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Two drugs approved decades ago not only counteract brain damage caused by Alzheimer's disease in animal models, the same therapeutic combination may also improve cognition. A promising series of early studies is highlighting two well known medicine cabinet standbys—gemfibrosil, an old-school cholesterol-lowering drug, and retinoic acid, a vitamin A derivative. Gemfibrosil, is sold as Lopid and while it's still used, it is not widely prescribed. Doctors now prefer to prescribe statins to lower cholesterol. Retinoic acid has been used in various formulations to treat everything from acne to psoriasis to cancer. The two drugs are being studied for their robust...

The NEA will, with guidance on implementation from the NEA president and chairs of the Ethnic Minority Affairs Caucuses: A. Share and publicize, through existing channels, information already available on critical race theory (CRT) -- what it is and what it is not; have a team of staffers for members who want to learn more and fight back against anti-CRT rhetoric; and share information with other NEA members as well as their community members. B. Provide an already-created, in-depth, study that critiques empire, white supremacy, anti-Blackness, anti-Indigeneity, racism, patriarchy, cisheteropatriarchy, capitalism, ableism, anthropocentrism, and other forms of power and oppression...

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – Northern Health issued a warning letter to a Fort St. John church on Monday for not following provincial health orders. According to the health authority’s website, the letter was due to the Catholic Church of the Resurrection not following a regional order on worship services. The status of this particular case is listed as “pending compliance” as the health authority awaits a response on whether the church will comply with the order or not. New circuit breaker measures were implemented on October 15th included a ban on in-person worship services. A post was published to...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 1 JOHN 5:14 

A Republican truck driver who spent just $153 on his campaign may manage a stunning upset victory against the longest-serving legislative leader in New Jersey history in the state's elections on Tuesday. The defeat could be another embarrassing upset for the Democrats following a night where they lost the Virginia gubernatorial election, struggled in the race for New Jersey governor and performed dismally in votes across the country. As of Wednesday afternoon, GOP candidate Ed Durr was leading Democratic Senate President Steve Sweeney in South New Jersey's 3rd Legislative District by 52 percent of the vote to 48. Sweeney, an...

The husband of "Rust" cinematographer Halyna Hutchins has lawyered up, and is preparing to file a wrongful death lawsuit ... TMZ has learned. Matthew Hutchins retained the services of Panish | Shea | Boyle | Ravipudi ... according to the L.A.-based law firm. The firm's website says its attorneys specialize in personal injury and wrongful death litigation ... so clearly, Halyna's tragic death is in their wheelhouse. Sources familiar with the situation tell us the lawsuit will be filed on behalf of Halyna's spouse and their child, and there will be multiple defendants.

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They believe that when the mark of the beast is offered, they will be able to make a choice — and that they will not be forced or coerced into taking it. They want to think that before they do something the Antichrist has to be surrounded by dragon looking creatures from hell — While I don’t want to come off mocking religious belief — i want to appeal to common sense and say that if you are waiting for demons to rise from the ground or a fake alien invasion to convince you that the New World Order is...

USA Today is raising eyebrows for a report highlighting the "candidates of color" who made history in various election races on Tuesday but left out two of the night's biggest winners. Virginia rocked the political world with Glenn Youngkin leading the Republican ticket to victory in the commonwealth that President Biden won by ten points last year. The two other big winners were Winsome Sears, who will become Virginia's first woman of color lieutenant governor, and Jason Miyares, who will be the state's first Hispanic attorney general. However, neither of them was mentioned in USA Today's roundup of the diverse...

Iran agreed Wednesday to resume talks with world powers on reviving a nuclear deal on November 29 after a five-month gap, with the United States urging a quick resolution. Advertising The indirect negotiations in Vienna come amid mounting pressure on Iran, with Western nations warning that the clerical state's nuclear work is advancing to dangerous levels and Israel threatening to attack. EU envoy Enrique Mora, who led six rounds of talks earlier this year and recently flew to Tehran to seek progress, will again chair the November 29 meeting, the European Union announced. President Joe Biden took office hoping to...

Cervical cancer has been virtually eradicated in young women because of the HPV vaccine's 'remarkable' success, a major study has found. Cases of the disease have plummeted by 87 per cent as a result of the NHS vaccine programme. Among women now in their twenties — the first generation to get the jab — cases have now dropped from about 50 per year to just five. Today's 'historic' findings by King's College London represent the first evidence the HPV vaccine is saving lives in the UK. The HPV vaccine prevents infection from human papillomavirus, a common group of viruses that...

A red wave washed over Long Island on Tuesday as suburban voters embraced Republican candidates in a number of key posts in both Nassau and Suffolk Counties. A reflection of the GOP’s strong showing across the country, Republicans flipped district attorney posts on the island from blue to red after beating the drum over criminal justice reforms approved by Democrats in Albany. In Nassau, Republican Anne Donnelly beat out Democratic state Sen. Todd Kaminsky, who conceded early Wednesday morning, 60% to 40%, following a bruising battle over bail.... ...In the Nassau County Executive race, Republican Bruce Blakeman declared victory over...

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These days, workers who refuse to get vaccinated against covid-19 may face financial repercussions, from higher health insurance premiums to loss of their jobs. Now, the financial fallout might follow workers beyond the grave. If they die of covid and weren’t vaccinated, their families may not get death benefits they would otherwise have received. New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority no longer pays a $500,000 death benefit to the families of subway, bus and commuter rail workers who die of covid if the workers were unvaccinated at the time of death. “It strikes me as needlessly cruel,” said Mark DeBofsky, a...

There is plenty of blame to go around for Terry McAuliffe’s loss to Glenn Youngkin on Tuesday night in the race for governor of Virginia—structural electoral factors, the seemingly endless legislative debacle that passes for the White House’s effort to enact its domestic agenda, and McAuliffe’s aimless and generally baffling campaign. Thus far, one person who deserves his fair share of blame has managed to avoid any of the recriminations—Attorney General Merrick Garland. On key issues that appear to have been central to the result on Tuesday, the Department of Justice in recent months has been tone-deaf or listless. The...

Alec Baldwin took the unusual step for a public figure of protecting his Twitter account Tuesday amid growing criticism over his and his wife’s use of social media to comment on the fallout of the actor’s fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Baldwin’s Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation account showed Tuesday that its tweets were now protected, potentially meaning that he and his wife can view and control who sees his tweets. Baldwin apparently changed the privacy setting around the same time he used his Instagram account Tuesday to hit back at reports that allege there were a number of...

On 8 December 2020, the United Kingdom (“UK”) became the first country in the world to begin injecting its public with the experimental Covid-19 gene therapy, which is also a biological and chemical weapon. The next day, the MHRA issued preliminary guidance on severe allergic reactions after the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine due to early reports of anaphylaxis. By Christmas Eve, the Government and their helpers had already injected 521,594 people across all four UK nations.Although we cannot trust any of the UK ‘official’ statistics driving the Covid-19 narrative we are using them so information can be compared using the same sources,...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ Replenishment Time! Coffee and Ice Cream Supplies Are Full Again! 211014-M-LE234-1097 RED SEA (Oct. 14, 2021) Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Lenthall (T-AO-189), left, transits alongside the amphibious transport dock USS Portland (LPD 27) during a replenishment-at-sea, Oct. 14. Portland and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and Pacific through the Western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke...

* WA Police Minister Paul Papalia has taken a swipe at the Prime Minister * Scott Morrison thanked God, as well as police for bringing Cleo Smith home * Minister Papalia said 'thank God for the Western Australian police force' * Cleo was rescued by four officers from a home in Carnarvon early on Wednesday Scott Morrison has sparked backlash after thanking God for 'answering our prayers' with the miracle rescue of missing youngster Cleo Smith. The Prime Minister fought back tears after learning the missing four-year-old girl had been found in a locked home in Carnarvon, 900km north of...

Just like the 2016 Brexit campaign, Obama's intervention may well have backfired. In April 2016, just months before he was due to leave the White House, then-U.S. President Barack Obama travelled to London, England to engage in a far shadier attempt at “foreign intervention” in another country’s election process than Donald Trump was ever party to. Arriving in London, he told an audience that Britain would find herself “at the back of the queue” for a trade deal with the United States if the public insisted on voting to leave the European Union. At that point in the campaign, the...