Remarkableriots Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 https://www.msn.com/en-ca/health/medical/heart-disease-contagious-study-suggests-non-communicable-diseases-might-be-spread-through-gut-bacteria/ar-BBZ3Amu?li=AA4RDh Quote In a paper appearing in this week’s issue of the journal Science, Canadian microbiologist Brett Finlay and colleagues point to growing data suggesting that cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, irritable bowel syndrome and other diseases long considered not transmissible from one person to another might actually spread like stomach bugs. “It really leads to a rather almost heretical postulate — that non-communicable diseases, which basically means non-infectious diseases, might actually be communicable,” said Finlay, a renowned microbiome researcher at the University of British Columbia. “And, given that 70 per cent of the people in the world die of what we call non-communicable diseases, it gives you a whole different way of looking at these things.” While still a hypothesis — and much more research is needed — where there’s smoke, there’s fire, Finlay said. “And there’s an awful lot of smoke.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 If true, that would be...ummmm...bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Man the earth and life really wants us dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 I would be severely pissed if I got Type 2 Diabetes because someone coughed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Yeah I know that there are growing links to gut bacteria and auto-immune diseases. It shouldn't be surprising, considering that there are thousands of species living inside of us, far outnumbering our own cells. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 We are but mere hosts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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