A Beautiful Story

Franz Kafka and Friend

When he was 40, the renowned Bohemian novelist and short story writer Franz Kafka (1883–1924), who never married and had no children, was strolling through Steglitz Park in Berlin, when he chanced upon a young girl crying her eyes out because she had lost her favorite doll. She and Kafka looked for the doll without success. Kafka told her to meet him there the next day and they would look again.

The next day, when they still had not found the doll, Kafka gave the girl a letter “written” by the doll that said, “Please do not cry. I have gone on a trip to see the world. I’m going to write to you about my adventures.”

Thus began a story that continued to the end of Kafka’s life.

When they would meet, Kafka read aloud his carefully composed letters of adventures and conversations about the beloved doll, which the girl found enchanting. Finally, Kafka read her a letter of the story that brought the doll back to Berlin, and he then gave her a doll he had purchased. “This does not look at all like my doll,” she said. Kafka handed her another letter that explained, “My trips, they have changed me.” The girl hugged the new doll and took it home with her.

A year later, Kafka died.

Many years later, the now grown-up girl found a letter tucked into an unnoticed crevice in the doll. The tiny letter, signed by Kafka, said, “Everything you love is very likely to be lost, but in the end, love will return in a different way.”

Artist ~ Isabel Torner

A beautiful story indeed. And a wonderful man, doing what he could to ease the burdens of another.

Effectiveness of HPV vaccines Cervarix and Gardasil under question

Effectiveness of HPV vaccines Cervarix and Gardasil under question

Researchers analysing the design of HPV vaccines Cervarix and Gardasil efficacy trials found the Phase II and III trials had methodological problems that could have overstated the effectiveness of these vaccines against HPV.

We found insufficient data to clearly conclude that HPV vaccine prevents the higher-grade abnormal cell changes”

The researchers from Newcastle University and Queen Mary University of London, both UK, found that the trials were not designed to detect cervical cancer because it takes decades to develop; instead they detected low grade abnormal cell changes. These changes, according to the study collaborators, are not clinically important because “they often resolve spontaneously without progressing,” into cancers.

“We found insufficient data to clearly conclude that HPV vaccine prevents the higher-grade abnormal cell changes that can eventually develop into cervical cancer,” said Dr Claire Rees, Lead researcher from the Queen Mary University of London.

https://www.europeanpharmaceuticalreview.com/news/111334/effectiveness-of-hpv-vaccines-cervarix-and-gardasil-under-question/

Not safe to eat: Rats fed lifetime of GMO corn grow horrifying tumors, die very early

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Genetically modified (GM) corn is rat poison. That is at least what the results of a controversial study linking GM feed with cancerous tumor growths in rats would seem to suggest.

During a two-year study, originally published in the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology, Professor Gilles-Eric Seralini of the University of Caen and colleagues discovered that rats fed Monsanto’s “Roundup Ready” corn developed significantly more tumors than rats not fed GM corn. In addition, rats fed a GMO diet developed aggressive tumors and died sooner than rats in the control group, reports Natural News.

Even more alarming, the study found these adverse health reactions were observed in rats exposed to Roundup Ready herbicide at levels many regulators regard as safe.

https://www.newstarget.com/2016-04-19-not-safe-to-eat-rats-fed-lifetime-of-gmo-corn-grow-horrifying-tumors-die-very-early.html

Soy Accelerates Breast Cancer Says Top US Cancer Centre

Soy Accelerates Breast Cancer

For the past several years, we have been under the impression that soy is great for you. I am here to tell you that soy isn’t all that. It has been our enemy from the beginning; soy causes breast cancer.

A study conducted by researchers at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College found that for many women, adding a small amount of soy to their diets, can cause cancer to grow.

While soy products might be very tasty to many, they contain a very high concentration of isoflavones, which are weak estrogen-like compounds that can boost the growth and development of breast cancers.

The study found changes in the expressions of certain genes largely known to promote cancerous cell growth among the women consuming the soy supplement.

https://anyavien.com/soy-causes-breast-cancer

Glyphosate and Roundup Disrupt Gut Microbiome, Contradicting Regulator’s Assumptions, Study Says

Gut Microbiome

A comprehensive study using cutting-edge molecular profiling proved that Roundup and glyphosate herbicides inhibit a pathway in gut bacteria, when given at permitted doses.

Specifically, glyphosate kills plants by inhibiting an enzyme called EPSPS, part of a biochemical pathway—the shikimate pathway—that produces proteins. Imbalances in gut bacteria have been linked to cancer, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and depression.

The rat study was led by Dr. Michael Antoniou of King’s College London, and scientists from London, France, Italy, and the Netherlands. Rats were fed different herbicide doses; results showed a dramatic increase in two acids in the gut, indicating the EPSPS enzyme was severely inhibited. Adverse effects—shifts in bacterial populations—were noted at all dosage levels.

“Through this comprehensive multi-omics analysis, we obtained definitive results demonstrating glyphosate and Roundup impact on both the bacterial population and biochemistry of the gut microbiome,” Dr. Antoniou said. He recommends surveys be done immediately to verify correlation between levels of glyphosate and shikimate.

The alterations themselves are cause for concern, he added. Liver and kidney damage in the rats emerged, livers showing an increase in lesions, fatty liver disease, and tissue death. Dr. Antoniou added that either lower doses of Roundup over time or a higher dose over a shorter time produced the same outcome.

The study offers possible explanation of the Roundup/cancer link: shikimic acid is a potential cancer promoter. These findings can contribute to environmental epidemiological studies on glyphosate’s impact on humans.

https://www.organicconsumers.org/news/glyphosate-roundup-disrupt-gut-microbiome-contradicting-regulators-assuptions