tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148573551417578681.post8184478326723914532..comments2024-03-27T19:47:13.475-07:00Comments on Dark Buzz: Giant black hole is cosmic vacuum cleanerRogerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474078324293158376noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148573551417578681.post-8620412900345345462018-05-26T16:37:57.096-07:002018-05-26T16:37:57.096-07:00Progress?
"Earlier research shows that ancie...Progress?<br /><br />"Earlier research shows that ancient hunter-gathers had cavities in at most 14% of their teeth, and some had almost no cavities at all. Then, roughly 10,000 years ago, humans learned to farm. Grain and other carbohydrates took over the plate, making the human mouth a haven for bacteria that destroy tooth enamel. Ancient farmers had cavities in up to 48% of their teeth, leading scientists to assume that a human jaw with lots of cavities probably came from a farming society."<br />https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/06/tooth-decay-archaeology/4307319/<br /><br />The article can only challenge this research by giving us an anecdote about sweet acorns. James C. Scott wins this round.MD Coryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05342743632013663077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148573551417578681.post-78768348945113938742018-05-26T16:27:39.887-07:002018-05-26T16:27:39.887-07:00When it comes to space telescopes, we will spend $...When it comes to space telescopes, we will spend $10 billion a go. As for the most common disease known to man, we can't repair a thing:<br /><br />The report shows that oral conditions affect as many as 3.9bn people worldwide -- over half the total population. Untreated tooth decay or cavities in permanent teeth -- also known as dental caries -- was the most common of all 291 major diseases and injuries assessed by the GBD 2010 study, affecting 35 per cent of the world population.<br /><br />"There are close to 4bn people in the world who suffer from untreated oral health conditions that cause toothache and prevent them from eating and possibly sleeping properly, which is a disability," comments Professor Marcenes. "This total does not even include small cavities or mild gum diseases, so we are facing serious problems in the population's oral health."<br /><br />The GBD 2010 estimated that the disability associated with severe tooth loss was between those reported for moderate heart failure and moderate consequences of stroke.<br /><br />Oral conditions accounted for an average health loss of 224 years per 100,000 people (years lived with disability or YLDs) -- more than 25 out of 28 categories of cancer assessed in the GBD 2010 study.<br /><br />The study found that the global burden of oral conditions is shifting from severe tooth loss towards severe periodontitis and untreated caries. It found that the global burden of oral diseases increased 20 per cent between 1990 and 2010, while a reduction of 0.5 per cent was observed for all conditions together. This increase was mainly due to population growth and ageing.<br /><a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130530111145.htm" rel="nofollow">Source</a><br /><br />Where is the funding and urgency for this?<br />"Moradian-Oldak and her team engineered a string of amino acids that contained only the parts needed for enamel crystal creation. Over seven days, the shorter peptide grew synthetic aprismatic enamel that was two times harder than the softened control enamel. Moradian-Oldak reported the results of the study in a paper recently published in the journal ACS Omega."<br /><a href="https://news.usc.edu/140415/tooth-enamel-regrow-research-gel/" rel="nofollow">USC: Tooth enamel that regrows?</a><br /><br />I sincerely wish that the people who live off the government doing astronomy (highest paid government profession, the last time I checked) die in a fiery car crash, along with their children. They haven't even planned for asteroids hitting the earth but are zooming into invisible exoplanets. Parasite infection!<br />http://govcentral.monster.com/careers/articles/1250?page=2MD Coryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05342743632013663077noreply@blogger.com