This is interesting information, having been diagnosed with fibromyalgia myself, and I have a male relative the sufferers from this too. This is a very interesting discovery with the genetic link to Huntington’s disease.
I hope that doctors are reading up on the latest findings and obviously more ongoing research is going to continue. Hopefully a cure won’t be too far away. The exhaustion from this can be so debilitating just as much as the pain.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-29/dense-breasts-halting-life-saving-cancer-diagnosis/106919428
Poor lady going through this, any leaks from the breast is a red flag any woman knows this. Then discovering it’s gone into her lymphatic system, how heartbreaking. Mammograms are only done because it’s cheap. I am very firmly against mammograms because they put such pressure on delicate breast tissue that can cause damage to the soft tissue. Not just that though, any cyst within the tissue can rupture and leak causing more harm. Not to mention how painful the procedure is, that alone tells you it isn’t right. An ultrasound is only good for certain things, other than that you should have an MRI. I was told this by my GP years ago for this exact reason. MRI’s are not cheap so that’s why they are not usually done on women’s breasts. I was told it would cost over $500 a few years ago if I wanted it done. This can put it out of some women’s reach unfortunately. That should not be allowed to happen, it’s supposed to help save a life.
Women are often dismissed by doctors, who if they are male have no experience in what it’s like being a woman. How can they understand our hormones and what is really happening within a woman’s body when they have absolutely very little knowledge and experience in women’s health care. This does cost lives all too often.
I have had fibrous breasts since I was 19 and I mostly had ultrasounds due to the density of the tissue and severe pain with constant inflammation. I knew not to have mammograms as I was always aware of the harm they can do. I was very slim and small build so most of my life too. Not one doctor wanted to investigate to see why I was having all these problems. They were totally stumped to explain what was wrong.
This poor lady though has been through such suffering and she should only have MRI’s due to the dense tissue. I am so glad that she went to the media with her experience and I pray that she has a good health outcome and no more recurring problems. It certainly pays to be vigilant with one’s health and press the doctor to investigate further.
Hmm, it’s all coming out now, credibility is nonexistent now. Just how did someone manage to get hold of his diary though? That’s a question that needs answering.
In public remarks two days later, Dr Fauci told reporters: “The driver of respiratory outbreaks is symptomatic people, not asymptomatic carriers.”
The Australian government has always been slow at keeping up with the rest of the developed world in food production laws and what is acceptable in food production.
Some of the foods could be harmful to people especially if incorrectly labeled or having harmful substances that some people are highly allergic to, and are not listed on the label. This may have serious health consequences, such as seafood products in a particular product that should not have it in the first place. Think of the pre made ingredients that come in a jar to make Chinese food. That is even used in restaurants to cook with also. You can’t always buy individual ingredients to cook with these days and in a restaurant they can’t always guarantee the food will not contain something that you may be allergic to. Add to that the country of origin and especially if the goods are made in unsatisfactory conditions.
Menthanol and ethanol in spirits is one of the things popping up in the news lately, with young people being poisoned with high amounts of ethanol in what they assume is a legitimate alcoholic beverage while on overseas holidays. That can cause very serious illnesses, blindness or the death of the young person, as we have seen recently in the Australian news with teenagers being made ill. Methanol is a different substance and highly toxic it should not be in alcohol.
It seems we don’t really know what we are consuming when buying our groceries and the government is clearly not doing its job by making sure everything manufacturers produce is what it claims to be, nor is the real country of origin always being revealed. Frozen vegetables in Australia for instance are sometimes labelled products of New Zealand and are not really from New Zealand, a legal loophole permits products from China to send their products to New Zealand and be packaged there and then sent to Australia, that has been happening for many years.
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https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2833716
I saw something in a comment section in facebook and googled this. Very interesting report, genetics will always play a major role in what ever disease or illness we have. So to does your astrological programming. That doesn’t mean to say that you will definitely develop an illness or disease but a possibility. In a particular area where people live an experienced astrologer can also tell if an area is prone to disasters, major health risks etc. This is verifiable information as long as the astrologer is well skilled in looking into these areas in astrology. To make this synchronise with an individual one needs to know the exact time of birth and location of birth, then add relocation information to the place affected.
Moon: The mind, emotions, sensitivity, afflicted moon affects mental disorders and psychological issues
Mercury: Nerves, nerve tissue, affliction to mercury affects neural sickness, brain disorders and nerve sensitivity.
Saturn : The great malefic, rules chronic conditions and blockages, restrictions, the structural foundations of the neural system and a secondary cause of degeneration.
I pray that we get new breakthroughs in medicine in my lifetime to help everyone suffering from chronic or deadly diseases and conditions. Life is hard enough without these things happening on top of daily challenges.
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/morgellons-disease
Someone was reading an old blog post today on Morgellons disease, I hadn’t thought about this for years, so I googled it and this year a new medical article was released. I recall all the conspiracy theories at the time when I first became aware of it by accident back in 2008.
The reality is our bodies sometimes have a hissy fit and it starts producing this buildup of proteins and other things. What the actual cause is, is still unknown however there is a bacterial link to this condition that has been found in cows.
http://www.morgellons-disease-research.com/morgellons-disease-symptoms.html
I have not read of anyone actually having this condition in years however I don’t really have the time to look into this.
What some people don’t understand is thermal stress and dehydration happens quickly and alcohol dehydrates the body and brain. Keep up with your fluids and electrolytes in the heat, especially children, elderly people and the sick and disabled people must keep their fluids up.
Make sure your fur babies are kept hydrated too as they too dehydrate rapidly in the heat. Make sure they have shelter and water they can easily access. Do not leave children or animals in a car, 5 minutes is dangerous to both. Too many children have died in Australia due to poor parenting, so please be very careful, temperatures of 25 degrees upwards are dangerous in a car. We are talking minutes here not half an hour…minutes! Modern cars have vacuum sealed windows and doors so no air gets in and glass is like a magnifying glass.
Stay safe and keep cool avoid staying in the sun because you will pass out from the heat. Keep you children and fur babies in the shade. Living in Australia we are used to the high temperatures but we avoid the hottest parts of the day outdoors unless we have to go somewhere. We also have a high rate of melanoma due to the beach culture. That ain’t pretty when your skin is like leather and you age prematurely and then discover that you have melanoma (skin cancer). The damage is done when you’re young and especially if you get sunburn. Melanoma is not always easy to spot either, it can look like eczema. It can even be between your toes and other bizarre places on your body.
My husband was one such victim and has a shark bite like scar on his arm. That was from diving with his arm resting on the window which many people do. He has never been the sort of person to go out in the sun, having auburn hair and fair skin.
Make sure you wear a sun hat and sunscreen outside or carry a parasol to avoid damp flat (hat hair) or frizzy hair.
I have only just came across this beautiful tea and wanted to share it with others that may not have heard of it either. I saw it advertised online and thought it sounded lovely, so I did a google search on the tea not just picking the tea advertised on social media. Yesterday it arrived in the mail, this tea just ticks the right boxes for me, especially the rose type fragrance and it has health benefits as well as tasting like Turkish Delight. As it's not a mainstream herbal tea, you can only buy it from specialty tea retailers and not supermarkets.
It is blue in colour but turns purple with a squeeze of lemon.Traditionally used for mental clarity and focus, stress relieving qualities, and aide in a restful sleep. As it is high in antioxidants it is beneficial in skin hydration and healthy hair roots due to an increase of blood flow to the scalp.
Assisting in weight management, as a mild diuretic it eases stomach muscles, eases bloating, and research says that it may slow the formation of fat cells.
The recommended quantity per day is 1 to 2 cups. It can be drank hot or cold. There are health warnings though, such as not to be taken without your doctor's permission by pregnant women as it can cause uterine contractions, it is not recommended for breastfeeding women, people with low blood pressure, or on blood thinning medications etc. So please check with your doctor before consuming, you can google the side effects also, but please ask your health practitioner.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/14/breast-milk-research-chemicals
Pretty serious stuff here. We all know what ever a mother consumes goes into the baby too, whether in the womb or after birth and receiving breast milk. So chemicals are obviously going to cross over from mother to baby.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_person_smell
I always thought this was a joke as I can’t honestly say that I have noticed this, but apparently it’s not. Facebook is running advertisements about this at present, so I decided to google it and it is true. This waxy build up starts around the age of 40 and you need to wash yourself daily including your hair as your scalp is prone to noneal odour too not to forget the natural oils in our scalp. Individuals don’t notice it on themselves but apparently others do.
The experts say exfoliating twice a week is important in reducing the noneal odour. To remove the odour and oily buildup on bedding (think of those individuals that don’t wash their sheets weekly, eww) and clothing. But by adding half a cup white vinegar to your washing machine each wash this supposedly helps remove the odour. White vinegar is actually an alternative to fabric conditioner and keeps bath towels soft.
The recommended air purifiers with hepa filters indoors is touted by the experts or opening windows for fresh air; and removes odours from your house. We should be ventilating our home daily as it is. There is nothing worse than stale air in our house and the build up of mould into the bargain.
Persimmon soap and body wash is recommended for the removal of this noneal odour, along with green tea and witch hazel to break down the waxy barrier on skin and fabrics. The noneal smell is removed instantly with the soap or body wash but it does return they say so daily showers are recommended. Washing clothes, sheets and towels apparently takes up to 30 days to remove. Using enzyme breaking down detergent like Biozet.
This is all recommended along with elimination of certain foods and alcohol which are also a contributing cause of noneal odour too.
Now googling side effects the AI overview shows that some people will develop skin sensitivity to Persimmons tannins which act as an astringent drying out the skin causing irritation. So you need a skin moisturiser to rectify this. Contact dermatitis and hives is another problem with this product if you have sensitive skin.
Not only that but persimmons stains fabric orange or brown, but supposedly washes out, so think about that. Is it really worth all the advertising hype to get people to but the product. I don’t think so personally and as a person with very sensitive skin I would not be able to use this sort of product.
As a fruit Persimmon is very high in nutrients and helps with age related eye health, blood pressure, daily fibre intake and promotes good gut health. High in vitamins A and C, reducing inflammation and improving immune function. So I think eating the fruit is a better option plus a regular intake of water up to 2 litres per day, to flush out toxins and stay hydrated.
Omg, These poor women and suffering for so long and dismissed by doctors, even female GP’s suffering from this and never knew this condition existed. That is because very little proper medical research is done on women’s health. Hormones are very complex and should not be just brushed aside as women being emotional and hysterical.
Please share this with other people to bring awareness to this condition and the harm that it does to the sufferers and their families.
Bastards and misogynists, this was a power trip and it’s not unusual in Australia for the police to react aggressively towards mentally ill people as multiple news articles show. I find this utterly disgusting and inhumane to treat anyone like this, especially a vulnerable person. The video was hidden for good reason, it shows the mentally of some police officers. This was callous and calculated brutality. They clearly enjoyed what they were doing. But why was this poor lady not given medication in prison and seen by a psychiatrist before being released. Why wasn’t there someone put in place after her friend had died to accompany her on here release from prison? The whole situation from the beginning was mishandled. But the absolute icing on the cake was the deliberate violent abuse committed by these two police officers.
Too many times mentally ill people have been treated worse than wild animals, and police not bothering to get properly trained medical professionals to assist them using some compassion. Yes, it’s not always possible to get the medical professionals at the time, but there are other resources that can be used. There is no bloody excuse for the brutality used and the deliberate disregard for the human rights of the individuals in such situations.
Too many times we are told , do you know how violent the mentally unstable people are. I think the highest risk comes from callous people who lack respect and compassion for the mentally unstable. Of course some individuals are highly violent and very strong but they are the minority.
It also comes down to how the police or authorities speak to the individual. Too many have an arrogant attitude towards the mentally ill and that will obviously cause the person to arc up because they are being disrespected. A arrogant tone of voice is obviously going to offend anyone isn’t it? So modify the attitude when addressing a mentally ill person. Respect is what it comes down to or lack there of.
The police seem to see mentally ill people as less than human, as do a vast majority of the public straight away the average ignorant person asks if the person is off their medication.
I have seen this shitty attitude within my family too, and even my parents jumped to arrogant conclusions about a family member or two. People who have never been through any mental health problems just can’t understand nor show real empathy for the person who has mental health problems.
I had an aunt that had mental health issues and my parents had a disgusting attitude about her. Yes , she was a self absorbed individual, but so was my mother and quite frankly I didn’t see much of a difference between them. As a child I was shocked at their attitude towards mental health. My mother’s side of the family had a history of anxiety and depression but the lack of compassion was sickening.
What one of my last serious conversations with my father was about involved a family member who had mental health issues at the time and without knowing what was going, on he said, a court order could be issued to make the person take their medication. The person was taking their medication and never deviated from that. I just thought at the time are you just so callous and ignorant, apparently he was. That person was and is a far more compassionate person than most of my family and the general public. Someone my parents supposedly loved. The moment a person has a mental health problem people change, which says so much about humanity as a whole.
Having a friend of over 25 years who has a serious mental illness, I have watched other friends drop this friend too. Mental illness is not catching like the flu, but ignorance is. You don’t suddenly treat the person any differently than before. Nor do you disrespect them or dismiss what they say, listen and assess if they are going through a crisis. If you can’t help them talk to their loved ones and suggest help for them asap.
The negative attitude towards mental illness is ingrained in a high percentage of the human population, it is archaic and needs to be changed. We see lip service advertising on tv about mental illnesses and to help our loved ones when they are depressed. The reality is totally different, people avoid you. Some through being unsure of what to say or what to do, but many people have the attitude of arrogance and don’t want to know the person suffering. Is it any wonder we have so much suicide?
UPDATE: NSW Police move to mandatory body worn cameras, I thought the had to have them on all the time.
This is quite a powerful message here about the 2019 bushfires that were all over the eastern coast of Australia. The 2019 fires were much worse than the 2003 Canberra fires. Having lived through both of them and both times we were completely cut off from any possible evacuation outside of Canberra.
The babies health during their mother’s pregnancies has been affected and this article exposes the health risks and issues of bushfires and the health impacts of such fires on the public health. We do not have proper health studies or standards to assess the health impacts and the long term effects.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-29/dementia-alzheimers-risk-factors-women/106731056
We need to be much more aware of memory issues and loss than we are, menopause is also one thing to alert us as we enter this phase of life, as we can become forgetful due to menopause. Diet, insomnia and stress play major factor in our health and must not be neglected. It starts when we are young and sets a pattern throughout our lives, nutrition is the key factor in maintaining our overall health and wellbeing, avoiding junk foods and processed foods as much as possible. We are what we eat after all.
Hereditary diseases are not necessarily a deciding factor in our lives but bring an awareness to remind us that by eating healthy, we may be able to avoid serious diseases. We need to move away from a modern lifestyle where we get addicted to convenience foods and take away foods that are unhealthy. Mediterranean and Asian diets are more beneficial compared to deep fried foods. Prior to World War Two we ate more nutritious foods in the western world if finance permitted. So if we could get back to basic foods, with a healthy balance of fresh fruits and vegetables and a small portion of meats daily, this may be helpful in avoiding high cholesterol and poor nutrition along with daily exercise.
We have more to gain by eating a variety of healthy foods according to our financial situation. Portion control as well as eating healthy foods from a variety of ethnic groups, which adds variety to our palate. The key is avoiding unhealthy foods and regular fresh fruits and vegetables, sometimes we may need supplements when something is out of season through winter. Keep up with fish oils and vitamins such as zinc, magnesium and vitamins A, B, C and D that fortify our immune system and general wellbeing when certain foods are unavailable. Make sure you have regular blood tests done to ensure you are not deficient in any vitamins and minerals, and a general health assessment.
Less time on social media is also important for cognitive health. Spend time on improving your critical thinking skills and learning something new every day. Read books more than relying on the internet, interacting with people in your community, even just small talk and making the effort to say hello to shopkeepers makes a difference. Being alone is mentally unhealthy and leads to depression and mental decline. Many people are turning to meditation, yoga and t’ai chi to help with their mental wellbeing. Finding what works for you is part of your journey so go with what works for you and work with your medical professionals to obtain the best possible outcome for you.
This is a medical expert’s report on Hantavirus and how it spreads. He states right down the bottom of the article that most hantaviruses are not spread by human to human contact. That includes the Andes virus, person to person contact is very rare, and requires close or prolonged contact.
Still there is more detective work to be done here, as he points out. It’s still very sad that people have died and extremely distressing for everyone involved in this matter.
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/cardamom-benefits#TOC_TITLE_HDR_3
Interesting article about the benefits of Cardamom, I like this in tea. I tried black tea with crushed cardamom seeds a few years ago that a lady who runs our corner shop gave me and it was lovely.
I bought the seed pods to make my own cardamom tea with but it was fiddly opening the seed pods so now I buy the powdered seeds. Just a pinch is added to a cup of tea and it is so soothing.
https://www.megawecare.com/good-health-by-yourself/nutrition/cardamom-tea-benefits
A little more information here too, be careful if you are taking blood thinning medication or have gallbladder stones. Golden rule is check with your doctor before trying this herbal tea.
Wow, Meloidosis this is something that many gardeners overlook, even myself. Something so easily prevented by wearing the correct protection that would save your life. There are so many different bacteria lurking in the environment that are often not considered until disaster strikes. This lady was extremely lucky.
Please share this news article with your family and friends, you may just save a life. It’s not just spiders , snakes and other critters we need to protect ourselves from but the earth and potting mix too which is known for legionnaires disease.
Why is it taking so long for people to recognise this fact, even children can’t regulate their body temperature and have fits due to the heat. This is a human rights issue not just for the disabled but for everyone, especially the disabled, babies and children and the elderly.
Not everyone is able to get to a shopping centre or a public place to escape the heat, some people are in remote areas where access to public transport and cool public spaces is difficult.
Australian houses are definitely not built to keep out the extreme temperatures either, and this adds to the problem. Construction in Australia is way behind the rest of the western world without double glazing and double brick walls and proper roof insulation, which is usually done after construction by the house owner. In southern parts of Australia houses are freezing in winter and boiling hot in summer without any air conditioning system. Houses built in the 1970’s were not solar passive either, with big windows, floor to ceiling and no veranda to shade the windows. Modern homes now have smaller windows but are often built close together, which prevents air circulation and traps the heat, and they still don’t have verandas to keep out the hot sun. Not to mention a lack of privacy in modern high density housing because you can hear your neighbours conversations outside.
I am shocked that Northern Territory doesn’t have a subsidy scheme for disabled people as it is a very hot part of the country. The Australian Capital Territory is freezing in winter and can get as cold as -8 Celsius and in summer it can get up to 43.5. Temperatures above 38 is very hot to breathe in as you can feel it when you’re outside. Keeping hydrated only does so much, and if a person can’t regulate their body temperature they are in serious danger. Let’s hope that the government will take a serious look at the situation as this can be a life or death situation.
Interesting news article after reading the previous post. Getting old is not for cissies that’s for sure, and illness can happen to anyone. My father in law had this disease but I don’t know how long he had it for or if he was on medication. It wasn’t something he spoke about, and I just hope that my husband is not going to have this one day. It’s only a small percentage of people that inherit from a family member. But the risk is double if you have a parent or sibling with Parkinson’s.
I do feel that our health is much better with exercise and a healthy diet without processed foods, but for many that can be quite difficult to do, due to the high cost of living nowadays.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clym0g4rlr2o
Wow, Absolutely shocking side effects from Parkinson’s disease medication, and this is not the only news article about this.
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