosis, diverticulitis, appendicitis, cholelithiasis, ischemic spine, etc.