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Comment Re:The article is missing the most newsworthy aspe (Score 1) 40

No

Read the report linked in almost every single post here from Australia.
Southern reef is FLAT since 1986, with ups and downs in between.
Northern and Central reefs are in the top 4 highest years since 1986.

The most tracked reefs are in Australia, its where we have the best data.

If you take numbers from a few years ago and compare them to 2025, it will seem like we lost 28-35 %, but they where at their peak a few years ago.
Reefs regenerate and go through cycles.

Comment Re:Cholestrol correlation (Score 1) 28

Though I am for increased research your assertion that western countries state led research is more aligned with what the population wants is false.
Pharmaceuticals have a much higher input on State run research than the population.

I am a right-winger capitalist and the problem is incentives are skewed by the regulatory capture from governements. Regulations being lobbied and directed by pharmaceuticals.

The problem is over regulation.

Your assertion would be right in a highly competitive free market. Which is not the environment we currently have in western or any nations, when it comes to medical research.

Comment Re:Cholestrol correlation (Score 1) 28

They don't show that.

Low cholesterol is correlated with higher all cause mortality.
High cholesterol is correlated with lower all cause mortality.

Also, over half of all heart attack patients show cholesterol levels below recommended guidlines. Demonstrating high blood cholesterol as not being correlated to CHD.

Cholesterol plaques in the arteries are definately the cause of heart attacks, but the reason they are found there is to repair damaged arteries from inflammation.
Lowering total cholesterol does not prevent heart disease, because it isnt the underlying reason for arterial damage. The main one being inflammation from insulin resistance and other causes of inflammation.

Comment Re:Healthy gums + teeth = healthy heart (Score 1) 28

Indeed.

However the association could be an indicator of bad nutritional habbits.

High sugar/glucose/carb diets will be inflammatory, leading to insulin resistance and CHD.
The same diets will be obvious in oral health, as identified above.

The association IMO is a good correlation. But as you point out, it isnt the cause of the CHD.

Comment Re:highly likely (Score 1) 28

Actually, this will happen in arteries and not veins.

The reason atherosclerosis is mostly found in arteries is because the pressure is much higher than in veins.

Arteries carry blood away from the heart (more pressure closest to the pump).
Veins carry blood to the heart (less pressure at the end of the line just before the pump).

Comment Of course infection can trigger heart attacks (Score 1) 28

CHD is caused by inflammation.

Inflammation causes damage to arteries and cholesterol shows up to repair it.
When the damage is severe, the cholesterol causes plaques that cause the blockages.

The main culprit of inflammation is insulin resistance brought on in most cases by too much glucose/carbs.
However there are many other sources of inflammation.

Infectious diseases will most certainly excacerbate inflammation and can trigger heart attacks in already inflammed patients.

Comment Re:The article is missing the most newsworthy aspe (Score 1) 40

The Australian data shows 2022-2025 have peak reef highs since 1986 for northern and central reefs.
Only Southern reef is pretty flat over that same period.

So you are wrong it would seem, according to Australian governement data.

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aims.gov.au%2Fsites%2F...

Comment Re:The article is missing the most newsworthy aspe (Score 1) 40

The Great Barrier Reef reach peak highs in 2022-2024 since its yearly measuring from 1986.

2025 is ONLY the 5th highest year.

Page 7 of the report you posted.

All the doom and gloom reduction numbers only compare 2024 (the peak) to 2025.

This goes for the Central and Northern reefs, only the south is pretty much flat since 1986.
If you take all 3 and average them out, 2022-2024 peak and 2025 4th highest since 86 holds.

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