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New research shows that a treatment for retinal vein occlusion yields long-lasting vision gains, with visual acuity remaining significantly above baseline at five years. However, many patients require ongoing treatment. Retinal vein occlusion is one of the most common blinding conditions in the United States; without treatment, central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO), the most severe type of retinal vein occlusion often leads to significant and permanent vision loss. Retinal vein occlusion is caused by a blockage of the veins carrying blood away from the retina, the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye. The most effective treatment, injections of...

When we think of people who lived in the Middle Ages, it is usually the crushing poverty and high infant mortality that stand out. But now a historian of the medieval period has revealed something less well-known: the ploys that women used to get their other halves into bed. Speaking on a new podcast, Dr Eleanor Janega said that one bizarre method involved wives kneading dough on their naked bodies before baking it to turn it into bread and then serving it to their husbands. Some medieval women also believed that honey was an aphrodisiac and would smother it 'all...

"And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold." "Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created." "For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom...

Throughout his time in office, the US Secret Service has kept “no records” of who visits Joe Biden when he is away from Washington at either of his Delaware homes, according to a newly released Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request that was published by the New York Post. In all, Biden has spent over 25% of his presidency stationed at his Delaware homes, which consists of him taking “personal time” while also conducting official and unofficial business. However, during the past year-plus, the USSS did not record any of Biden’s visitors at all. The admission from the agency came...

Two pictures of Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn (N.C.) shared with Politico show the embattled congressman at what appears to be a party in women’s lingerie. The political news outlet reported that it obtained the photos from a person who was previously close to Cawthorn, and his campaign. Another person who was formerly close with Cawthorn confirmed the pictures. Cawthorn is controversial figure in the Republican Party. He previously accused congressional colleagues of inviting him to orgies. Cawthorn told “Warrior Poet Society” podcast host John Lovell that lawmakers have invited him to orgies and done cocaine in front of him. He...

Structured aerobic exercise training over 12 weeks improves blood vessel function in people with stage 3 and 4 chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a new study by physiologists at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. Researchers also found that exercise reduced blood pressure reactivity in this population. The article is published ahead of print in the Journal of Applied Physiology. This study was conducted in 38 men—primarily Black men—and 10 women with CKD who were randomly split among a structured and a supervised group. The aerobic "spin" group rode stationary bikes and the non-aerobic group participated in stretching...

Since the last weekly review: New cases up 35.3% (from very low levels) New Hospitalizations up 8.3% Deaths down 9.4% Test Positivity Rate 5.3% (up from 3.7% last week) Variants: About 100% of new cases are Omicron, about 95% of those are the sub-variant BA.2 family, with about 19% of the total being the currently fastest growing sub-variant (BA.2.12.1).

A bodybuilder, gym owner and mother-of-two has died suddenly at the young age of 31. The cause of Stacey Cummings' death on Wednesday is unknown at this point. Cummings was a beloved leader in the world of female bodybuilding, and the shocking news of her death was met with an outpouring of support and affection from those she touched. Born in Florida, Cummings started bodybuilding in 2013, earning her certification as an International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness professional just three years later in 2016. She competed in the bikini division of the 2021 IFBB Texas Pro, and co-owned Flex...

CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said Friday on “Anderson Cooper 360” that the lawsuit against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) attempting to disqualify her from running for reelection over her comments and tweets surrounding the riot at the Capitol on January 6, 2021 would not be successful. Cooper said, “Do you think the case brought against Greene would be successful?”

Photographs obtained by POLITICO appear to show Madison Cawthorn, the embattled Republican congressman from North Carolina who recently accused his GOP colleagues of inviting him to orgies, wearing lingerie in what appears to be a party setting. Cawthorn, 26, was raised in a conservative Baptist community in Henderson County, North Carolina, and has staked his political persona on arch-traditional Christian principles and the insistence of the importance of a kind of hypermasculinity. His comments about “the sexual perversion” in Washington made on a podcast, which he later admitted were exaggerated, drew the public disapproval and disavowal of Minority Leader...

CNN political analyst David Axelrod said Friday on “Anderson Cooper 360” that the lawsuit attempting to disqualify Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) from reelection ballot access over her comments and tweets surrounding the January 6, 2021 riot at the Capitol will fail and increase her fundraising. Cooper said, “Do you think the case brought against Greene would be successful?”

The Patriarchate of Jerusalem completely rejects any restrictions on the number of worshipers allowed in, on, or around the Church of the Holy Sepulchre during the Holy Fire service on Saturday. In a letter to the Israeli police on Wednesday, the Church dismissed their arguments for restricting the number to 1,700 parishioners “on principled grounds that it doesn’t accept any infringement to the right to freedom of worship,” the Patriarchate reports. The church has a normal capacity of 10-11,000 people. Recall that only 2,500 people were allowed to attend last year, and no parishioners were allowed to attend in 2020...

The World Bank will provide Ukraine with $4.8 billion for recovery following a roundtable talk held in Washington on April 21 along with the Ukrainian government, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has said. "Yesterday, during a ministerial roundtable talk, I turned to the World Bank. The result is $4.8 billion for the restoration of Ukraine," the head of state said on Instagram. He thanked that Ukraine "is heard and supported." "With such help, we will be able to quickly restore the country," Zelensky said. As reported, the president of Ukraine, in his speech at this roundtable talk via video link,...

The 85-year-old Pontiff underwent colon surgery in July 2021.VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) – Pope Francis cancelled all engagements today due to a “necessary medical check up,” the Vatican announced. In a statement released to media outlets Friday, April 22, the director of the Holy See Press Office Matteo Bruni said: “The pope has slowed down his activity today due to a necessary medical check-up. Therefore, he does not have any appointments on his agenda today.” Bruni added that medical appointments were taking place in the Vatican’s own facilities, not in any external hospital. Pope Francis has been visibly beset with health...

Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) said Friday on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” that the audio New York Times reporters Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin released of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) telling Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) that he would recommend to then-President Donald Trump he should resign revealed Cheney to be “a person of great courage and conviction.”

A paper published on April 5th in the New England Journal of Medicine entitled “Protection by a Fourth Dose of BNT162b2 against Omicron in Israel” is raising eyebrows in the scientific world because of its deficiencies. By Guy HatchardDr. Vinay Prasad is an American hematologist–oncologist and health researcher. He is an associate professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco. His work has coined the term medical reversal whereby more careful trials of a drug show that its earlier approval was flawed.Dr Prasad, who is not an anti vaxxer by any stretch of the imagination,...

Snell told the BBC that “at 505 days, it certainly seems to be the longest reported infection.” However, he conceded that “there’s no way to know for sure” because “not everyone gets tested, especially on a regular basis like this case.”

Former US Representative and Dean Michele Bachmann joined Jan Marckell on Olive Tree Ministries radio on Friday to discuss the globalist threat to our God-given freedoms and rights. Already we have former President Obama speaking out publicly and without shame calling for the end of freedom of speech. It was during his time in office that the Tech Giants became another arm of the Communist Left in the country. It was also during his time in office that the Obama regime started spying on Donald Trump and plotting a coup against his administration. His wickedness continues to this day. During...

[Catholic Caucus] “Episcopal Conference? Freedom for the Bishops!” — Article by Archbishop Aguer — strong words on Bishop Daniel Fernandez Torres On other occasions I have criticized the current centralized ecclesiastical organization, whose key piece is the local protagonism of the Episcopal Conferences. These have assumed a political role, imitating secular parliaments. There is, in general, a Presidency and two Vice-Presidencies, elected by a majority vote of the members of the Conference. There are no formally constituted episcopal parties, but there is no lack of groups that bring together those who share a certain ecclesiology, and the same opinion...

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