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Multiple studies in humans and mouse models indicate that sleep disruptions raise the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) by increasing the accumulation of disease-relevant proteins such as amyloid-beta (A-beta) in the brain. In the current study, a team discovered that restoring normal sleep by returning to normal the activity of the thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN), a brain region involved in maintaining stable sleep, reduced the accumulation of A-beta plaques in the brain. The study suggests that TRN not only may play a previously unsuspected driving role in symptoms associated with Alzheimer's, but also that restoring its normal activity could be...

There definitely was a red wave in the elections yesterday.It didn’t just hit in Virginia, although that state was certainly the bellwether — with Republicans taking governor, Lt. Governor and Attorney General. They also flipped seven seats in the House, which the GOP now controls 52 to 48.This is the biggest upset of the night. We had this as Likely Democratic. The Republican barely raised anything. Mugler was one of two Democrats to do better than Biden in 2019 compared to his 2020 margin, the other being Hurst, who also lost. pic.twitter.com/fdcKqmNDC5— Chaz Nuttycombe (@ChazNuttycombe) November 3, 2021We saw New...

The president 'may not have been fully briefed,' ACLU executive director says The American Civil Liberties Union countered President Biden's claim that his administration is not considering payments of up to $450,000 to illegal immigrants who had been separated from their families under the previous administration.... ...Yet ACLU Executive Director Anthony D. Romero told Fox News that the plan is very much in the works. "President Biden may not have been fully briefed about the actions of his very own Justice Department as it carefully deliberated and considered the crimes committed against thousands of families separated from their children as...

LBC presenter James O'Brien has called a pastor “a disgrace” during a debate over praying for someone with unwanted same-sex attraction. Pastor Walter from a church in Warrington called ‘The Mystery Hour’ programme to share his thoughts on the government's set of proposals to ban 'coercive' conversion therapy under new legislation coming out next year. Pastor Walter said he agrees that all abhorrent practices such as “electric shock therapy” and even stories of “fathers attacking their daughters who came up as gay” should be banned but found it difficult to understand how praying for someone was the same as those...

JUSTICE THOMAS: Mr. Clement, sorry to interrupt you. The -- if we analyze this and use history, tradition, the text of the Second Amendment, we're going to have to do it by analogy. So can you give me a regulation in history that is a base -- that would form a basis for legitimate regulation today? If we're going to do it by analogy, what would we analogize it to? What would that look like?MR. CLEMENT: Well, Your Honor, I suppose, if you're going to reason by analogy, then you could, you know, go back and you could find analogous...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday asked Pope Francis to visit India, a significant opening towards the head of the Catholic Church who has long sought an official invitation to the Hindu-majority country. Modi, 71, invited Francis during a meeting at the Vatican on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rome. "Had a very warm meeting with Pope Francis. I had the opportunity to discuss a wide range of issues with him and also invited him to visit India," Modi said on Twitter after the talks. The pope, 84, has been on record saying that he wants to visit India....

Democratic political strategist James Carville blamed his party's recent losses and weak performance in state elections on "stupid wokeness" on Wednesday. "PBS NewsHour" host Judy Woodruff asked Carville what went wrong for the Democratic Party in the Virginia gubernatorial race in which Republican Glenn Youngkin beat former Gov. Terry McAuliffe. "What went wrong is just stupid wokeness. Don't just look at Virginia and New Jersey. Look at Long Island, look at Buffalo, look at Minneapolis, even look at Seattle, Wash. I mean this 'defund the police' lunacy, this take Abraham Lincoln's name off schools. I mean that-people see that," Carville...

This coming Sunday, all Orthodox Christians who were imprisoned or killed by the godless soviet authorities in Belarus will be prayerfully commemorated together for the first time. Last month, the Holy Synod of the Russian Church established October 30 as a day of commemoration of all such innocent victims. At the same time, it proposed that the Synods of the autonomous Churches, exarchates, metropolitan districts, and dioceses outside Russia determine their own day for memorial commemorations. Accordingly, His Eminence Metropolitan Benjamin of Minsk and All Belarus decided that such commemorations will be offered on Sunday, October 31 this year, which...

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...